Jardeen IV, a planet located within the Trans-Jardeen sector of the Expansion Region, served as the location for the Imperial Army training center. This center was utilized by the Galactic Empire to instruct personnel in the art of employing walkers effectively in battle. Following the Battle of Endor, Captain Iolan Gendarr of the Imperial Star Destroyer Reliance and General Arndall Lott, both stationed on Jardeen IV, abandoned the world before New Republic forces could arrive.
Jardeen IV, a terrestrial planet, was the fourth planet from its star in the Jardeen system. It was situated in the Trans-Jardeen sector of the Expansion Region. The planet occupied the fourth orbital position.
The Imperial Star Destroyer Reliance, under the command of Captain Iolan Gendarr, was assigned to the Imperial Army training center on Jardeen IV sometime between the Battles of Hoth and Endor. These battles occurred during the Galactic Civil War in 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively. Around this time, General Arndall Lott was in charge of the Walker Operations and Tactics training program at the Imperial facilities on the planet.
After the Imperial forces suffered defeat at the Battle of Endor, Gendarr fled Jardeen IV to avoid capture by the New Republic forces. Airen Cracken, a General in the New Republic, suspected that Gendarr also assisted Lott in his escape from the planet. In 7 ABY, Cracken included information about Jardeen IV in the datafile Wanted by Cracken, specifically in the sections dedicated to Gendarr and Lott.
On Jardeen IV, the Galactic Empire operated an Imperial Army training center. This facility was used to teach soldiers how to effectively employ the All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transport walkers in combat scenarios.
Jardeen IV was initially referenced in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplement Wanted by Cracken, published in 1993 and authored by Louis J. Prosperi for West End Games. The reference book The Essential Atlas, released in 2009, placed the Jardeen system, and consequently Jardeen IV, within grid square K-16.
- Wanted by Cracken (Initial Mention)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia