Hapan Hapans were the near - Human natives of the Hapes Cluster , a closely packed star cluster located in the Inner Rim of the galaxy . They differed from baseline Human stock in a number of ways , most notably in that they possessed poor night vision and were considered to be , on average , more attractive than the typical Human standard for beauty . Due to the Transitory Mists that surround the Hapes Cluster , the Hapans were isolated from the rest of the galaxy both culturally and genetically . Because most of the male population , which made up the Lorell Raiders pirate gang , was largely wiped out by the Jedi around 4 , 000 BBY , the Hapans adopted a matriarchal society and were ruled by a Queen Mother . The first Queen Mother closed the borders of the Hapes Cluster to the galaxy at large , which resulted in the Hapans dealing with intruders swiftly and lethally . Over the years , interaction between Hapans and the rest of the Galaxy was extremely limited , due to their enforced isolation . However , in 8 ABY , the Hapans opened their borders to the rest of the Galaxy . After this it was much easier to spot a Hapan than it had been in the past . Biology and appearance . Hapans were biologically similar to baseline Humans ; however , they possessed some key differences , the most prominent of which was that they were selectively bred over many generations to be beautiful . This was due to the fact that in 4000 BBY , the pirates that originally ruled the Hapes Cluster captured and mated with the more attractive of the Human women they captured . Due to the isolation of the sixty - three inhabited worlds that made up their home , the whole population eventually became beautiful due to the limited gene pool . Another trait that Hapans possessed was their night blindness . Because of the perpetual daylight of Hapes and other planets in the Cluster due to the density of stars in the region , the Hapans had lost all ability to see in the dark , and were nearly blind even in dim lighting . History . Origins . Hapans were the descendants of the Lorell Raiders , a group of pirates who had found routes through the Transitory Mists and used the Hapes Cluster as their base . The Lorell Raiders , along with any other treasure they would plunder , would abduct beautiful Human women from all over the Galaxy and bring them back to Hapes . The women would stay on Hapes and raise their children . The Lorell Raiders would take boys and make the raids only to return to Hapes to rest . Around 4050 BBY , however , the mostly male Lorell Raiders were devastated by the Jedi when they ventured out into Galactic Republic space . Hapes was forgotten , and the women left behind took control and vowed that a man will never rule them again . They formed the Hapan society , with a Queen Mother at its head . Around 3100 BBY , a Queen Mother sealed the borders to the newly created Hapes Consortium from the rest of the Galaxy , ordered the starship " Star Home " to be constructed , and quickly captured many more planets for the Hapans to colonize . Information on Hapan history between 3 , 000 BBY and 8 ABY was very hard to come by , but what was found was that sometime in the distant past , several members of the Hapes Consortium tried to secede from the influence of Hapes , but were quickly crushed . Those worlds became known as the Rifle Worlds , and eventually they became the commerce base of the Consortium . Reign of the Empire . Shortly before the Great Jedi Purge and the rise of the Galactic Empire , a Hapan Jedi washout named Sinsor Khal returned to the Hapes Cluster to become a scientist . Due to his failed Jedi status and his location in the Hapes Cluster , he survived the Great Jedi Purge . Later on , he would be banished to a lockdown science lab on Gallinore by Ta ' a Chume for cruelty to his subjects , although she would continue to fund his research . According to one account , the Hapan people were pacifists and diplomats who led with a more peaceful stance . Despite this , there were numerous advocates that desired a stronger military presence , with one of those becoming the future Ta ' a Chume . Eventually , the Consortium encountered the Galactic Empire and was said to had fallen to them with some claiming that the actions of pacifists and diplomats nearly ruining the Hapan realm . It is believed that the Hapans were left to their own devices by the Galactic Empire , as no records of any major confrontations between the two parties exist as of yet . However , there were some skirmishes near the border that resulted in the Hapans capturing some Imperial Star Destroyers . Some of these Star Destroyers would be later presented as a gift to Leia Organa and used by the New Republic . During Palpatine ' s reign , some people believed that he was secretly in love with a Hapan woman . In 2 ABY , Kalen , the Chume ' da ( or heir ) of the Hapes Consortium , was captured in the Terephon system and killed . Kalen ' s brother Isolder then went on a two - year undercover quest to find and apprehend the killer . The culprit , a Hapan pirate named Harravan , was eventually found and apprehended , but died mysteriously in jail before he could be questioned . A short time after , Isolder ' s fiancée , Elliar , was found murdered in one of Hapes ' s many reflecting pools . As far as it was known , no one was ever charged or questioned in Elliar ' s death . It would later come out that Ta ' a Chume was responsible for arranging the murders of both Elliar and of her own son , because they were viewed by her as weak and thus unfit to rule . Contact with the New Republic . In 8 ABY , Princess Leia Organa went to Hapes to discuss with Ta ' a Chume a possible alliance with the New Republic . While Organa was there , Isolder fell in love with her , and requested of his mother permission to marry her . Permission was granted , and was made a part of the deal : Hapes would ally with the New Republic if Organa married Isolder . Instead , after an adventure on the planet Dathomir , Isolder proposed marriage to a Dathomiri Witch named Teneniel Djo . Ta ' a Chume disapproved of the young Dathomiri , but grudgingly accepted her son ' s choice of a bride after Djo used the Force on her . Isolder also demanded of his mother that the Consortium join the New Republic , which she agreed to , but eventually did not live up to an effort to preserve internal stability . Also at this time , Dathomir was admitted into the Consortium as the unofficial 64th planet . Some time later , Ta ' a Chume stepped down as Queen Mother , and was replaced by Teneniel Djo . The Consortium stayed out of galactic politics for over a decade and a half , until the advent of the Yuuzhan Vong War . The people rejoiced at the birth of Tenel Ka in 10 ABY , but they would be disappointed in their heir ' s preference for her mother ' s culture . Since Tenel Ka had trained to be a Jedi and had no interest in taking over the Hapan throne , the issue of another heir had become a hot topic . To resolve the issue , Isolder and Teneniel tried to have another child . They had succeeded , as Teneniel was in the early stages of pregnancy in this time . Yuuzhan Vong War . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Leia Organa Solo once again visited Hapes in 25 ABY to request the assistance of the Hapan Royal Navy in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong . A vote was made by the planetary delegates , which ended up in a tie . Beed Thane then provoked an honor duel with Isolder , with the winner controlling the tie breaking vote . Isolder defeated Thane , and the navy was dispatched to Fondor , with Isolder himself commanding the " Song of War " . However , due to Centerpoint Station being misaligned , the beam from that ancient weapon took out three quarters of the Hapan fleet . Due to the Force backlash , Teneniel miscarried and went into a deep depression . With the Queen Mother incapacitated and Isolder blamed for the loss of many lives at Fondor , the people began calling for stronger leadership . Since Isolder refused to allow Ta ' a Chume to reassume the throne , she began a plot to find a new wife for Isolder . In 27 ABY , when the survivors of the Myrkr strike team , among them Tenel Ka , flew to Hapes for refuge , Ta ' a Chume saw a younger version of herself in the grieving Jaina Solo and tried to groom her to be the next Queen Mother . Ta ' a Chume also put pressure on Isolder to divorce Teneniel and marry Jaina , telling him that unless he did so , or unless she retook the throne , their relatives would kill them all . In an attempt to further her plot and remove what she perceived to be an obstacle , Ta ' a Chume also arranged through the Ni ' Korish to have Teneniel Djo poisoned . In her semi - coherent state , Teneniel offered no resistance , and died shortly before the Battle of Hapes . In the aftermath of Teneniel ' s death , it was Tenel Ka who took up her fallen mother ' s crown , not because she desired it , but to keep her grandmother and other bloodthirsty relatives from ruling Hapes . Isolder had his mother arrested for her part in his wife ' s death , and she remained under house arrest for the next nine years . The new Queen Mother revealed Teneniel ' s legacy : a whole fleet of ships built in secret and hidden in the Transitory Mists , ready to be used in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong . Tenel Ka placed this fleet under the command of Jagged Fel , a human member of the Chiss fleet , and the Hapan fleet repelled the invaders . Under Tenel Ka ' s leadership , the Consortium would eventually joined the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances in 28 ABY , and they aided in Alliance campaigns against the Yuuzhan Vong , with the Hapan fleet even participating in the Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar . Dark Nest Crisis . In 35 ABY , Jacen Solo came to Hapes to visit his friend , Queen Mother Tenel Ka , and to ask for her assistance in sending a fleet to defend the Killik s against the Chiss . Tenel Ka granted the request , provided he spend the night with her . Shortly after , she secluded herself for almost a year , and in 36 ABY , Tenel Ka gave birth to Jacen ' s daughter , whom she named Allana . The identity of Allana ' s father remained unknown to all except her parents , and Tenel Ka refused to release any holoimages of her . Shortly after the birth of Allana , Ta ' a Chume , who was still under house arrest for the death of Teneniel Djo , arranged a secret meeting with the Dark Nest of Killiks . The two parties brokered a deal : Ta ' a Chume would supply the Dark Nest with navicomputer technology in exchange for having them assassinate her newborn great - granddaughter . A week after Allana ' s birth , Jacen Solo and his younger cousin Ben Skywalker were summoned to Hapes . While the pair were visiting with the Queen Mother and her newborn daughter in a secluded part of Hapes to which only the Queen Mothers had access , the Dark Nest took the opportunity to attack , and Tenel Ka , Allana and Ben were saved from the attack by Jacen Solo . Because of the way the Killiks entered the area via a path only the Queen Mothers knew about , Tenel Ka and Jacen deduced that Ta ' a Chume was behind the plot , and Jacen went to confront the former Queen Mother . Once Jacen arrived , a verbal confrontation occurred between the pair , during which Ta ' a Chume stated that she refused to let her newborn heir , the child of two Jedi , eventually rule over the Consortium . Jacen deemed Ta ' a Chume a threat to the lives of Tenel Ka and Allana , and rendered her catatonic after she confessed that it was she who had arranged for the Dark Nest ' s attempt on his daughter ' s life . A few months later , Queen Mother Tenel Ka was one of many Jedi summoned by Luke Skywalker to a Jedi meeting on Ossus . When everyone had assembled , Skywalker gave an ultimatum that the Jedi Order came first , and that any who could not put the order first was welcome to leave . Tenel Ka went to Skywalker after the meeting and told him that regretfully , she cannot put being a Jedi before being Queen Mother , and offered up her lightsaber . Skywalker told her to keep it , and that there was a place for her in the Order if she ever decided to return . After an awkward meeting with Han and Leia Organa Solo , Tenel Ka went back to Hapes . Second Galactic Civil War . During the Second Galactic Civil War in 40 ABY , some rogue Hapan nobles calling themselves the Heritage Council got in touch with the Corellian government and hatched a plot to eliminate the pro - Galactic Alliance Queen Mother Tenel Ka and her daughter Allana . After both the Queen Mother and her heir were dead , the rogue Hapan nobles would then align the Hapes Consortium with the Corellians . Knowing that the pro - Corellian Han and Leia Solo were good friends of the Queen Mother , the Corellian leadership used them as dupes and sent them on a fake mission to Hapes in an effort to draw the Queen Mother into a trap laid by the Hapan nobles . After realizing that they were used , the Solos foiled the assassination attempt and decided to spy on the assassin named Nashtah to determine the extent of the conspiracy . Alerted to the assassination attempt , Queen Mother Tenel Ka contacted Jacen Solo , who was by now the head of the Galactic Alliance Guard , to help in the investigation . In turn he arranged to have both Tenel Ka and their daughter smuggled onto his flagship , the " Anakin Solo " , to prevent any more attempts on their lives . After it was revealed that the Ducha s of AlGray and Galney were part of the rogue Hapan nobles planning to take over Hapes , Tenel Ka left the " Anakin Solo " to prepare the Royal Navy for battle , but not before giving express instructions that Allana was to remain onboard . Despite the fact that Jacen placed his daughter under a heavy guard , the assassin Nashtah still managed to get through all the security protocols that Jacen had set up and proceeded on her quest to kill Allana . Jacen then proceeded to engage Nashtah in battle , and while the assassin was lying on the ground wounded , Allana injected Nashtah with a sleep stick . Over Hapes , the battle between the Hapan loyalists and the Heritage Council raged . Both sides suffered heavy losses , but with the aid of the " Anakin Solo " , the Hapan loyalists were victorious . Jacen Solo was hailed as a hero among the Hapan people , and because of this Tenel Ka briefly considered announcing Allana ' s paternity to her people . All the captured members of the Heritage Council were given the Queen ' s Justice and had their titles and holdings stripped from them . However , Tenel Ka eventually came to realize that Jacen was not the man she once knew . She watched in horror as Jacen , now calling himself Darth Caedus , deemed the Wookiees traitors to the Galactic Alliance for harboring his pro - Corellian parents and set the forests of Kashyyyk ablaze as a form of punishment . Tenel Ka demanded his surrender , but Caedus refused , forcing Tenel Ka to order her fleet to open fire upon the " Anakin Solo " during the Battle of Kashyyyk . After the battle , she met with Luke Skywalker , the Rock Council , and Admiral Babo of the Confederation , and explained that she was withdrawing support from the Galactic Alliance , but not joining the Confederation . She did , however , join the Wookiees and Jedi in the resistance against Caedus . Caedus later attempted force Tenel Ka to return to the Alliance by kidnapping Allana and threatening to kill her , but this merely achieved Hapan neutrality . Caedus went to great lengths to hide Allana from members of his own staff , and Allana was homesick . In an effort to calm her down , he informed the homesick girl that he was her father , and that once " all the bad men " are gone , they could live together as father and daughter in peace . Tenel Ka , distraught over losing her daughter , went to Luke Skywalker for help , and he led a strike team to the " Anakin Solo " in order to rescue her . The operation was a success , with Allana ' s Solo grandparents discovering their biological connection to the young Hapan heir when they were taking her back to Tenel Ka . Due to this , Tenel Ka let the Jedi Order construct a new temporary base on the Consortium planet Shedu Maad so that the Solos could be closer to Allana . Legacy . During the Sith – Imperial War and the Second Imperial Civil War that followed , Hapes remained neutral . Society and politics . Language . The native language of the Hapans was Hapan . The Hapan language developed over the years due to isolation from the rest of the Galaxy , and was spoken throughout the Consortium . Galactic Basic Standard was not commonly known to the average Hapan , but since the opening of the borders in 8 ABY , it became more common . Government . The Hapans were ruled by the Queen Mother from Fountain Palace as part of the Hapes Consortium . The title of Queen Mother was hereditary , passed down from mother to daughter . If the Queen Mother failed to have daughters , the wife of the firstborn son became Queen Mother . However , to be in the line of succession meant both the Queen Mother and her heirs had to avoid constant attempts on their lives by jealous relatives who vied for the throne themselves . In addition to the Queen Mother , there were also representatives from each Consortium member planet at the Royal Court . Their main purpose was to vote on matters of importance and to give updates on the political and social conditions of their home planets that may require the Queen Mother ' s attention . The Queen Mother had the final say on everything , and her word was considered law . Military . The Hapan Navy consisted of at least sixty - three Hapan Battle Dragon s , one for each member world , and were usually backed up by X - wings , Hapes Nova Battle Cruisers , and Miy ' til starfighter s . During the Post - Imperial period , one of the flagships of the Hapan Fleet , besides the Queen Mother ' s " Star Home " , was Isolder ' s " Song of War " . They were noted for being a rich and powerful people that defended their borders with extreme militancy . The main functions of the Hapan Navy were to keep outsiders from entering the Hapes Consortium and to defend the Consortium in times of war . Any unauthorized persons who attempted to enter the Consortium without permission were dealt with in a swift and brutal manner . Other functions of the Navy were as escorts of the royal family when they left Hapes , and for flushing pirates out of the Transitory Mists . There were also ground - based military units , such as members of the royal guard . Members of the royal guard wore red , and were usually handpicked for their posts . It was considered a great honor to serve the royal family , and people who did were accorded much respect among the populace . Hapans tended to draw their command staffs from the ranks of their own houses . Amongst this governing body also sat the Hapan Dragoons . An extension of the hand of the Queen mother , a royal guard army for protection of the Queen who held law above all those before the Queen mother . One form of communication was achieved through a staccato rhythm of Hapan military flash code . Culture . Hapan culture , at least among the upper classes , was based on assassination attempts and struggles for power . Most upper class Hapans would think nothing of arranging the death of one of their own if it would advance their own cause . Ta ' a Chume had demonstrated this principle numerous times when she had arranged for the deaths of her elder son , her younger son ' s fiancé , and her daughter - in - law , and attempted to have her granddaughter and great - granddaughter killed . In addition , there was a class based system within Hapan society . Among the royal family of Hapes , its members did not treat their servants well with women being accorded greater respect than men , industrialists afforded more respect than farmers and finally royalty being given the most respect to all . Thus , the concept of treating one of lower status as an equal was something that was quite foreign to their way of thinking . The Queen Mother was treated like a goddess by the Hapans , and her selection of a consort was important to all her people . Candidates for the role of consort often came from the nobility , mainly to keep the gene pool vibrant . There were fierce rivalries between many noble houses over which house would get their sons to father the next Queen Mother , and nobles often plotted against both the consort and the heir of the Queen Mother who was not fathered by one of their own . It was because of this that Allana ' s paternity was kept secret , so all the noble houses would believe that one of their own possibly fathered her and would not harm her . Due to the matriarchal society of the Hapes Consortium , men were often treated as second class citizens . Although most Hapan males were used mainly for breeding , some held positions of power , although their ability to use it was limited . Some Hapan men who felt trapped by their position in society often ran away and became pirates . These men hid out in the Transitory Mists and preyed on unsuspecting vessels , at least until caught by passing Nova Battle Cruisers . When captured , they would be put on trial , and possibly executed depending on how severe the charge was . Anti - Jedi sentiment was rife among the Hapans , mainly due to the fact that the Lorell Raiders had fallen to the Jedi . This sentiment came to head during the reign of Ni ' Korish , Ta ' a Chume ' s mother . Ni ' Korish had an immense hatred of Jedi and had done her best to wipe out any that had made their way into the Consortium . Because of this , an anti - Jedi faction had formed among the Hapans named after her . The faction had come into prominence during the Yuuzhan Vong War , mainly due to the backlash of the Battle of Fondor . Many Hapans who had blamed Teneniel Djo for the disaster at Fondor became members of the Ni ' Korish . It was this faction , under the control of Ta ' a Chume , that had Teneniel Djo assassinated in 27 ABY . It is not known what the thoughts of the general Hapan public were regarding the new Queen Mother , Tenel Ka , being a member of the Jedi Order . However , there is a hint of greater tolerance towards the Jedi during Tenel Ka ' s leadership after Jacen Solo saved her from Corellian sympathizers in 40 ABY . The Hapan loyalists highly praised Jacen as a hero for his actions , seemingly an indication of the decrease in anti - Jedi sentiments . The Hapan people had a deep ( some would say neurotically so ) love of beauty . If a person , especially the heir to the throne , was blemished or deformed in any way , it was considered a fate worse than death . Technology . Developed in the isolation of the Hapes Consortium , Hapan technology had advanced in some areas ( ion technology ) but had lagged seriously behind the rest of the Galaxy in others ( turbolaser technology ) . This was demonstrated best in the Hapan Battle Dragons and the Hapes Nova Battle Cruisers , both of which were limited in their firing rates . However , upgrades provided by the New Republic during the Yuuzhan Vong War improved the already considerable firepower of these vessels . The Hapan Consortium ' s designs held adequate shielding and hull integrity . However , the use of underpowered fusion generators and antiquated weapon designs meant that their vessels were vulnerable to their Imperial and New Republic counterparts . By the time of the New Republic , a number of Hapan advances were known to had been stolen from Imperial corporations such as Kuat Drive Yards and SoroSuub Corporation . Their turbolaser technology lagged significantly behind galactic levels with them holding only held one - third the recharge rate when compared to their Imperial equivalent . The Consortium also adopted the use of gravity - well technology that had been developed by the Galactic Empire which was seen in Interdictor class heavy cruisers . A further development by their scientists was the creation of pulse mass mines that were able simulate the mass shadows of planetary bodies . An example of Hapan innovative technology came from the planet of Charubah . Named the Gun of Command , its purpose was to disable a person ' s thought processes with an electromagnetic field , making the person temporarily unable to think for themselves . When placed in the wrong hands , the Gun of Command was considered a dangerous weapon indeed . They also made use of small golden shields for their personnel that were capable of forming a personal energy shield thus protecting the wearer from weapon fire . There were also medical facilities on Hapes that could produce some of the most realistic - looking artificial limbs in the galaxy , and the planet Gallinore housed high - tech laboratories with the most up to date equipment . Ta ' a Chume kept some of the Consortium ' s best scientists here and funded their research , despite the fact that they have committed crimes in the past that resulted in them being banished to the lockdown facility they work in . Gallinore scientists were also quite skilled in the art of bioengineering with skills above those possessed by the New Republic . It was here that Jaina Solo sought out Sinsor Khal to request his help in modifying the signals of Yuuzhan Vong slave implants . Without this research , Hapes might have fallen to the invaders . Behind the scenes . Some sources describe Hapans as Human , and others as near - Human .