Cliffhold/Legends

"Place dried up once the spice convoys stopped running. Out here, we're just one of the millions of little backwaters no-one cares about."

- Jaybo Hood, on Cliffhold's situation.

Cliffhold was a spaceport city on the Outer Rim Territories world of Iego. Founded in the latter years of the Old Republic, Cliffhold was used as by smugglers as a center for spice production. Spice convoys eventually stopped running, but a number of residents remained in the city, managing their no-forgotten home. During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems discovered Iego and seized the world, but abandoned it soon afterwards, leaving behind a number of defunct battle droids in Cliffhold. After the Separatist's departure, the people of Cliffhold were unable to leave the planet, as their vessels were repeatedly destroyed by a LaserWeb Defense Station that had been left behind by the Confederacy. The superstitious residents beleived that it was instead the god Drol that was preventing them from leaving.

Later in the war, the city was visited by Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi during their search for an antidote to the Blue Shadow Virus. The Jedi retreived the antidote and freed Cliffhold from "Drol" by destroying the LaserWeb Defense grid with the assistance of Jaybo Hood, a resident of the city. "Drol" returned once more following the Senate hostage crisis, when the IG-86 sentinel droid HELIOS-3D reactivated part of the laser grid and many of the abandoned Confederate forces.

History


The city was located among the basalt spires of Iego's canyons, which themselves formed part of the port.

Cliffhold saw bustling activity during a period of extensive spice mining, but the convoys eventually stopped and the city fell into disarray. The Confederacy of Independent Systems moved in during the Clone Wars, but left the planet after a while, leaving behind battle droid units that were scavenged by the populace.

The city and its inhabitants were free to leave the planet after Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi destroyed a laser grid system left behind by the Separatists.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part 3)
 * The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters (Part 3)