>Actually, it's quite a pleasant hive of scum and villainy, as these
>things go. The thing about the Jedi Order is that, though they have a
>giant temple in the nice part of Aldera, it's in the nice part
>of Aldera, and they're not cops, per se, so they don't have a lot to
>do with the day-to-day policing of the rest of the planet. Their
>organization primarily looks outward rather than inward, as it were.

So, it would be fair to say that like the force itself, Aldera has both a light and dark side? *snicker*

although, if you think of it, it does make sense in an additional way... as most people would figure "no one would be ballsy enough to set up shop THERE", IE following along with the misconception above; clearly then it makes a great place to 'hide in plain sight'...