Jabiim Jabiim ( ) was a small , muddy , Outer Rim world . It was most notably the site of three fierce Battles of Jabiim . Description . Jabiim was a world deluged by torrential rains , experiencing fewer than five days per standard year without precipitation . Its muddy surface constantly shifted from the weight of the rains . Jabiim was also rich in ore , although by the time of the Battle of Yavin , the valuable ores were dwindling . During the Clone Wars , Jabiim was a world that the Galactic Republic ignored until it was too late . The world had a very unstable electric field , and electric storms were quite common . Due to this , repulsorcraft of any type were largely unusable on the planet . History . Early History . Originally known as Gwynhes Minor , the planet was absorbed into Xim ' s empire as he expanded his borders from the Kingdom of Cron . During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , the Jabiim system was the theater of a battle concluded with a Sith victory . Jabiim would later join the Galactic Republic around 3000 BBY , millennia following the fall of Xim ' s Empire . The planet had paid its dues to Coruscant , but was undefended when tragedy befell the planet . The planet suffered from an outbreak of brainrot plague , which slammed the population of Jabiim . And prior to the Clone Wars , Trandoshan bandits attacked and conquered Jabiim ' s lands . After the bandits moved on , the Lythian Pirates attacked the world , seizing small communities and killing many . Despite paying its due taxes to Coruscant and requesting aid , Jabiim received no help from the Republic in any of these cases . Clone Wars . Because of the lack of assistance from the Senate , the Jabiim Congress sided with Count Dooku ' s growing Confederacy of Independent Systems . Republic agents on Jabiim informed the Galactic Senate that the Congress had been undermined by Separatist influences . In fact , Alto Stratus had orchestrated a coup , killing most of the Loyalist members of Congress . Although he spoke eloquently about the " oppression " of the Republic , many believed these words had been purchased with weapons , supplies , and credits by the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Negotiations spearheaded by the Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps were rebuffed as Jabiim geared towards war . Jabiim was a planet that was rich in valuable ores . None of these ores could fall to the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Rather than lose Jabiim and its valuable mines , the Republic decided to retake the world by force . The Republic positioned their strike force on nearby Handooine . General Obi - Wan Kenobi was chosen to lead the attack . The Battle of Jabiim during the Clone Wars was a disaster for the Republic — the planet was lost to the Confederacy . The Republic was forced to abandon Jabiim , leaving the Jabiimi Loyalists to their fate . Orliss Gillmunn rallied them and continued the fight , until he was killed during a skirmish against Jabiimi Nationalists . During the Outer Rim Sieges , the Republic came back and attempted to take back the planet . The battle resulted in a costly Galactic Republic victory , but , along with the battles of Saleucami , Felucia , and Boz Pity , led to the fall of the Foundry of the Confederacy , an area known to house numerous Separatist industrial worlds . However , Jabiim never forgot the Republic ' s past treachery , and never forgave Anakin Skywalker for his choices . The Jabiim Nationalists eventually allied themselves to the Galactic Empire ; however , Jabiim Loyalists carried the struggle for independence but didn ' t manage to repel the Imperial forces . Galactic Civil War . At the start of the Galactic Civil War , Jabiim was the target of an Imperial assault . After a failed Rebel raid on Carida , Imperial leaders decided that Jabiim was the most likely planet as a launching point of the raid . Darth Vader led an Imperial fleet to wipe out the Rebels on the planet . The resulting attack was known as the Battle at Jabiim , which resulted in Vader not only succeeding in taking control of the planet , but also learning the location of Kalast , a Moff who had sided with the Rebels . Years later , after the Battle of Yavin , Jabiim ' s ore supplies had been diminished because of Imperial over - mining . Emperor Palpatine was not willing to pull the last of his troopers off Jabiim , despite the repeated harassment of the local Jabiimi rebels , which had persisted for 19 years . The Rebel Alliance dispatched a task force lead by Luke Skywalker to support the Jabiimi . Though as Luke set foot on the planet , he realized that he had stepped into his father ' s shadow . As a Padawan , Anakin Skywalker had served on Jabiim , and the locals did not forget or forgive . Later , the Empire launched a second invasion of Jabiim . With superior technology , the Imperials won the battle and crushed the rebellion . However , the Empire also made a deal with a group of wealthy Jabiimi : in exchange for their own freedom , they would give the rest of the planet ' s population to the Imperials as slaves . What would complicate things further , was the fact that Darth Vader himself was present in orbit above the planet . Haunted by the memories of his former life , he ordered a full - scale decimation of the planet , destroying all life on its surface with the excuse that the Alliance would thus be deprived of a potential ally . In the ensuing chaos , the rebel groups managed to escape and kill their Jabiimi captors , with the Jabiim faction fleeing towards the nearest mines , now their only means of escaping the planetary bombardment . Days later , the last mine - turned - fortress would fall to an Imperial ground force and the survivors led to an awaiting slave - transport . During the Second Galactic Civil War in 40 ABY , it was believed by the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances that Jabiim would join with the Corellians .