Belsavis / Legends Belsavis , also known as Plawal , was a planet in the Ninth Quadrant , a region of the Bozhnee sector . Ice - covered , its average temperature was in the - 50s . It was located on the edge of the Senex sector , at one end of the Belsavis Run . History . Pre - and Old Republic eras . At some unknown point in the past , the planet became one of the many worlds that belonged to the Rakata Infinite Empire . During that time , the Rakata made use of the world as a prison colony , where they placed many dangerous prisoners that remained trapped for the millennia . It entered an ice age around 5000 BBY . Its inhabitants dwelt in three volcanic jungle rifts . Later , during the Great Galactic War , the Republic used Belsavis ’ prison , The Tomb , to confine dangerous Sith Lords and war criminals . By the beginning of the Galactic War , the resurgent Sith Empire discovered Belsavis ' location from the imprisoned crime lord , Ivory , through use of a Rakata transmitter , and sought to perform a mass prison break , including freeing the imprisoned Dread Masters and discovering Rakata secrets . At the same time , the Sith Emperor dispatched Executor Krannus to destroy Belsavis , which would have sent shockwaves into hyperspace that would have destroyed adjacent systems , fulfilling the Emperor ' s intended galactic genocide . It was only through the intervention of the Hero of Tython that Belsavis was saved . A community by the name of Plett ' s Well was settled in 88 BBY by Jedi Master Plett , and came to be called simply Plawal . The main Republic colonization of the planet occurred in 20 BBY , with many plants and animals being imported from Ithor . The bounty hunter Jango Fett was once captured and imprisoned in an underground labyrinth on Belsavis . Although pursued by kretch insect s , he managed to escape by figuring out the internal logic of the maze . Imperial era . Later , in 19 BBY , Plett hid a number of Jedi younglings in Plett ' s Well from the Great Jedi Purge , but the Galactic Empire sent the " Eye of Palpatine " to bombard Plawal . Fortunately , Jedi Knights Callista Ming and Geith Eris sabotaged the " Eye " , but Plett and the Jedi younglings were forced to flee the planet regardless . Some of the younglings , such as Roganda Ismaren , were captured by the Inquisitorius . Around 6 BBY , the Imperial Governor stationed a few tariff police on the world to deal with increased smuggler activity . Around 0 BBY , Brathflen Corporation and other fruit - companies established domes around the world . At the time of the Battle of Hoth , Mara Jade visited the world to investigate the rumors of the Jedi fugitives . New Republic era . In 12 ABY , a large shipment of Tenloss Disintegrator rifles was to be shipped to Belsavis , but the cargo was stolen on Nar Shaddaa . The New Republic Intelligence Service was informed of the thief , but were unsure why the munitions were heading there in the first place . The planet allied with , but did not join , the New Republic , maintaining independence . Later in 12 ABY , Roganda Ismaren later attempted a coup against the New Republic on Belsavis , attempting to make her son Irek Ismaren the new Emperor with financial backing from treacherous nobles from the neighboring Juvex sector and Senex sector , along with using Irek ' s Force abilities to control the " Eye " . Roganda was foiled by Luke Skywalker , Callista , and Leia Organa Solo . Behind the scenes . In the , Belsavis is a cheat code . Also , the article " The Emperor ' s Pawns " misspelled this planet " Belsalvis " on one occasion .