Zygerrian Slave Empire The Zygerrian Slave Empire was a government that was built on slavery and enslaved many beings in the galaxy centuries before the Clone Wars . It was later reestablished as a puppet state of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . History . During the Old Republic . The empire , based on Zygerria , stretched across many sectors . They were led by the Zygerrian slavers . The Zygerrians successfully maintained their slave industry for thousands of years , which supplied slave labor to unscrupulous masters in the galaxy who became wealthy and powerful . However , it would fade from its glory after the Jedi cracked down on their slaving operations and liberated countless beings from bondage . This action ended the slave trade the Zygerrians excelled in , pushing it into the shadows of the underworld during the days of the Old Republic . Clone Wars . Reestablishment . During the Clone Wars , Queen Miraj Scintel , saw an opportunity to reestablish Zygerria ' s ancient slave empire and concocted a plot to gain the aid of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and its head of state , Count Dooku . Dispatching Commander Darts D ' Nar to the Togruta colony world of Kiros , Scintel ordered him to capture the colonists and return them to Zygerria so they could be sold at auction in hopes of expanding their slave empire . To this end they began an invasion of Kiros where the Confederacy supplied them with the captured Togruta population , whom the Zygerrians hoped to sell by bringing back the royal slave auction , a tradition of the old Empire . Auction on Zygerria . However , their plans were foiled by the Jedi who located the missing colonists , and sent Jedi Knight s Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi and Padawan Ahsoka Tano undercover to infiltrate the slavers ' auction on Zygerria , where Skywalker and Tano posed as master and slave . Tano later threatened Scintel , but the queen had already outfitted the girl ' s neck with a shock collar , which she then remotely activated , electrocuting Tano unconscious . Skywalker and Kenobi were captured too . At this point , Scintel had started developing feelings for Skywalker and decided not to kill him which Molec saw as a weakness and invited Dooku to Zygerria to speak with the Queen about her defiance in not killing Skywalker . When the Queen again refused to kill him , Molec and Dooku decided to take matters into their own hands , seeing Scintel unfit to be queen . Molec then stood by as Dooku Force - choked her . However , she was saved by the timely arrival of Skywalker , who tried to convince Miraj Scintel that she too was a slave and pawn in the Separatists plot , something she realized to be true just before succumbing to her injuries and dying . With the queen dead , Skywalker and Tano escaped from the Zygerrians and headed for Kadavo to rescue Kenobi , Rex , and the Togruta captives , who had been transferred to the Zygerrian slave processing facility on the planet . While en route , the two also called for reinforcements from the Republic . Battle of Kadavo . Tano and her Master soon arrived on the planet onboard the Zygerrian slave ship " Tecora " and tried to break into the slave processing facility . When ordered to cease by the Zygerrian Keeper Agruss under threat that the slaves would be killed , Skywalker did not comply . Later when Galactic Republic reinforcements led by Admiral Coburn and Jedi Master Plo Koon landed on Kadavo , they confronted the slavers , with the Wolfpack detachment attacking the facility with LAAT / i gunships and clone Z - 95 starfighter s . However , although they were initially halted by its ray shield s , Skywalker was able to destroy the defensive towers . Meanwhile , Kenobi and Rex rebelled and killed Agruss who in a last act , tried to throw the Togruta hostages into the volcanic crevice below the facility , but , following a plan devised by Tano , the Republic forces evacuated everyone onto Admiral Coburn ' s " Arquitens " - class light cruiser . The Republic strike team then destroyed the slave facility , with it ' s destruction dealing a crippling blow to the Zygerrian slave trade .