Qiilura Qiilura was a temperate planet in the Mid Rim , 40 light years away from Ord Mantell . It was the home world of the Gurlanin s — a race of shapeshifting intelligent predators , but by the time of the Clone Wars , Human colonization had been well established , with a population of two hundred thousand farmers . The economy of the planet mostly revolved around agriculture , specifically the production of barq , kushayan , and other luxury foodstuffs , merlie meat was a known export and source of income & food for the farmers of this planet . Qiilura produced a large proportion of the luxury foodstuffs and beverages in the galaxy . However , the planet was controlled by the Neimoidian merchant Lik Ankkit who passed little of the profit on to the farmers , thus most inhabitants lived in squalor and would sell information and outlaws to the warlord Ghez Hokan and his militia for a couple of credits or a bottle of urrqal . The planet fell within the area conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong during their galactic invasion . Geography . Qiilura had many islands with fertile soil , deep river inlets , rolling plains , deciduous forests , lakes , and gameboard fields . The planet also had gem mines , sources of zeka quartz and green silicates . Fauna . The planet was home to a number of native non - sentient species such as gdan s , merlie s and vhek s . History . Mission to Qiilura . During the Clone Wars , Qiilura was the location of a Separatist biological weapons lab that was developing a pathological agent specifically designed to kill clones . During the Mission to Qiilura , Omega Squad — a squad of Republic commandos — was sent to destroy the biological weapons lab and , if possible , locate Jedi Master Kast Fulier and his Padawan Etain Tur - Mukan . Although Master Kast Fulier was dead prior to their arrival , Omega Squad was ultimately successful in destroying the lab after joining up with Padawan Tur - Mukan and enlisting the help of a native Gurlanin , Jinart . Due to the Separatist droids burning the barq fields in the search of one of Omega ' s members , there was a galactic shortage of the grain , causing economic problems for both the Trade Federation and the already impoverished farmers who lost their crops . Occupation by the Republic . After the success of the mission to Qiilura , a deal was struck between the Republic and the Gurlanins to remove the Human colony . The terms of the agreement specified that the Gurlanins , with their ridiculously effective espionage skills , would act as spies for the Republic , and the entire Human colony would immediately be evicted from the planet by Republic forces . For the members of the dwindling population of Gurlanins , this meant that the merlie herds would once again reach their previous numbers in the wild , restoring balance to the environment . Failing to keep their end of the bargain , a Republic garrison was established and led by General Arligan Zey and Commander Etain Tur - Murkan . Their objective was to train the Human colonists in guerrilla warfare in case of another Separatist attack . However , because the Separatists had no other interests in the system , all that the training and equipping accomplished was the further encroachment of Gurlanin territory by Human colonists . Furious , the Gurlanins decided that the only way to get the Republic to listen was to grab it by the ears . An entire Republic troopship was destroyed due to information leaked to the Separatists by Gurlanin agents . This caused the Senate to immediately understand the tremendous threat the Gurlanins could be , and a decision was quickly made to remove the Human colonists on Qiilura . The Senate Committee on Refugees was informed by Republic Intelligence that at least two , and possibly a much larger number of other Gurlanins , had infiltrated Coruscant , where they were in place and standing by to inflict significant damage to the Republic in retaliation for the continued occupation of Qiilura . Tur - Murkan , now a General , led a contingent of clone troopers to expedite the evacuation of the Human colonists . The colonists resisted leaving their homes , and openly engaged Republic forces with the militias trained by Zey and Tur - Murkan . The evacuation quickly became an eviction , and when clone casualties grew out of hand , Tur - Murkan regretfully gave the order to use lethal force , if necessary , to remove the remaining colonist hold - outs . Wrath of the Empire . When the Empire rose into power , Qiilura was conquered by Imperial stormtroopers . Yuuzhan Vong War . During the Yuuzhan Vong ' s incursion into the galaxy , Qiilura fell within space conquered by the invaders .