Nelvaan

The Outer Rim planet Nelvaan was a frigid world located in the Savareen sector and was and home to the peaceful sentient Nelvaanian species. During the Clone Wars, the planet's exploitation rights were ceded to the Confederacy of Independent Systems by Onaconda Farr, the senator of Rodia. The Confederacy-aligned Techno Union used the natives to perform experiments, turning them into cyborg monsters.

Description
Nelvaan was a frozen world in the Outer Rim's Savareen sector, which was within the Trailing Sectors, and was located at grid coordinates Q-16 that was connected to the planets Tatooine, Geonosis and Llanic via the Triellus Trade Route. It was the homeworld of the sentient Nelvaanian species, as well as creatures such as the hairy white bantha and the hostile reptilian horax. The people of Nelvaan had a special ritual that required young males to acquire horax scales, which could be used to make an elixir with a scent that could repel the large beasts for a year, in order to join the ranks of the warriors.

History
During the Clone Wars, Senator Onaconda Farr from Rodia brokered a deal with the Confederacy of Independent Systems where, in exchange for food, Farr would cede exploitation rights to other planets in the sector, such as Nelvaan, Christophsis, and Zaadja. The Techno Union, members of the Confederacy, experimented on the peaceful natives, turning them into mindless cyborg monstrosities.

Behind the scenes
Nelvaan was first mentioned in the book Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Michael Kogge, and Kerrie Dougherty and released on September 4, 2015. The world's first appearance in the Star Wars Legends continuity was in the novel Labyrinth of Evil, written by James Luceno and released on January 25, 2005. Though Absolutely Everything You Need to Know contains a disclaimer in the back saying that it draws on information from the Legends continuity, a comment of Leland Chee's from the DK Star Wars books panel at Celebration Europe on July 17, 2016 was clarified on the StarWars.com liveblog, stating that all the information in the book is considered canon. The roleplaying game Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, released in 2016, includes a poster map that shows the location of Nelvaan.