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Maridun

Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories^[1]
Sector	Rolion sector^[1]
System	Maridun system^[1]
Grid coordinates	Q-6^[1]
Physical
Class	Terrestrial
Climate	Temperate
Primary terrain	Sparse rainforests Savannahs
Societal
Native species	Amanin Carrier butterflies Charnoqs Corinathoths Fwits Mastiff phalones
Immigrated species	Humans Lurmen Hutts
Primary language(s)	Amanese
Affiliation	Infinite Empire Independent Confederacy of Independent Systems Galactic Empire Yuuzhan Vong Empire^[2]

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Maridun was the grassy and forested homeworld of the Amanin species. Maridun went unnoticed for many years, and so was considered a haven by those who knew of of its existence. The planet would serve as a haven for the Lurmen who sought to escape the Clone Wars, and was the site of a battle when Confederate General Lok Durd arrived on the planet to test an experimental weapon.

The planet was officially discovered by the Galactic Empire around 11 BBY after the Amanin made contact with them. The Empire created several mining colonies on the planet. When the Empire had reduced its presence following the Battle of Maridun, the Hutt Empire moved in and enslaved much of the planet.

1 History
- 1.1 Clone Wars
- 1.2 Galactic Empire
2 Fauna
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

HistoryEdit

Clone WarsEdit

A group of Lurmen under Tee Watt Kaa settled on the planet during the Clone Wars to escape the destruction of the war. A strongly pacifist society, Kaa had a strong belief in nonviolence and neutrality in the war. Nevertheless, the war would be brought to them when a Galactic Republic cruiser carrying Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Aayla Secura and a squad of clone troopers crash-landed on the planet after a hyperdrive malfunction.

At the same time, a separatist force led by General Lok Durd landed on the planet claiming to be at their aid. Maridun was, in fact, a prime location to test fire the Defoliator weapon the Confederacy had just constructed. Kaa nearly accepted the Lurmen "destiny" to be destroyed by this weapon, but the Jedi went against his orders to leave the planet and set up a shield defense around the village. During the ensuing battle, the Jedi succeeded in disabling the Defoliator and capturing Durd.

Galactic EmpireEdit

The Galactic Empire began mining operations around 11 BBY. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, those colonies fell under attack by local Amani tribes, resulting in heavy casualties. Janek Sunber, who had taken over the Imperial forces following the death of Ziering, would soon discover the Amani concept of takital- and that they were an intelligent species capable of negotiating.

Following the Battle of Maridun, the Imperials made a deal with an Amanin lorekeeper in which his tribe would help slave traders capture Amanin from other tribes as slaves.

This battle would later be something of a legend amongst Imperial infantry, the Imperial propaganda machine having made the battle into a heroic struggle for survival—and of course, a success—from the display of officer ineptitude it had in fact been.

After the Empire moved its attention towards other systems, smaller private interests, especially those associated with criminals like the Hutts, began to take control of the slave trade. After only a few years of Imperial and private slave trading, Amanin were spread through much of the galaxy. Some of these Amanin returned to Maridun with blasters and other advanced technology, taking control of local tribes.

The planet was controlled by the Yuuzhan Vong between 27 and 29 ABY, during the Yuuzhan Vong War.^[2]

FaunaEdit

Wildlife native to Maridun included birds, herd animals, a dangerous predatory animals called charnoq, mastiff phalones, carrier butterflies, fwits, and enormous lumbering corinathoths.