Karideph Karideph was a planet in the Karideph system , a star system in the Outer Rim Territories ' s resource - rich Minos Cluster . Home of the insectoid Kari species , Karideph ' s surface was almost entirely dominated by gardens and agricultural fields that provided for the planet ' s population of more than 88 billion . Discovered by the greater galaxy alongside the rest of the Minos Cluster between 3956 BBY and 3681 BBY , Karideph was the next stop along the Rimma Trade Route after Elrood , and the Trition Trade Route branched off Karideph to connect the Minos Cluster and the Kathol sector to the Rimma . Karideph was invaded by the reconstituted Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War , but a Galactic Republic counterattack under the command of Jedi Master Orgus Din and the Special Forces ' Lieutenant Harron Tavus drove back the Imperial assault . Description . Karideph was a planet located in the Karideph system of the Minos Cluster , a star cluster and sector in the Outer Rim Territories . The planet ' s surface was covered by rows upon rows of carefully tilled gardens , including the sides of Karideph ' s mountain ranges and the coasts of the planet ' s oceans . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , none of the planet ' s original wildlife or flora remained , as it all had been cultivated , and the crop fields were dotted by several massive cities . The upper levels of these cities had to be pressurized because of their incredible height , but the majority of Karideph ' s native Kari lived in the extensive tunnel systems beneath its surface — the deepest of which reached twelve kilometers , almost breaking through the planet ' s crust . Karideph was located at the far southern end of the Rimma Trade Route hyperlane , and the Trition Trade Route branched off of the Rimma to connect several important worlds in the Minos Cluster and the nearby Kathol sector . History . Karideph was discovered sometime between the year 3956 BBY , the end of the Jedi Civil War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire under the Sith Lord Darth Malak , and 3681 BBY , the beginning of the Great Galactic War between the Republic and a reconstituted Sith Empire . By that point , the Rimma Trade Route had been extended out from Elrood as far as Karideph , bringing the resource - rich Minos Cluster into contact with the rest of the galaxy . Not long after the beginning of their war with the Republic , the Empire set their sights on the Minos Cluster ' s valuable resources and launched the Minos Cluster Campaign , a military invasion that lasted the entire twenty - eight years of the conflict and saw both the Republic and the Empire gain advantages in the Cluster at different times in the war . Sometime between 3667 BBY and 3653 BBY , the Empire attempted an invasion of Karideph , but the Republic launched a furious counterattack under the leadership of Jedi Master Orgus Din and Lieutenant Harron Tavus of the Republic Special Forces Division — a counterattack that led to a Republic victory and the pair being named the " Heroes of Karideph " by the native Kari and the Republic . By the time of the Galactic Civil War over three thousand years later , Karideph had become one of the Minos Cluster ' s major economic hubs — it imported a massive amount of raw materials and foodstuffs in exchange for small appliances , droid parts , and machine parts . The planet was heavily overpopulated by that point , with a population of at least 88 billion , and as a result almost the entire surface was devoted toward the production of food for Karideph ' s population .