Lotho Minor / Legends Lotho Minor , also known as the Junk World or simply Lotho , was a planet located in the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories that was the homeworld of the Junker species . Used as a dumping ground , its surface was covered with junk and trash amassed over a number of generations , which brought salvage operations to the planet to find junk that could still be used . Following his defeat during the Battle of Naboo , the Sith Lord Darth Maul went into exile in the bowels of Lotho Minor , where he lost his mind until he was found by his brother , Savage Opress , over a decade later . Description . Lotho Minor , also known simply as Lotho , was located in the Lotho Minor system , within the Wazta sector of the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories . A terrestrial planet , its surface was covered with refuse , piled over countless generations so that enormous heaps of trash stood as tall as mountains . The gutted and rotting hulls of ancient starships poked through the more recent garbage , giving the landscape the eerie feel of an industrial graveyard . Huge pools of toxic sludge and the periodic bursts of acid rain made its ruined ecosystem one of the most dangerous in the galaxy . The planet ' s atmosphere was breathable , though hot and caustic , while foul - smelling fog limited visibility . History . For time immemorial , Lotho Minor was an industrial dumping ground for neighboring worlds . Cargo ships routinely dropped holds of refuse onto the planet , caring little as to what would become of it . Long ago , immense refuse incinerator droids were programmed to incinerate Lotho Minor ' s garbage . By the year 20 BBY , they continued to labor amid the mountains of refuse ; those unfortunate to live on Lotho Minor did not know the droids ' origins and referred to them simply as " fire - breathers . " Salvage operations also dug through the planet - wide junkyard , looking to reclaim and recondition reusable or obsolete machinery , and Lotho Minor came to also be known as the Junk World . In 32 BBY , the shattered body of Darth Maul , a Dathomirian Zabrak Sith Lord , was dumped amid Lotho Minor ' s refuse after his defeat at the Battle of Naboo . His driving desire to cling to life pushed him to rebuild himself , living in hiding in the caves beneath Lotho Minor ' s surface and subsisting off garbage and vermin for over a decade . An Anacondan known as Morley pledged loyalty to Maul to survive , promising to lure unwitting prey into Maul ' s hungry clutches . Lotho Minor was neutral during the Clone Wars . In 20 BBY , Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters tasked Savage Opress with finding Maul , his long lost brother . A mystical talisman pointed him in the direction of Lotho Minor ; while scouring the planet ' s endless wastes for his brother , Opress encountered Morley , who guided him past such threats as the enormous fire - breathers and a tribe of territorial Junkers . He lured Opress into a cave , where Maul was said to live . There , Opress found his brother , though his mind was shattered . He brought Maul back to Dathomir , where Talzin restored his body and mind . By 0 ABY , Lotho Minor had come to attract all sorts of nefarious types , including smugglers . Seren Song , a spy for the Alliance to Restore the Republic took refuge from the infamous droid bounty hunter IG - 88 in the planet ' s junk fields . When she tried escaping aboard her BTL Y - wing starfighter , the droid tagged it with a homing beacon and pursued in its starfighter , the " IG - 2000 " . When the " Millennium Falcon " arrived in the Lotho Minor system to investigate Song ' s distress call , it was engaged by IG - 88 before escaping into hyperspace . Inhabitants . Lotho Minor was apparently the homeworld of the Junkers species . Living in tribes , the mysterious Junkers appeared to be a strange hybrid of organic life and mechanical debris , and no one was quite sure of their origin . Lotho Minor ' s role as a galactic dumping ground did not encouraged any deep exploration of Junker culture or biology , nor did their violent territoriality . The Junkers lived off the scrap found on their homeworld ' s surface , augmenting their strange and twisted bodies with cybernetic enhancements . They lived on Lotho Minor for so long that it was impossible to tell where their bodies ended and where the refuse began . Behind the scenes . Lotho Minor was originally created for " Brothers , " the twenty - first episode of the animated series " " , which originally aired March 9 , 2012 . However , it first appeared in " The Wrath of Darth Maul " , a young adult novel written by Ryder Windham and released on January 1 , 2012 . Several " spirit of " designs for Lotho Minor were illustrated by Kilian Plunkett and Pat Presley . It was referred to as Lamoth in some pieces of concept art . Lotho Minor later reappeared in " Star Wars 19 " , which was written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Carlos D ' Anda . The nineteenth issue of Dark Horse Comics ' " Star Wars " comic book series , it was released on July 9 , 2014 .