Kirtarkin / Legends Kirtarkin was a smoky world of pollution and machinery that traditionally served as the customs checkpoint for the Twin Nebulae sectors in the Greater Javin region of the Outer Rim Territories . Located along the Corellian Trade Spine in the Anoat sector , Kirtarkin collected billions in revenue annually from import / export taxes . During the Galactic Empire ' s rule , the Imperial Star Destroyer " Desolator " staged from Kirtarkin while patrolling the Greater Javin . Description . Kirtarkin was a smoky , polluted planet in the Kirtarkin system of the Anoat sector , part of the Greater Javin region of the Outer Rim Territories . It sat along the Corellian Trade Spine hyperlane and was the Anoat sector ' s first stop for starships traveling Rimward from the adjacent Javin sector . A day on Kirtarkin lasted thirty standard hours , and a year 450 local days . The planet had a temperate climate and standard gravity . Due to Kirtarkin ' s widespread urban pollution , the planet ' s atmosphere was classified as Type II , meaning the use of a breath mask was suggested . History . A thousand years before the Galactic Civil War , the Corellian Trade Spine formally ended at the planet Javin on the edge of the Mid Rim . Kirtarkin and other worlds lying beyond fell within territory that the Galactic Republic considered then to be Wild Space , an imperfectly surveyed frontier region of the galaxy visited only by scouts and the most daring traders . Countless hyperspace explorers tried to expand the Trade Spine ' s economic opportunities , but their efforts were thwarted by the dominating Twin Nebulae gas clouds , which proved the greatest impediment to regional navigation . Centuries later , the entrepreneur Ecclessis Figg succeeded where his predecessors had failed . Figg ' s scout ships blazed new hyperspace routes through the Twin Nebulae in the unexplored areas of space on either side of the Trade Spine , which turned the Greater Javin region into an economic powerhouse . The planet Gerrenthum thus found itself at the fortuitous intersection of three lucrative trade lanes , growing from a sleepy frontier outpost to a bustling port world , while Kirtarkin and other surrounding planets followed suit . Kirtarkin once fell within the borders of the Republic ' s Javin sector but was reorganized into the new Anoat sector circa 400 BBY . As the sectoral entry point for Rimward travel down the Corellian Trade Spine , Kirtarkin became the customs world for the Twin Nebulae sectors of Anoat and Yarith . During the reign of the Galactic Empire , Kirtarkin served as the staging point for the Imperial Star Destroyer " Desolator " on its patrols of the Greater Javin . Inhabitants . Kirtarkin supported a mixed population of 2 billion Humans , Lutrillians , Nothoiins , and Mugaari , who governed themselves in appointed councils . Locations . An urbanized world of pollution , machinery , and oil slicks , Kirtarkin took in billions of credits each year from tariffs , importing foodstuffs and exporting fuel and technology . The planet had three starports , one stellar and two standard . Behind the scenes . Kirtarkin was created for the 2004 Wizards of the Coast online article " , " a " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " supplement .