Dodz

Dodz was a small, barren Outer Rim Territories planet located in the Zoraster sector. It featured extensive crystal caverns, and at some point a profitable crystal mining industry developed on the planet, with the local community being governed by the Citizen's Council of Dodz. However, power on Dodz was eventually usurped by the tyrannical Governor Kugg, who used the combat droid Destroyer to coerce the local merchants into paying heavy taxes.

Around 15 BBY, the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, who had been acquired by the merchant Lott Kemp on Dodz, arrived on the planet, only to discover that their new owner had been driven off-world by Kugg and the Destroyer. Instead, they met the young scavenger Jost Ellon, who invited them to the cave where he lived. There, the trio re-activated what was, unbeknown to Ellon, an old Ranger X-1 defense droid. Hopeful that the droid could be used to fight back against Kugg's tyranny, Ellon took the droids to a meeting of the local Citizen's Council of Dodz, albeit missing the appearance of Kugg himself there.

On the following day, however, Ellon revealed himself and the Ranger X-1 to the governor, and the Destroyer was ordered to attack the other automaton. The two droids engaged in a brawl, with interference by R2-D2 ultimately allowing the X-1 to blow up the Destroyer at the cost of all of his remaining energy. The Citizen's Council of Dodz subsequently intended to hand Kugg over to an intergalactic trial, while an Intergalactic Droid Agency shuttle later took C-3PO and R2-D2 offworld due to the latter having sustained critical damage during the battle between the X-1 and the Destroyer that could not be repaired on Dodz.

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