Zygerrian Slave Empire

## History

### Early history

 File:ZygerriaSystem-EFK.png  The Zygerrians hailed from Zygerria, a planet located in the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chorlian\_sector/Legends Chorlian sector] of the Outer Rim Territories, on the outskirts of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy/Legends galaxy]. Organized under the Zygerrian Slave Empire, the species prospered on slave trade across the galaxy and especially within the Outer Rim. Eventually, the Zygerrian Empire came to dominate a large portion of the region, stretching from the planet [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Argazda/Legends Argazda] down the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Salin\_Corridor/Legends Salin Corridor] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Hyperlane hyperlane].

The slavers were also in control of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Triellus\_Trade\_Route/Legends Triellus Trade Route], which provided access to the planet [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ryloth/Legends Ryloth], the homeworld of the Twi'lek species. At the height of their empire, the Zygerrians provided slaves to other powerful factions operating in the region, such as the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Hutt\_Empire Hutt Empire] and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chevin/Legends Chevin] slavers.

During the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Cold\_War\_(Galactic\_Republic%E2%80%93Sith\_Empire) Cold War] between the Galactic Republic and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sith\_Empire\_(Post%E2%80%93Great\_Hyperspace\_War) Sith Empire], the planetoid [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Zygerria\_Four Zygerria Four] underwent [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bombardment\_of\_Zygerria\_Four bombardment] with an attempt to drive off slavers who had settled there. The [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Orbital\_bombardment/Legends bombardment] drove away many slavers, with one rich [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified\_slave\_trader slave trader] abandoning an entire [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified\_slave\_trader's\_palace palace]. The bombardment also uncovered the ruins of an [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified\_Zygerria\_Four\_underground\_city underground city] on Zygerria Four, which various [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Archaeology/Legends archaeologists] gathered to study.

### Conflict with the Jedi

 File:Jedi Zygerrian conflict.jpg  Thousands of years before the Clone Wars, the Republic outlawed slavery, and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jedi/Legends Jedi]—who served as the guardians of peace and justice for the Republic—began an [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Outer\_Rim\_anti-slavery\_campaign anti-slavery campaign] within the Outer Rim. As part of that campaign, the Jedi Order especially targeted the Zygerrians. After a brutal conflict, the Zygerrians were crushed, and many of their enslaved species were liberated.

Their empire having fractured, the Zygerrians retreated to their homeworld, and they were not considered a threat by the Jedi or the Republic after that incident. However, ever since their defeat, the Zygerrians longed to restore their slaver empire to its former glory. By the year [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/22\_BBY/Legends 22 BBY], the Zygerrians, along with the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Karazak\_Slavers\_Cooperative Karazak Slavers Cooperative] and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Thalassian\_slavers/Legends Thalassian slavers], had once again emerged as one of the leading slaver organizations in the galaxy, with an estimated income of billions of [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galactic\_Credit\_Standard credits]. As of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/First\_Battle\_of\_Geonosis/Legends beginning] of the Clone Wars later that same year, the species had created the secret Zygerrian Slavers Guild, a successor organization to their former slaver empire.

### Allies of the Confederacy

As the war raged on, the leader of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Confederacy\_of\_Independent\_Systems/Legends Confederacy of Independent Systems], [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Count\_of\_Serenno/Legends Count] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dooku/Legends Dooku], offered to supply the Zygerrians with slaves captured by Confederate [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle\_droid/Legends battle droids] on the battlefields. Dreaming of stretching the Zygerrian influence across the galaxy and believing the Republic too preoccupied with the war to stop her from reaching that goal, Zygerrian Queen Miraj Scintel allied her people with the Separatists. Aided by pirates and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mercenary/Legends mercenaries], the Zygerrians began preying upon systems isolated by the war. They also established slaving outposts on many planets, such as Kowak and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Listehol/Legends Listehol].

 File:TogrutaSlaves-SoR.png  During the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/21\_BBY/Legends second year] of the war, the Confederacy invaded the planet [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kiros/Legends Kiros] and captured its entire [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Togruta/Legends Togruta] population. On the orders of Dooku, the Togrutas were handed over to the Zygerrians, and Scintel hoped to sell them at the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Royal\_Slave\_Auction/Legends Royal Slave Auction] on Zygerria with the hope of restoring the Zygerrian slavers' glory.

Most of the slaves were transferred to a [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kadavo\_slave\_processing\_facility/Legends labor processing hub] on the planet [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kadavo/Legends Kadavo], which was run by the Zygerrian [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Agruss/Legends Agruss], known as the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keeper/Legends Keeper]. Meanwhile, Togruta [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Governor/Legends Governor] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Roshti/Legends Roshti] was kept on Zygerria to be presented at the auction as an example of the goods available for sale.

### Scintel's auction

After [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle\_of\_Kiros/Legends liberating] Kiros from the Separatists and finding the entire population gone, the Jedi [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan\_Kenobi/Legends Obi-Wan Kenobi] and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin\_Skywalker/Legends Anakin Skywalker] embarked on a search for the missing Togrutas and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mission\_to\_Zygerria/Legends infiltrated] the Zygerrian homeworld. While Kenobi set off to search for the Togrutas, Skywalker posed as a slaver named Lars Quell, who wished to present a Togruta slave—in reality, Skywalker's [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Padawan/Legends Padawan], [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ahsoka\_Tano/Legends Ahsoka Tano]—to Scintel. However, Kenobi was soon captured while trying to rescue Roshti.

 File:MissionToZygerria-SotR.jpg  Scintel held the auction as planned, which was hosted by a [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Zygerrian\_auctioneer/Legends Zygerrian auctioneer], and many wealthy individuals came to bid on the Togrutas, but the bidding was soon halted in order to present a new exhibit—the captive Kenobi. At that moment, the auction was interrupted by Skywalker and Tano, who—with the help of [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Clone\_trooper/Legends clone trooper] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/CT-7567/Legends CT-7567]—attempted to liberate Kenobi and to force Scintel to surrender.

However, after the clash of [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lightsaber/Legends lightsabers] and shock whips in the auction arena, the Zygerrians overwhelmed and captured the Jedi. Scintel kept her new captives alive, hoping to break the Jedi's will and make them her obedient slaves. Kenobi, CT-7567, and Roshti were transferred to Kadavo, while Tano was [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Prison/Legends imprisoned] on Zygerria and Skywalker made Scintel's personal slave. The queen's unwillingness to kill the Jedi prompted Atai Molec—the Zygerrian prime minister and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Captain\_of\_the\_Guard/Legends Captain of the Guard]—to invite Dooku to Zygerria to reason with her and execute the Jedi. After the Separatist leader arrived, Scintel refused to listen to him, and Dooku killed her. Meanwhile, Skywalker and Tano escaped and headed for Kadavo, prompting Dooku to contact Keeper Agruss with orders to kill Kenobi and CT-7567.

As Skywalker and Tano attempted to break into the Kadavo processing hub, Dooku ordered them to cease, lest the Keeper drop the captured Togrutas into the maw of a [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Volcano/Legends volcano] below the facility. In response, Skywalker called in Republic reinforcements that he had requested earlier. In the ensuing [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle\_of\_Kadavo/Legends battle], the slaves were liberated, the labor processing hub was destroyed, and the Keeper was killed, dealing another blow to the Zygerrian business.

### Subjugated

 File:Yularen old.png  The species recovered yet again, as Molec—who had ascended to the Zygerrian [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Throne/Legends throne] as the new king after Scintel's death—successfully resurrected the Zygerrian Slave Empire. Meanwhile, the Clone Wars ended in [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/19\_BBY/Legends 19 BBY] with the fall of the Galactic Republic and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Declaration\_of\_a\_New\_Order rise] of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galactic\_Empire/Legends Galactic Empire] in its place. Although the Galactic Empire quickly seized control of most of the galaxy, the Outer Rim Territories initially refused to acknowledge its authority.

The Zygerrian slavers were no exception, as they entered an alliance with [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tervig Tervig] slavers and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sikurdian/Legends Sikurdian] pirates and established illegal trade routes along the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Listehol\_Run Listehol Run] and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Shaltin\_Tunnels/Legends Shaltin Tunnels]. The slaver union also began raiding the newly reorganized [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Corporate\_Sector/Legends Corporate Sector], an independent territory that shared borders with the Outer Rim.

The Galactic Empire was quick to respond to such insurgencies along the Outer Rim and began a [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Reconquest\_of\_the\_Rim campaign] to subjugate that rebellious territory. In [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/18\_BBY/Legends 18 BBY], an Imperial [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Task\_force/Legends task force] led by [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Admiral/Legends Admiral] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wullf\_Yularen/Legends Wullf Yularen] and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Captain/Legends Captain] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bannidge\_Holt Bannidge Holt] began the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Listehol\_Campaign Listehol Campaign]. A [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Fleet/Legends fleet] of [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Invincible-class\_Dreadnaught\_Heavy\_Cruiser *Invincible*-class Dreadnaught Heavy Cruisers], [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Venator-class\_Star\_Destroyer/Legends *Venator*-class Star Destroyers], and [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/TIE/LN\_starfighter TIE fighters] under their command defeated the Sikurdian swarms at the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle\_of\_Sagma Battle of Sagma]. Yularen and Holt then [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Siege\_of\_Zygerria besieged] Zygerria, forcing the Zygerrians to negotiate peace with an [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified\_Imperial\_Advisor\_(Zygerria) Imperial advisor] dispatched to the planet. Placed under Imperial control, Zygerria served as a base of operations for a series of unsuccessful Imperial [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Raids\_on\_Tervissis raids] on the planet [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tervissis Tervissis].

### Relations with the Galactic Empire

However, the Zygerrians' tenure under the heel of the Galactic Empire was short-lived, since King Molec was able to negotiate a deal with [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galactic\_Emperor/Legends Galactic Emperor] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Palpatine/Legends Palpatine]. In exchange for freedom from Imperial control, the Zygerrians agreed to restrict their slaving activities to the Outer Rim. The species enjoyed a rise in prominence once again, and the Zygerrian Slavers Guild went public after [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial\_Decree\_A-SL-4557.607.232 Imperial Decree A-SL-4557.607.232] legalized slavery under certain conditions. In [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/0\_ABY/Legends 0 ABY], Imperial Admiral [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Terrinald\_Screed/Legends Terrinald Screed] singled out the Zygerrians as some of the most infamous slave traders in the entire galaxy in a report that he sent to the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor/Legends Emperor].

As the Zygerrian Slave Empire continued to grow, the species began having dealings with the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Hutt/Legends Hutts] once again. Meanwhile, the structure of the Zygerrian Slavers Guild and the species' reputation as harsh disciplinarians made it beneficial for the Galactic Empire to offer them [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Slaver\_permit slaver permits] at a reduced cost, which, in turn, led the Zygerrians to actively traffic slaves for Imperial needs. Among the species the Zygerrians dealt in were the Twi'leks, the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mandalorian/Legends Mandalorians], and the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookiee/Legends Wookiees], the latter of which the Empire found most useful in the construction of the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/DS-1\_Orbital\_Battle\_Station/Legends first Death Star] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Superweapon/Legends superweapon].

However, because of such close ties to Palpatine's Empire, Zygerrian ships were considered legitimate targets for [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Alliance\_to\_Restore\_the\_Republic/Legends Rebel Alliance] [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Privateer/Legends privateers] during the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Galactic\_Civil\_War/Legends Galactic Civil War]. Additionally, Zygerrian slavers were sometimes hunted by both the [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial\_Navy/Legends Imperial Navy] and the Imperial [./https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sector\_Ranger/Legends Sector Rangers].

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Essential Atlas*
2. ↑ Template:TORcite
3. ↑ Template:TORcite
4. ↑ Template:SWE
5. ↑ Template:Hnn, which references the Zygerrians as one of the major current slaving groups, was published on the Great ReSynchronization date of 13:4:4. This date corresponds to the year 22 BBY on the Galactic Standard Calendar, as explained here.
6. ↑ Template:Hnn
7. ↑ *The New Essential Chronology* and Template:InsiderCite date the beginning of the Clone Wars to 22 BBY and 13:5:21, respectively.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Template:TCW
10. ↑ Template:SWE
11. ↑ Template:TCWdates
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Template:TCW
13. ↑ Template:SWE
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 *The Essential Guide to Warfare*
15. ↑ Commander Maximillian Seerdon's reports in Template:InsiderCite are compiled several months after the destruction of the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. Events taking place within the first year after the battle are dated to 0 ABY by *The New Essential Chronology*.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Template:InsiderCite
17. ↑ *Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations*
18. ↑ *Pirates & Privateers*
19. ↑ Template:WizardsCite