Paarin Minor

"The Koorivar have done a good job with their weather machines. Whipped up one brute of a sky. We used the same tactic on Paarin Minor. Drew the Seps into fabricated clouds and blew them to the back of beyond."

- Clone Commander Salvo

Paarin Minor was a planet in the Paarin Minor system of the Cademimu sector in the Outer Rim Territories. The area of space in which Paarin Minor was situated was first explored between 3000 and 1000 BBY. During the Clone Wars, Paarin Minor housed a base used by the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic. At some point between 22 and 19 BBY, the Confederacy of Independent Systems attempted to conquer the planet, but the Republic used a weather-generation machine to created an artificial cloud that hid their clone troopers from the Separatist forces. When the Separatists broke free of the cloud-screen, they were surprised by Republic fire and forced to flee after sustaining heavy casualties. After the end of the Clone Wars, Paarin Minor belonged to the territory of the newly-formed Galactic Empire. The Imperial control lasted till 25–26 ABY and it was once again part of the Empire during the Second Galactic Civil War. In 137 ABY, Paarin Minor laid inside the borders of the Sith Lord Darth Krayt's Empire.

Behind the scenes
Paarin Minor was created by James Luceno for his 2005 novel Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader and later received an entry in the StarWars.com Databank. In 2008, the planet was mentioned in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader