Dantooine
This planet has a long history with the Republics and the Alliance. In ancient times, it was the site of a Jedi training center under the command of Jedi Master Vodo Siosk-Baas. One of its most prominent students was the Dark Jedi, Exar Kun. During the period of the Emperor's New Order, it was the site of Rebel base, but it was abandoned before the Empire could determine the base's location. It has two moons and a dry savannah environment. Tash Arranda and her brother, Zak, discovered the ancient Jedi ruins there, with the help of the Dantari Maga. Maga refused to enter the ruins, for the garoo of the Dantari tell legends which said those who entered the ruins never came out. Tash discovered that the Empire was using the ruins - and the legends surrounding them - to create a new batch of clones, using a cloning laboratory which was established by the ancient Jedi Knights. In the year following the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine, Dantooine was the planet to which the Eol Sha colonists were relocated, but it was devastated in a stellar attack from Admiral Daala. The average day on Dantooine lasts 25 standard hours, and its year encompasses 378 local days.

Turkana
This planet was the site of an Imperial Star Destroyer ambush on the main fleet of Alliance Mon Calamari cruisers during the early years of the Galactic Civil War. The Alliance successfully repelled the ambush due to the introduction of the X-Wing starfighter.

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