Bestine IV/Legends

Bestine IV was an aquacultural planet in the Inner Rim Territories, near the Corellian Trade Spine. Nearly its entire surface was covered by a vast ocean, but there were many rugged islands spread across the planet.

The original population struggled for years atop the planet's Island Spires to create an island paradise. As time passed the planet was more widely known for it's small, but growing ship repair and construction industry, which eventually caught on with the Galactic Empire, who constructed large naval shipyards.

It was after this planet that Tatooine's capital, Bestine, was named by survivors of the Dowager Queen wreck. Bestine IV was the homeworld of Jek Porkins.

History
The planet was a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.

Later, its populace was displaced for the construction of an Imperial naval yard. This project was simply a massive expansion of the present naval shipyards, which were curiously located on the surface of the ocean, not in orbit. The displaced populace were promised a "new and exciting home" but, when the promise wasn't kept, most ended up scattering to other systems.

During the Alliance investigation on the first Death Star, and while orbiting Bestine IV, the MonCal Star Cruiser Defiance was engaged by the Star Destroyer Immortal, which launched squadrons of TIE/sa Bombers to destroy her. Rebel pilots were able to tarry them, until the Defiance hyperspaced away.

The planet later became part of the New Republic.

Behind the scenes

 * Bestine is mentioned in dialogue in a scene cut from A New Hope, where Biggs Darklighter tells of his plans to defect and join the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars 9: Showdown on a Wasteland World