Byskatri

"Ah yes, Byskatri. Truth be told, I don't know much about this world. They've switch sides so many times throughout history that I doubt they know much about themselves either."

- Jedi Master Byskatri was a planet in the Byskatri System in the Outer Rim Territories of the Galaxy. Originally an independent world, Byskatri joined the Sith Empire when it invaded the Greater Galaxy in 3681 BBY. It was promptly captured and annexed by the Republic during the second Galactic War before it was recaptured by the Empire. It became an independent world once again when Zakuul invaded the Republic and Empire. Following the conclusion of this conflict and the eventual fall of the Sith Empire, Byskatri would join the Republic before the New Sith Wars caused the planet to switch sides multiple times. During the Golden Age of the Republic, Byskatri was a member world of the Republic. During the Clone Wars, it was captured and annexed by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. In 20 BBY, the Republic invaded and recaptured Byskatri, returning it to the Republic before the wars end. When the Galactic Empire rose from the ashes of the Clone Wars, Byskatri resisted but was eventually pacified, joining the New Order under the leadership of Governor Mel Dorsio.

Colonized by humans early on in the planets history, Byskatri had as strong history of parliamentary democracy before the Sith Empire annexed the world. When the planet joined the Republic, its democracy was re-instated and continued until the rise of the Empire in 19 BBY. The planet was also home to a massive amount of Barakians, who had originally colonized the world in the wake of the Great Imperium War in the Odestrian Imperium. There were also various other alien species who came to call Byskatri home.