Cadomai Prime Cadomai Prime , also known as simply Cadomai , was a planet located in the Outer Rim Territories ' Catarlo sector , along the northern end of the major hyperlane known as the Hydian Way . A frigid world with intolerably cold winters , Cadomai ' s tundra plains were home to the Snivvians , a species renowned for its art . Cadomai held a large system of subterranean caverns , where the Snivvians made their homes during the subfreezing winters . The world possessed a single moon and was part of the Cadomai system . Cadomai had a democratic government , with a leader chosen every year solely on the basis of artistic ability . Despite the artistic sensibilities of the native Snivvians , the history of Cadomai was an extremely bloody one , with the Snivvian gene tic flaw known as the Blood Code of the Snivvian resulting in a number of brutal dictators . However , Cadomai eventually became well - known as a resort world , despite the freezing climate . Historically a Galactic Republic planet , by the time of the Galactic Empire , Cadomai came to the attention of the Imperial Coalition for Progress , which wanted to ensure that Cadomai ' s famous transnovel s would remain suitable according to the tenets of the Empire ' s New Order . Description . A frigid world of tundra plains , Cadomai Prime , also known as simply Cadomai , was the homeworld of the sentient Snivvian species . Cadomai was located in the Outer Rim Cadomai system , in the Catarlo sector , a sub sector of the greater Aparo sector . Cadomai was situated on the northern end of Hydian Way hyperlane between the planets Ruuria and Bonadan , near the Corporate Sector . The subfreezing environments of Cadomai led the Snivvians to evolve unique , dense skin that allowed them to control the opening and closing of their pores , in order to trap or release body heat . Cadomai winters were very long and exceptionally cold , forcing Snivvians to stay underground in Cadomai Prime ' s extensive system of subterranean caverns for months at a time . Above ground , Cadomai also featured large mountains and canyons . Cadomai had a single moon , with a day of twenty - seven standard hours and a year consisting of 405 local days . Cadomai had a standard level of gravity . The planet ' s main export to the rest of the galaxy was art , while its major imports were foodstuffs and raw materials . History . The Snivvians descended from hunters on the frozen plains of Cadomai Prime , eventually gaining sentience and establishing a civilization on the world . Many Snivvians were known throughout the galaxy as excellent artists and author s , a product of Cadomai ' s winters — with the Snivvians forced into underground homes during these intensely cold periods , they often had little else to do but develop their artistic talents and sensibilities . For the Snivvians , the norm was for one birthing to yield one male and one female , but male - male twin births sometimes occurred , albeit very rarely . In these cases , one of the two children was born with a genetic flaw , known as the Blood Code of the Snivvian , which had a chance to mutate into a personality disorder and possible sociopathic behavior . The history of Cadomai tended to be a very violent one , and the Blood Code of the Snivvian led to the downfall of a number of civilizations on the world . Three times in the history of Cadomai , Snivvians with this genetic disorder grew to become charismatic , but evil dictators — two were defeated by civilian uprisings , while the last , Zereldspidar , required the intervention of the Galactic Republic to fell . Eventually , the Snivvians mastered genetic engineering and minimized the chance of these abnormal births . The Snivvians in time developed a participatory democracy on Cadomai , with representatives being elected to a ruling council known as a Chevram . From there , an executive officer was chosen purely on artistic skill . The Chevram was elected once every twelve years , and a new executive chosen every year of the Chevram ' s rule . Eventually , the Snivvians developed space travel and were able to expand their civilization beyond Cadomai . The region of space containing Cadomai was considered widely explored by the Republic by the time of the Great Sith War in 4000 BBY . In the era of the Mandalorian Wars several decades later , Cadomai had established itself as a prime resort world despite its cold climate . The Snivvians built large vacation complexes within their cities , and used their artistic and creative culture as an attraction for tourists . In the next few centuries , the Hydian Way hyperlane was blazed — the older Morellian Trail route , which included Cadomai , fell upon the larger Hydian . Afterwards , during the Jedi Civil War , the area of space containing Cadomai fell under the control of Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan ' s Sith Empire . Cadomai eventually was returned to Republic control , however , and would remain as a Republic world until that government ' s fall in 19 BBY . In the time after the Battle of Yavin , the transnovel s of Cadomai — artistic combinations of words and images that told a story while being displayed , which the Snivvians usually created during their periods underground every winter — came under examination by the Galactic Empire ' s Coalition for Progress , a sub - agency of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order , which was in the process of reporting on the suitability of various art forms in the New Order . Along with thousands of other types of art from across the galaxy , Cadomai transnovels were judged on a series of austere and inflexible tenets that fit in line with the philosophy of the Galactic Empire . During the era of the Galactic Civil War , the Catarlo sector , and therefore Cadomai , fell under the Imperial governorship of Moff Harlow . In 2 ABY , the exclusive luxury starliner " Calabar Queen " exploded without warning on its final approach to Cadomai , taking the lives of several Moffs , governors , and officers in the Imperial Army and Navy . The terrorist organization known as the Justice Action League quickly claimed responsibility for the disaster , declaring that it was retribution for Imperial military actions in the Outer Rim and the Colonies region . Around 7 ABY , three years after the death of the Emperor at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , the area containing Cadomai fell under the control of Imperial Warlord Zsinj . In 137 ABY , Cadomai ' s region of space was under the hegemony of Sith Lord Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . By 138 ABY , Cadomai Prime was in desperate need of a new reliable trade route , after the Sith devastation of the Calamari system , which in turn drew a sizable criminal element to the collapsed area . A committee of three Snivvian politicians subsequently entered negotiations with a team of Gran representatives to this end ; unbeknownst to the others , one of the Snivvian envoys was a secret Sith operative , who had infiltrated Cadomai ' s government . After an unsuccessful conference with the Gran , the Snivvian Sith was attacked by the renegade Sith Lord Darth Wredd , who was hunting down other Sith . After a short duel , Wredd emerged victorious , impaling the Snivvian with his lightsaber and casting his foe ' s body at the feet of his fellow politicians . As Wredd had scraped the Snivvian ' s face to reveal his Sith tattoos , it was only then that the Snivvian politicians learned that there had been a traitor in their midst . Inhabitants . The native Snivvians made up 99 % of Cadomai Prime ' s population , with other species making up the remaining 1 % , during the time of the Mandalorian Wars . The native Snivvians were a stocky , brown - furred humanoid species with large , short snouts and canine teeth protruding from their lower jaws — their thick skin provided them protection from Cadomai ' s intensely cold weather . The Snivvians greatly valued art in their society , and counted among their species some of the galaxy ' s greatest artists and authors , with their transnovels being famous across the galaxy by the time of the Galactic Empire . In fact , their Chevram ruling council chose its executive officer every year solely on artistic skill . One notable Snivvian native of Cadomai was Marn Hierogryph , whose parents sent him off - world after Hierogryph ' s skill as a con artist angered many fellow Snivvians . Hierogryph went on to become a career criminal on the planet Taris , later joining the disgraced former Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick in his quest for justice . Other notable Cadomai natives included Sinrich , a Clone Wars – era bounty hunter who invented the holographic disguise matrix ; Tevlun , a member of the Hyperspace Navigator ' s Guild ; and Zutton , a well - known Snivvian artist around 0 ABY . The Snivvian language was the tongue mainly employed on Cadomai , and Snivvians speaking Basic were sometimes said to have a " Cadomai accent . " Additionally , some natives of Cadomai , Marn Hierogryph for example , used " Spirits of Cadomai " as an exclamation . Locations . Brella was the capital city of Cadomai Prime , although it was by no means the only major city on the planet . By the time of the Mandalorian Wars , the Snivvians had begun to build resorts and vacation complexes in the other cities on the world , making Cadomai a tourist destination . The subterranean caverns of Cadomai held extensive systems of homes that the Snivvians made use of during Cadomai ' s intolerable winters . The world was home to the University of Cadomai . Behind the scenes . The planet " Cadomai " was first mentioned in the " Imperial Sourcebook " , a 1989 West End Games sourcebook written by Greg Gorden . Much of the extant information on Cadomai was added by Pablo Hidalgo in the sourcebook " " , and in the " Alien Anthology " — where the name Cadomai Prime was first entered into " Star Wars " canon — and the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , along with the reference book " The Essential Atlas " . Aside from an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , Cadomai was mentioned in several issues of John Jackson Miller ' s " " comic book series . The " Alien Anthology " originally placed Cadomai Prime in the Expansion Region , although several later sources , including " The Essential Atlas " , placed it in the Outer Rim Territories . Cadomai Prime makes its first direct appearance in the 2013 comic " Legacy 6 " , where it was drawn by Brian Thies .