Bardotta

Located along the Giju Run, Bardotta was a quiet world home to the Bardottan people. Covered in dramatic landscapes, the planet's mountain ranges, warm seas, and lush forests, drew some visitors to the small world. Bardotta had a lack of wildlife despite the lush landscapes. It possessed a cold climate due to the distance from its sun and had a slightly lower gravity than average. The planet's laws were few, though the punishment for violation of those that did exist was a swift banishment. Visitors who did seek out the world found its markets filled with art of every type, included textiles and tapestries made of Bardottan silk. Most of these goods were traded on-world under strict regulations. Organized crime was non-existent on Bardotta, with the exception of smugglers of antiquities. This smuggling was viewed as an ultimate act of betrayal, and thus these smugglers were dealt with harshly when caught, receiving a facial brand before being exiled.

Civilization on Bardotta started c. 6000 BBY when the Frangawl reigned over a militant society. Meditating before battle, the Frangawl people used the dark side of the Force to drive themselves in fierce wars, driven by battle rage. Erecting terrifying edifices with animal sculptures and other motifs, the Frangawl were also artisans, building temples and other structures hewn from solid rock across the landscape of the world. War was waged across Bardotta for four millennia, until circa 2000 BBY when the Dagoyan Order took hold on the planet after a series of successful and strategic small-scale wars. Turning to deep meditation during times of peace, the Dagoyan tradition unlocked greater insight in the studies of the Force and eventually came to a position of power.

With the government of Bardotta fully under the control of the Dagoyan Masters, the Frangawl Cult was banned, with practitioners dying out and disappearing through attrition. The remains of the Frangawl temples were covered in prayer flags and converted into Dagoyan sites for meditation and contemplation. With the theocratic monarchy of the Dagoyan Order fully established, Bardotta reached out into the greater galaxy, avoiding the Galactic Republic and the politics of the civilized galaxy. Remaining neutral in galactic affairs, the Dagoyan Order had a short-lived relationship with the Jedi Order, who took Bardottan children from their planet to train as Jedi. The fierce reaction from the Dagoyan Masters, who viewed this as abduction, caused the Jedi to return the children and end recruitment out of Bardotta.

By 382 BBY, the Ikkrukkian Jedi Master Porter Engle took part in a five day long siege on Bardotta which earned him the nickname "The Blade of Bardotta." In that year, after leaving the Republic capital of Coruscant, Axel Greylark, son of Supreme Chancellor Kyong Greylark, arrived on Bardotta aboard his starship the Eventide and went to a cantina. By doing so, he was effectively ignoring his mother's request to immediately provide relief to the peoples of Eiram and E'ronoh and oversee negotiations for her. After leaving Bardotta, he traveled to Lorta.

During the Clone Wars, in 19 BBY, the Bardottan Queen Julia contacted the Galactic Senate as several of her most trusted spiritual advisers had disappeared, and asked for the help of Representative Jar Jar Binks, to come and investigate the unusual situation. Binks was accompanied by Jedi Master Mace Windu, though Windu was excluded the Master from several important meetings about the matter. During a meeting with Binks, the queen was abducted, causing Windu to lead an investigation into the underground caves beneath the Royal Palace.

Discovering Frangawl cultists active in the caves, the Jedi rescued the Queen, moments before she was to be sacrificed in order to steal her life force via the Bardottan Sphere. Its power was for Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters, but she was defeated. With the relationship between the Jedi Order and the Dagoyan Order mended, the two orders sought to continue on a relationship of mutual respect. Despite the agreement, when the Jedi Order was destroyed at the end of the Clone Wars, the Dagoyan Order acknowledged the Galactic Empire's sovereignty in order to avoid scrutiny by the Empire.

Peaceful and contemplative, Bardottans were aloof and inwardly focused, keeping to their mountain-side monasteries and temples. While every Bardottan trained under a Dagoyan education system, not every Bardottan was a member of the Order. Meditation was an important part of every Bardottan's life, even if they left their homeworld. Despite the majority of Bardottans continuing on the traditions and teachings of the Dagoyan, participation was not a mandatory function of society.

The planet Bardotta is named after French artist Brigitte Bardot by writer Jonathan W. Rinzler.

Bardotta is listed in K-13 by the map of the galaxy preview from Star Wars: Timelines in contrast to Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon issue 69.