Platarious was once an un-named planet ruled by a dictator named Unick. The planet orbits around a dwarf star and was part of the Republic before the Clone Wars. It was later taken over by the CIS in that war. Because its seclusion to the rest of the galaxy, the CIS produced many large and important droid factories making their droid army into a power house of machine. The CIS had made a new type of battle droid the G16, it combined the shield and gun power of the Droidekas, and the technology used in the Super Battle Droids. However before any were made all of factories were shut down once the Clone War was 'won'.