Takara Mountains The Takara Mountains , known originally by the native Keshiri species as the Cetajan Mountains , were a mountain range on the remote Wild Space planet of Kesh . In 5000 BBY , during the Great Hyperspace War , a Sith starship , the " Omen " , crash - landed in these mountains . The survivors of the crash were stranded on the planet and eventually formed the Lost Tribe of Sith . They built a Sith Temple in the mountains , over and around the crash site of the " Omen " . Grand Lord Nida Korsin ordered the Sith Tribe to abandon the Temple in the mountains , an order that remained in effect for over a thousand years . In 3963 BBY , the Jedi Jelph Marrian crash - landed in the jungle highlands in the mountains ; he lived among the Sith as a poor merchant who traded with the Keshiri , although Sith Saber Orielle Kitai eventually discovered the truth of his past . The two fell in love and moved to a new home in the jungle after Marrian ' s farm was destroyed in battle with the Grand Lord . By 41 ABY , the Sith had returned to the Temple and the mountains . Description . The Takara Mountains were a range located on the remote Wild Space planet of Kesh . Rocky , sharp , and ridged , they bordered one of the planet ' s oceans . Located within the mountains was a Sith Temple , built by a group of Sith that was stranded on the planet in 5000 BBY after their vessel , the " Omen " , crashed into the mountain range . The mountains were very steep , and the Temple was accessible only by air or by a hazardous climb up the slopes . The mountains were tall , rising high into the air ; and some of them even accumulated snow on their tips . The slopes were covered in loose rock , although there were also clearings of grass in the lower areas of the mountains . At the base of the mountains were grassy foothills , and many of the mountains themselves were covered in a dense jungle — in which even most of the Sith did not dare venture . Although the majority of the mountains were not volcanic , by 3960 BBY there were still several active volcanoes among the range . The Marisota River also ran from the jungle highlands down to the lowlands below . History . In 5 , 000 BBY , during the Great Hyperspace War , a Sith warship , the " Omen " , was attempting to deliver a shipment of Lignan crystal s to Sith Lord Naga Sadow when the vessel was knocked off course while executing a hyperspace jump . After coming out of hyperspace very close to the remote planet Kesh , it was forced to crash - land in the world ' s Takara Mountain range — then known as the Cetajan Range . The crash was witnessed by the indigenous Keshiri in the city of Tahv , and they believed it to be a volcanic eruption . The Keshiri took the eruption as a sign that their gods , the Skyborn , were angry at them because of the heretic teachings of geologist Adari Vaal . Vaal was forced to escape Tahv on the back of her uvak , Nink , and she took up refuge in the mountains , where she saw the wreckage of the " Omen " . Meanwhile , the " Omen " captain , Yaru Korsin , dueled his brother , Devore Korsin , on the crash - site of the ship , over which of them would lead the Sith survivors . Yaru killed Devore by dropping him over the edge of a precipice into the ocean below . The survivors of the crash , who eventually formed a new Tribe of Sith , soon befriended the planet ' s native sentient species , the Keshiri , who believed the newcomers to be their gods and pledged themselves to service to the Sith . The Sith used the Keshiri to assist them in the construction of a new Sith Temple over and around the ruins of the " Omen " in the mountains . By 4985 BBY , the Cetajan Range had been renamed the Takara Mountains after Yaru Korsin ' s mother , Takara Korsin . Ten years later , another duel took place near the " Omen " crash site in the Takara Mountains , in which Korsin and his nephew , Jariad Korsin , were killed . Yaru Korsin ' s daughter , Nida , then became the Tribe ' s Grand Lord . In memory of her father , Nida Korsin ordered the Sith to abandon the Temple in the mountains , so the Sith moved to Tahv — and the move remained in effect for generations after Korsin ' s death . As such , when the Jedi Jelph Marrian crashed in the jungle highlands in 3963 BBY , his presence was not immediately detected . Marrian began to live on a farm near the Marisota River , and although he eventually found the Sith , he masqueraded as a slave who traded with the Keshiri . Over time , he managed to recover his starfighter piece - by - piece from the jungle highlands , bringing it down from the mountains and hiding it near his home . However , in 3960 BBY , his past was discovered by the Sith Saber Orielle Kitai — who had recently fallen prey to a conspiracy that resulted in her being made a slave — and she quickly moved to reveal this information to the rest of the Sith as a way to ensure her reinstatement in the Tribe . Marrian intercepted her , however , and the two realized their love for each other . Upon returning to Marrian ' s farm , they battled the Grand Lord Lillia Venn and her Sith allies , killing them , but destroying Marrian ' s fighter in the process . Marrian and Kitai then left behind their old lives and moved to a new home in the Mountains . Eventually , the Sith returned to the temple in the mountains . The Sith Tyro s often trained in the shadows of the mountains in the Sith Temple courtyard . In 41 ABY , a Sith Meditation Sphere known as Ship arrived on Kesh to make contact with the Tribe and help train their apprentices . It first spoke through the Force with Tyro Vestara Khai in the Temple courtyard , in the midst of the mountain range . Behind the scenes . The Takara Mountains first appeared as an unnamed mountain range in the eBook " " , released on May 28 , 2009 . They were later named in " " , author Christie Golden ' s first " Star Wars " novel and the second installment in the " " series , released on June 23 , 2009 . The Mountains were then shown to be identified by the Keshiri as the " Cetajan Mountains " in the second " Lost Tribe of the Sith " eBook , " " , and they have subsequently appeared in each of the eBooks in that series to date .