Editing Lehon

[[File:250px-Unkwld_space.jpg|thumb|right|Lehon]]
[[File:250px-RakataPrimeConcept.jpg|thumb|right|Crashed spacecraft on Lehon, including a Hammerhead-class capital ship.]]
[[File:200px-Unknown_world.jpg|thumb|right|Lehon during the Jedi Civil War]]
[[File:200px-Unkwld_temple.jpg|thumb|right|Temple of the Ancients]]

'''''Lehon''''' <br />
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''"This world is… odd. It looks like a battlefield, but the environment is lush and green. Whatever happened here was a long time ago. I have seen many strange worlds in my time, but this world is stranger still. I don't like this place. Something happened… or is happening here and I don't like it. We should get out of here as soon as possible."'' <br /> 
―Canderous Ordo regarding Lehon <br />
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''"This planet's a technological graveyard."'' <br />
―Canderous Ordo <br />
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'''Type:''' Terrestrial

'''Temperature:''' Tropical

'''Atmosphere:''' [[Type I]] (Breathable)

'''Hydrosphere:''' Saturated

'''Gravity:''' Standard

'''Terrain:''' Oceans, Tropical islands, Rocky outcroppings

'''Length of Day:''' 18 standard hours

'''Length of Year:''' 278 local days

'''Physical Diameter:''' 9,120 km

'''Sapient Species:''' [[Rakata]] (90%), Other slave species (10%)

'''Starport:''' none

'''Points of Interest:''' [[Black Rakatan Settlement]], [[Elder Rakatan Settlement]] & [[Temple of the Ancients]]

'''Population:''' 11 billion (Historic) , none (Modern)

'''Planet Function:''' Homeworld (formerly)

'''Official Language:''' Rakatan language

'''Government:''' Tribal

'''Major Cities:''' none

'''Tech Level:''' Space (Historic) / none (modern)

'''Major Exports:''' Warships, Technology, Manufactured goods

'''Major Imports:''' Slaves, Treasured offered in tribute

'''Affiliation:''' Infinite Empire, Rakatan Elders, Black Rakata, Revan's Sith Empire, Galactic Republic

'''System:''' [[Lehon system]]

'''Sun:''' Abo

'''Moons:''' 2

'''Sector:''' None Listed

'''Region of Space:''' [[Unknown Region]]

'''Notes:''' <br />
Lehon, also referred to as Rakata, Rakata Prime, and the Unknown World, was the homeworld of the [[Rakata]] species and the secret capital of their Infinite Empire. <br />
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'''Description:''' <br />
Lehon was a tropical world that inhabited a remote and relatively unknown corner of the galaxy known as the [[Tempered Wastes]], a largely void area of space. Its surface was largely covered by oceans which were dotted by numerous clusters of islands and archipelagos. It was the only habitable planet in the [[Lehon system]], but it shared an orbit around its primary star with the [[Star Forge]], an ancient Rakatan space station and factory which drew its fuel directly from the system's primary star. The planet itself was orbited by two small moons, but one of them was close enough to be visible from the surface during daylight, covering a significant portion of the sky. <br />
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'''History:''' <br />
''Infinite Empire:'' <br />
Millennia before the birth of the Galactic Republic, the planet was the capital of the ancient Infinite Empire of the Rakata (c. 35,000 – 25,200 BBY). The [[Rakata]] were a scientifically advanced species that powered their technology with natural Force sensitivity and used their knowledge to enslave and subjugate other, less-developed species. They were responsible for creating several technological marvels including the semi-sentient [[Star Forge]], which churned out war droids and starships at an alarming rate. The Rakata built large cities on their homeworld, which later became crumbling ruins reclaimed by the jungle.
 
The Infinite Empire, which at its peak included approximately 500 planets, ten billion Rakata, and over a trillion slaves, ended in a brutal civil war. During the final days of the Empire, the Rakata were forced to flee back to their homeworld due to widespread slave insurrections and the ravages of a deadly plague which stripped them of their Force abilities, but on its surface their war continued. The surviving Rakata, now extinct beyond their homeworld, succumbed to barbarism, with cannibalism becoming common among their warring factions. Battling warlords severely damaged the surface of Rakata Prime through the use of weapons of mass destruction that fragmented it into islands. The majority of the species were forced to flee underground because their planet had become almost uninhabitable. <br />
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''Jedi Civil War:'' <br />
During the reign of the Galactic Republic, various Rakatan tribes, including the tribe of the One, emerged back on to the surface of the now backwater planet, but their civilization was still one of battle and bloodshed. Only the Elders—descendants of the priest caste of the Infinite Empire—kept memories of their once glorious past alive. Only they had access to the advanced technologies their species had created long ago. They used it to isolate and guard their forbidden lore in the [[Temple of the Ancients]]. 

The planet itself was protected by a disruptor field that could disable any incoming ship's communications and navigational systems. This field, operated from the summit of the Temple, was originally constructed to protect the [[Star Forge]]. Over the millennia, the planet had become a technological graveyard, with its tropical islands strewn with the wreckage of spaceships unfortunate enough to have stumbled across the mysterious planet's hidden location. The planet was infested with foreign fauna including [[Rancor]]s and [[Gizka]] which the [[Rakata]] said came from the sky aboard crashed ships.
 
Lehon was visited by Revan twice, in 3,959 BBY and 3,956 BBY, during the Jedi Civil War. Both times he used the help of the Elder Rakatan tribe to enter the [[Temple of the Ancients]] and was granted passage to the [[Star Forge]] itself. However, the first time, as Dark Lord of the Sith, he lied to the Rakata, saying that he would destroy the great factory, while in fact he wanted to claim it for himself and use it to build an immense Sith fleet to challenge the Republic. The second time, after his redemption, Revan was given the task of freeing an elder from the Black Rakata. After entering the one's chambers Revan killed the One and other Black Rakata. With this the elders allowed Revan to enter the temple. Revan disabled the disruptor field to allow the Republic fleet and his own ship, the Ebon Hawk, to breach the factory's defenses.
 
When the [[Star Forge]] was eventually destroyed in a fierce battle between the Republic and the Sith, the Republic commanders—Admiral Forn Dodonna and Jedi Master Vandar Tokare—celebrated the end of the Jedi Civil War at the Temple exterior. During the ceremony, Revan and his companions were each awarded with the Cross of Glory. <br />
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''Post-Civil War:'' <br />
After the Jedi Civil War, the entire Lehon system was littered with wreckage from the destroyed [[Star Forge]] and the remnants of crippled vessels which had fought in the final battle of the war. Lehon itself became surrounded with asteroid-like rings of rubble which made navigation to and from the planet extremely dangerous. Though the wreckage would have been valuable as a source of resources, the Galactic Republic chose to make the entire system a protected historical site which was not to be entered without permission.
 
Eventually, the planet became accessible to the rest of the galaxy. Lehon was incorporated into the Galactic Republic. However, its true nature was kept secret to avoid creating a panic or encouraging opportunists to attempt to make use of Rakatan secrets. While some Rakata took to the stars, the majority of the declining population refused to move off-world and as the gene pool diminished, the Rakata died out within a few generations, leaving Lehon devoid of sentient life.
 
Around 1,000 BBY, Darth Bane arrived on Lehon to access Darth Revan's Sith Holocron. Upon landing on the surface, he sensed that the planet was still deeply steeped in the dark side of the Force, even more so than [[Korriban]]. By the time of his arrival, the planet was reasonably well-known, but it was largely ignored because many of the darker aspects of Rakatan history had been suppressed by the Republic and the Jedi. In a battle with the Sith Lord Kas'im, Bane destroyed a part of the [[Temple of the Ancients]] by collapsing one of the major archways, in a duel with his former master. <br />
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'''Source:''' <br />
*Wookieepedia