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Polis Massa

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this remote, Outer Rim world was once the homeworld of the Eellayin race. However, the planet suffered an unknown cataclysm many millennia before the Clone Wars. As a result, Polis Massa was torn apart, leaving several large planetoids and an asteroid field as a reminder of the planet's existence. The Eellayin civilization was destroyed in the event. During the final decades of the Old Republic, a group of beings from the Subterrel Sector of the galaxy established an archaeological preserve in the asteroid field, hoping to learn more about the planet and its inhabitants. These beings eventually established the Local Dig settlement on the largest fragment of the planet, known simply as Polis Massa, and came to call themselves Polis Massans. During the last years of the Old Republic, the outpost on Polis Massa was nomimally loyal to the Republic and the Jedi Order, and it was here that Bail Organa and Yoda fled after Emperor Palpatine issued Order Sixty-Six. They made contact with Obi-Wan Kenobi, who brought the dying Padme' Amidala Skywalker to Polis Massa from Mustafar. The Polis Massan medics did their best, but were unable to stop Padme' from dying, seemingly from a broken heart. The Polis Massans and their medical droids were able to save the children Padme' had been carrying, which were turned over to Obi-Wan and Yoda. However, information on Polis Massa was discovered by Inquisitor Malorum, who would have turned it over to Darth Vader himself if Obi-Wan and Ferus Olin hadn't intercepted it.