Cessopyre

Cessopyre was a planet in the of the Outer Rim, known for its salt mines, and less than five parsecs from Hutt Space. salt junkies would often visit the world.

History
It was settled in 1,007 BBY by a group of colonists through a based firm. They built the spaceport of New Homestead and began mining the world’s salt within a few years. Because all the water on the planet was saltwater, massive desalination plants were constructed to create drinking water. Because all the plants and animals native to Cessopyre were highly salinous, most species would quickly develop salt-related complications such as high blood pressure and potassium deficiencies if they ate any food not imported. In 845 BBY, a permanent health advisory was given warning Acrona and other species dangerously affected by salt to avoid travel to Cessopyre, if at all possible.

the Hutt took over the local economy and had a palace built in 329 BBY. Acrona Jedi Plarzo Hysado was sent on a mission to Cessopyre in 172 BBY for his Jedi trials because of his weakness for salt. In 64 BBY, Oruba launched a private army from the planet to attack Ulrooine in the nearby.

The CIS conquered the planet early in the Clone Wars because it had become one of the leading salt producers in the galaxy. A resistance movement formed on the planet, however, and the Confederacy spent more resources than the planet was worth trying to keep production going and hunt down the opposition. When the Republic invaded it with a reserve fleet during the, they gave up the planet with only a short fight.

Once the Galactic Empire came to power, it was decided that Cessopyre would be a strategic world should there ever be an all out war with the Hutts. Although salt production failed to reach its prewar levels, large amounts of energy were expended to fortify the planet. In 5 ABY, New Republic forces, with assistance from some of Oruba the Hutt’s men, chased Imperial forces offworld and salt production began to return to its former levels. The Yuuzhan Vong occupied the planet in 27 ABY, destroying the desalination plants and severely damaging the salt mines. The planet was liberated from Yuuzhan Vong holdouts after the war by the Galactic Alliance.