Nilash III Nilash III , also called simply Nilash , was the third planet in the Nilash system , located close to the baradium - rich planet Chelloa . It was home to a tree - dwelling , telepathic native species and a known source of anthracite . During the New Sith Wars the jungle - covered planet housed a Daimanite munitions plant while , under the rule of the Galactic Empire , the Nilash Imperial Impound Facility was established in an orbit around the world . It was on this world that the later - famous smuggling freighter the " Millennium Falcon " , at the time known as the " Second Chance " , first came into Rebel possession . During the following years , the control over Nilash was repeatedly transferred between the Empire and Rebellion ' s respective incarnations . History . New Sith Wars . At some point before or during the New Sith Wars , the Ithor Outreach carried out anthropological studies on the native tree - dwelling species and reported their findings in narratives . Later , during the conflict between Sith Lords Daiman and Odion , Nilash III was a part of Daiman ' s territory and housed a munitions factory where the enslaved natives were forced to work . Shortly before the Jedi - led in 1032 BBY , Jedi Master Vannar Treece compiled a report for the Republic Supreme Chancellor Genarra on the worlds of the Grumani sector and included in it a brief description of Nilash III and its natives , whose inventiveness and spirit he described as " inspiring " and telepathic ability as " remarkable " . After the disastrous Jedi mission and the subsequent devastation of the baradium - rich Daimanite planet Chelloa , Jedi Knight Kerra Holt visited Nilash and freed the native slave workers , who disappeared in the surrounding jungle . In addition to that , since Daiman had ordered that all of his statues throughout his realm be coated with cortosis plating due to Holt decapitating more than a dozen of them on Chelloa as a sign of defiance and warning , the young Jedi also appropriated from the weapons plant a high - powered laser , designed for cutting cortosis , and used it to remove the heads of thirteen statues that were located in a small plaza at the complex . On the notice of the administrator of the munitions plant , Daiman himself arrived on the planet , where , together with his aide Uleeta , he inspected the damage and interpreted the act of vandalism as a message that Holt " existed " and was " not going away " . Five to six weeks later , when the Odionite spy Narsk Ka ' hane was sent to Daiman ' s capital world of Darkknell on a mission to destroy the Daimanate Dynamic Testing Facility , he made up a cover identity of a machine tool operator transferred from Nilash . During the war between the Republic and the Brotherhood of Darkness led by Sith Lord Kaan three decades later , Nilash III was still located in Sith space . Clone Wars and early Imperial Period . During the Clone Wars , the Grumani sector , including Nilash III , was under the control of the Separatists . During the Imperial Period , it was the site of the Nilash Imperial Impound Facility , an orbital Imperial impound yard . In 10 BBY , the YT - 1300 light freighter the " Second Chance " , later known as the " Millennium Falcon " , was liberated from Nilash III by the ship thief Zenn Bien and the Rebel agents Quip Fargil and Luufkin . Galactic Civil War . Shortly after the death of the Emperor Palpatine at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , a large portion of the Grumani sector , including Sanrafsix , came under the control of Admiral Sander Delvardus ' s recently - formed Imperial faction , the Eriadu Authority . His rule proved to be short , however , since in the following year the nascent New Republic recaptured Sanrafsix and the rest of the sector . When the Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to the known space in 9 ABY and began his campaign of conquest , the Grumani sector either was conquered or allied itself with Thrawn ' s forces . Yuuzhan Vong War . The Grumani sector , Nilash included , remained unscathed by the Yuuzhan Vong War that ravaged the galaxy from 25 ABY to 29 ABY .