Ruusan/Legends

Originally settled by the Mining Guild as part of a wave of expansion in the Teraab Sector, Ruusan was once a temperate, pleasant world, inhabited by Ruusanians, humans, and a strange sapient species known as Bouncers. It was one of the Old Republic's best sources of lightsaber crystals, and its loss forced the Jedi Order to rely on blue and green crystals from Ilum. It was the only source for the Ruusan crystal.

Ruusan had three moons, referred to by locals as the "Three Sisters." Smugglers claimed that at least one of the moons had ruins of an ancient civilization.

During the last battle of Ruusan (1,000 BBY) between the Jedi under Lord Hoth, and the Sith under Lord Kaan, much of the planet's surface, including several cities, were destroyed.

After the battle had ended, a Jedi Knight named Johun Othone constructed a grand memorial to the fallen warriors called The Valley of the Jedi, located on the former location of Olmondo.

Despite this, the world was quickly forgotten, as the Galactic Republic turned inward. Isolation and inbreeding amongst the inhabitants produced a near-human population that became known as Ruusanians. Shifting nebulae within the stellar nursery of the Teraab soon erased hyperspace routes to Ruusan, leaving it inaccessible from the galaxy at large.

By the time of the Galactic Empire's reign, Ruusan was forgotten and used by independent spacers and merchants as a base of operations. Rebel refugees from Sulon settled on the planet.



Appearances

 * Jedi vs. Sith
 * Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
 * Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast