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Murkhana

Murkhana

Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories
Sector	Auril sector
System	Murkhana system
Grid coordinates	S-6
Physical
Primary terrain	Oceans Beaches
Points of interest	Argente Tower Murkhana Bay Murkhana Landing
Societal
Native species	Koorivar
Immigrated species	Humans
Major cities	Murkhana City (capital)
Affiliation	Xim's empire Galactic Republic Corporate Alliance Confederacy of Independent Systems Galactic Empire Galactic Alliance

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Murkhana was a planet on which the Battle of Murkhana was fought during the Outer Rim Sieges. It was the Corporate Alliance headquarters during the Clone Wars and the homeworld of Oro Dassyne.^[1]

1 History
2 Geography
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

HistoryEdit

Located in the Auril sector on the Outer Rim near Weytta, the planet was a former member of Xim's empire.

It was brought into the Old Republic only just prior to the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo. A little over two months after then-Senator Palpatine took up his post on Coruscant, Murkhana was given a seat in the Republic Senate. The move was viewed by some as a way for the Trade Federation to secure greater support in the Senate. Indeed, some senators, chief amongst them the then-delegate from Sullust, openly viewed Murkhana as a mere "client world" of the Trade Federation.^[2]

Murkhana served as the headquarters of the Corporate Alliance during the Clone Wars. The tallest building in Murkhana was the Argente Tower, a complex of administrative offices. Murkhana was also the source for the many Confederate "Shadowfeed Dispatches" which were used to distribute Separatist news and propaganda.^[1]

During the Battle of Murkhana, which occurred in the final days of the Clone Wars, the 32nd Air Combat Wing, led by Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak, along with Chatak's Padawan Olee Starstone, were sent to destroy a deflector shield generator protecting a key landing platform. When Order 66 was issued, it did not reach Murkhana until after the Clone Wars were over, the Jedi Order outlawed, and the New Order created. When the order did arrive, the three Jedi escaped execution thanks to Ion Team, a unit of clone commandos lead by Captain Climber, whom Shryne had befriended during the course of the war. After word reached the ears of Emperor Palpatine that the troopers had disobeyed Order 66, Darth Vader was dispatched to ensure that the clone troopers serving on the planet remained loyal to the Galactic Empire.^[1]

During the Second Galactic Civil War, Kem Stor Ai considered going to war against Murkhana. Nav Ekhat was its senator in the Galactic Alliance Senate.

GeographyEdit

Little was known about the planet's surface. However, it was known that many buildings were constructed out of material similar to ocean coral; in fact, many clones had mistakenly thought it was actually made out of coral.^[source?]