A return of the Gray Secant saw both Republic and Imperial forces striving to gain influence with the Gree and learn the ship's secrets, but Ilum itself remained a contested world for the remainder of the Galactic War.Įventually, the Order reclaimed Ilum and once again hid its location, removing records of the battles there, which only lived on as dark legends of the past. Malgus's attempt was thwarted, and the cloaked armada never saw further use. Darth Malgus, taking advantage of the chaos in the Empire following the defeat of the Sith Emperor, rallied a primarily non-Human army and tried to establish a base in the system. One of the resources turned out to be a use for the crystals to power a cloaking device for spaceships, or even a whole space station. Intelligence suggested that the Sith operations on the world could have extended beyond the harvest of lightsaber crystals and, due to the amount of local Sith investments, Republic leaders and members of the High Council suspected that Ilum may have possessed a far more valuable resource. Although the Jedi Order was devastated by the loss of Ilum, the Galactic Republic lacked the resources for a counter-attack. Some time before the Cold War, the Sith Empire attacked the planet with a force of Sith and shock troopers, killing the Jedi present there. After several millennia of hosting the Gathering, Ilum became the Order's primary source for the rare crystals. Upon completion, the Temple over the Crystal Caves began to host the Gathering, a formal part of a Padawan's teaching during which they embarked on a pilgrimage to Ilum to search for a lightsaber crystal and build their first weapon. Over the greatest source of crystals, the High Council commissioned the construction of a grand Temple. With the planet protected, the Jedi built temples and enclaves over the years and the world became a destination of pilgrimage for Jedi intending to construct new lightsabers and Jedi Masters seeking a quiet place for intense meditation. In order to navigate the course however, one would need the prowess in the Force that only a fully trained Master would possess. A team of surveyors within the Order mapped out a complex route through hyperspace from Metellos that would take a Jedi team directly to Ilum. Instead of reporting the discovery to the Galactic Senate per custom, the High Council deleted all records of Ilum from their ships and removed mention of it from all reports. When the High Council learned of this discovery, they dispatched artisans, scholars, and other Jedi to protect the caves and research how deep they went. Made up largely of the rare kathracite, pontite and mephite, the trove was an invaluable source of focusing crystals used in a Jedi's lightsaber. The real wealth of Ilum was not discovered until one survey crew was chased into a mountainous ravine by local predators and discovered the mother lode of crystals just beneath the surface.
Reporting back to the Jedi High Council on her findings, the subsequent research teams detected no signs of previous inhabitants on the barren world, aside from local flora and fauna that had evolved to survive in the harsh environment.
Following the sensation, the scout determined that the Force's call was strongest on the system's fifth planet. Ilum was first discovered by the wider galaxy in 22,800 BBY when a Jedi scout, navigating hyperspace in the Force, felt a strong pull from deep in the Unknown Regions. The Gree had established an enclave on Ilum and used it as a launching point for the exploration vessel Gray Secant to conduct a multi-century exploration mission. Only two of them were here when we arrived, but they have ruins scattered around the place." ―Grand Moff Regus " The Jedi think of Ilum as their planet.
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