Aduba-3
Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories; The Slice[1] Hutt Space (formerly)[1]
Sector	Bheriz sector[2]
System	Aduba system[1]
Suns	1: Aduba[3]
Orbital position	3[3]
Moons	1[3]
Grid coordinates	U-11[1]
Rotation period	22 standard hours[3]
Orbital period	343 local days[3]
Physical
Class	Terrestrial[3]
Atmosphere	Breathable[3]
Climate	Arid to temperate[3]
Gravity	Standard[3]
Primary terrain	Deserts[3] Plains[3] Steepe[3]
Points of interest	Locru's Central Saloon House of a Higher Power Spacers' Hill
Societal
Native species	High-hound Behemoth from the World Below
Immigrated species	Humans[3] Rodians[3] Wroonians Ithorians[3] Various aliens[3]
Primary language(s)	Galactic Basic Standard
Government	Anarchy[3]
Population	Less than 1 million[1]
Major cities	Tun Aduban Onacra
Major imports	Criminal wares[3]
Major exports	Foodstuffs[3] Criminal wares[3]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Hutt Empire Galactic Empire Tenloss Syndicate

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Aduba-3 or Aduba III was a planet in the Aduba system with three million citizens and a starport. It was mostly covered by desert and plains. Most of the plant life on Aduba-3 grew thorns as forms of protection. Located along the Triellus Trade Route, it was a planet so remote smuggler Han Solo considered it beyond the reach of Hutt Crimelord Jabba Desilijic Tiure.

HistoryEdit

Lying on the fringes of Sith Space during the New Sith Wars, the world was initially visited in 1,010 BBY by a Sith Lord of the Brotherhood of Darkness. Journeying to Aduba, he created the Behemoth from the World Below on the planet. After the war, the Galactic Republic discovered the world circa 1,000 BBY, though the world would not be colonized until 500 BBY as an agriworld. The colonists, followers of the Sacred Way, established farming villages where they harvested maze-stalk and mizzlegritch moss.

Greedy speculators from the Modirin Mining Concern came to the planet and caused a chromium rush by way of mine-seeding. When traders realized there was no fortune to be had on Aduba-3, it lost any appeal it might have had and began to disappear from star charts. However, it did become a haven for down-and-out spacers. After the mining concern failed, the Jedi Agricultural Corps helped the farmers defend their villages from vicious high-hounds.

During the Clone Wars, Aduba had been annexxed by the Hutt Empire, though it would be claimed by the Galactic Empire after the war. A powerful shadowport after its dealings with the Hutts, it attracted all kinds of scum from across the galaxy looking to avoid those who pursued them. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Han Solo and his companions, the Star-Hoppers of Aduba-3, faced Serji-X Arrogantus and his Cloud-Riders in defense of Onacra, but the Old One, a local shaman, awoke the dormant Behemoth. Solo killed the Behemoth with Don-Wan Kihotay's lightsaber. The bounty hunter Beilert Valance came to the planet seeking to kill Jimm Doshun, whom he mistakenly believed to be the destroyer of the Death Star I. Jaxxon and Amaiza Foxtrain saved Jimm.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils! (First appearance)
• Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3
• Star Wars 9: Showdown on a Wasteland World
• Star Wars 10: Behemoth from the World Below
• Star Wars 11: Star Search
• Star Wars 16: The Hunter

SourcesEdit

• "ComicScan: Marvelously Silly Aliens" — Star Wars Galaxy 3
•  "The Starhoppers of Aduba-3"—Star Wars Gamer 4
• The New Essential Chronology
• Jedi Training and Trials Quiz Book
• Underworld Appendix: Swoops, Spice, and Wretched Rogues on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  Amaiza in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

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