For thousands of years Brentaal was the major rendezvous point for those heading to and returning from the Colonies region, and its markets were naturally the first to receive exotic goods from these expeditions. Over 6000 years ago, during the Old Republic's early Manderon Period, a set of antique pistols later owned by the jatz musician Fitz Roi were created on Brentaal. 3000 years ago, the legendary pioneer woman Freia Kallea helped explore Brentaal space and single-handedly blazed the Hydian Way. The smuggler Platt Okeefe, a native of Brentaal, spent a great deal of time in the Brentaal spaceport as a child.

Brentaal IV
This moon served as the base of operations for the Imperial fleet protecting the Brentaal System. During the Battle of Brentaal, Rogue Squadron managed to take control of the moon when Admiral Lon Isoto offered no resistance. After a skirmish with the 181st Fighter Group, the Rogues were able to assist New Republic forces in landing on the planet Brentaal and ousting the Imperials. It is Located in the Brentaal System of the Bormea Sector.

Cranan XI
A planet in the Brentaal System.

Cranan XII
Meysen Kayson, wealthy owner of the Greel Wood Logging Corporation in the Pii system, also owns several properties on Cranan 12.

Hydian Way Trade Route
The Hydian Way is a major trade route that runs from the Mid-Core out to the Corporate Sector. It intersects the Perlemian Trade Route in the Bormea sector at the planet Brentaal. 3000 years ago, the legendary pioneer woman Freia Kallea helped explore Brentaal space and single-handedly blazed the Hydian Way.

Perlemian Trade Route
The Perlemian Trade Route runs through the Darpa and Bormea sectors of the Ringali Shell and connects, in order, the planets Corulag, Chandrila, Brentaal, Esseles, Rhinnal, and Ralltiir. The Arkanis sector and its Pii system are a seven-day journey from the trade route. Activity along the route was severely curtailed by Lord Tion's blockade of Ralltiir just prior to the Battle of Yavin.

4,400 years ago the Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd brought the power of the Sith to Onderon, and those who opposed it were cast out into the wilderness where they tamed the beasts of Dxun. Hundreds of these "beast riders" created their own kingdoms in the wild, and fought continually to overtake Iziz. About 4402 years ago Onderon was first contacted by the Old Republic, and a delegation of Jedi (including Ulic Qel- Droma) was sent to make peace between the beast riders and Queen Amanda of Iziz two years after that. Following the death of Queen Amanda, her daughter Galia took the throne with Oron Kira, her lover and the leader of a beast rider kingdom. A subsequent uprising by the followers of Freedon Nadd was put down by another Jedi force. At the same time, Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema (members of Tetan royalty) traveled to Onderon to learn the secrets of Sith magic, which led to their formation of the Krath and the political takeover of the Tetan system. Following the Naddist uprising, a permanent Jedi outpost was built on Onderon from the remains of Nadd's ancient starship. Later, during the end of the Sith War, Exar Kun ordered the warrior clans of Mandalore to capture Onderon and the city of Iziz. Defeated in a furious battle by Oron Kira and Captain Vanicus of the Republic navy, Mandalore and his surviving men fled to the Dxun moon. Millennia later, six years after the Battle of Endor, the Millennium Falcon landed on Onderon to repair damage suffered in a battle with the reborn Emperor's flagship, the Eclipse II. Fearing for her newborn son Anakin, Leia Organa Solo hid in warrior leader Modon Kira's safehouse deep in the Onderon wilderness. Palpatine (posing as a pilgrim on his way to the Shatoon monastery) discovered the child at the safehouse and tried to possess his body, but was stopped by the Jedi knight Empatojayos Brand. Later, the leaders of the New Republic gathered in the fortress of Modon Kira and re-established their galactic government, led by Mon Mothma with Leia Organa Solo as her second in command.