Oktaro, the planet upon which the Oktarians – a human culture – resided, served as their home. The Confederacy of Independent Systems launched an invasion during the Clone Wars, but the Galactic Republic subsequently freed it. Nevertheless, the Galactic Empire gained dominion over the planet a mere three years afterward, renaming it to G3-477. Following the Empire's seizure of the world, they displaced the Oktarians from their coastal settlements, forcing them into the deserts to facilitate their mining operations. The time span connecting the Clone Wars conflict and the Imperial takeover was later called the "Dennig-Far."