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Cularin

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this planet was the primary world of the Cularin System. Covered with lush rainforests and tropical jungles, Cularin was the homeworld of the Tarasin race. It was also known as the native planet of the rare ch'hala trees. Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, the planet as well as the entire Cularin System, suddenly disappeared from the sector. No one knows exactly what happened, not even the inhabitants of the planet. What was known was that Cularin reappeared several years later, almost as suddenly as it disappeared, shortly after the onset of the Clone Wars. Senator Lavina Wren, despite the fact that Cularin technically did not exist, continued to represent the system in the Galactic Senate. Many linked the disappearance of the Cularin System, often referred to as The Blink, to the rediscovery of the ancient artifact known as the Darkstaff. When Cularin reappeared, many felt that things would be different. However, things only got worse on Cularin and in the surrounding system, especially when public sentiment turned against the Jedi Order. Shortly before the First Battle of Coruscant and the end of the Clone Wars, the HoloNet aired a statement from an unspecified woman, in which she explained that the Cularin System was seceding from the Republic. It was later learned that the woman was Senator Lavira Wren herself. Although it was explained that the government had no desire to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Cularin found itself completely alone when the forces of the Old Republic were withdrawn from the Cularin System and disptached elsewhere.