Dxun

Dxun was the largest moon of the planet Onderon.

Description
Despite being temperate and habitable, the jungles of Dxun posed major challenge for everyone struggling to survive there. Due to its constant rains and wet climate, mechanical devices did not last long and required continuous maintenance. Moreover, the jungles were inhabited by many dangerous predators, such as cannoks, bomas, maalraas, and zakkegs, forcing the moon's inhabitants to be armed at all times.

Though considered a moon of Onderon, Dxun and Onderon were almost sister planets. They were so close to one another that it was only a short shuttle ride between them, and they even shared a bit of the same atmosphere. Every year, during Dxun's summer season, the atmospheres of Onderon and Dxun would connect, allowing the vicious Dxun beasts to set foot on Onderon and settle there, thus laying the foundations for the Beast Wars.

Early history
After the death of the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd, Jedi Master Arca Jeth decided to relocate the sarchophagus from Onderon to Dxun, in an attempt to prevent future Sith from drawing on its power. The plan worked for the most part, though two of history's most pivotal Sith Lords, Exar Kun and Darth Bane, would later manage to enter the tomb of Freedon Nadd on Dxun.

At the end of the Great Sith War in 3,996 BBY, Mandalore the Indomitable, leader of the Mandalorians, was eaten alive by the vicious beasts of Dxun.

Mandalorian Wars
After assuming the leadership of the Mandalorians, Mandalore the Ultimate made Dxun his stronghold, from which he planned his attack on the Republic.

In 3,963 BBY, the Mandalorian Wars began as the Republic attempted to capture the Mandalorian base on Dxun. The Republic managed to defeat the Mandalorians, but the victory came at a heavy cost. The Mandalorian outposts were well-fortified with mines, traps, and the wild jungle itself. During the strike that allowed the Republic to finally take over the moon, the Jedi General had to sacrifice dozens of his soldiers, sending them on a suicidal charge to disable the minefield that was the last obstacle keeping them away from the Mandalorian fortress.

Moreover, the Republic taking control of Dxun did not change anything. The Republic military did not bother to demolish structures that remained from the Mandalorians; neither did they uncover hidden weapons caches, providently left in case the Mandalorians were someday to return.

A second battle was fought on Dxun near the end of the war, but the Republic triumphed once again.



Onderon Civil War
In 3,956 BBY, Canderous Ordo took the title of Mandalore and gathered a handful of Mandalorians, most of whom were mercenaries at the time, on the Dxun moon, in the rebuilt headquarters of the old Mandalore. There they regrouped, concealing their presence from both the Republic and the native Onderonians, silencing all scouts who came anywhere near their encampment. Canderous hoped that one day, the Mandalorians of Dxun would regain their former glory.

During the Onderon Civil War, the Mandalorians fought with the Jedi Exile, despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that he had been in no small part responsible for their prior defeat in the Battle of Malachor V. Canderous provided the Exile with a shuttle to make trips to the city of Iziz on Onderon and, during the Second Battle of Onderon, helped the Exile's companions reach the Tomb of Freedon Nadd and eliminate General Vaklu's Sith allies, who were siphoning dark side energy from the tomb.

New Sith Wars
Millennia later, in 1,000 BBY, the Sith Lord Darth Bane, fleeing the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, crash-landed on Dxun. It was here, in Freedon Nadd's tomb, that Bane acquired orbalisk armor and formally decided to begin building a new Sith Order.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Jedi vs. Sith