Polis Massa/Legends



An asteroid colony (the remains of a planet destroyed long ago) far from any major trade route, Polis Massa was a mining/archaeological settlement that served as an emergency sanctuary for the Jedi after Order 66, during the rise of the Empire and Palpatine's Great Jedi Purge. The colony also housed the medical facilities in which Padmé Amidala Skywalker gave birth to the twins Luke and Leia, and subsequently died. It was here that Bail Organa chose to adopt Leia into his family. When Yoda arrived with Bail, he was visited by the specter of Qui-Gon Jinn who offered to tutor Yoda in the art of surviving one's death with the consciousness still intact.

Originally an arid world home to an unknown civilization, the former planet known as Polis Massa was fractured by a mysterious cataclysm. This natural disaster formed a field of asteroids, the largest of which became known as Polis Massa. Aliens from a world in the Subterrel Sector began an archaeological project on this planetoid, to uncover the mysteries of the cataclysm and the native species it destroyed. Such was the length of this project, the humanoid dig supervisors came to be known as Polis Massans themselves&mdash;the new natives of the asteroid colony.

Excavations on the Polis Massa asteroid uncovered many prize artifacts, mostly from deep within the planetoid. The Polis Massans analyzed these artifacts for organic tissue suitable for cloning. A medical facility was set up on the asteroid to further the Polis Massan cloning experiments, and also served as something of a base of operations for the miners. Though the aliens frequented the Subterrel Sector, they had little contact with the Galaxy and as a whole, the Polis Massa outpost remained remote and hidden.

Not long after the formation of the Galactic Empire, the Inquisitor Malorum began investigations of Polis Massa, discovering much information to be sent to Lord Vader.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith