Where The Hell Am I? #2: Christophsis

To get away from all this E3 craziness we travel back to the Outer Rim Territories of the Galaxy. Deep in the Savareen Sector sits a blue-green planet named Christophsis.

The beautiful view of Christophsis from space

The planet gets its colour from the massive hexagonal crystals that cover its surface. These crystals are important to the planet as they also can be used as lightsaber crystals. Also, using these crystals to build cities with the aid of the crystals for support. The crystal spires were ideal to make buildings out of and some of these cities were able to be seen from space. A few number of asteroid belts surround the Christoph system making the early history of the planet dangerous for a number of asteroid tragedies. But as time went on technology was developed to control the dangerous meteors. The asteroid belts also made for great mining facilities to boost the Christophsis economy.

The crystals on the surface are visually spectacular

During the Clone Wars the capital city of Christophsis was Chalcydonia and another big city was Crystal City. Crystal City was the setting for a major battle between the Republic and the Separatists in the Clone Wars.

The buildings of Christophsis were made of the natural crystals

Other than a few mining events, Christophsis' history was not too exciting until the Clone Wars had begun. Christophsis was a main setting for the Clone Wars movies and appeared in a few more episodes throughout the series. The Separatists wanted Christophsis to join their cause and ordered them to submit to the Separatist Rule and sent many battle droids to help. The Christophsians asked the Jedi to come to their aid while some of the population had to defend for themselves.

A few Christophsians try to hold off Separatist battle droids

The Jedi arrived including Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and after a few days, they faught off the Separatist Army. But the retreat did not last long as the Separatists kept pressing but eventually the planet was liberated with the help of Anakin's new padawan Ahsoka Tano. It was a costly victory, but a victory nonetheless for the Republic.