Discovery of Alaris Prime

The discovery of Alaris Prime by Wookiee explorers occurred between 59 BBY and 56 BBY. Alaris Prime was a moon in the Alaris Expanse in the Kashyyyk system that was geographically hidden by the gas giant Alaris. As a consequence, the moon had been untouched by the galactic community for close to one thousand years, when it had been the site of a skirmish in the New Sith Wars. Independent Wookiee explorers from the planet Kashyyyk in the same star system discovered Alaris Prime when their species began to venture to other worlds.

The Wookiees subsequently petitioned the Senate of the Galactic Republic to give them colonization rights to the moon. After two decades of political debate, Alaris Prime was awarded to the Wookiees, who colonized the moon sometime between 39 and 36 BBY. There, they fought against an illegal Trade Federation presence, after which Alaris Prime became a thriving community within the Republic.

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