Anoat system/Legends

"Anoat system? There's not much there."

- Leia Organa

The Anoat system was located between the Hoth and Bespin systems on the Ison Corridor, in the Anoat Sector of the Outer Rim. It contained three habitable but inhospitable planets, Anoat, Deyer, and Gentes, as well as the moon Belsus.

The system was taken under Separatist control during the Clone Wars, due to an attack led by General Grievous. Grievous attacked Gentes, the Ugnaught homeworld, eager to take the Ugnaughts as factory labourers. On Belsus, he demonstrated his power to a group of Jedi Padawans by destroying the population of an entire Ugnaught city. Soon after, a Jedi strike force attempted to assassinate Grievous. During their battle with him, the thermal core of a geothermal plant went critical. The resultant explosions threatened the stability of the moon's surface. Nevertheless, Grievous survived.

The three planets were abandoned sometime before the Galactic Civil War. Toxic waste infected Anoat and the terraformed waterworld Deyer, forcing the populations to move offworld.

The Millennium Falcon passed through this relatively deserted system while escaping from the Galactic Empire.

Anoat was repopulated at some point prior to the establishment of the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, as it was represented in the New Republic Senate.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back