D'Qar

"We should list this planet as a potential base in the future. The Empire's not interested, not much space lane traffic in the area, and there's plenty of water." "Plus it beats Hoth." "The belly of a sarlacc beats Hoth."

- Thane Kyrell and Yendor of Corona Squadron

D'Qar was a verdant Outer Rim planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories.

Galactic Civil War
"Corona Two, do you also read negative?" "Confirmed. Complete negative on Imperial activity. Unless the Empire's drafting small woodland creatures all of a sudden."

- Corona Four and Corona Two

Following the Battle of Hoth, Corona Two, Four and Five of Corona Squadron were sent to D'Qar to investigate possible signs of Imperial outposts and activity. This occurred after reports from deep-cover spies on Coruscant revealed that the Empire had been processing massive amounts of material for the Imperial Starfleet, as well as circulating rumors of a new large-ship construction facility. Nonetheless, after exhaustive scans in the planet's hemispheres, planetary and solar orbits the squadron came up empty and returned to its MC80 star cruiser Liberty.

The Rebels then established a small outpost on the planet, which went largely unused during the Galactic Civil War.

Conflict with the First Order
Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the outpost was used as the base of operations for the Resistance.

D'Qar was to be the next target of the First Order's Starkiller Base superweapon, but the Resistance launched an attack against the weapon, destroying it.

Behind the scenes
The planet D'Qar was first revealed by the magazine Empire on November 26, 2015. Its location in the galaxy was revealed in its print issue, using a map created for Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary. The planet went on to appear in the film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.

Appearances

 * Lost Stars
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens