Hapes/Legends

Hapes was the homeworld of the Hapans, a near-Human race, and the administrative capital of the Hapes Consortium. Surrounded by shimmering nebulae, and with seven moons in the sky after sunset, Hapes never knew the darkness of true night, and the Hapan people had proverbially poor night-vision.

Only a few small, neat cities were necessary to cater for the needs of the state bureaucracy and the Consortium's commercial and legal institutions, and much of the planet was an unspoilt wilderness of broad oceans, snow-peaked mountains and lush primeval forest, where tightly-controlled commercial fisheries and game-preserves were the major focus of Human activity.

History
The planet was settled by raiders from Lorell in 4,150 BBY. In 4,050 BBY, the Lorell Raiders were defeated by the Jedi, resulting in the hatred of Jedi within the Consortium and the establishment of the matriarchal society of Hapes and the accession of the first Queen Mother.

In 2,992 BBY, vowing not let outsiders interfere, the Queen Mother closed the border to the Hapes Consortium, and since then the Hapan Navy has attacked any outsiders who came too close to the Transitory Mists. This situation would last until 8 ABY, when New Republic Minister of State Leia Organa visited Hapes to discuss an alliance with Queen Mother Ta'a Chume.

The pirate Reginald Barkbone lost one of his legs while pillaging palaces on Hapes.

During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Hapes became a target of the approaching Yuuzhan Vong shortly after the Fall of Coruscant, due to Queen Mother Teneniel Djo offering sanctuary to any refugees. The ensuing battle, set shortly after Djo's murder, was a victory for the Hapans.

In 40 ABY, hoping to draw Hapes and the rest of the Consortium onto the Corellian side of the Second Corellian Insurrection, Queen Mother Tenel Ka and her daughter Allana were marked for death. The rebel forces were defeated with help from the Galactic Alliance.

Later, during the Sith-Imperial War, Hapes stayed neutral, neither joining the Galactic Alliance Core Forces or the New Empire. It was later suspected that Cade Skywalker was on Hapes.

Appearances

 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:9:01
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Fair Prey
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Young Jedi Knights: Lightsabers
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Recovery
 * Dark Journey
 * Destiny's Way
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Star Wars Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 10: Trust Issues, Part 2