Name: Kenari
Region: Mid Rim Territories
System: Kenari system
Atmosphere: Breathable
Primary terrain: Forests
Points of interest: Unidentified settlement, Abandoned Open Mine Site, Unidentified Republic Transport Crash Site
Immigrated species: Humans
Primary language(s): Kenari
Demonym: Kenari

Description: Kenari was an arboreal planet located in the galaxy's Mid Rim Territories. It was the homeworld of Cassian Jeron Andor, who was originally named Kassa.

Description
A Mid Rim planet far from the attention of the Core Worlds, Kenari was a planet of lush jungles and grounds rich in valuable mineral deposits. Thus, the exploitation of these resources led to environmental devastation. At an unknown period in time during the Republic Era, large-scale mining operations began on Kenari to extract its rich mineral deposits, resulting in massive open pit mines that carved up the planet's surface. Various plunderers left their mark on Kenari over the course of many years, leaving desolation in their wake. Small tribes of orphans were left to survive on their own as a result.

Kenari was considered a fairly obscure planet that many people had not heard of.

History
During the later years of the Republic Era, a young boy named Kassa was born on Kenari. He and other children from his tribe attempted to investigate the wreck of a Republic transport that crash-landed on the planet near their camp. The crew of the transport appeared to have been poisoned by a kind of toxic yellow gas. The leader of Kassa's tribe was killed by a survivor of the wreck—a Republic officer who was wearing what would later be known as the symbol of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Kassa entered the wreck and began trying to destroy the interior out of anger and grief, but was forcibly evacuated by a scavenger named Maarva Andor when it was discovered that a Republic frigate had entered the system and was coming to investigate the crash. Kassa was adopted and eventually took on the name Cassian Jeron Andor.

The Galactic Empire would maintain a presence on Kenari until a major mining disaster, leading to its abandonment. It was labeled toxic as a result of the disaster and placed under Imperial Prohibition, which prevented anyone from landing on the planet's surface.

Places of Interest
Unidentified settlement (Kenari)
An unidentified settlement was located on Kenari which was made of wood and scrap materials. This settlement was inhabited by a Kenari Tribe consisting of Child Ophans which included Cassian Jeron Andor and his little sister. When a Republic Transport crashed on Kenari, an expedition making up most of the Kenari Tribe left to inspect the crash site.

Abandoned Open Mine Site
Before the Clone Wars, an abandoned open mine site existed close to the Unidentified Settlement on Kenari where Cassian Jeron Andor lived.

Unidentified Republic Transport Crash Site
An unidentified Republic Transport crashed at Kenari where most of the crew died with the crew wearing a symbol that would later be known as the symbol of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. It appears that the transport was possibly carrying chemical compounds as seen with the yellow gas being emitted from the transport. Before the Clone Wars, Cassian Jeron Andor inspected the transport where he was then taken by Maarva Carassi Andor when he was a child.