Inner Rim The Inner Rim , originally known simply as the Rim , was a region of the galaxy located between the Colonies and the Expansion Region . The planet Onderon was located in the Inner Rim , as well as the planets Riosa , Birren , Bastatha , Arreyel , Li - Toran , Denon , Pasher , Gorse and its moon , Cynda , as well as Jakku . History . Early history . The galactic region known as the Inner Rim was once the frontier of galactic civilization for centuries . When originally settled , this area was known simply as " the Rim , " but competition for resources saw the need to expand , and the known galaxy grew into areas such as the Mid Rim and the Outer Rim Territories . The Inner Rim remained prosperous , however , as colonization spread outwards . At some unknown time , the Inner Rim planet of Birren was settled by both Alderaanian and Arkanis ian explorers . The planet developed a hereditary monarch known as the Supreme governor , which had become purely ceremonial by the time of the New Republic . About a thousand years before the Battle of Yavin , the Inner Rim world of Jakku in the Western Reaches was known to be the site of an object of value to Sheev Palpatine , the Sith Lord known as Darth Sidious . In 30 BBY , Palpatine and his Adviser Yupe Tashu visited Jakku to supervise an archaeological dig in Plaintive Hand plateau , where the object was rumored to be buried . During that trip , Palpatine first encountered Gallius Rax , a local slave whom he sensed great potential . With Palpatine ' s help , Rax later rose to the position of Fleet Admiral in the Galactic Empire . Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , the Separatist " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser " Malevolence " crashed onto the Dead Moon of Antar in the Inner Rim during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula . The Inner Rim world of Onderon later joined Count Dooku ' s Confederacy . The planet was represented in the Separatist Senate by Mina Bonteri , who was later assassin ated by Separatist agent s under Dooku . The Inner Rim planet Quarzite was home to the warring Belugan and Kage species . In 20 BBY , the bounty hunter s Asajj Ventress and Boba Fett accepted a job from the Belugan dictator Otua Blank to deliver a chest . After learning that the chest contained a young Kage woman named Pluma Sodi , Ventress refused to proceed with the mission . When Fett insisted on carrying on with the job , Ventress threw him into the chest and handed Fett to Blank . She then freed Pluma and returned her to her brother Krismo Sodi . In 20 BBY , the Galactic Republic sent a team consisting of the Jedi Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Ahsoka Tano and the Clone Captain Rex to the planet Onderon train a resistance movement to fight against the Separatist - backed King Sanjay Rash during the Onderonian Civil War . As a result , the Republic established contact with Mina ' s son Lux Bonteri and the rebel leader Saw Gerrera . Following a prolonged military campaign , the Republic and their Onderonian allies managed to expel the Separatist forces from Onderon and reinstate Ramsis Dendup as King . Imperial Era . Following the end of the Clone Wars and the establishment of the Galactic Empire , Imperial forces under Moff Wilhuff Tarkin led a harsh crackdown on the Inner Rim moon Antar 4 known as the Antar Atrocity in 18 BBY . Thousands of Gotal s and Koorivar , including Republic loyalists , were rounded up , imprisoned , and executed . Although the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order tried to cover up the events , media coverage attracted outrage in the Core Worlds . Emperor Palpatine was forced to reassign Tarkin to the Western Reaches . In 14 BBY , two reporters Anora Fair and Hask Taff , who covered the Antar Atrocity , later joined Berch Teller ' s rebel cell on a campaign against Tarkin . In 11 BBY , the Imperial efficiency expert and industrialist Count Denetrius Vidian embarked on a scheme to defraud the Empire by destroying the planet Gorse ' s moon Cynda in order to exploit its thorilide reserves . This brought him into conflict with the Twi ' lek rebel operative Hera Syndulla and the former Padawan Kanan Jarrus . With the unlikely help of the Imperial Captain Rae Sloane , Syndulla ' s team managed to expose Vidian ' s conspiracy . Following Vidian ' s death , his rival Baron Lero Danthe established surface mining operations on Gorse ' s sunward side . During the Imperial Era , the Empire was known to recruit large numbers of prospective Imperial cadet s from the Inner Rim , which it preferred to former Separatist worlds . Seven months after the Battle of Yavin , Imperial forces embarked on a crackdown on the icy Inner Rim planet of Zeitooine which led to the arrest of a local family . Imperial atrocities of Zeitooine and other worlds helped to motivate more people including the former TIE fighter pilot Thane Kyrell to join the Rebel Alliance . Following the events above Yavin , the Rebel Alliance Lieutenant Caluan Ematt was ambushed by Imperial forces on the Inner Rim world of Taanab but managed to flee to the planet Cyrkon in Hutt Space . The Empire also annexed the planet Riosa and conscripted the planet ' s population and resources into building both the first and second Death Stars . Riosa ' s manpower and resources were plundered to fuel the Imperial war machine , causing great hardship and impoverishment to the planet . The future New Republic Senator Ransolm Casterfo grew up during Imperial rule and lost his parent s to hard labor . As a result , Casterfo developed a hatred of Darth Vader . After Fleet Admiral Rax seized control of the Imperial remnant fleets , he ordered his armadas to assemble above the planet Jakku for a showdown with the New Republic , the successor government to the Rebel Alliance . The ensuing Battle of Jakku was a cataclysmic battle which ended the Galactic Civil War in favor of the New Republic . As a result of the fighting , Jakku ' s surface was littered with the wreckage of countless starship s from both sides . Jakku became home to scavenger s who sifted through the wreckage for objects to sell . A month after the Battle of Jakku , Imperial remnant forces were confined by the New Republic to parts of the Inner Rim and the Core Worlds as a prelude to the Galactic Concordance . New Republic . At a young age , Rey was abandoned by her parents on the desert planet Jakku and left in the care of the junk boss Unkar Plutt . By 28 ABY , the Inner Rim planets Riosa and Bastatha had joined the New Republic . Their senators including Casterfo were aligned with the Centrists , a political faction in the Galactic Senate who favored greater centralization and a stronger military . Riosa remained a backwater manufacturing center which had still not fully recovered from Imperial rule . Bastatha was a barren desert world that hosted an Amaxine warriors ' camp led by the former Imperial Arliz Hadrassian , who was an agent of the First Order , a remnant of the Old Empire . Following the death of Birren ' s reigning Supreme governor Mellowyn , the Populist Senator Leia Organa and her son Ben Solo were designated as the heirs to the supreme governorship . Since Leia and Ben were not interested in assuming that office , Organa agreed to support Lady Carise Sindian ' s bid to inherit the supreme governorship of Birren . However , Sindian was an undercover First Order agent who used her position to discover information about Organa ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . The ensuing scandal destroyed Organa ' s political career . In retaliation , Organa convinced the Elder Houses to strip Sindian of all her royal titles . Cold war . In 34 ABY , the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron traveled to Jakku in order to find Lor San Tekka , who had obtained a map that would lead them to the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker ' s location . First Order forces then attacked Tuanul village and massacred the inhabitants . Dameron was captured by Kylo Ren but managed to hide the map in his droid BB - 8 . Dameron later escaped with the help of the disillusioned stormtrooper Finn . After crashing their stolen TIE fighter , the two were separated and Finn managed to find BB - 8 and Rey . The trio then fled a First Order attack on Niima Outpost and escaped on the " Millennium Falcon " into space .