Clean Land

Clean Land was the term given to land on the Noghri homeworld of Honoghr that had been restored to fertility by Imperial decontamination droids.

Origins
During the height of the Clone Wars a space battle erupted between the Grand Army of the Republic and the Lucrehulk-class Core Ship crashed into the planet's surface, releasing a deadly toxin that the CIS had developed for use in chemical warfare against the Republic, poisoning great swaths of Honoghr and killing many millions of Noghri. At the same time, stray fire from both sides rained destruction down upon the surface, making matters worse.

After the Clone Wars, near the beginning of the Galactic Civil War, the planet and its people were "rediscovered" by Darth Vader. Impressed with the combat capabilities of Noghri, the Sith Lord engineered a bargain by which the Empire would use its resources to "help" the natives reclaim their land - the desecration of which Vader conveniently blamed on the Rebels - in exchange for their pledge of servitude. Incapable of understanding the complexities of toxic materials and the cleaning of same, the Noghri were unable to comprehend, at first, that the help given by the Imperials was actually in the form of a self-perpetuatinc cycle that would gurantee eternal service in the Emperor's private Death Commandos.

Aftermath
When Leia Organa Solo journeyed to Honoghr in an attempt to understand the Noghri and persuade them to abandon the Empire, she observed the cleansing process, eventually determining just how the decon droids worked. Once the secret of Imperial treachary was exposed to the assembled Clan Dynasts, the Noghri swore to avenge themselves on the Empire that had decieved them. Some time later several Noghri clans used the same decontaminating technology to restore another patch of clean land on another part of Honoghr, this time in a narrow river valley to keep it hidden from orbiting Imperial starships. It was here that Luke Skywalker first met the Noghri.

Appearances

 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command