Shikaakwa was a planet that was located within the Tython system of the galaxy's Deep Core region. The planet had a breathable atmosphere and was covered by landmasses and expanses of ocean. Shikaakwa was colonized more than a millennium after the year 36,453 BBY by the non–Force-sensitive settlers of the planet of Tython. Eventually, Shikaakwa came to be ruled by feudal gangster clans known as the Nine Houses. In 25,805 BBY, the Twi'lek female Hadiya, who came to be known as the Despot Queen, united the Shikaakwan crime lords under her rule and began to take over the Settled Worlds of the Tython system. Hadiya's actions brought her into conflict with the mystic Je'daii Order, which sided with those members of the Shikaakwan aristocracy resisting the tyrant's reign. During the ensuing war,