During the time of the Clone Wars, a Rhydonium mining installation was in use in the city of Pons Ora on the outback planet Abafar. The Confederacy of Independent Systems mined the valuable and explosive fuel Rhydonium there. The fuel was used in a plan to stock a stolen Republic ship and send it to the Republic strategy conference.^[1] The Galactic Republic's D-Squad had their ship crash-land on Abafar,^[2] and later, with the help of a clone commando named Gregor, who suffered from amnesia, they managed to steal a Rho-class transport shuttle, and return the encryption module to Coruscant, which they got from their previous mission.^[3] Gregor stayed behind to cover their escape, and the fuel went off, heavily damaging the facility.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Rhydonium mining installation first appeared in "Missing in Action," an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that first aired on January 4, 2013.^[4]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action" (First appearance)

Sources[]

• "Missing in Action" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Abafar in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Rhydonium mining installation)
• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 71 (Guide to the Galaxy: Abafar – Remote Desert World)
• Abafar in the Databank (backup link)

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