Alaris Prime/Legends

Sometimes referred to simply as the Kashyyyk Moon, Alaris Prime features an ecosystem suprisingly similar to its primary. Even the gargantuan wroshyr trees can be found on Alaris. Shortly before the Battle of Naboo, a number of small Wookiee settlements began to pop up all over the small moon. The most notable of these settlements was created by the father and son pairing of Attichitcuk and Chewbacca. These early settlements were soon attacked by the Trade Federation and Trandoshan slavers. With the help of Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, Attichitcuk and his warriors forced the Trade Federation and Trandoshans (under the leadership of Pekt) to leave the moon.

About ten years later, Alaris Prime would again see war. In the early stages of the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker was taken to the moon by Count Dooku and the hired bounty hunter/assasin Cydon Prax. Anakin, as well as many of Alaris's residents, was to become one of the latest victims of the Force Harvester--the power source of the Dark Reaper. With the help of smuggler Bera Kazan, Anakin freed the captive Wookies and escaped the Harvester's life-draining powers. Hijacking an AAT, Anakin and Bera infiltrated a Separatist outpost to use their deep-space transmitter to signal the Republic for aid. With the help of the local Wookiees, Anakin held off Separatist forces. When the Republic finally arrived--with Obi-Wan in command--the Separatist troops were decimated. After the Battle of Kashyyyk about two and a half years later, Alaris Prime could finally fall back out of the spotlight.

Works Consulted

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds