Background: Aduba-3 or Aduba III was a planet in the
Aduba system with less than a million citizens and a
starport. It was mostly covered by desert and plains. Most
of the plant life on Aduba-3 grew thorns as forms of
protection. Located along the Triellus Trade Route, it was a
planet so remote many smugglers considered it beyond
the reach of whatever trouble was following them
Lying on the fringes of Sith Space during the New Sith
Wars, the world was initially visited in 1010 BBY by a Sith
Lord of the Brotherhood of Darkness. Journeying to
Aduba, he created the Behemoth from the World Below
on the planet. After the war, the Galactic Republic
discovered the world circa 1000 BBY, though the world
would not be colonized until 500 BBY as an agriworld. The
colonists, followers of the Sacred Way, established farming
villages where they harvested maze-stalk and mizzlegritch
moss.
Greedy speculators from the Modirin Mining Concern
came to the planet and caused a chromium rush by way of
mine-seeding. When traders realized there was no fortune
to be had on Aduba-3, it lost any appeal it might have had
and began to disappear from star charts. However, it did
become a haven for down-and-out spacers. After the
mining concern failed, the Jedi Agricultural Corps helped
the farmers defend their villages from vicious high-hounds.
During the Clone Wars, Aduba had been annexed by
the Hutt Empire, though it would be claimed by the
Galactic Empire after the war. A powerful shadowport
after its dealings with the Hutts, it attracted all kinds of
scum from across the galaxy looking to avoid those who
pursued them.