Selvaris

The planet Selvaris was a backwater planet of little significance during the Galactic Civil War. Yet during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, it was elevated to a place of importance as a major prisoner-of-war camp - just one of the countless changes brought upon the galaxy by the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong. Located in the twin-sunned Tantara system in the Inner Rim, Selvaris was a beautiful world of coastal jungles and bountiful, lush forests.

This was perhaps why the Yuuzhan Vong were relatively happy to work on the planet's surface after its occupation. The aliens maintained they were always in touch with nature, though they were nevertheless keen to leave their mark on Selvaris. Vongforming had commenced on the eastern hemisphere, and was scheduled to take over the entire planet with bioengineered plants and life forms within months. Several population centres had already been engulfed by bioengineered vegetation, and technology had been outlawed in favour of organic creations.

The planet however continued to thrive, for a time, during the Yuuzhan Vong occupation. The oceans teemed with life, and provided seafood for the residents of the planet, both Yuuzhan Vong and prisoner alike. Similarly, Selvaris' jungles and forests produced much tropical fruit. The Yuuzhan Vong introduced a number of bioengineered life forms to the ecosystem on Selvaris, grown to survive easily in their new environment. Thanks to the twin suns of Centis Major and Renaant, Selvaris' surface was continually cooked in oppressive heat, which took its toll on the prisoners incarcerated there. A persistent salty wind from a nearby estuary did little to help matters.

Selvaris was transformed into a prison camp shortly after the fall of Coruscant, and recieved an influx of Galactic Alliance prisoners after the Operation Trinity campaign at Bilbringi. Selvaris' prison camp was located on the planet's southern continent, watched over by the forces of Subaltern S'yito. Yet at this stage in the war, the Yuuzhan Vong were hard-pressed to continue their unrelenting, merciless attitude of earlier battles. The prisoners were allowed a degree of freedom, which eventually sparked rebellion.

In The Unifying Force, an escape plan was formed after secret information was relayed to the camp. A Jenet named Thorsh was able to flee the prison world in the Millennium Falcon, carrying with him the vital data. The remaining prisoners - among them Judder Page and Pash Cracken - were soon transferred to transports destined for Yuuzhan'tar - formerly Coruscant. Though scheduled for sacrifice, many of the Selvaris prisoners were rescued in a daring strike at the convoy by the Galactic Alliance.