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The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
The final confrontation between the Jedi and the Nihil…
Abhean was aplanet located in theMid Rim'sMaldrood sector, on thePerlemian Trade Route. It was the farthest major world of theGalactic Republic during theTionese War. At some point after the conflict began in24,000 BBY, theHonorable Union of Desevro & Tionconquered Abhean. The planet saw fighting again in15,480 BBY, when theStrontium Raid was carried out as part of theSecond Alsakan Conflict. Around15,000 BBY, Abhean became a major hub of theRepublic Navy.
Large amounts of war matériel werestolen from Abhean by theMandalorians during theGreat Sith War of3996 BBY, and the planet fell within the borders ofDarth Revan's Sith Empirethirty years later. By990 BBY, the largestarship constructionfacility known as theAbhean Shipyards was located in the planet'sorbit, and the massiveJedi Orderpraxeum shipChu'unthor was built there in400 BBY.
During thereign of theGalactic Empire, a creature known astaozin was supposedly discovered in a shipyard at Abhean, which piqued the interest of aformer Jedi intending to use theForce-masking properties of the taozin's scales for protection. Abhean's shipyards were exploited by theGreater Maldrood dominion of the ImperialHigh AdmiralTreuten Teradoc following theBattle of Endor, after which the planet became a part of theNew Republic. During theYuuzhan Vong War, theAbhean system wasconquered by theextragalacticYuuzhan Vong.(Read more…)
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