Chorin

Chorin was a rocky mining planet located in the Inner Rim Territories' Chorin system. Its human population, including the Valance family, was enslaved as miners for generations before being liberated by an Imperial force led by Captain Tarl Sokoli, with the Empire also maintaining a presence on the planet. After the mines were depleted, the Empire abandoned Chorin, leaving its population defenseless against the raiders that would eventually form the criminal syndicate known as the Hidden Hand.

In 1 BBY, during a visit to Chorin, Sith Lord Darth Vader offered the cyborg bounty hunter Beilert Valance, a native of the planet whom he had captured, a position in the Empire. Shortly after the visit, the residents of Valance's village on Chorin left their home and migrated to a rebel base on the world Lowik following a deal between Valance and the rebels Gita and Aeliar. Vader later sent a detachment of stormtroopers to the settlement to slaughter its people, but upon arriving, the troopers discovered that the village had been abandoned.

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