Zar'Zalp

Zar'Zalp was the original homeworld of the Plipers but it suffered a severe ice age after its sun began to dim and was eventually destroyed when the star collapsed. It was located near in the  of the.

History
Jedi hero Lio-Jun Nenokdol traveled to the planet in 22,723 BBY in search of an artifact that he believed would grant him access to a legendary temple hidden in the nearby. When he arrived, he found the planet covered in ice due to the dimming of its sun which began circa 23,000 BBY. While recovering the artifact, he managed to find and rescue three Plipers and return to Ossus with them. The planet faded into history for a time and then was reexplored in 8,008 BBY. Although its star was obviously dimming, scout scientists estimated it would not collapse for another hundred thousand years.

Numerous mining operations were established on the planet over the years but reaching its reach resources under the thick permafrost proved to be extremely difficult. Supplies often disappeared and then miners which investigators blamed on the deadly blizzards that could quickly cover open areas in 20 meter snow drifts. Ghosts were said to inhabit the world and stories were told of fierce natives who swam in the snow and dragged hapless sentients underground. Expeditions to find out if any Plipers actually survived were few and far between and the best evidence was always inconclusive. A few blurry holographs existed of the supposed natives and tracks were occasionally found in the snow and hundreds of miners claimed to be eyewitnesses of these natives but mainstream scientists held there was no proof.

In 3,996 BBY, the shockwave from the struck the weakening Zar'Zalp sun and caused it to collapse eighty thousand years earlier than expected. Zar'Zalp and the other planets of the FE-4891-030 system vanished and were assumed destroyed in the event. For several centuries, rumors persisted among spacers that Zar'Zalp still existed out in space but theses eventually died out.