Carnelion IV

"What happened here, Master Obi-Wan?''" "''War. The people on this planet destroyed themselves, many generations ago."

- Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi

Carnelion IV was a icy planet located in the galaxy. Generations before the Invasion of Naboo, a war was fought by the people of the planet, which resulted in their demise, and placed a sea of toxic gas over the remains of their civilization. Between the war's destruction and the dense debris field surrounding the planet, no one ever visited the world. Three years after the Invasion of Naboo, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padawan Anakin Skywalker responded to a distress call from the planet and damaged their T-6 shuttle while attempting to navigate its debris field, forcing them to crash-land. Surviving the crash, the two Jedi soon discovered an ongoing battle, encountering Carnelion IV natives Kolara and Pran.

Description
Carnelion IV was an icy world covered in mountains, with a sea of poisonous gas covering most of the lower points of the world in the aftermath of a war between its inhabitants. Due to the sea, a good portion of the human population mutated into what the survivors called Fishers which often hijacked airships, and introduced Corpse-leeches and other assorted creatures, making traveling on foot dangerous, and forcing the Open and Closed to live in the mountains.

Early history
At some point prior to the Invasion of Naboo, an advanced civilization was living on Carnelion IV that eventually dissolved into war between two factions called the Open and the Closed. The Galactic Republic did not try to interfere due to the fact that the world had no important exports. The war destroyed the surface cities, which became known as The World That Was, covered them with a sea of poisonous gas which mutated many of the inhabitants, and left a debris field above the planet. Due to the severity of the destruction, the galaxy at large assumed the planet's inhabitants had been annihilated in the war; however, a small portion did survive and continued the war for some time.

Distress call
Three years after the Invasion of Naboo, Sera, in hopes of attracting Jedi in order to end the destructive conflict, sent out a distress call which led Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker to the troubled world. After failing to successfully navigate the debris field above the planet, the duo crashed onto the surface, where to their surprise, they found an airship battle raging on the supposedly dead world. Spotting one of the airships crashing, they pulled it towards them just in time for its crew- the Open Mother Pran and Kolara-to jump off.

Upon landing and seeing her ship destroyed, Pran inquired whether Kenobi and Skywalker were Open or Closed at gunpoint. Confused, they said that they were Jedi investigating a distress call, prompting Pan to ask what a Jedi was. After another round of mutual confusion, a Closed airship spotted them and began firing upon the group. Though they all initially took cover, Kenobi managed to disable the entire airship by himself.

A crew member on the airship-the Closed member Grecker-attempted to jump to land, prompting Pran to make fun of him until Skywalker caught him and helped Grecker onto the cliffside. The Open leader, infuriated, told Skywalker to get out of the way so she could shot Grecker, prompting the Closed to raise his own pistol in response. Though Skywalker disabled their weapons with his lightsaber, they immediately pulled out knives and lunged at each other, only for Kenobi to whisk their blades away.

After a furious banter between Grecker and Pran after the Jedi asked them why they hated each other, Kenobi decided that he and Skywalker should leave, only to be stopped by Grecker claiming that Kenobi had killed them all. After asking and being informed that traveling on foot unarmed was in essence a death sentence, the Jedi decided to see the Open and Closed to safety.

Later, upon seeing the remains of the airships the Open and Closed had been traveling on, Kenobi inquired if they could be repaired. As the only intact parts were an Open airbag and a Closed gondola, they initially did not like the idea, with Grecker claiming it would be an "abomination" and that Open and Closed did not mix. However, upon hearing that an offworld transmission had called the Jedi here-something that they had lost the ability to do in the early days of the war-they changed their minds about combining the remains of the airships.

However, at that moment, corpse-leeches spotted the group. Sensing that they were nearly mindless, Kenobi instructed his Padawan to send them away with the Force. However it did not work and Skywalker slayed them instead, apologizing to his Master for his failure. The group then combined the remains of the airships and took off, unaware that Fishers had seen them.

As they sailed above the Celadon Sea, Grecker inquired where the distress signal had originated from. Telling him not to concern himself, Kenbobi thanked him and Pran for bringing himself and Skywalker as far as they had, and complimented them on how they were working together. Just then, a kite with a box attached flew by. Telling Kolara to stay back, Pran and Grecker retrieved the box-which only contained a piece of art-untied it from the kite, and tossed it overboard, attracting the attention of a group of Fishers.

After the box had been disposed of, Kolara explained to Skywalker what was in the box (as she secretly had a piece of art) and that they weren't supposed to have any, simply because her elders said so.

Meanwhile, Grecker and Kenobi were discussing the Jedi's relationship with his Padawan, and Skywalker began tinkering with his lightsaber. Upon learning that the Padawan was good with machines, Kolara called Pran over, who produced a droid brain for him to fix. Not realizing the dynamics of the situation, Skywalker did so, confirming the Open's suspicions that he could repair the immense stores of battle tech they had that were nonfunctional, and enable them to defeat the Closed.

Just then, Fishers latched onto the ship. Seizing the opportunity, Kolara, amid the chaos, took Skywalker's lightsaber and tossed it overboard, while Pran knocked the boy out with a wrench. The pair loaded Skywalker onto a glider, launched, and fired the craft's airguns at the airship.

Behind the scenes
Carnelion IV first appeared in Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin, Part I, the first installment of the comic miniseries Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin. The comic was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Marco Checchetto, and published January 6, 2016.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin