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It appeared in Star Wars: Clone Wars "chapter 22" and was named "the purple planet" due to its purplish hue.

The planet was used as a battle site between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, so I would assume that after battling on a planet, they may have given it a more meaningful name?

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  • It seems that Star Wars wiki does not have a name for it besides Purple planet.
    – Kreann
    Oct 16, 2014 at 15:53
  • Perhaps Planet Nexium? Oct 17, 2014 at 2:59
  • @MattGutting any references on this?
    – SaturnsEye
    Oct 17, 2014 at 7:25
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    @SaturnsEye "Nexium" is an acid reflux medicine commonly called the Purple Pill. Matt was making a joke.
    – Firebat
    Oct 18, 2014 at 7:24
  • @S.Fruggiero face palm
    – SaturnsEye
    Oct 19, 2014 at 19:00

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This planet appears to be Xagobah, a fungal world. Wookieepedia describes it at "shrouded in purplish mists...caused by spores and pollen."

Boba Fett: A New Threat, by Elizabeth Hand relates the battle from Fett's perspective as he attempts to collect a bounty on CIS leader Wat Tambor who is fortified inside a bioengineered fortress termed "Mazariyan".

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  • interesting, but the Wookiepedia image doesn't look very.. purple
    – SaturnsEye
    Oct 17, 2014 at 7:27
  • @SaturnsEye - wookiepedia is notoriously inaccurare. Why would the colors there be? :) Oct 17, 2014 at 14:30

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