Ederon

Ederon was a planet in the Fakir sector with rich resources. The planet supported the Alliance to Restore the Republic and supplied them with materials in exchange for a large sum of money.

History
The planet evolved a unique species called the Ederoni, who developed hyperspace travel on their own without any external support. However, their technology somehow became obsolete by nearly 20,000 BBY and were forced to adapt external technology into their own. It was in this period when they joined the Old Republic.

During the Mandalorian Wars, the Republic sent a small fleet of corvettes to oversee activity in the sector. Mandalorian scouts detected it and launched an offensive. It was during the initial stage of the war, before the entanglement of Revan and Malak. The Republic withdrew and suffered a minor defeat. Mandalorian casualties were moderate and the remaining ships and warriors joined other forces leading strikes against more militaristic systems.

The era between 3,000 BBY and 2,700 BBY was known to contain the most wars among belligerent clans and warlords. Wars ended with the combatting sides diminished in numbers and nearly eliminated. Crimelords who rivaled for absolute power were all assassinated. It is no doubt the Galactic Senate had a hand in it, organizing "illegal missions" against the rivals. The weapons they used in this period left a persistent change in the planet's surface and climate. This later had a beneficial effect to the Republic, materials that had never been seen before were discovered. One such substance was grau, a resilient steel that was later used in arming Ederoni ships.

A Sith Lord sometime between 700 BBY and 600 BBY was an Ederoni. He hid in the derelict wreckages on the battlefields that the long Three Hundred-year War. Members of the New Jedi Order discovered what the Sith Lord left and archaeological studies estimated the leftover tools to be six or seven hundred years old.

Recent history
The Clone Wars left Ederon untouched, but the Republic requested more materials in order to "more efficiently deal with the new threat." The Ederoni were happy to assist the cause they believed in with their natural resources until it turned out they assisted the destruction of it.

After the enaction of Order 66, A Jedi Knight refuged to Ederon, who preferred not to identify himself for his own safety. The Ederoni government decided they shelter the refuged Jedi and hide him from the Empire.

The assassination of Queen Apailana at Naboo, the government once again discussed the question of sheltering Jedi Knights. The Jedi Knight was betrayed and the Ederoni government co-ordinated with the Emperor's Dark Acolytes to track down and eliminate him.

Hoping to get something as compensation, the Ederoni started to assist the Empire. They received no compensation as the Empire continued to loot the planet's natural resources. A large portion of Ederoni's materials were invested into the Death Star's construction. Because of the gradually increasing Imperial demand for resources, the Ederoni initially tried to dissuade the Empire from increasing their export, but the relentless exporter turned it down.

A group of activists recruited pirates and conducted raids on Ederoni freighters leaving the planet. Their "contraband" was returned to the planet surface and hidden in caves. Some members of Ederoni government secretly supported this movement with full knowledge of the hidden cargo. The materials were reserved "for future use."

When the Rebel Alliance was formed, the Ederoni joined in. They ceased supplying the Empire and their cargo went into the hands of the Alliance, which was primarily used for setting up the foundations of the alliance, ship-, construction yards, and starships.

In 3 ABY, the Empire started the construction of the second Death Star and once again needed Ederon's natural resources. They launched an offensive against the planet. The insignificant resistance by the local Ederoni navy was easily beaten by the Empire. The Alliance responded by sending a fleet of Dreadnaughts and Corellian Gunships into the system with at least sixty fighter wings, including the newly-introduced B-wing bomber. The Star Destroyers were destroyed at the cost of eight Dreadnaughts, eleven Corellian Gunships and dozens of starfighters. The remaining forces were repaired and stayed there until summoned to Sullust to join the bulk of the Rebel fleet.

The planet survived as far as the Yuuzhan Vong War, when the planet was obliterated and its cities were bombed into ruins. The Ederoni as a species was not extinct, however. Members of this species wandered the galaxy, looking for an opportunity of a new life.