Bakura/Legends

Bakura was the site of a truce between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic that followed the Battle of Bakura. The Ssi-ruuvi called the planet Xwhee. Bakura was a pastoral planet of the very edge of known space, just outside the Moddell Sector sector in the Outer Rim. Its terrain was comprised mostly of mountains valleys, plains, and small seas, all of which received a great deal of rain; Leia Organa viewed Bakura as being very similar to a wetter Alderaan. The capital city was Salis D'aar, which was between two of Bakura's major rivers. Bakura was the only inhabitable planet in the eight-planet system of the same name. Bakura's only native sentient species was the Kurtzen, a pale hairless humanoid species, although its most populous sentient species was Humans. They were also known for their repulsorlift industry, although the people were quite distrustful of droids. Bakura also exported metals and an addictive fruit called Namana.

A majority of the planet's population followed the Religion of the Cosmic Balance.

History
Before the Clone Wars, human settlement on Bakura was sparse until the Bakur Mining Corporation, under Captain Arden, formed a colony on the world - considered the official founding of the planet. At first the Corporation directly controlled the planet, but after Arden's death and faced with lessening returns of the mining operations and an increase of both population and wealth, a government comprised of a Prime Minister and a Senate was established. However, this system of government was not truly representative; the titular head of government (presumably not the Prime Minister) was always one of Arden's descendents, and the Senate elected its own members. The Prime Minister, however (at least after the reforms following the Battle of Bakura) was elected by popular vote.

In 97 BBY, there was a major droid uprising on the planet, thus explaining the aversion many of the planet's inhabitants felt for the automata.

During the Clone Wars, although neutral in the conflict and independent of both the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, a Separatist base was, for a time, established on Bakura. Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku hid on Bakura, where he was engaged by Jedi Knights Tholme and Sora Bulq, with the latter falling to the Dark Side of the Force. The Separatist forces on Bakura were either defeated or retreated from the planet sometime during the Clone Wars.

Bickering among the ruling upper class of the Corporation and the Senate had always been an issue, but grew stronger as years went on. It reached the point where the Bakuran Senate could not agree on matters as simple as school schedules, and it was believed that the planet was near to civil war. Combined with the facts that the Senate directly controlled the small planetary military, and that there was a sense of unrest among the people, Bakura was an easy target for Imperial forces. Desiring control of the planet's repulsorlift industy, the Empire quickly conquered Bakura with two Imperial Star Destroyers in 1 ABY. Wilek Nereus was appointed governor of Bakura and Commander Pter Thanas was made head of the meager garrison. Repulsor coils, and ore from the planet's two mineral rich satellites, were both exported to help in the construction of the Death Star II.

Although there was a short period of violent resistance to the Imperial occupation, and there were several Imperial purges of suspected (and actual) Rebel partisans, the vast majority of Bakurans were ambivalent about the Imperial occupation (perhaps partly fueled by their passive religion). They acknowledged that Imperial control had ended their near-disastrous infighting, and their major gripe was the increased taxation. At the time of the Battle of Bakura, the formal (and not very active) Bakuran resistance numbered only about one hundred individuals.

The day following the Battle of Endor, which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the shattering of his Galactic Empire, Rebel forces stationed on the Sanctuary Moon received a message droid requesting for help from Bakura. Bakura was being attacked by the Ssi-Ruuk - a saurian species from the most distant reaches of the galaxy, which attempted to establish a beachhead for an invasion of the known galaxy. The Rebel Alliance dispatched a small task force led by Luke Skywalker to assist in the defense of Bakura. Once the task force reached Bakura, a temporary truce was agreed to between the Rebels and Imperials. In the end, the Ssi-Ruuk were repelled, the Imperials in control of the planet were overthrown, and Prime Minister Yeorg Captison resumed control of the government. After his resignation, Gaeriel Captison, niece of Yeorg and an important figure during the Ssi-Ruuk invasion, was elected to replace him.

Although the Ssi-Ruuk were virtually defeated at their homeworld Lwhekk by the Chiss Ascendancy and a New Republic task force, Bakura continued building up its defenses and developing military technology. One of these technologies, a device that allowed ships to move through interdiction fields, proved a valuable asset during the Corellian Crisis when a fleet of Bakuran cruisers was used by the New Republic to maintain a presence in the Corellian Sector. Though this mission was successful, half of the fleet was destroyed and Gaeriel Captison was killed.

Later, during the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Ssi-ruuk once more attempted to invade Bakura, armed with new entechment technology. They would use the deception that the P'w'ecks under the mutant Ssi-ruuvi the Keeramak had toppled the Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium and had come to Bakura to form an allegiance with the Bakurans. The Keeramak "consecrated" Bakura during a ceremony at the Bakuran Senate, thus allowing the Ssi-ruuk to fight on Bakura since they feared dying on un-consecrated world. However, their backfired when the P'w'ecks under Lwothin revolted against the Ssi-ruuvi and joined forces with the Galactic Alliance to drive away the Ssi-ruuvi during the Second Battle of Bakura.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * Assault at Selonia
 * Showdown at Centerpoint
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee