Bormus testing facility A space station that orbited the planet Bormus was run by Koensayr Manufacturing . During the Clone Wars , the facility was used to build and test the BTL - B Y - wing starfighter for the Galactic Republic . In 22 BBY , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker asked Supreme Chancellor Palpatine for permission to use the Y - wing starfighters against the Separatists ' new weapon , the " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser " Malevolence " . However , his request was denied because the fighters needed at least another three weeks of testing . Skywalker decided to personally travel to the Bormus testing facility — along with his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , and several of his clone pilots — and obtain the Y - wings himself . After convincing a Gran who worked at the facility to allow him to access the fighters , Skywalker and his pilots were allowed to leave with the Y - wings . Description . The Bormus testing facility was a space station , owned and operated by Koensayr Manufacturing , that orbited the planet of Bormus . The facility was used to build and test several different starfighters , and was equipped with several hangar bays , which could hold at least twelve BTL - B Y - wing starfighter s and a G9 Rigger freighter . History . During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the Bormus testing facility was used to build and test new BTL Y - wing bombers for the Republic war effort . In 22 BBY , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker asked Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Gran Senator Ask Aak whether he could use the Y - wing starfighters against the Confederacy ' s new weapon , the " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser " Malevolence " . However , Skywalker ' s request was denied because the Y - wings required at least another three weeks of field - testing before they would be deemed ready for use . Skywalker decided to acquire the Y - wings himself , and traveled to the Bormus testing facility with his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , his astromech droid , R2 - D2 , and Shadow Squadron , a clone starfighter unit . When Skywalker ' s group reached the testing facility , Skywalker and Tano began to speak with a Gran at the facility as Matchstick and Broadside — pilots from Shadow Squadron — tried to secure the fighters , which were being held in Hangar 8122 . However , when the pilots tried to enter the hangar , the clone troopers guarding the Y - wings would not let them pass because the pair didn ' t have proper authorization . Broadside and Matchstick argued that since they had a Jedi with them , they outranked the guards , and should be allowed to pass . Meanwhile , R2 - D2 gave the Gran worker falsified documents that said Skywalker could take the Y - wings . The Gran , however , still did not allow the Jedi access to the Y - wings , as it violated procedure : they were still under production , and the request for the starfighters to be cleared for use needed to come directly from the office of Ask Aak . When Tano threatened to call Palpatine and tell him that their mission had to be postponed because the Gran had delayed their efforts , the worker finally allowed the two Jedi to take a squadron of the starfighters . Commanders and crew . There was at least one Gran working at the testing facility , whose job was to help run the BTL - B Y - wing starfighter program . The facility also had several armed clone trooper guards , who protected the Y - wings . Behind the scenes . The Bormus testing facility made its first and only appearance in " " , a six - page comic in which led into " Shadow of " Malevolence " , " an episode in of . Pablo Hidalgo , the writer of " Procedure " , intended for the Gran working at the facility to be an example of Senator Ask Aak putting choice beings into places of influence . However , since this was not clarified in " Procedure " itself , this plot element is only conjecture .