Jerne

Jerne was a desert planet in the Outer Rim Territories' Kanz sector. Its native Jerni species had gone extinct by the time the Galactic Empire militarized the world and headquartered themselves in Jerne City H.Q., an event that had occurred recently by 3 ABY. At that point, the Sith Lord Darth Vader crafted a trap for the Rebel Leia Organa—planted datatapes claimed that a highly valuable artifact called the Eternity Crystal with the power to wind back time was located on Jerne—ensnaring fellow Rebel Luke Skywalker in it as well. Allured, the Rebels traveled there in search of the crystal but were shot down by Imperials.

After crashing and being captured by the Empire, the Rebels were captured again, this time by a new group: a local band of guerrillas led by a pirate named Meeka Reen. The guerrillas were very interested in Skywalker and Organa's presence and convinced them to explain why they had come to Jerne, resulting in Reen pretending to make a deal with the Rebels so that she could acquire the crystal for herself. The guerrillas and Rebels made their way to the Eternity Crystal's supposed location, Adony Station, where—following a short skirmish with Imperial stormtroopers—Reen betrayed the Rebels, entered the ruins that Organa recognized from the datatapes, and was subsequently blown up by Vader's planted explosives. Skywalker and Organa survived the ordeal, escaping the Jerne system on an Imperial scout ship.

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