Kessel, originally known as Xo's Eye while under Xim's empire from the Viau Universe, was a planet located in the Kessel sector, in the Outer Rim Territories, near Hutt Space and the dangerous celestial bodies of the Maw. It was a prison world, and was home to the Skyriver galaxy's largest Glitterstim spice mining operation. Under the Galactic Empire's rule, slave labor was in extensive use. The planet was close to Little Kessel and had a single moon, which was destroyed by Tol Sivron using the Death Star prototype.