Honoghr/Legends

"The Noghri had no interest in the war. But the war came to them nonetheless."

- Bly

Honoghr was the homeworld of the Noghri, near Kessel. Seven planets orbited the Honoghr sun, from tiny Logru with its oceans of boiling lava, to distant Kuthul, the frozen giant. Of these seven worlds, it was the fourth planet that was blessed with life.

History
The planet was once part of the Infinite Empire 30,000 BBY. The Rakata constructed a temple which remained sacred to the Noghri long after the Empire's collapse. Around 1,002 BBY, the Brotherhood of Darkness operated a Sith academy on the world that specialized in the training of Sith Warriors and Marauders.

20 BBY, during the Clone Wars, the nonaligned planet became an ecological disaster when, after a battle in orbit, a Lucrehulk-class Core Ship crashed to the surface. (There's a discrepancy between this and the initial publication of the Thrawn Trilogy, which states that the crash happened some 44 years prior to the events of that series.) The Galactic Republic took great interest in the accident due to the Separatist ship's cargo: the toxin Trihexalophine1138. As the contaminant spread, it ravaged the planet and dessicated most of its flora. Over the next few months, plains and jungles died, forcing the Noghri to trek across the planet in a mass exodus searching for a place where they could somehow survive.



Within weeks of the end of the war, Darth Vader arrived at Honoghr - and promptly found his stormtrooper guards slaughtered around him by the natives. In exchange for the Galactic Empire working to restore the planet's ecosystem, the Noghri gave homage to Vader and pledged to serve him as assassins - the Death Commandos. In reality, the Imperial restoration teams deliberately kept Honoghr poisoned, thus keeping the Noghri bound in the service of the Empire.

Later, Leia Organa Solo, using her position as the daughter and heir of Darth Vader and having discovered the Empire's trickery, persuaded the Noghri to relinquish their allegiance to the Empire. The Noghri were freed from their enslavement and became members of the New Republic and its successor government the Galactic Alliance. The Noghri were represented in the New Republic Senate by Kahr'corvh of Clan Khim'bar.

Leia and her entire family also became very highly respected figures in Noghri society. The New Republic helped resettle the Noghri to other planets, including Wayland, to give Honoghr time to heal.

In 67 ABY the Noghri moved back to Honoghr noticing that it was healed.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
 * Star Wars Republic 68: Armor
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Star Wars Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command
 * N.R.I. Reports
 * Balance Point