Citadel/Legends

"Fear. A Jedi spends his whole life training against it. But at the Citadel, breaking Jedi is our specialty. Within these walls, they will learn to fear us. And if not, they die."

- Osi Sobeck

The Citadel, also known as the Citadel Station, was a prison on the planet Lola Sayu.

History
"The Citadel wasn't designed to hold common criminals, it was created to hold Jedi if any of us lost our way."

- Anakin Skywalker

Built long before the Clone Wars, the Citadel was originally designed to hold rogue Jedi. It was run by warden Osi Sobeck, who was considered to be sadistic. The Jedi Archives was known to have information on the original layout of the facility, but this was considered extremely old and outdated by the time of the Clone Wars.

During the Clone Wars, the planet was captured by the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the prison became known as their most isolated holding facility. The prison was heavily guarded by a number of droids including droid commandos and hundreds of electro-mines. The clone trooper training facilities in Tipoca City on Kamino used a training course simulating an attack on the Citadel as part of their programs. During their trials, Domino Squad succeeded in completing the course.

At one point, Jedi General Even Piell was captured, incarcerated and tortured for information regarding the Nexus Route in the Citadel prison, prompting an elite rescue team led by Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to free him. Osi Sobeck was killed by Ahsoka Tano when he prepared to throw Captain Tarkin into the lava gorge as a last-ditch effort to keep the Republic from gaining information on the Route. Although Tarkin lived, along with the Nexus Route information, Piell was killed by an Anooba, but not before giving Ahsoka his half of the information.

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