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Nelvaan

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this planet was the primary world in the Koobi System, which was located some thirteen parsecs from Tythe. Note that Labyrinth of Evil indicates that the planet is part of the Nelvaan System. The planet's location in the Outer Rim kept it free of the influences of the Old Republic, although several Bothan freighters made regular runs to Nelvaan to acquire the pure water that flowed from glacial runoffs. When the Old Republic's forces nearly captured Count Dooku on Tythe, during the final stages of the Clone Wars, many Separatist ships jumped from Tythe to Nelvaan to escape the battle. This was mainly a ruse, since the ships only briefly remained at Nelvaan before jumping to a nearby location and then to Coruscant, where they assisted General Grievous' forces in the First Battle of Coruscant. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were dispatched to Nelvaan to investigate, and discovered the Nelvaanians - a race of feline beings which appeared to be made up of only females and children. The males had been captured and twisted by the Separatists as part of an experiment for creating their own organic army. Anakin, in a trial ordered by the natives and decreed by Obi-Wan to be his final test, destroyed the Separatist facility and freed the males.