Emperor's personal zoo

The Emperor's personal zoo was a zoo holding several intergalactic species for Emperor Palpatine's personal viewing, many of which were rare or exotic animals. At some point, numerous species, including an argora, an acklay, a mordon, a dianoga, and multiple tookas were being transported to the zoo. However, Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka boarded the freighter carrying the animals, and released all of them in an attempt to locate the argora. The Rebel cell known as the Spectres later arrived, and rescued all of the animals from the freighter while returning the argora to its home planet, saving them from captivity in the zoo.

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