Lotho Minor Lotho Minor , also known as the Junk World , was a ruined planet located in the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories that was the homeworld of both the Anacondan and Junker species . Used as a dumping ground , its surface was covered with junk and trash amassed over a number of generations , which brought salvage operations to the planet to find junk that could still be used . Following his defeat during the Battle of Naboo , the Sith Lord Darth Maul went into exile in the bowels of Lotho Minor , where he lost his mind until he was found by his brother , Savage Opress , over a decade later . Description . A terrestrial planet located in the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories , Lotho Minor ' s surface was covered with enormous mountain s of trash piled over countless generations . The gutted and rotting hull s of ancient starship s poked through the more recent garbage , lending its landscape the eerie feel of an industrial graveyard . Foul - smelling fog limited visibility , while huge pools of toxic sludge and periodic bursts of deadly acid rain made the hot , caustic planet ' s ruined ecosystem one of the most dangerous in the galaxy . A debris field known as the Wreck Belt orbit ed Lotho Minor . History . For time immemorial , Lotho Minor was an industrial dumping ground for neighboring worlds . Cargo ships routinely dropped holds of refuse onto the planet , caring little as to what would become of it . Long before the Clone Wars , immense refuse incinerator droid s were programmed to incinerate Lotho Minor ' s garbage . By the year 20 BBY , they continued to labor amid the mountains of garbage ; those unfortunate enough to live on Lotho Minor did not know the droid s ' origins and referred to them simply as " fire - breathers . " Salvage operations also dug through the planet - wide junkyard , looking to reclaim and recondition reusable or obsolete machinery , and Lotho Minor came to also be known as the Junk World . After his defeat at the Battle of Naboo in 32 BBY , the shattered body of Darth Maul , a Dathomirian Zabrak Sith Lord , was dumped amid Lotho Minor ' s junk . His driving desire to cling to life pushed him to rebuild himself with spider - like legs in place of his severed ones , living in hiding in the cave s beneath Lotho Minor ' s surface and subsisting off trash and vermin for over a decade . An Anacondan known as Morley pledged loyalty to Maul in order to survive , promising to lure unwitting prey into Maul ' s hungry clutches . Lotho Minor was neutral during the Clone Wars . In 20 BBY , Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters tasked Savage Opress with finding Maul , his long lost brother . A magic talisman guided him in the direction of Lotho Minor ; while scouring the planet ' s endless wastes for his brother , Opress encountered Morley , who guided him past such threats as the enormous fire - breathers and a tribe of territorial Junker s . Morley lured Opress into a cave , where Maul was said to live . There , Opress found his brother , though the latter ' s mind had been shattered . Oppress brought Maul back to Dathomir , where Talzin restored the former Sith Lord ' s body and mind . Inhabitants . Lotho Minor was the apparent homeworld of the mysterious Junkers . Living in tribes , these denizens appeared to be a strange hybrid of organic life and mechanical debris , and no one was quite sure of their origin . Lotho Minor ' s role as a galactic dumping ground discouraged any deep exploration of Junker culture or biology , as did their violent territoriality . The Junkers lived off the scrap found on their homeworld ' s surface , augmenting their strange and twisted bodies with cybernetic enhancements . They had lived on Lotho Minor for so long that it was impossible to tell where their bodies ended and where the refuse began . The garbage planet was also home to the sentient Anacondan species . These slithering , snake like beings possessed two expressive eye s and a large mouth . The cunning Anacondan Morley survived on Lotho Minor by delivering sustenance to Darth Maul in exchange for the exiled Sith Lord ' s scraps . Behind the scenes . Lotho Minor was originally created for " Brothers , " the twenty - first episode of the animated television series , which first aired on March 9 , 2012 . However , it was first alluded to in " Witches of the Mist , " the fourteenth episode of " The Clone Wars " , which originally aired on January 21 , 2011 . The planet first appeared in the " Star Wars " Legends young - adult novel " The Wrath of Darth Maul " , written by Ryder Windham and released on January 1 , 2012 . Several " spirit of " designs for Lotho Minor were illustrated by Kilian Plunkett and Pat Presley . The planet was referred to as " Lamoth " in some pieces of concept art .