Koboh

"So that's where you settled down. Out in the middle of nowhere."

―Cal Kestis^[1]

Koboh was a planet in the Outer Rim Territories with a breathable atmosphere^[1] and a rugged,^[2] rocky cliff environment. Wildlife included grasses, trees, boglings, gorgers, trontoshells, rawka, goroccos, and shiverpedes. The planet was adjacent to the Koboh Abyss, as well as a planet hidden within the abyss, known as Tanalorr. Passage to Tanalorr was enabled by Abyss compasses that are used to calibrate navigational beacons stationed on Koboh and its Shattered Moon.

The crashed core ship of the Lucrehulk-class battleship Primacy was also located on the planet, containing an army of B1-series battle droids, B2-series super battle droids, BX-series droid commandos, droidekas, and IG-100 MagnaGuards from the Clone Wars. These droids were later used as weapons and tools by the Bedlam Raiders.^[1]

Description[]

Most of the terrain on the planet was rugged cliffs, although there were forests and many cave systems. Priorite, a valuable metal, was found in abundance throughout the planet's surface, attracting many prospectors. The planet also had numerous early prospectors based in Rambler's Reach Valley built complex systems to provide the area with fresh water. At some point, however, dams were constructed in the nearby Dredger Gorge to redirect the flow of Koboh tar such that priorite deposits could be found. However, this had an unintended side effect of backing up the tar into Rambler's Reach Valley. The tar eventually found its way into and through the valley's water treatment system, contaminating the water supply. Doma Dendra assessed the damage, concluding that repair was unfeasible. From that point, the locals got their water from the river flowing through the valley.^[1]

The planet had a thriving collection of local wildlife and vegetation that ran through its many valleys and chasms. The massive Piasa was one of the dominant predators on the planet, rarely staying in one place for too long without moving somewhere else. Under the giant avian, many other large predators existed such as Bilemaws and Mogus.^[1]

History[]

Pre-Republic Times[]

Beginning groups carved houses and buildings into the cliffsides with mud and stone during the earliest times of the planet's history. One of these was the Bygone Settlement in Rambler's Reach Valley. However, these were eventually abandoned prior to the Galactic Republic's arrival.^[1]

High Republic Era[]

Koboh was once on the Republic Frontier for centuries. Republic scientists and the Jedi Order cooperated to build several facilities on the planet, including the grand Forest Array, Chamber of Duality, Chamber of Clarity, Chamber of Fortitude, Chamber of Reason, Chamber of Connection, and several other scientific and Jedi focused buildings. The planet was also used to scout the Koboh Abyss and eventually used by Dagan Gera to discover Tanalorr, which he had hoped would house a Jedi Temple. This failed after the Jedi Council decided to abandon the planet, after the Nihil attacked the planet and forced the Jedi defenders to flee.^[1]

In 232 BBY, an Emergence struck the planet's moon, annihilating it and causing massive streams of meteors and debris to hit the surface. This hastened the Republic's evacuation, and the planet was abandoned. However, the planet was instead plagued by frequent bandit attacks and a lack of the resources the prospectors had hoped to exploit, which led to Koboh becoming a forgotten footnote in galactic history.^[2]

Clone Wars[]

During the Clone Wars, the Separatist Lucrehulk-class battleship Primacy crash landed in the Viscid Bog after straying too close to the Koboh Abyss. Most of the droids would become deactivated for several years, including many B1-series battle droids, B2-series super battle droids, BX-series droid commandos, and several HMP droid gunships.^[1]

Imperial Era[]

Eventually, Rambler's Reach Valley found new life when prospectors searching for priorite settled. By 9 BBY, the town of Rambler's Reach Outpost had been well established. The unofficial mayor of the town, Doma Dendra, ran Dendra's Antiquities within the town, and a cantina eventually called Pyloon's Saloon was constructed nearby. Below the saloon lay a network of smuggler's tunnels, which provided access to a sizable landing pad. Although many prospectors lived within the valley, other residents sought a pastoral lifestyle, such as herding nekko. While the planet was under the Galactic Empire jurisdiction, its control was limited and instead the Bedlam Raiders, a group of marauders led by the warrior Gen'Dai Rayvis and later fallen Jedi Knight Dagan Gera, held a great deal of influence on Koboh. These raiders had amassed an army of former Seperatist droids from the derelict Lucrehulk-class battleship in the Viscid Bog. The raiders often fought the Imperial forces who were stationed on the planet, while prospectors and residents of Rambler's Reach Outpost often had problems and encounters with the Bedlam Raiders.^[1]

Koboh JediSurvivor — The *Stinger Mantis* approaches Koboh

By 9 BBY, a group of Jawas had settled in the Bygone Settlement and built a digger crawler. They would occupy the ancient mud buildings carved into the cliffs and trade with the nearby settlement of Rambler's Reach Outpost.^[1]

In 9 BBY,^[3] surviving Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and BD-1 crash-landed on Koboh to seek out help by an old friend following a mission that had gone awry.^[1] Cal quickly learned about the nearby Koboh Abyss and its potential access to Tanalorr, which seemed like a perfect safe haven for fugitives from the Galactic Empire. On his quest to find a passage through the Koboh Abyss, Cal decimated the local Bedlam Raiders and killed their leaders Gera as well as Rayvis. Although this initially caused cautious optimism in Rambler's Reach Outpost concerning the future of Koboh. It also left a power vacuum which the Empire quickly exploited and dispatched an Imperial-class Star Destroyer that assumed position above the outpost with an increased significant presence on Koboh. Aided by old High Republic Era droid ZN-A4 and the crew of the Stinger Mantis, Cal would eventually re-align the old navigational beacons on Koboh, which then enabled him and the Mantis to travel to Tanalorr.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Koboh was first revealed in the reveal trailer for the 2023 video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.^[4] The name was revealed in a first-look at the title's gameplay published by IGN.^[5] It takes inspiration from the American Old West.^[6]