Rugosa/Legends

"Let me propose a neutral meeting ground. Shall we say&hellip; Rugosa, yes? Three days' time. The coral moon shall do."

- King Katuunko

Rugosa, also known as the Coral Moon, was a temperate-climate moon near the planet Toydaria. It was once covered in oceans, but when these dried up, expanses of coral were exposed, leaving the world covered in forests and crevasses of coral formations. It was home to small neebrays that flew between the coral forests.

History
During the Clone Wars, the moon was chosen by King Katuunko of Toydaria as a neutral meeting place to meet an envoy from the Galactic Republic. Katuunko requested a Jedi as the Republic envoy, and Jedi Master Yoda was chosen to open the negotiations with the King. However, the Republic plan was intercepted by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and in order to disrupt the plan, Count Dooku sent his apprentice Asajj Ventress to convince or coerce the Toydarian King to become a Separatist ally instead. Master Yoda was ambushed en route, but still managed to crash land on the moon with three clone troopers. Ventress made a bet with Katuunko that if Yoda could make it to the King alive, the Republic could gain allegance of the planet; if not, it would become an ally of the Seperatists.

Despite Ventress' best efforts, Yoda, together with the three clone troopers survived to reach the King. Attempting to renege on her deal, Ventress was ordered, by Dooku, to kill the King. She swung her lightsabers in a killing strike but they were halted at the last instant by Yoda's Force grip. Ventress subsequently fled the moon, and King Katuunko, impressed with Yoda's deeds, signed the treaty and allowed the Republic to make that an outpost in his territory.

Behind the scenes
Rugosa, which featured in the first episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Ambush," was initially designed with a reddish color palette, but was changed when it was decided to air alongside "Rising Malevolence," which had a similar color scheme. Supervising Director Dave Filoni then decided to modify its color scheme to blue and green hues.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Prelude
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)
 * Ambush