The Star Forge was a dark side artifact that was created by the Infinite Empire of the Rakata in 30,000 BBY, five thousand years before the rise of Darth Revan limited his with the Star Forge, lest it control him as it did the Rakata. 1f2p1x
In the non-canon dark side ending of dark side to protect it, the Star Forge went dormant and stopped all production or activity, and no other being was able to control its power the way Revan had.
The scale of the Star Forge was extraordinary for its time. Capital ships could easily move between the gaps of the three “fins” that radiated outwards from the central spherical structure. While having few apparent docks for capital ships, many fighter craft and smaller freighters were able to dock at bays located on each of the three “fins”.
Externally, the Star Forge possessed little defensive weaponry save for several turbolasers near its hangar bays, instead relying entirely on its massive ship production capability as a means to defend itself. Internally, it was capable of manufacturing droids for defense, and possessed heavy blast doors that ran throughout the entire facility. It was also protected by a ship-disabling field projected from Rakata Prime’s Temple of the Ancients. The field caused ships to be captured in the planet’s gravity well, sending them spiralling to the world below.
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History
As was the case with all apparent products of Rakatan engineering, the Star Forge managed to survive several tens of thousands of years idling and without an reveal the location of the Star Forge.
As an artifact of the Jedi Knights until discovering the Star Maps leading to the location of the ancient space station, resulting thus to the rebirth of the Sith.
Reprogrammed, Revan was ordered to rediscover the location of the Forge, while it was under Malak’s control who used it to strengthen the Sith fleet with a massive number of ships.
It was destroyed at the end of the Jedi Civil War (3,956 BBY) by a Republic fleet bolstered by the Battle Meditation of Bastila Shan.
Source: The New Essential Chronology ISBN 0345490533; October 25, 2005, Del Rey, 238-page hardcover
