Abregado system

In the year 22 BBY, during the initial stages of the Clone Wars, the Jedi Council grew concerned about emerging reports of a mysterious Separatist weapon causing widespread devastation. Consequently, they dispatched Jedi Master Plo Koon to conduct an investigation.

Koon successfully tracked the weapon, which was identified as the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence, under the command of Count Dooku and General Grievous, to the Abregado system. Prior to engaging the enemy ship, Koon contacted Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who were stationed in the neighboring Bith system. Koon's fleet consisted of his flagship, the Triumphant, along with two Venator-class Star Destroyers.

Despite being informed that reinforcements were unavailable and with their communications disrupted by the Malevolence, the Kel Dor Jedi decided to engage. However, before Koon's fleet could enter firing range, the Malevolence unleashed one of its ion cannons, generating a powerful ion energy shockwave. This wave rendered the three Republic cruisers powerless and vulnerable. The Separatist ship swiftly destroyed the two escorting cruisers with its turbolasers, prompting Koon to order the evacuation of the Triumphant.

Four escape pods successfully launched from the ship before its destruction, but one pod was immediately destroyed upon colliding with debris. Koon, Clone Commander Wolffe, and clone troopers Boost and Clone Sergeant Sinker occupied one of the three remaining pods.

To maintain the secrecy of the Malevolence's location, Dooku deployed a pod hunter into the newly formed debris field with orders to eliminate any survivors. The pod hunters relentlessly pursued and destroyed two of the escape pods, killing all occupants. After Koon's pod was detected, he decided to confront the droids. Koon, Sinker, and Boost exited the pod, while Wolffe remained inside to maintain the pod's distress signal.

Despite damage to their pod, Koon, Boost, and Sinker successfully eliminated the pod hunters and destroyed their vessel. However, this action alerted the Malevolence to the presence of survivors who were actively resisting.

Shortly thereafter, Skywalker and Tano arrived in the Twilight to rescue the group. They had disobeyed orders from the Jedi Council and Chancellor Palpatine to search for survivors. As the clones received medical attention from a medical droid in the cargo bay, Koon, Skywalker, and Tano were alarmed to see the Malevolence scanning the debris field. Despite their efforts to shut down all systems on the Twilight and R2-D2, the medical droid's presence revealed their location.

The Malevolence fired its ion cannon once again, attempting to disable the Twilight. However, the freighter managed to escape the debris field and jump to hyperspace just ahead of the approaching ion shockwave. Dooku and Grievous were enraged, knowing that their secret weapon had now been exposed to the Republic. Upon returning to Skywalker's fleet in the Bith system, Koon, Skywalker, and Tano reported their encounter with the Malevolence to the Jedi Council.

The Abregado system made its debut in Heir to the Empire, a 1991 Star Wars Legends novel authored by Timothy Zahn, which initiated The Thrawn Trilogy. It achieved canon status with its appearance in the opening flashbacks of "Ambush," the premiere episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' first season. This episode originally aired on October 3, 2008. The system was first identified as the Abregado system in "Rising Malevolence," the second episode of The Clone Wars' initial season, which also aired on October 3, 2008.

The name "Abregado" possibly originates from the Spanish word "Abrigado," which translates to "warm" or "snug."