Yavin system

The Yavin system was a three-planet star system in the Outer Rim Territories that contained the gas giant Yavin Prime and its twenty-six moons; only three of which were habitable: Yavin 4, Yavin 8, and Yavin 13. Discovered by Galactic Republic scouts during the Expansionist Era, this overall inhospitable star system went down in history millennia later during the Galactic Civil War, when it hosted the famous Battle of Yavin. In the decades following the end of the conflict, the Yavin system was passed down from hand to hand, conquered by Imperial warlords, before being recaptured by the New Republic and colonized by the extra-galactic invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong.

Despite its reputedly inhospitable environment, the Yavin system was home to at least four sapient native species, namely the Melodies, the Gerbs, the Sliths, and a race of humanoids that was wiped out by the Galactic Empire. Additionally, Yavin 4 became an adopted home for several other species, including the Critokians, the Massassi Sith, and some Humans.

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