Workers belonging to the Wookiee species erected a base on the moon of Alaris Prime sometime between 39 BBY and 36 BBY. This location represented one of the initial settlements established on the lunar surface as part of the Wookiees' colonization effort. The base was composed of a single command center, a number of prefab shelters, a troop center, an animal nursery, and a power core. At this base, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn assisted the Wookiee Chewbacca in the training of warriors for an assault on a nearby nest of predatory gundarks.
Multiple bases were constructed by Wookiee laborers on Alaris Prime, which is a moon orbiting the gas giant Alaris. One specific base started with only the command center building, but it was later expanded. This expansion included several prefab shelters to accommodate more Wookiees, a troop center for the purpose of training warriors, an animal nursery, and a power core to provide energy for the settlement's buildings. This base was built close to a large forest and near several muja fruit bushes. Furthermore, it was situated a short distance south of a nest belonging to gundarks, a non-sentient predatory species found on Alaris Prime.
During their colonization of Alaris Prime, the Wookiees established this base between the years of 39 BBY and 36 BBY. Initially, the base housed only three Wookiee workers and Chewbacca, one of the colonists' leaders. Soon after, another worker arrived. Following advice from Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who was overseeing the colonization on behalf of the Jedi High Council, the Wookiees began gathering food from the nearby fruit bushes and carbon from the trees. The workers then constructed prefab shelters to allow more Wookiees to occupy the base. Jinn subsequently instructed Chewbacca on how to capture nerfs and herd them into the Wookiees' animal nursery to increase food production.
As more workers arrived to assist, the number of resource gatherers reached ten. Jinn then directed the workers to build a troop center to train warriors to eliminate the gundarks at their nest, since these creatures had been attacking the Wookiees since their arrival on Alaris Prime. At least ten warriors were trained in the use of bowcasters, a Wookiee projectile weapon, at the troop center. Concurrently, the workers built a power core to provide more energy to the base's buildings. Once the troops were ready, Chewbacca led an attack on the gundark nest, where the Wookiees also encountered battle droids belonging to the Trade Federation, a galactic corporation that was illegally attempting to colonize Alaris Prime.
The Wookiee base was initially mentioned in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Steven L. Kent, which was released on November 7, 2001. Later, it appeared in the LucasArts video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, released on November 11, 2001. The base is featured in the third level of the Wookiee tutorial campaign, titled "Building an Army." In this level, the base starts with only a command center, and the player is instructed to build the prefab shelters, a troop center, and a power core throughout the level. The strategy guide advises the player to train ten workers and ten troopers, which serves as the basis for this article's determination of the canonical number of Wookiees at the base. The guide also recommends constructing an animal nursery, even though it is optional in the game.