Dagobah/Legends

"Mudhole?! Slimy?! My home this is."

- Yoda

Dagobah was an outer-rim planet in the Dagobah system. A primitive world of swamps and forests, it served as a refuge for Jedi Master Yoda during his exile. Oddly enough, Dagobah is not a listed word in any language, which only adds to the mystery behind this inhospitable planet.

Geography
Dagobah was a harsh, humid, swampy planet, mostly covered in shallow marshland, interspersed with stifling forests. There were very few truly open bodies of water on the planet: the water supply was thinly invested throughout the planet's main habitat, swampland, although there were vast expanses of mud fields. Dagobah was home to many creatures, such as Bogwings, Dragonsnakes, Nudj, Sleens, Vine Snakes, and Swamp Slugs. Examples of flora included the Gnarltree and Meat Flower. The planet was devoid of any advanced civilization, although the primitive Hepsalum Tash and Hysalrian races managed to eke out a living in the bogs.

History
"I'm not picking up any cities or technology. Massive life-form readings, though. There's something alive down there."

- Luke Skywalker

In 19 BBY, Jedi Master Yoda confronted a Bpfasshi Dark Jedi and defeated him on the planet, resulting in a cave corrupted by the Dark Side of the Force. It is unknown whether or not Yoda knew the world's identity. Yoda would slay another Dark Jedi from Bpfassh here during the Clone Wars.

The first official Republic survey of Dagobah occured in 39 BBY. In 38 BBY, forty humans crashed on Dagobah, and were forced to raise their children as cannibals.

Prior to the Clone Wars, a Republic research team under Halka Four-Den was stationed on Dagobah to research the native flora and fauna. Unfortunately, Halka Four-Den and her research team later died on Dagobah before they could be retrieved, due to the neglect of their superiors.

Near the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge, Yoda entered into exile in the swamps of Dagobah after facing Darth Sidious. He chose the planet since he found it to be located in one of thirty-seven missing systems erased from the Jedi Archives, and due to his previous experiences there. By choosing a world that "didn't exist" and living on a planet writhing with the Living Force, Yoda remained completely undetectable. He made his dwelling near the cave where he had defeated the Dark Jedi, which further negated his Light Side presence.

Tash Arranda and Zak Arranda met Yoda on the planet, but he chose not to train them in the Jedi ways at that time, explaining to them he was awaiting a different student. Afterwards, the Arrandas assisted in the rescue of the descendants of the survey team dispatched in 38 BBY, thus ridding Dagobah of the closest thing to an " advanced civilization" it had probably ever boasted. While on Dagobah, Yoda also met, healed, and redeemed the kingpin Jorj Car'das.

In 3 ABY, during the Galactic Civil War, Luke Skywalker was visited on the ice planet Hoth by the ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who instructed him to seek Yoda on Dagobah in order that he might be trained in the ways of the Jedi. Skywalker traveled to Dagobah in his X-wing, along with R2-D2, at the end of the Battle of Hoth. During his grueling training, Skywalker had a vision of his friends Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca suffering on Bespin. As a result, he left his training early, promising Yoda that he would return to complete it.

He did return in 4 ABY, but only in time to have one final conversation with Yoda before his death. Afterwards, he spoke extensively with Obi-Wan Kenobi about the conflicting stories of Luke's parentage.

The New Republic established a base on Mount Yoda in 5 ABY.

Luke Skywalker would return to Dagobah in 9 ABY, finding the Dark Jedi's beckon call, and then again in 13 ABY with his then-love Callista, trying to re-establish her connection to the Force.

In 22 ABY, Anakin Solo along with Ikrit, Tahiri Veila, Uldir Lochett, Peckhum and R2-D2 returned to Dagobah since Anakin remained had been troubled by visions of himself as a Dark Jedi by his heritage as the grandson of Anakin Skywalker, who had become the infamous Darth Vader. Anakin and his companions finally reached the same cave which Luke had gone earlier after surviving encounters with the planet's dangerous fauna. There, Anakin faced the manifestations of his own doubts though he emerged victorious in the end.

In 36 ABY, Grand Master Luke Skywalker sent Jedi Knights Tahiri, Lowbacca and Tesar Sebatyne to Dagobah after deeming them a threat to Jedi security due to their actions in the Swarm War as Joiners in order to meditate on what it meant to be a Jedi. Luke told them that he would call them once he felt they were ready to rejoin the order, and that they were not to leave until they felt that call.

Behind the scenes

 * Dagobah is the name of a container used to hold a Buddha's relics.
 * Slated to appear in one scene in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the planet was cut from the final film, leaving it for the DVD release.
 * In ESB Luke notes that the environment looks familiar to him. It was probably hinting for an unknown earlier connection of Luke's youth with the planet, but nothing like that has been revealed.

Appearances



 * Heart of Darkness
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 21"
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * The Hidden
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
 * Star Wars: Demolition
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Slippery Slope
 * Return of the Ewok
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Glove of Darth Vader
 * Mission from Mount Yoda
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Darksaber
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress
 * The Final Prophecy
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War