Pipada Auditorium

The Pipada Auditorium was a stadium on the planet Pipada, homeworld of the Drabatan species.

History
The Pipada Auditorium was a stadium equipped with a stage on the homeworld of the Drabatan species, the planet Pipada. When the Galactic Empire was established, the Drabatans protested, resulting in a crackdown. During the crackdown, the Empire blockaded the world and deployed garrisons of swamptroopers to counter the protests. Eventually, however, the protests resulted in massacres and the Empire captured the popular singer Sa'Kalla.

During the imprisonment of Sa'Kalla, a movement was formed in her honor and Imperial forces were in danger of being overrun. As a result, the Imperial governor ordered that Sa'Kalla be brought out to the Pipada Auditorium, facing half a million Drabatans. Convinced that they had tortured Sa'Kalla into submission, the Empire ordered her to persuade the people to yield to the Empire. Alternatively, Sa'Kalla shouted for the Drabatans to resist, and was immediately killed on stage.

The stadium flared out in violence, with the local Drabatans savagely overwhelming Imperial security forces, and briefly reclaiming their planet. Soon after, the Empire reappeared with reinforcements and imposed martial law throughout the world. Sa'Kalla's name would be used as a war cry by the Drabatans who continued to resist the Empire.