Myrkr is a fictional planet in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It is a largely forested world, home to the ysalamiri, creatures which create bubbles which push back the Force. This ability has evolved to protect them from pack animals called vornskr, the only known animals that hunt exclusively by sensing the Force. The ysalamiri are no more than 50 centimetres long. Individual ysalamiri create a bubble of at least 3 metres. Groups can create even larger bubbles. As a result, the entire planet is hidden from the Force to a diameter of 16 kilometers out. Because, because of the ysalamiri, the Force was not present on Myrkr, the Jedi as well as the Sith avoided the planet. The trees of Myrkr's forests also have a high metal content, rendering scanning equipment useless, so the authorities of the Galactic Republic and later the Empire also avoided the planet. Neither Force-users or government enforcement groups could track an

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