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Mawan

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this planet was torn apart by a civil war, known to the natives as the Great Purge, some three years before the Battle of Naboo. The capital city was utterly destroyed, and the government it housed was smashed. The survivors fled into the country, but without a central form of government the planet descended into lawlessness. It became a haven for criminals, and the Galactic Senate ignored the plight of the planet in the face of the rising opposition of the Separatists. When attention could be diverted from its other duties, the Senate finally asked the Jedi Knights to send a team to Mawan to help bring the criminal elements under control and form a central government. Yaddle, assisted by Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, were sent to the planet about three years before the Battle of Geonosis.