Nar Shaddaa (moon)

"Nar Shaddaa, the planet of scum and smugglers. I wonder how long I'll last here."

- Jaycen Rodess

Nar Shaddaa is a moon of the hutt planet Nal Hutta. It has been known for being the center of crime and smuggling operations.

Geography
The surface of Nar Shaddaa is rarely seen by any civilians because it is entirely covered by decaying urban zones that stretch to the skies. Civilizations exist at the tall points of the buildings, and between them lie large dark pits that lead straight down to the surface.

Old Repubic Era
There is not much history about the origin of Nar Shaddaa other than that its urbanization began in the earliest of the Old Republic Era and somehow later became a center for crime and a home for smugglers.

Rise of the Empire
The Galactic Empire created a TIE construction yard in the orbit of Nar Shaddaa after their rise to power. Just before the creation of the Rebel Alliance, the jedi known as Rahm Kota attacked it with his own militia. Darth Vader sent his secret apprentice to eliminate him and hold back his attack. Kota survived the encounter but was severely scarred after the attack.

Later after Vader's first betrayal, the apprentice went to the surface to find Kota, only to discover him blind and drunk in one of their cantina's. After fighting off an imperial garrison, the apprentice convinced Kota to assist him.

Rebellion Era
The rebel agent Kyle Katarn jouneyed to the heart of Nar Shaddaa during his mission to sabatoge the Dark Trooper Project in 1 ABY. Here he seeked navigational maps to find where the smuggler ship moving materials for the dark troopers was going. While he succeeded in his mission, he was captured by a group of smugglers working for Jabba the Hutt.

New Republic Era
Katarn returned to Nar Shaddaa a year after the fall of the empire to seek information about the death of his father. After being betrayed for a deal, he fought his way through armed thugs and retrieved a lost disk his father left for him.

He returned once more eight years later to find a lead to find the dark jedi Desann from the rodian trash hauler Reelo Baruk. After breaking into his hideout he came across Lando Calrissian and freed him. Together they escaped Baruk and went to Bespin to stop his criminal operations.

Beyond Era
In 208 ABY the young explorer Jaycen Rodess went to the Genesis Cantina on Nar Shaddaa to find the mystersious charater his father told him to find after his death. After locating this man, Rodess was directed to find an R2 astromech droid in a scrap storage in a near district. After retrieving the data and escaping a merciless bounty hunter he proceeded to evaluate its contents and proceed on his journey.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Lost Archives
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II