Ando/Legends

Located in the Ando system of the Mid Rim, the ocean world Ando was home to the Aqualish. Ando had a diameter of 14,885 meters and was orbited by two moons. With 95 percent of the surface covered in water, the Aqualish used what little land remained and supplemented it with sailing ships that doubled as mobile homes. Quantill City, the planetary capital city, was one of the few established urban areas. The majority of the islands were sustained by a decaying swamp ecosystem and covered in steamy mist.

After a brief war with the Republic following its discovery, Ando joined the Republic 15,000 BBY. The Aqualish people consisted of three subspecies, constantly at war with each other: the Quara, the Aquala, and the Ualaq. Decades before the Clone Wars, the Republic grew concerned over the perpetual violence on the world and dispatched the Ando Demilitarization Observation Group to ensure the deescalation of violence. In 102 BBY, the Aqualish colonized Andosha II and the other Andoan Free Colonies.

The planet was represented in the Senate by Po Nudo until 23 BBY, when Ando and Sy Myrth became the first of many worlds to secede from the Republic. Under the leadership of Ualaq Senator Po Nudo and First Minister Daragi Hoba, Ando touched off a string of secessionist worlds that would later form the Confederacy of Independent Systems 22 BBY. Nudo became a prominent Separatist leader. It should be noted that the Andoan Free Colonies did not support the political decisions of Ando and sided with the Republic during the Clone Wars, being represented separately in the Senate by Gorothin Vagger. The Battle of Ando was fought 21 BBY.

The establishment of the Galactic Empire brought a heavy clamp on Ando. Nudo was seceded by an Aquala Senator, whom served until the Senate was disbanded by the Emperor. Fueled by the New Order's pro-human policies, Ando's Separatist position in the Clone Worlds, and the Aqualish reputation for violence, the Imperial military established a heavy garrison on Ando and kept the planet under careful observation. Several Imperial and corporate interests were permitted to ravage Ando's natural resources.

By 9 ABY, Ando was a member of the New Republic and was the target of a feint atack by Grand Admiral Thrawn's Bellicose before his assault on Ukio.

Sixteen years later during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Ando was offered to be spared by Warmaster Tsavong Lah if the Aqualish destroyed all droid units and killed any Jedi on the planet. Thus, the Aqualish killed Dorsk 82, only to be invaded and crushed regardless.