Lamaredd Lamaredd , also known as Great Menahua , was a planet in the Lamaro system of the Outer Rim Territories . With water covering 85 % of its surface , Lamaredd was rich in minerals and seafood , as well as having its own native sentient species , the primitive Menahuun . In 500 BBY , Hugo Bartyn , an agent of the Outer Rim Oreworks Company , claimed the planet to exploit it for its industrial use . ORO then named him the local Administrator of Lamaredd . After getting rid of the Menahuun , Bartyn made good use of this time to create a fishing community , Bartyn ' s Landing , populated by indentured servants of amphibious species who fished for him . Eventually , these people were released from their servitude , but most of them remained on the planet . Soon after the battle of Naboo , the believed - dead Menahuun , who had turned into an aggressive civilization , reappeared . Later , the Galactic Empire sent a number of troops to this planet . Lamaredd was left untouched during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Description . Lamaredd was the third planet in the remote , little known Lamaro system , also known as the LM0228 system . Like the other planets in the system , Lamarebb , Lamarecc , and Lamaremm , Lamaredd probably owed its etymology to a notation in an old star map . Lamaredd was near a branch of the Corellian Run that stopped being heavily used centuries before the battle of Yavin , as well as several other less - known hyperspace routes . Due to the loopholes of crafty entrepreneur Hugo Bartyn , the whole system disappeared from the star - chart s , adding to his privacy . Lamaredd was a tropical planet , full of life and lacking natural ice caps . 85 % of the surface was covered in water , which in turn was plentiful of flora and fauna — including the fearsome aquatic predator called Gulletbeast and many others that , even five centuries after the colonization of Lamaredd , had not been discovered by aliens . The greatest mass of land was only known as the northern continent , which served as the natural habitat for the native species , the primitive lemuroid Menahuun , who lived in a peaceful , nomadic society of hunters - gatherers for thousands of years , calling their planet " Great Menahua " . The second - largest continent was Little Mon Cal , 10 , 000 kilometers long in its greatest dimension . Sparsely populated islands punctuated the oceans . Every fourteen years , Lamarebb and Lamarecc approached each other , almost touching . This caused a natural phenomenon of lights in the skies of the third planet of the system , Lamaredd , and also scrambled communications . The Lamaro system was surrounded by an asteroid cloud , the Reef , that could cause hyperspace anomalies to starships ; those suffering that fate commonly were forced to land on Lamaredd , as the planet hosted the only spaceport in the system . Energy weapons , including blasters , were seldom used or even owned in Lamaredd , because it was too a remote location to obtain spare magazines ; slugthrowers and knives were the common alternative . However , a number of the citizens were professional high - sea fishermen who could not resort easily to powder , so they did use energy weapons . Common vehicles included fishing trawlers , gondola skimmersub s , and swoops ; in rare situations , air vehicles were used . Lamaredd was a planet with a strong presence of the Force . A number of locals , including charlatans , healers , and shamans , used the Force , believing it to be " magic powers " ( the native species called the energy " Pa ' ela " , literally meaning " holy blood " ) . Nonetheless , the Jedi Order had no permanent presence on the planet and the superstitious locals mistrusted the Jedi . Two of the strongest presences of the planet , the Outer Rim Oreworks Company and Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies , disliked the official attention of any external security agent , including the Jedi , who could discover their irregularities . History . Initial mappings of the Lamaro system by members of the Galactic Republic failed to reveal the great amount of useful minerals on Lamaredd . In the fifth century BBY , a team working for the exploratory branch of the Outer Rim Oreworks corporation mapped Lamaredd . This time they used long - range spectrometry equipment and discovered the mineral wealth of Lamaredd , particularly in the mountains of the northern continent . The leader of the exploratory team , Hugo Bartyn , theorized that this was due to geologically recent volcanic activity , and estimated that ORO ' s investment in mines would gain profitable returns in a short time . Hugo Bartyn also noticed that the local seafood was exportable , but these goods were beyond ORO ' s area of expertise . Bartyn intended to exploit this natural resource of Lamaredd by himself , without sharing his profits with ORO . Lastly , Bartyn detected the native , primitive Menahuun and identified them as sentient , but nonetheless they were a problem for the exceptional - profitable mining activity . Consequently , Bartyn hurried to register Lamaredd with the Senate Mining Bureau in the name of ORO , and then he presented his first report to ORO . Bartyn asked ORO to name him the planetary Administrator so that he could manage the soon - to - be - built mines , and he also requested a land in the bay , near the location of the mines . ORO accepted Bartyn ' s conditions . ORO sent engineers and construction droids to build ORO Mining Station LM0228 in the Maw range , along with pipes that would throw away wastes in a far , north - western point of the ocean . Meanwhile , Bartyn and his team of federates made the first contact with the religiously - awed Menahuun , only to violently hunt them . Bartyn mistakenly believed that the Menahuun inhabited only coastal areas , but there were several forest - dwelling tribes that he was unaware of . Eventually , the coastal Menahuun hid in the woods and , along with their cousins , escaped towards the north . Bartyn ' s people believed that they had succeeded in wiping out the Menahuun , although Bartyn himself was unsure about that . ORO then delivered hundreds of mining droids to work in the mines , something that they did on Bartyn ' s command . ORO expected the building droids to go back to their headquarters along with the engineers , but Bartyn bribed a number of people so that the construction droids would remain on Lamaredd . Bartyn then bought an old Hoersch - Kessel LH - 3010 capital freighter and used his droids to place it in the bay . Bartyn , who intended the three - kilometer ship to be transformed into a port city , used mining gear to blow away or customize parts of the freighter . The ad hoc town was named Bartyn ' s Landing , apparently an idea of the team ' s medical droid MD - 0C6 . Under Administrator Bartyn , the Mining Station profited ORO in so little time that ORO decided not to worry about Bartyn ' s probably illegal methods . They did know that Bartyn probably had annihilated any native sentient species of Lamaredd — it would not have been the first time . As such , they were unprepared when Bartyn began to secretly claim all the key locations of Lamaredd , gaining property over Jotsen ' s Island and the other areas . Wanting to profit from the seafood , Bartyn programmed ORO ' s droids with specialized software and bought 209 old Ubrikkian Industries 222 fishing trawler s from the Hutts . He also recruited poor , uneducated amphibian aliens from the planets Champala , Dac , Iskalon , and Naboo to settle Bartyn ' s Landing and work as fishermen and in the seafood processing plant he was building . The Chagrians , Gungans , Iskalonian s , Mon Calamari , and Quarrens became indentured servants to Bartyn due to his crafty machinations , and worked as slaves while Bartyn made a fortune by exporting seafood to Hutts and Alderaan nobles through his own company , Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies . Because the aliens belonged to different cultures and were unaccustomed to the conditions , inter - species violence was common . In due time , Bartyn allowed some of his settlers to move to other cities , most notably the Quarren community that founded The Shoals on the opposite side of the bay of Bartyn ' s Landing . Bartyn , a great aficionado to big - game hunts , spent part of his time " taming " the jungles . In a move that would profit his sailors , Bartyn attempted to eradicate the Gulletbeasts , which were a threat to his trawlers , but he failed . ORO eventually discovered that Bartyn had claimed most of the planet for himself , and sent a security staff to take control of the spaceport that Bartyn had built in Bartyn ' s Landing . Bartyn allowed them to control the spaceport in the name of ORO , but they still had to answer to the local Administrator of ORO . From that moment on , the mandatory customs check for incoming visitors would become a rude , while brief , experience . Eventually , Bartyn ' s indentured servants gathered to create the Sailor ' s Union circa 517 BBY . The Union threatened Bartyn ' s control to the point that , after a sudden work stoppage in the open sea , Bartyn was forced to negotiate . The aliens wanted more living space , both in Bartyn ' s Landing and outside : Bartyn agreed to lease acres of the nearby terrain to any worker agreeing to protect the terrain from natural predators . Also , Jotsen ' s Island was to be ceded to the aliens as homeland , and it became the sovereign state of Little Mon Cal , and it was soon settled with the creation of the city of Farsands . Eventually , Farsands became the headquarters of the Union . Meanwhile , the Menahuun were hiding in the northern territories , trying to learn about the invaders from afar . A sudden scarcity of resources led to previously - unheard tribal conflicts that turned their peaceful hunter - gatherer society into a competitive one . In 499 BBY , unidentified creatures perceived as " beasts " kidnapped babies in Bartyn ' s Landing and , at the same time , altar - like piles made with stone appeared in the outskirts , presumably for the same reasons . Several trawlers suffered inexplicable breakdowns , some of them being lost in the high sea . When Hugo Bartyn and his partners traveled to the forest in an attempt to discover the truth behind these irregularities , they , too disappeared mysteriously . Their gear and clothing were found ripped soon afterward . Although the Menahuun were believed to be responsible , their implication was never proved . Hugo Bartyn was succeeded by his daughter Tria Bartyn , who discontinued the politics of her father : She freed the indentured servants , authorized them to live wherever they wanted to and even encouraged the Sailor ' s Union to expand , for which she would be historically known as " Benevolent Tria " and became a revered , almost religious figure along with the First - Wavers . During her times , tourism also flourished in Lamaredd . During the following centuries , Administratorship of the ORO mines was inherited by descendants of Hugo Bartyn , which allowed ORO to continue profiting from Lamaredd . The Administrator also inherited the title of mayor of Bartyn ' s Landing along with most of the property there , including BGD , the local bank , and several businesses . Although the spaceport was property of ORO , BGD still restricted the exports of seafood through unclear means . ORO paid the Security Chief of the area , although the person with this title was elected . Beyond the borders of Barytn ' s Landing , the number of aliens was bigger . The Menahuun were coincidentally living near the area used for ORO to dump the wastes from the mine . As centuries passed , the flora began to die and the region became uninhabitable . Believing this to be a conscious attack on the part of Bartyn ' s inheritors , the Menahuun tribes went back to their ancestral lands . While in the Maw range , they coincidentally found a tunnel leading to the insides of the droid - operated mines . They sneaked in the ORO mines and , once the Menahuun noticed that the droids were ignoring them , the Menahuun turned the area into their own city , Hua ' bal . They lived there for what they called " three generations . " C . 69 BBY , Lamaredd was raided by outlaws led by Byrch " The Padawan " Dyshkava , a Dark Jedi . The recently - appointed Security Chief of Bartyn ' s Landing , Mix Liddell , managed to stop them , although Dyshkava himself escaped . He would eventually be captured by the Menahuun of Hua ' Bal and retained for years . C . 36 BBY , Guther Bartyn , Administrator of Bartyn ' s Landing , approached the automated family mines during a hunting trip and he was greeted with laser fire . He assumed that a gang of outlaws were hiding in the mines , but at that point , the mines were inhabited by aggressive Menahuun . Soon after the battle of Naboo . C . 29 BBY , several unusual situation happened in Lamaredd . Little Mon Cal was devastated by a fungal plague ; fortunately , Bartyn ' s Landing sent a doctor with medical supplies and a security attachment — which was particularly helpful when pirates tried to hijack the shipment during the trip . The Jedi Council sent a team to research the local history , and they accidentally discovered an anti - Human terrorist movement that bore a grudge to Hugo Bartyn . Guther Bartyn competed in a sea race around Lamaredd with a visiting Neimoidian dignatary . Gulletbeasts attacked several boats . Miss Mylla , manager of an entertainment house in Bartyn ' s Landing , decided that one of her employees needed a new career and sent her to a business partner in Little Mon Cal as a " package " . Several boats disappeared in the area of the Rank , raided by a flotilla of Menahuun . Corrupt starport guards had organized a smuggling ring , violating local ORO codes and damaging the lives of Lamaredd inhabitants . Lastly , the outskirts of Bartyn ' s Landing were crawling with predators . All of these events paled in the face of what happened afterward : The Menahuun had finished any tribal conflict and were preparing for open war , using galactic technology they had stolen and adapted . Although the Menahuun had specific orders to restraint until an event known as the " Reckoning " , a number of impulsive young individuals had begun raids against farms and trawlers , although they were only detected as " gremlins " . Two of the escorts working for Miss Mylla ' s Saloon disappeared mysteriously at the Maw Range . Administrator Bartyn , suddenly worried about the security of his personal yacht " Tria Blue " , assigned a detachment from the spaceport security to watch her from her deck . Dyshkava , until then a prisoner of the Menahuun , escaped from them and reached Bartyn ' s Landing , where he warned his former adversary Liddell of the impending threat the Menahuun posed . Liddell hired new subordinates and asked them to corroborate Dyshkava ' s story by tracking his steps and looking for Menahuuns . The Seconds did find hostile Menahuun presence in a coastal area where Dyshkava had said , and later had a new contact with them while investigation gobling rumors in the pier . Liddell ' s Second found the Menahuun community hiding in the mines . A shaman there , Eeytch , had predicted their coming and challenged them to a fight against several Menahuun champions ; should they win , the Menahuun would accept to negotiate a conflict resolution . This eventually happened and the Menahuun agreed to stop their raids , living peacefully with the alien communities . This situation was problematic for ORO , as the Menahuun were living proof of the irregularities committed by ORO agent Hugo Bartyn , including slavery and genocide . To avoid a potential scandal , ORO retired from Lamaredd . This in turn reduced the power of the Bartyn Family , who then lost the political power to democratically - elected Administrators ; and then lost Bartym Gourmet Delicacies to the town council of Bartyn ' s Landing . Guther Bartyn went insane and re - programmed mining droids to attack Bartyn ' s Landing , specifically targeting any Menahuun . Meanwhile , the seas saw the appearance of a new threat in the form of the pirate known as the Red Quarren . Sometime in or before 196 BBY , a Gamorrean named Gammy trained as a chef on this planet . Having spent years working in the finest restaurants there , he became the first Gamorrean to earn the title of Galactic gourmet . Inhabitants . The Menahuun were a native sentient species from Lamaredd . They had always managed the live in peace with the environment , never knowing scarcity until the arrival of " visitors from the sky . " In further years , their number dwindled until the near extinction , but as of 29 BBY , they had become again a thriving civilization — while a more hostile one . A number of Humans accompanied Hugo Bartyn to Lamaredd , and more came in more recent years , but their cities were populated mostly with commonly - amphibious aliens , either descendants of the First - Wavers or those who came in further years . The more common species included Chagrians , Gungans , Mon Calamari , and Quarren , as well as Aqualish , Rodian , and Talz . As of 29 BBY , at least one Trandoshan , one Ortolan , and one Snivvian were known to live in Bartyn ' s Landing . Locations . The jungle - covered northern continent of Lamaredd was the seat of its main activity . The geologically - young mountains in Krakana ' s Maw , including Mt . Hugo , were the site of the mining activity of ORO through ORO Mining Station LM0228 , later known as the Menahuun community of Hua ' Bal . That continent also included the most important city in the planet , Bartyn ' s Landing , which served as planetary capital and spaceport . Inhabitants of Bartyn ' s Landing regularly performed hunting activities in the jungle to keep dangerous predators away from their living area . Other locations in the continent included the Row and the Quarren town The Shoals . The second biggest continent was known as Jotsen ' s Island , and later as Little Mon Cal , and was considered the alien homeland and an independent state . The capital city of Little Man Cal was Farsands , also the seat of the Landing Union chapter , main headquarters of the Sailor ' s Union . The Union was powerful there , although not immune to corruption . Other remote locations included Bartyn ' s Retreat , a small island in the planetary equator holding the Bartyns ' vacation home , and the small portuary town of Cape Regret . An area known as the Rank was a known dangerous aquatic dead zone . A lost ancient Sith Temple was erroneously believed to have existed in Lamaredd . Behind the scenes . Lamaredd was created by writer Cory J . Herndon and featured in the article " Bartyn ' s Landing " and in the role - playing adventure " Reckonings " , both of them published in the magazine " Star Wars Gamer " # 7 ( 2001 ) . The planet was also mentioned in the entry about the Menahuuns in " Ultimate Alien Anthology " ( 2003 ) . Alternate endings . The article assumes that the player characters of " Reckonings " achieve the best possible ending but , should they fail , the adventure offers an alternative path that takes place during an open war between the Menahuun and the citizens of Bartyn ' s Landing . The Menahuun repeatedly raid Bartyn ' s Landing , clashing with the armed citizens . Several civilians attempt to leave the city and start anew in other parts of Lamaredd , with Miss Mylla trying to reach Little Mon Cal — but failing to arrive due to a transport accident near the Rank that left her boat and herself to the mercy of the Menahuun . The martial Menahuun extend through the planet , taking control of several locations including Bartyn ' s Retreat , while crime extends in the civilized areas . Alternatively , the best possible ending of " Reckonings " featured the Menahuun peacefully and completely joining the alien communities and becoming full - fledged citizens . The little civil unrest from this situation was counteracted by the teamwork of Menahuun leaders , Liddell , and disgruntledly , Guther Bartyn .