Mon Cala monarchy

The Outer Rim planet of Mon Cala was governed by a monarchy. During the Clone Wars, the 82nd King of Mon Cala, Yos Kolina, was assassinated, and the Quarren refused to support the coronation of his son, Prince Lee-Char. Instigated by the Separatist ambassador and commander Riff Tamson, the Quarren withdrew from the Galactic Republic and a civil war erupted. Eventually, the Quarren defected and returned to the Republic when it was revealed that the Separatists sought to supplant Tamson as the ruler of Mon Cala instead of Chieftain Nossor Ri, defeating the Separatist forces and killing Tamson. After the battle, Lee-Char was crowned as the 83rd King of Mon Cala.

After the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire, Mon Cala was subjugated, and the king was kidnapped and imprisoned. The subjugation sparked a mass exodus from Mon Cala when seemingly ordinary municipal buildings revealed themselves to be city-ships and launched from the depths of the ocean and into space. The Mon Calamari Exodus Fleet was led by the mayor of Nystullum, Raddus, who led the fleet on the Profundity. While many Mon Calamari, including Gial Ackbar, left during the exodus to the Alliance to Restore the Republic, others such as Grand Admiral of the Mon Cala Mercantile Fleet and Dual Protector of the Two People Urtya, stayed behind, feeling that they had a responsibility to the people of Mon Cala.

During the Galactic Civil War, after the Battle of Scarif which saw the death of Admiral Raddus, the subsequent Battle of Yavin which witnessed the destruction of the Death Star, and the ensuing mission to Jedha, Admiral Ackbar and Princess Leia Organa and her team, went on a mission to Mon Cala to attempt to persuade Urtya, who represented Mon Cala as Warden to the king, to rebel against the Empire and dispatch the Mercantile Fleet to the Rebel Alliance so that the Alliance could retrofit them for combat use. After Urtya denied the rebel request because he feared for the lives of his people and his king, Organa contacted the rebel spy Queen Trios to attempt to rescue the Mon Cala king.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 44: Mutiny at Mon Cala, Part I
 * Star Wars 44: Mutiny at Mon Cala, Part I
 * Star Wars 44: Mutiny at Mon Cala, Part I
 * Star Wars 44: Mutiny at Mon Cala, Part I