Yar Togna

Yar Togna was an Outer Rim Territories planet that was home to the sentient Tognath species. A high-gravity world with a dense, oxygen-poor atmosphere, it featured a massive volcanic mountain range that ejected large quantities of sulfur and ash into the planet's air. The airborne particles were consumed by the large, floating creatures known as float-jellies, which thereby prevented Yar Togna's climate from becoming frigid.

The Tognath were an evolutionary ancient insecto-mammalian species that had subpar hearing and sense of balance, which the Tognath frequently augmented by cybernetic technology, especially when traveling off-world. On Yar Togna, most Tognath worked as miners, procuring and selling crystals that were important to the manufacture of sensor arrays. On the backs of the float-jellies, Tognath farmed mosses, molds, and mushrooms that served as valuable export goods to the wider galaxy.

In 18 BBY, the Galactic Empire subjected Yar Togna to a brutal conquest and occupation due to its strategic crystal deposits. The Empire enslaved the portion of the planet's populace that did not flee the world in a mass exodus that included the eggmates Benthic and Edrio. As a result, most Tognath subsequently became part of anti-Imperial resistance groups.

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