Kubindi/Legends

Kubindi, home to the Kubaz, was a planet that orbited a blue giant star that emitted powerful solar flares. Kubindi was regularly hit with these flares, causing erratic weather patterns and making the world dry and arid. A day on Kubindi lasts 48 standard hours and a year lasts 420 local days.

One solar flare was so powerful that it burned all plant life on Kubindi, forcing the Kubaz to eat what was left: the insects.

The business of Kubindi was now entirely from the sale and production of insects, which financed other projects in technology and space travel. Kubazi clothing was one export, introduced by the Techno Union to the Mustafarians.

The planet had many insect farms and was famous for its Force nexus, the Silver Forest of Dreams. The natives lived in hive-mounds ruled by matriarchial queens. All Kubaz in a hive were descendants of the queen. Many richer hives escaped the irradiated world, settling more fertile planets in the Ku'Bakai system. The Kubaz eventually discovered space travel, and migrated to the sixth, eighth and eleventh worlds of their home system, leaving only the outcast and poor Kubaz on Kubindi.

After these new worlds were populated, the Kubaz discovered their neighbours: the insectoid Verpine which also inhabited the same system. As a result, the Kubaz began hunting them down as a new food source.

Eventually both the species joined the New Republic, and the New Republic prevented the Kubaz from hunting Verpines for food. As a result of New Republic intervention, both species lived in peace until the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Ten months into the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Ku'Bakai system was conquered. The battle for the planet was long and fierce. Kyp Durron's Dozen and Two Avengers squadron was able to keep the alien invaders at bay long enough for the Verpine and Kubaz to evacuate the system. The planet was eventually conquered and was used as an outpost by Yuuzhan Vong. However, the planet was later liberated by the Galactic Alliance, with the intent of using it as a fallback point in case Mon Calamari was attacked.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * The Last Command
 * Balance Point
 * ''The Unifying Force