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Lomabu III

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this plant, the third of six wildly-orbiting worlds in the Lomabu System, was chosen by the Empire as a penal colony. It was located close to the Imperially-controlled system of Aida. A group of several hundred Wookiees was imprisoned here at the time of the Battle of Hoth, a fact which Tinian I'att and Chenlambec used to lure Bossk into a trap. The Wookiees on Kashyyyk provided the coordinates of the planet to them, in order to get Bossk to chase Han Solo there. An oceanic world with several long chains of archipelagic islands, Lomabu III was chosen for its unusual sandy beaches. The sand is actually a ravenous form of carnivore that swarms around anything that walks on it, eating away immediately upon contact. The tiny creatures move about by waving tiny flagella, and their motion appears wave-like. Tinian and Chen were able to rescue the Wookiees imprisoned there by making the local Imperial Governor, Io Desnand, believe Bossk was at Lomabu III to poach Wookiee pelts. Once Bossk was captured, they shipped the 593 Wookiees off-planet in the Hound's Tooth. Lomabu III has a single moon.