Star Wars: The Old Republic : Ilum Profiled
The Holonet on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with another planet profile. This time the featured planet is Ilum. Long a bone of contention between Jedi and Sith, Ilum is a planet in crystal resources necessary for lightsabres. As it stands, the Empire remains in control of Ilum as the Republic has been unable to retake the planet.
Recent intelligence, however, has suggested that the Sith's interest in Ilum extends far beyond simply harvesting Lightsaber crystals. Watching the Empire devote so many resources to operations on this remote world, Republic leaders and members of the Jedi Council have begun to question whether they might have surrendered a resource of far greater value than anyone ever imagined...