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Ryloth
Ryloth is the principal planet in the Ryloth system located in the Outer Rim near Tatooine. It is home to the Twi'leks, a humanoid species with two large, fleshy head-tails growing from their skulls. The Twi'leks call these prehensile appendages lekku and can communicate through subtle lekku gestures, although they also speak Twi'leki. During the Clone Wars, scheming Separatist warlords blockaded and invaded Ryloth, hoping to steal its riches. But after the war, dreams of a free Ryloth evaporated under the iron fist of Imperial occupation.
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![Separatist ships looming over Ryloth Separatist ships looming over Ryloth](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/ryloth-history-1-retina_b51f9202.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1200%2C513)
The Outer Rim planet of Ryloth was home to the Twi’leks and a valuable source of spice and other treasures. During the Clone Wars, the Separatists invaded the planet and subjected it to a brutal occupation, with battleships keeping out both Republic warships and humanitarian relief.
![Republic and Twi'lek troops joining forces on Ryloth Republic and Twi'lek troops joining forces on Ryloth](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/ryloth-history-2-retina_bd2edf75.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1200%2C510)
The freedom fighter Cham Syndulla led a resistance movement to fight the Separatists, while Ryloth’s corrupt Senator, Orn Free Taa, remained on Coruscant. When the Republic battered down the Separatist blockade, the Jedi Mace Windu brokered a truce between the mutually suspicious Syndulla and Taa. Syndulla’s forces then joined the Republic troops to free the capital city of Lessu.
![Orn Free Taa, Cham Syndulla, and Mace Windu celebrating a Republic victory on Ryloth Orn Free Taa, Cham Syndulla, and Mace Windu celebrating a Republic victory on Ryloth](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/ryloth-history-3-retina_c58bd3db.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1200%2C512)
Ryloth was free, but Syndulla remained wary of both Taa and the Republic. The Separatists were gone, but Syndulla feared he’d soon have to take up arms against the Republic as his planet’s new occupiers.
![Chancellor Palpatine, Mace Windu, Yoda, and discussing the fate of Ryloth Chancellor Palpatine, Mace Windu, Yoda, and discussing the fate of Ryloth](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/ryloth-history-4-retina_d0dec31c.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1200%2C525)
When the Republic became the Empire, Syndulla’s fears were realized: Ryloth became an Imperial protectorate to be exploited, with Taa enriching himself as its Imperial Senator. Syndulla began a new resistance movement to free his planet once again.
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