Cularin / Legends Cularin was a planet in the Cularin system . It had two moons , the molten Rennokk and the barren Tilnes . The planet was known for its exotic hardwoods , especially the ch ' hala tree . The whole planet was considered strong in the Force . History . Cularin , initially inhabited by Force - strong Tarasin species , was first charted by the Jedi Order during the New Sith Wars : They tracked Sith Darth Rivan to neighbor planet Almas , in the Cularin system , and expelled him from the system . The planet Cularin was not settled or scouted . The planet was forgotten after 1250 BBY until Reidi Artom rediscovered it in 232 BBY . From 161 BBY to 154 BBY , the planet suffered the Tarasin Revolt against the Trade Federation , resolved by the Jedi with the Cularin Compact . The Trade Federation eventually exploited loopholes in the Compact and gained effective control of the system , with the only other major power being the systemwide criminal Organization ( Riboga the Hutt , leader of the Organization , had one of his offices there ) . The Federation lost control of the system in 32 BBY due to the Metatheran Cartel . The Cularin system also joined the Republic , and Lavina Durada - Vashne Wren was elected to represent the Cularin system in the Galactic Senate . Immediately after that , Senator Wren asked the Republic for continued military presence in the system , to deter pirate attacks . The Republic sent a fleet of the Thaereian military under infamous Colonel Jir Tramsig , who first built a base in the moon of Dorumaa , orbiting neighbor planet Almas , to analyze the situation and make the first attacks . Tramsig then built a second , bigger military base on Cularin , with its own private military spaceport for his four capital warships and eighteen patrol craft . Although Tramsig could not stop the pirates beyond their bolder attacks , or serve as an effective system police , he did manage to disturb local business with the increasing traffic — earning the contempt of the population . Shortly after the Battle of Naboo , the Cularin system literally disappeared from the galaxy for a decade , before reappearing just as suddenly as it went away . Many believe the phenomenon had something to do with the Darkstaff . The neighboring Thaereian system was tasked with protecting Cularin , but during the Clone Wars , Thaere ' s connection to the Confederacy was exposed . Lavina Wren opposed the increasing executive powers given to Palpatine . As a result , she was branded a traitor . Cularin was placed under martial law and occupied by clone troopers ; as a response , the Cularin system withdrew from the Galactic Republic and established itself as a sovereign system . During the time of the Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Empire assumed control of all mining operations on Cularin . The Imperial occupiers ignored the native Tarasin , considering them to be primitive , and the Tarasin were careful to conceal their natural Force - sensitivity from the Empire . A number of rumors circulated , claiming that several Jedi survivors of the Great Jedi Purge had taken shelter among the Tarasin . Following the collapse of the Empire , Cularin fell under the control of the New Republic . Trading concerns soon returned to the planet , and the Republic reinstated the Cularin Compact , to make certain that the enterprises did not ravage the world . The Tarasin established diplomatic relations with the Republic , and , during the Yuuzhan Vong War , a number of Tarasin expressed interest in joining the New Jedi Order , to participate in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong . Behind the scenes . The " Living Force Campaign Guide " locates Cularin in the Expansion Region near the Corellian Trade Spine . Maps of the galaxy , however , have placed it in the Mid Rim , just on the other side of the " border " between the two regions , near the Corellian Run . The latest and most definitive resource , , places it in the Expansion Region . The name originally submitted to Lucasfilm for Cularin was " Cristos . " The name was rejected on initial review for having religious overtones , and was subsequently changed by Robert Wiese .