Lothal re-settlement camp 43

Lothal re-settlement camp 43 was a refugee settlement on the Outer Rim planet Lothal, constructed during the Imperial Era to house farmers displaced by the Galactic Empire’s mining operations. Lothalites referred to the settlement as Tarkintown or Tarkin City after Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, who ordered the displacement on the mining recommendations of Imperial Mining Institute analyst Ria Clarr—a recommendation Clarr came to regret given the conditions that the people of Tarkintown were forced to live in.

The settlement, located in a temperate area near Lothal's Capital City, consisted of makeshift dwellings built from salvaged shipping containers, and it was centered around a damaged moisture vaporator with drinking water that was likely contaminated. Lacking proper sanitation and infrastructure, Tarkintown’s multi-species residents were forced to rely on mutual aid and occasional support from the rebel group known as the Spectres. Imperial retaliation against such rebel efforts made Tarkintown a target, including a mass poisoning that nearly killed a number of inhabitants. In 4 BBY, during the Siege of Lothal, the Sith Lord Darth Vader ordered Agent Alexsandr Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau to burn Tarkintown to the ground. Its residents were either imprisoned or killed, with no records kept as to how many of Tarkintown's citizens were casualties.

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