Pelgrin was a planetary body located within the Outer Rim Territories. More than two million years prior to the Battle of Yavin, the native species known as the Pelgrin constructed the Oracle, a fusion of advanced technology and connection to the Force, on its surface. After the Pelgrin met their end and became extinct, numerous enigmatic ruins and ancient artifacts remained.
According to legend, more than twenty-five thousand years before the Battle of Yavin, Xim the Despot made a visit to the planet and encountered the Oracle. Circa 3000 BBY, Jedi Masters Ermin Phin-Mar and Shannur Darkstar undertook a study of the Oracle following the detection of a disturbance within the Force emanating from Pelgrin by the Jedi Council.
Following this particular expedition, the Senate granted control of the world to the Jedi Order, despite opposition from interested xenoarchaeologists. Sometime after 32 BBY, a group of pirates launched an assault on Pelgrin, resulting in the massacre of the scientists and Jedi who were stationed there.
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