Ord Cestus/Legends

Ord Cestus was a planet that was home to the native species X'ting. The planet's terrain was mainly arid, red desert and many mountain ranges covering the span of the planet. The planet exported droids and fungi.

It was at one time an Ordinance Regional Depot. Around 321 BBY, Cestus was made a prison planet. 319 BBY, twelve Cybot Galactica officials were imprisoned on the planet. The descendants of these prisoners and their guards went on to dominate the planet's economy in the next centuries, building up Cestus Cybernetics, a subsidiary of Baktoid Combat Automate. 171 BBY, the X'Ting were saved from a disaster by Yoda. 121 BBY, they were hit by a Cestus Cybernetics-released plague.

Techno Union factories on the planet produced B1 battle droids until shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars, when such production seemingly stopped, continuing in secret on hidden factories such as those on Geonosis. During the time of the Clone Wars, the X'ting's population had dwindled down to only a few thousand, and the Five Families had taken over control of the planet. It was here that Kit Fisto and Obi-Wan Kenobi led raids to dismantle the Jedi Killer droid factories on the planet after negotiations and their ploys of deception to the Cestian Government failed. The Jedi prevented the planet from joining the Confederacy by killing the Five Families. The planet was ruled by a Regent until the monarchy was restored with the help of Kenobi.