Manda / Legends Manda was a planet located in the Mid Rim region of the galaxy . Description . The planet of Manda orbited the main - sequence star of Manda Prime in the Manda system . The world was located at galactic coordinates R - 15 in the Slice part of the Mid Rim region of the galaxy , close to that region ' s border with the Outer Rim Territories . During the conclusion of the New Sith Wars , Manda was located near the border of the Hutt Space , and the planet still remained in that relative position during the final years of the Galactic Republic . In 0 ABY , Manda was a part of the sector of the same name . Manda was located on the Manda Merchant Route — a hyperlane that connected it to the Mid Rim world of Bothawui , the planet of Molavar in the Outer Rim , and Manda ' s neighboring worlds of Boranda and Dennaskar — and was the starting point of the only reliable hyperspace route to the world of Roon — the Manda - Roon Merchant Route . History . The space region surrounding Manda was explored sometime during the time period between 20 , 000 and 15 , 000 BBY . Manda joined the Galactic Republic sometime between 17 , 000 BBY and 12 , 000 BBY . In 11 , 198 BBY , the planet was victim of the Twenty - Third Pius Dea Crusade . In 3996 BBY — the last year of the Great Sith War — , the Sith Empire engaged the Republic military forces in a battle on the planet following the former ' s victory at Bothawui . The Sith were victorious at Manda , and moved on to the planet Leritor . No military actions were carried out in the vicinity of Manda during the Mandalorian Wars . However , in the following Jedi Civil War , the Republic military moved through Manda on their way from Leritor to the planet of Kothlis as part of Republic campaign against Darth Revan ' s Sith Empire . Between 1004 and 1000 BBY , Manda was part of the Sith Space — the galactic regions under the control of the Brotherhood of Darkness , a Sith army fighting the Republic during the New Sith Wars . At some point before 520 BBY , the Baobab Archives were established on the planet , and in that year , the Ark of Baron Auletphant — a legendary barge and one of the Twenty Wonders of the Galaxy that was lost in space for ten millennia — became part of the Archives . Centuries later , during Anakin Skywalker ' s apprenticeship to Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi , the latter employed a pilot for transportation from Manda spaceport to the star of Circarpous Major . During the Clone Wars , Manda was loyal to the Republic . During the time of the Galactic Empire ' s dominance over the galaxy , Crix Q5 Baobab taught young Merchant Fleet officers at the Baobab Merchant Marine Academy . Inhabitants . Around the year 25 ABY , Manda ' s population numbered from 1 to 10 billion . The planet was the homeworld of the wealthy Baobab family , a group of merchants . The Baobab Merchant Fleet employed many species , and the Bocce language was developed for interspecies communication within the Fleet . The Baobab Merchant Council also operated from Manda . Notable natives of the planet included Ebenn Q3 Baobab , Pookie Baobab , Mungo Baobab , Oggem " Old Ogger " Baobab , and presumably Yperio Baobab . It was also home to Rebel Alliance pilot Adam Swiftgale . Behind the scenes . Manda first appeared in " Tail of the Roon Comets " — the tenth episode of the " " animated television series — which originally aired on ABC on November 9 , 1985 .