Kalevala / Legends Kalevala was a planet located in the Mandalore sector of the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories , where it occupied the fourth orbit of the cognominal Mandalore system . A neighbor of the Mandalorians ' traditional homeworld of Mandalore , Kalevala ' s terrain was primarily comprised of a toxic desertscape . The planet was host to members of the pacifistic New Mandalorian political faction , and even spawned a noble lineage from whence came the Duchess Satine Kryze and Prince Tal Merrik just prior to the Clone Wars . Represented in the Galactic Senate of the Republic by Merrik in the early years of the Clone Wars , and those leading up to the galaxy - spanning conflict , Kalevala was the site of a terrorist bombing by the violent Death Watch group that claimed the life of the New Mandalorian Deputy Minister , Jerec . Description . Kalevala occupied the fourth orbit of the Mandalore sector ' s Mandalore system , making it a neighbor of the planet Tracyn and the traditional Mandalorian homeworld of Mandalore . Circling around the star system ' s sun , also known as Mandalore , Kalevala was a world blanketed in toxic desert . Following the rise of the New Mandalorian faction circa 738 BBY , Kalevala became home to a number of New Mandalorians , with recognized titles such as duchess and prince . On Kalevala , expensive wine and rich fabrics were produced . Quench - gourd s grew on Kalevala , and at least one unique hairstyle evolved on the Outer Rim world . The shipwrights of Kalevala Spaceworks also made the planet their home . History . After the Taung forces of Mandalore the First journeyed from Roon to conquer the planet that became Mandalore , the newly renamed Mandalorians spread out to conquer the planets of the surrounding system , including Kalevala . In the years following the Galactic Republic ' s defeat of the Brotherhood of Darkness at Ruusan , and the subsequent Republic reformation that marked the end of the New Sith Wars , the Mandalorians on Mandalore began to remake themselves into a more technologically adept and more rigid , militant society . The rise in Mandalore ' s militancy so soon after the devastating war with the Sith alarmed both the Republic and its Jedi protectors . Unwilling to suffer through a second Mandalorian War , the Jedi led a Republic strike force in a brief and targeted conflict with the Mandalorians in 738 BBY that brought devastation to the worlds of the Mandalore sector . Out of this disaster arose a pacifist sect calling themselves the New Mandalorians ; the reformist political faction renounced violence and the warrior codes of the Mandalorians ' past , instead preaching peace , neutrality , and tolerance . The New Mandalorians formed a new society separate from the Mandalorian warrior clans , in the white - sand deserts of Mandalore . At some point in the galaxy ' s history , the New Mandalorians also established a presence on the nearby world of Kalevala . In the late years of the Galactic Republic , Kalevala became the birthplace of Satine Kryze and Tal Merrik . Kryze later relocated to Mandalore , and though she had been born into the Mandalorian warrior clans , she chose to dedicate herself to peace and eventually became a duchess and the leader of the New Mandalorian people . Merrik was a prince , who came to represent Kalevala and the surrounding Mandalore system as a senator in the Republic senate . Kalevala ' s premier starship manufacturer , Kalevala Spaceworks , constructed Kryze ' s personal transport , the luxurious " Coronet " starliner . In 22 BBY , the first year of the galaxy - spanning Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems , Merrik was killed when it was revealed that he was in league with the Death Watch , a radically violent Mandalorian splinter faction returning to the galactic stage after years in hiding . Soon after , the Death Watch orchestrated a terrorist bombing on Kalevala that resulted in the death of the New Mandalorians ' Deputy Minister , Jerec . Behind the scenes . Kalevala was first introduced to the " Star Wars " universe via a mention in the 2008 reference book , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . During the news reel opening of the " " television series ' episode " Voyage of Temptation , " Kalevala was mentioned as the homeworld of Duchess Satine Kryze , and the planet was again mentioned by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the following episode , " Duchess of Mandalore . " With these two television appearances , the planet ' s name has been pronounced in two distinctly different ways . In the news reel of the episode " Voyage of Temptation , " the show ' s narrator pronounced the planet ' s name as " Kale - vah - lah " , while Palpatine pronounces the name of the world as " Kah - lay - vah - lah " in the subsequent episode , " Duchess of Mandalore . " Information on Kalevala and its place in the Mandalore system was provided by a brief inclusion in " The Essential Atlas " , a 2009 reference book author ed by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace . Kalevala ' s inclusion in the atlas came after Wallace had already written the entry on Mandalore and its star system , at a time when the Mandalore system ' s fourth orbit had been planned for a world known as " Tal ' tar " . At the behest of Lucasfilm Ltd . , Kalevala was included in place of Tal ' tar , and the previous world ' s attributes including its orbital position and geography , were reassigned to Kalevala . The planet Kalevala shares its name with the national epic , the " " .