Alaris Prime colonial war

Between 39 BBY and 36 BBY, a colonial war was fought on the moon Alaris Prime between a group of Wookiee colonists, the Trade Federation, and the moon's population of gundarks, a predatory species. Alaris Prime was a lost resource-rich world in the same system as the planet Kashyyyk, from which Wookiee explorers had rediscovered it twenty years prior to the war. A petition was brought to the Senate of the Galactic Republic for the rights to colonize the moon, and after two decades of debate, the rights were awarded to the Wookiees, who embarked towards the moon under the leadership of Chieftain Attichitcuk, while the Trade Federation sent its Droid Army to secretly claim Alaris Prime. Attichitcuk's first settlement was attacked by gundarks, and the constant threat of the creatures prompted both factions to plan to exterminate them at the gundarks' nest.

With the help of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, the Wookiees trained a small group of soldiers, which Chewbacca, Attichitcuk's son, led to the nest. There, they discovered Trade Federation battle droids slaughtering the gundarks. The droids tried to fire upon the Wookiees next but were destroyed. The Wookiees began intensifying their military training to defend against the Trade Federation, and while on a reconnaissance mission, Attichitcuk was nearly killed by Trade Federation Battle Droid Beta Versions. Chewbacca took command of the Wookiee colonists after rescuing his father and, with Jinn's help, he worked towards further offensives against the Trade Federation.

Chewbacca trained Wookiees to attack a Trade Federation outpost, defended an attack on his camp, and destroyed a Trade Federation listening array. Finally, Chewbacca decided to rid Alaris Prime of the Trade Federation presence, organizing a large assault on the Trade Federation's main base with the help of Jinn, his recuperated father, and cousin Shoran. In what was known as the Battle for Alaris Prime, the Wookiees destroyed the Trade Federation's fortress, ending the war and securing their control of the moon. Alaris Prime became a thriving technological hub for the Republic and attained economic success under Chewbacca's leadership.

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