Crispus Commons Crispus Commons was a commons residence area on the planet Gorse . One of its residents , Skelly , was a demolitions expert who served during the Clone Wars . It was conceived as a housing project for homeless Clone Wars veterans , constructed at the very end of the conflict , but was poorly maintained by the Galactic Empire . Crispus Commons ' features included a number of apartments , an exercise yard , and a disused bomb shelter , which Skelly later appropriated for his personal use . Description . Crispus Commons , located on the planet Gorse , was a housing project for veterans of the Clone Wars , an approximately three - year conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The project served as a retirement colony of sorts where veterans were sent to live out their days if they had nowhere else to go . It was sandwiched between two of the planet ' s industrial districts , placing it within easy commuting distance of most of the planet ' s major work sites . The facility featured an exercise yard for residents , at the far edge of which was housed its trash bin . Behind the trash bin was a rusted - out grate that led to a bomb shelter . History . Crispus Commons was conceived during the final days of the Galactic Republic and continued during the reign of the Galactic Empire . Though many of the veterans of the Clone Wars were shipped to the complex , the Empire did not subsidize any expansion or improvement of the grounds once they were created . Skelly , a demolitions expert hired to assist clone trooper s during the war , was a resident of Crispus Commons during the time of the Empire . He cleaned out the moldy mess that had grown in the facility ' s bomb shelter , which had been intended for use in the event that General Grievous , the commander of the Separatist military forces , or Count Dooku , the Separatist political leader , launched an attack on the colony . Skelly instead used the space as his own area to work on and display his manifesto on the negative effects that mining was having on the planet . Skelly considered the room " his world " and used one wall for hand - scrawled notes about the planet ' s military industrial complex , another for his study into wars throughout galactic history , and a third for notes about Gorse ' s moon , Cynda , and its geological structure . The room was also filled with computer s personally built by Skelly . Skelly attacked Count Denetrius Vidian — an " efficiency expert " in service of the Empire — trying to draw attention to mining activity that Skelly felt could lead to Cynda ' s destruction . The assault resulted in stormtrooper s sacking Skelly ' s apartment in Crispus Commons looking for him and any information they could find about him . Later , Hera Syndulla , a Twi ' lek female who was seeking to form a resistance against the Empire , became interested in Skelly after learning of his actions against Vidian and tracked him to the shelter . Though what Syndulla learned there did little to convince her that Skelly would be a worthwhile ally to her cause , as she considered his ideals too unreasonable , the two nevertheless later ended up working together . Behind the scenes . Crispus Commons appeared in the novel " A New Dawn " , written by John Jackson Miller and published on September 2 , 2014 . " A New Dawn " was the first " Star Wars " novel released as part of the franchise ' s new canon and served as a prequel to the television series " Star Wars Rebels " . Crispus Commons was named in reference to , also known as a Crispinus , a patron saint of shoemakers , saddlers , and tanners . Miller took inspiration from , on which the took place , and Miller presumes that Crispus was the name of some battleground or war hero from the Clone Wars . Miller ' s conception of Crispus Commons is that no actual clones were housed at the facility but rather various planetary volunteers and draftees .