Alaris Prime colonial war Between 39 and 36 BBY , a colonial war was fought on the moon Alaris Prime between a group of colonists from the Wookiee species , the intergalactic company known as the Trade Federation and the moon ' s population of gundarks , a predatory species . Twenty years prior to the conflict , Alaris Prime was rediscovered by Wookiee explorers , who petitioned the Senate of the dominant government body , the Galactic Republic for the rights to colonize the moon . Prelude . Some time between the years 59 BBY and 56 BBY , Alaris Prime , a moon of the gas giant Alaris , was rediscovered by Wookiee explorers from the planet Kashyyyk . The Wookiees , represented by chieftan Attichitcuk , petitioned the Senate of the Galactic Republic to give them the rights to lead a colonization effort on the moon . During the negotiations the Trade Federation , a galactic company , expressed interest in Alaris Prime , intending to use it as a trade center between planets like Kashyyyk , Kessel and Bimmisaari . However after two decades of slowly dispensing the rights the Republic gave Alaris Prime to the Wookiees , who began the colonization effort sometime between 39 and 36 BBY . Despite being denied the rights the Trade Federation , along with newfound allies , Trandoshan slavers led by Pekt , sent its forces to Alaris Prime , and began constructing bases on it . In honor of his success in claiming Alaris Prime for the Wookiees Attichitcuk became one of the leaders of the colonists along with his son Chewbacca and nephew Shoran . Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn was also sent by the Jedi Council to oversee the Wookiees efforts on Alaris Prime . A large number of Wookiees , including workers and warriors , boarded the transport ship " Thalmussen " as well as three other ships , and headed for for Alaris Prime . The war . Attichitcuk was one of the first Wookiees to arrive on Alaris Prime , and upon landing he began scouting the area and set up a small camp , leaving behind marker s so that his fellow Wookiees could find him easily . Shoran landed on the moon a short time later and did some scouting of his own , leaving behind his own markers , but he halted when he encountered a damaged power core that had been built by the Trade Federation and attacked by gundarks , a species of predators on Alaris Prime . Chewbacca then arrived on the moon and , while being guided by Master Jinn , followed Shoran ' s markers until he reached the power core . Acting on Jinn ' s advice , the two Wookiees attacked the power core until it was destroyed , and then followed Attichitcuk ' s markers until they reached his camp . At that time the camp was then attacked by four gundarks , which were swiftly defeated by the three Wookiees . Shortly afterwards Trade Federation B1 battle droid OOL - 2 discovered the remains of the power core destroyed by Chewbacca and Shoran and reported its destruction to the Federation ' s Viceroy Nute Gunray , mistakenly blaming the gundarks for the loss of the power core . Gunray ordered OOL - 2 to locate the gundarks and execute them with the help of the Trandoshans . The Wookiees began building more bases , with their next one being a command center manned by three Wookiee workers . Jinn aided these workers by instructing them on how to gather resources such as food , carbon , nova crystals and ore . The Wookiees also practised a drill in case of an attack by the gundarks where they would retreat into the command center and use its turret to fire at any attackers . Two more workers also arrived at the base to assist in gathering resources , as well as Chewbacca . Four gundarks suddenly attacked the command center at that time , and the workers used the command centers turret as practised in the drill earlier to defend the base . Enough resources were eventually gained to sustain the command center . Jinn eventually decided that the gundarks needed to be exterminated in order for the Wookiees colonization effort to succeed . At another base led by Chewbacca , Jinn had the workers gather resources for a short time before instructing them to build a troop center to train warriors to fight the gundarks with . The Trade Federation however , had also decided to eradicate the gundarks and sent a squad of battle droids to kill them . Once enough troopers had been trained Chewbacca led his soldiers to attack the nest , but discovered the Trade Federation finishing off the gundarks . One battle droid ordered its comrades to attack the Wookiees , however they were able to fight back and destroy all of the droids . The attack at the nest rendered the gundarks extinct on Alaris Prime , and also alerted the Wookiees to the Trade Federation ' s presence on the moon . Attichitcuk later decided to explore Alaris Prime more along with two other Wookiees to try to learn more about the Trade Federation . At another base run by Chewbacca , Jinn instructed the Wookiees on further techniques on gathering food , mainly through building farms and animal nurseries , as well as helping them improve their level of technology . Aftermath . Darth Sidious later reflected that it was the Trade Federation ' s incompetence which resulted in the discovery of their hidden manufacturing operation . Behind the scenes . The battle of Alaris Prime appeared in the 2001 video game " . " The game ' s tutorial encompassed this scenario , and it was later included in the game ' s 2002 .