Hedrett Hedrett was a city on Cularin and along with its twin city Gadrin was the only major non - Tarasin settlement on the planet . History . The city of Hedrett , along with its twin city Gadrin , was the only major non - Tarasin settlement on the surface of Cularin . The other non - native cities were built on platforms , which towered over the jungle . Scout Reidi Artom helped found Gadrin , the first alien towns in Cularin , on the west bank of the Estauril River , near the location of the Hiironi irstat . The spaceport was built to the other side of the river , where there was nothing . Later settlements in that side of the Estauril would become a second town , Hedrett . Contrarily to what happened in Gadrin , Hedrett ' s growth followed an urban planning in grid , and used a greater amount of prefab buildings , imported from other planets , instead of wood en buildings , made with local resources . After Hedrett was founded on the opposite side of the river , Artom built a great bridge to connect them . Further expansions of the cities , some of them using prefab buildings imported from other planets , reached the jungle . This led the native Tarasins to oppose to new buildings , and eventually to the Tarasin Revolt . The Revolt ended with a treaty , the Cularin Compact , recognizing the Tarasins ' s rights and the obligations of the aliens to respect the local ecology . To avoid further expansions to the jungle , further cities in Cularin would not be built on the surface , but " over " it : The platform cities could expand without affecting the jungle . The building of the platform cities reduced the importance of Gadrin and Hedrett , and their populations declined . Despite this , the " twin city " was sometimes viewed as the unofficial capital of Cularin . As Artom used her wealth and fame to improve the development of Cularin and to transform it in an advanced planet comparable to the Core , she was well - loved in Gadrin , Hedrett and the platform cities . Though the other people of the Cularin system tended to see Gadrin and Hedrett as one city , the two towns had their own distinctive flavors , architecturally and politically - and in fact were rivals in many senses . At some point , for instance , Hedrett annexed the spaceport that Gadrin had built in what was by then Hedrett soil . Gadrin considered the creation of a new spaceport but , as Hedrett ' s was comfortably near , the population showed no interest in that . Hedrett used the spaceport to import cultural novelties before Gadrin could reach them . Hedrett was ruled by a town council , and its citizens were very involved in the political process . They enjoyed elections for the empty seats . and spoke with their representatives . The council was formed by nine senior counselors plus twelve junior counselors , whose vote counted 50 % of a senior counselor ' s ; any person could take part in debates , although not vote in them . The main senior counselor of Hedrett in 31 BBY was Westa Impeveri . His election was a surprise , and rival Karid Blakken accused him of rigging the election , but Impeveri found to be innocent . Around 32 BBY , Hedrett had a population of 19 , 600 , including some 2 , 900 Tarasins . Gadrin had more inhabitants , but a lesser Tarasins population .