Onderon / Legends One of eight planets in the Japrael system , Onderon had a temperate climate , and was once home to a primitive race of Humanoids . Description . Onderon had four moons . Dxun , the primary moon , once orbited very close to the planet , allowing some animals to fly between the planet and the moon . The other three moons were Dagri , Evas and Suthre . The native Humans of Onderon struggled against the beasts , eventually gathering new technologies and building a huge walled city , Iziz , to protect themselves . Like the people of many other fringe worlds , the Onderonians had a distrust of non - Humans . History . Early history . A colony ship brought the first humans to Onderon sometime between 5200 and 4600 BBY . Owing to the brutal fauna of the world , the earliest encampments were hastily expanded into what would become the only city on the planet , Iziz . The early Onderonians were described as having been peaceful before the arrival of the beasts of Dxun , but they soon learned to hunt and kill the animals . Eventually , most of the planet ' s inhabitants took refuge in Iziz and the city expanded as the center of Onderon ' s civilization . Technology progressed , and the city ' s population grew to number in the millions . It also spanned thousands of square miles . Great walls and defenses kept the savage wilderness at bay . The Beast Wars and the Naddist Uprising . In 4400 BBY , Freedon Nadd conquered the planet and established a dark side theocracy . These cultists were known as Naddist s . Naddist tyrants included Warb Null and King Ommin . The Naddists sent Iziz ' s criminal element ( opponents of the Naddists ) out into the wilderness without any protection from the animals , expecting them to perish . However , these outcasts soon learned to survive and even defend themselves , and eventually formed a second civilization , the Beast Riders . Relations between the two groups were hostile , and they remained at war with each other for many years . The Beast Wars lasted until 4000 BBY , with the final battles serving as the opening salvos of the Great Sith War . In 4002 BBY , Onderon first made contact with the Galactic Republic . The Republic asked the Jedi to watch over the world . Jedi Master Arca Jeth was selected as Watchman , and assigned his Padawans Ulic Qel - Droma , Cay Qel - Droma , and Tott Doneeta to the planet in a test - capacity . The Beast Wars finally ended with the death of Naddist Queen Amanoa . Amanoa ' s daughter Galia married Oron Kira , the leader of the outcasts , known as the " Beastprince . " In 3998 BBY , two years after the First Battle of Onderon , the Freedon Nadd Uprising occurred . The Naddists tried to overthrow Galia , but were foiled by the Jedi and the Republic . Ommin and Sith disciple Warb Null were slain , but so was Jedi Kith Kark . In more ancient times , the sociopolitical situation between the Onderonian beast - riders and the people of Iziz was far different from the present day . Formerly untamed and coarse , many of the wilderness Beast Lords prospered during the several decades since the end of the Great Sith War , thanks to off - world trade going back two generations ( marked in the game by Oron Kira ' s marriage to the Iziz royal house , thus uniting the bloodlines ) . The Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War . The Mandalorians attempted to invade Onderon during the Krath Holy Crusade in 3996 BBY , but they failed , and settled on the planet ' s moon , Dxun . During the Great Hunt , the Jedi cleansed the world of terentateks . Onderon was the site of two battles during the Mandalorian Wars . Onderon , very interestingly , went almost entirely unaffected by the Jedi Civil War . It was almost as if Revan did not " want " to attack it . Further , it long remained the only world in the Republic still capable of seeding ecosystems into other dead worlds — Onderon ' s wildlife being some of the most aggressive in the known galaxy , particularly its winged drexl creatures flown by the Beast Lords there . Merely placing such creatures on target worlds guaranteed their habitation for years to come . The Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War threatened the peace of Onderon , so a new Onderonian hero emerged , bringing the victories against the Mandalorians and the Sith – General Vaklu , the leader of the Onderon army . The population began to sympathize with Vaklu and his ideology , and it caused an important admiration and support for the general . The military sector was also close to Vaklu ' s ideas . One of the high ranking officers , Colonel Tobin , was the general ' s right hand and a great ally . The Onderon Civil War . During the years following the Great Sith War and the Jedi Civil War , a good number of the beast - riders became " socialized , " influenced by the ways of the city … yet others simply fell to common thuggery , living within the walls , yet unwilling to abide by the laws of civilization . When Vaklu had enough power , he expressed his disagreement with the alliance that Queen Talia — who was his cousin — made with the Galactic Republic . He defended that these ties would drag Onderon to war , and also put forward the sale of their natural resources to the worlds devastated for the war . Talia believed in equality , and a peaceful resolution to the problem – whereas , Vaklu preferred using the military to resolve matters . Then , the separatists peacefully blockaded his own planet to avoid any contact with the Republic . However , they attacked the freighter " Ebon Hawk " , which was trapped in the blockade , testifying that the " capital - class Republic vessel " had attacked Onderon first . He labeled the Queen as ineffective against the Republic declaration of war , so the society and the military sector started a rebellion . General Vaklu allied himself with Darth Nihilus and his Sith forces . The deal laid to in giving military assistance to the Onderon separatists to overthrow Queen Talia , while Vaklu let the Sith visit Freedon Nadd ' s tomb on Dxun . Eventually , Vaklu ' s dark side ally gave the order for him to start a revolution , aiming to seize power from Queen Talia , and thus began the Onderon Civil War . When the war was drawing to a close , it looked like Vaklu might overthrow the Queen . However , Meetra Surik arrived , and the tide began to turn back in favor of Queen Talia and her supporters . Surik commanded royalist supporters and overran the many Sith and Vaklu - loyal units holding Iziz and the palace . Surik , demonstrating her great command of the Force , broke through the rear of the Sith ranks by defeating Sith forces on the Sky Ramp to the palace . Upon reaching the palace , the royalist supporters and Vaklu - loyal forces engaged each other within the throne room . Surik swayed the battle in favor of Talia ' s forces and Vaklu was defeated , surrounded by Talia and many of her followers . Vaklu was executed , and Talia began the rebuilding of Onderon . Later history . In later centuries , overhunting and an outbreak of mange led to a decline in wildlife , finally reducing the dangers of Onderon . Flat plains were developed around the city of Iziz , and were considered quite safe , though offworlders were warned not to venture beyond the treeline . In addition , the Unifras religion erected a string of shrines , which attracted off - world pilgrims . In 1000 BBY , Darth Bane rode to Onderon from Dxun upon a drexl to rendezvous with Darth Zannah after the Seventh Battle of Ruusan . Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , Onderon joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems . It was represented in the Separatist Parliament by Senator Mina Bonteri , and later her son , Lux Bonteri . At the onset of the war , King Ramsis Dendup was overthrown by one of Count Dooku ' s supporters , Sanjay Rash , due to the Treaty of Iziz . To that end , a rebellion was formed to restore Dendup ' s rule and to rid Onderon of the Separatist Droid Army . Jedi Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , Ahsoka Tano , and Captain Rex answered a call for help from Onderonian rebels Saw Gerrera and Lux Bonteri , who joined the rebellion to defeat the CIS . The Jedi trained the rebels at their base camp set up in the jungles of Onderon , which was soon located by the Droid Army via probe droids . However , the rebels managed to survive and defeated the droids . They continued their acts of defiance to Sanjay ' s rule throughout the city of Iziz . King Dendup was eventually rescued , and the rebels retreated to the highlands to prevent so many casualties in Iziz . With the new droid gunships , the rebels were forced to pull back , but they defeated the entire droid army and the gunships with rocket launchers , courtesy of Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka and his band . With their losses , the droids retreated by order of Dooku to Agamar , who also ordered the super tactical droid general Kalani to kill Sanjay Rash . Though victorious , the rebels lost their leader , Steela Gerrera , during the conflict . After the battle , Dendup ' s reign as king was restored , and he chose Lux to represent Onderon in the Galactic Senate . Galactic Civil War . During the Galactic Civil War , Onderon was the site of the most important Imperial military ordnance center in the sector , near Iziz . The Rebel Alliance destroyed it in 2 ABY . This battle was one of the first direct military confrontations between Rebel and Imperial forces in the war . The destruction of the ordnance center crippled Imperial abilities to resupply its forces in the region . During the reborn Emperor Palpatine ' s insurrection , Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo hid their three young children on Onderon . The planet was also where the Emperor met his final death , at the cost of the lives of Rayf Ysanna and Empatojayos Brand . While his flagship engaged New Republic forces in orbit , the Emperor disguised himself and his bodyguards as pilgrims and tracked down the Solos to Kira Fortress , outside of Iziz . Here , Palpatine was killed by Han Solo and attempted to possess Anakin Solo , but in the skirmish , a dying Brand caught his spirit and dragged the Emperor down to the Netherworld of the Force with himself . Onderon Military . During the Old Republic era , the Onderonian military consisted of both the Onderonian navy and Ground Forces ( see Onderon Soldier ) . The palace of Iziz was guarded by Paladin s . Behind the scenes . If General Vaklu prevails with the backing of Meetra Surik in the Onderon Civil War , Kreia specifies that " Vaklu will have a short reign , but Onderon ' s independence will persist . " She also states that by leaving the Republic forever , Onderon will preserve its traditions , customs , lore and identity - just as Vaklu and many of his supporters had hoped to do . The galaxy map from " Star Wars Insider " # 65 incorrectly contains two Onderons . One is located in the correct spot in the Inner Rim , while the other was mistakenly placed in the Colonies . Leland Chee has confirmed that the Inner Rim location is correct . This location places Onderon near Ambria , and " Star Wars Gamer " 1 even claims that Onderon , like Ambria , is in the Stenness Node . This placement seems to defy the original " " comics , which stated Onderon was on " the other side of the galaxy " from the Stenness Node .