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Garqi

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this unimportant Outer Rim world was under the control of the Empire for many years after the Battle of Endor. It was an agricultural world that longed for its freedom, despite the fact that it was a source of luxury foodstuffs for the Core Worlds. Because of the natural elements found in the planet's crust, the native plant life took on a purple coloration, giving the planet a violet appearance from space. Corran Horn traveled to Garqi to escape Imperial entanglements after he left the Corellian Security Force, and was known to the students of Garqi Ag University through his droid, Whistler, who went by the handle of Xeno. He worked undercover as an assistant the Imperial prefect Mosh Barris, and helped a number of political prisoners escape from the planet. Among the prisoners was Dynba Tesc and the the Duros trader, Lai Nootka. Years later, after the Yuuzhan Vong took control of Destrillion and Dubrillion, they started working their way toward the Core. Following the Battle of Dantooine, and just before the destruction of Ithor, the alien invaders discovered Garqi. The planet's defenses were unprepared to put up any resistance, and the efforts of Corran Horn, Jacen Solo, and Ganner Rhysode could not save the planet. After a brief battle, the Yuuzhan Vong captured Garqi and began reforming the planet as a breeding ground for Chazrach warriors. While on Garqi, the Jedi learned that the vonduun crab armor of the Yuuzhan Vong was susceptible to the pollen from the Bafforr tree. However, the planet Ithor was destroyed before any action could be taken.