Yag'Dhul/Legends

Yag'Dhul was the homeworld of the Givin and capital of the Givin Domain. Extreme tidal forces from the planet's three large moons meant that portions of the planet's surface were often exposed to vacuum. The planet was at the intersection of the Rimma Trade Route and the Corellian Trade Spine, ensuring a heavy amount of traffic.

The planet and the Givin Domain was represented in the Galactic Senate by Daggibus Scoritoles until seceding from the Republic in 22 BBY shortly before the Clone Wars. The native Givin served as mathematicians for the Confederacy, discovering new hyperroutes for the war effort and contributing Wavecrest-class frigates from their well-regarded shipyards. The planet served as the base for the First Fleet of the Confederate Navy. Its shipbuilding capabilities were apparently destroyed during or after the Clone Wars, but the industrious Givin rebuilt them by the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War.

The planet's politics were complex, but certain factions in the government supported resistance against the Empire. An Empress-class space station named Yag-prime was built by the Rebel Alliance over Yag'Dhul during the Galactic Civil War. Warlord Zsinj held the station in 6 ABY. However, the station was captured from his forces by the New Republic, and became (with the permission of the Givin government) the site of Rogue Squadron's orbiting base for training during the Bacta War. The New Republic maintained official possession of the station until the Givin demanded that it be ceded a few years after the Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty.

The planet was contested during the Yuuzhan Vong War at the Battle of Yag'Dhul and possibly other battles, the Yuuzhan Vong's intention being to take Yag'Dhul to use it as a staging ground for an assault on Thyferra. With Thyferra, Yag'Dhul was said to have been secured by Galactic Alliance forces before the retaking of Coruscant. This may have been merely a reinforcing action, or the system may have been conquered at one point and then liberated.

Behind the scenes
A reference in Before the Storm to the planet Givin may refer to this world.

Appearances

 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge (simulated)
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Star by Star
 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Betrayal