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Kalakar VI was a volcanic moon of Dromund Kalakar in the Outer Rim. It was a Dark Side nexus which attracted the Prophets of the Dark Side from nearby Dromund Kaas about 100 BBY, having previously been occupied by the Sith Empire. It was covered in lava flows, its crust riddled with magma tunnels. . Vader killed the pseudo Maul. Palpatine himself arrived on the moon in a Lambda-class shuttle, killing the Prophets and retrieving Vader. Vader suspected the entire ordeal had been a test arranged by the Emperor. This planet appears in "Resurrections", in '' Star Wars Tales 9 ''. While initially non- Canon ical, it has since been upgraded to C-canon.http://blogs.starwars.com/holocron/22/comments KALARBA The planet Kalarba was the capital of Kalarba Sector . The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO had a number of adventures on Kalarba while in the ownership of a local baron. The planet was devastated when the Yuuzhan Vong crashed Hosk Station into it. KALEE Kalee was the home planet to the Kaleesh , including cyborg General Grievous , a warlord who hailed from this planet. Kalee was covered in Tropical looking foliage and beaches. Moss-covered canyons and cliffs filled the landscapes. It was apparently an intensely harsh world, and lacking in many natural resources. The Kaleesh housing and buildings were very temple-like and primitive. The Kaleesh were hunter-warriors, hunting deadly predators such as Mumuu and Karabbac beasts to make ceremonial cloaks and war masks. The warlords ruled over the Kaleesh people and the planet was terrorized for decades to come. Prior to . Banking Clan leader San Hill paid for a cybernetic suit to be built by the Geonosians for Grievous, who became leader of the Separatist military forces. In return for Grievous's services, the InterGalactic Banking Clan financed the economic recovery of the presumably ruined Kalee and helped the planet out of depression after the Huk War. KALIST VI Kalist VI is the homeworld of Dack Ralter , Luke Skywalker 's Snowspeeder tail-gunner, who was killed during the Battle Of Hoth . It is a bleak, mountainous, desert planet with an Imperial base. Approximately 8 months after the Battle of Yavin the Empire took Jabiimi prisoners, as well as Jorin Sol , to the base where the Jabiimi were used for slave labour and Sol was tortured for information regarding the location of the Rebel Fleet. A Rebel team including Luke Skywalker successfully infiltrated the base posing as the crew of the Imperial tanker Nuna's Twins, with the intention of retrieving Sol. Luring most of the base's troops off-planet and into a trap, the Rebels rescued Sol and the prisoners, causing heavy damage to the base. After the attack the base was repaired and reinforced suspiciously quickly. KALWAY Kalway is a grassy and mountainous planet in the Core Regions near the planet Chandrila . The planet is well-known throughout the Galaxy for being a popular tourist destination. The warm, mineral-rich Hot Spring s that flow from the world’s many rocky peaks are reputed to have special healing powers. It is also widely known for its advanced cities, the greatest example of which is the capital city of New Hadax , built to replace the ancient city of Old Hadax after the latter had been destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake in the 300's BBY. The planet is a major crossroads for interplanetary space travel and the planet’s spaceport is among the largest and most advanced in the galaxy. During the Clone Wars , the Separatist leaders saw the importance of holding such a great prize as the Kalway spaceport. Near the end of the war, the Separatists laid siege to Kalway and attempted to overtake the planet by force. The Separatists were repelled in one of their most humiliating defeats of the war; the majority of the casualties on the planet came from the space cruisers that had been shot out of the sky falling to the ground. During the Galactic Civil War , the Emperor made great use of the planet and its spaceport was a major hub of the Imperial Starfleet . Following the death of the Emperor , the Imperial Governor on Kalway attempted to take complete control of the planet by doing away with the military leadership. The result was one of the bloodiest instances of Imperial infighting to take place following the Emperor's death. More than eighty percent of the cities on the planet were damaged by bombardment and more than sixty percent of the Imperial fleet stationed at the planet were shot down. The planet eventually joined the New Republic , but was overrun during the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion . KAMINO See Also: Kamino Kamino (pronounced ''kuh-MEE-no'') is completely covered in oceans after an enormous flood that wiped across its surface, and it is always covered with clouds and rain. It is inhabited by a race of tall, elegant creatures, called Kaminoans, an isolationist species known for their Cloning technology. The Kaminoan capital is Tipoca City . The Clone Army for the ''. Obi-Wan Kenobi was directed here to follow a lead on the whereabouts of Senator Amidala 's would-be assassin through a single poison dart. During Obi-Wan's stay on Kamino, he discovered Jango Fett , the bounty hunter that served as the host for the clone army that was being bred for the Republic. KASHYYYK See Also: Kashyyyk Kashyyyk (pronounced ''ka-SHEEK'') is the lush, tree-filled home planet of the Wookiee s. This planet resembles Earth to some extent, although not as closely as Alderaan or Naboo . Although there are plains and lakes on its surface, most of it is covered by miles-high Wroshyr Trees , hiding beneath their branches the dark, swampy Shadowlands. The Wookiees live in the trees and most never venture to the forest floor. Many high mountains lead up into the clouds. The Wookiees have a long history of warfare with the reptilian Trandoshan s from nearby Trandosha . Kashyyyk has the Gryyyl asteroid belt around it. They also fought a large ground battle against the Separatists during the waning days of the Clone Wars . There are also two urban cities on Kashyyyk. Timothy Zahn , '' Dark Force Rising '', Book 1 of '' The Thrawn Trilogy '' (1992). ISBN 0-553-08574-3 Daniel Wallace and Scott Kolins, ''The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars)'' (1998). ISBN 0-345-42068-3 KATARR Katarr's primary sentient inhabitants are Miraluka , a Force-sensitive race. The planet was sapped of all life by the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus . The only known survivor of this tragedy was Visas Marr , who was taken into bound service by Darth Nihilus. The reason Nihilus drained the Miraluka was for a group of Jedi who were gathering on planet, but managed to escape. KEGAN Kegan was once an isolated and simple world near the Outer Rim Territories . The planet is very flat, full of vast plains and fields. The people of Kegan believed in a Philosophy known as the General Good, which turned out to be merely a manipulation and Brainwashing tool used by the leaders of the world, V-Tan and O-Vieve . They set up a "Learning Circle" to brainwash Keganite children into believing that the rest of the galaxy was evil. However, after four Jedi arrived to claim a Force -sensitive child, Kegan learned of the benefits of joining the Republic . The planet halted its false philosophy, joined the Republic, and abandoned its isolationist beliefs. KEJIM Kejim is the location of an abandoned Imperial base, where some intriguing messages concerning the ''. The part of the planet seen in the game is a desolate, barren place, but is capable of supporting life. KELCHASE Kelchase is the home world of the Kels. Around 20 ABY , many New Jedi Order training Missions took place here. It is a dry barren forest world. KERES II Keres II Is the ninth planet in the Empress Teta System and is moonless and frozen. This planet is sparsely populated and is probably only colonised at all because of the ancient importance of valuable spices to the Empress Teta System itself. KERILT Kerilt is a Planet that had a boom in population after the Clone Wars because many Caamasi survivors from another Planet called Caamas came here. KESSEL Kessel is a prison planet and home to one of the galaxy's largest spice mining operations which was mentioned in '''' by C-3PO . It is the only source of the Glitterstim Spice , an extremely rare and valuable drug used therapeutically and euphorically. Located in the Outer Rim , Kessel was administered by Moruth Doole who ran a prison work camp to harvest glitterstim. Later, Lando Calrissian obtained control of Kessel and replaced the prison workers with droids. Tyber Zahn spent a short time here after Jabba The Hutt turned him in to the Empire. He organized a prison riot so he could escape. Kessel's name comes from a slight alteration of the German town name '' Kassel ''. Which is also the German word for "guarded area", enclosure, or more literally a " Castle ", reference to its guarded nature and prison facilities. Kessel is located in the Kessel Sector , near Hutt Space . Nearby is The Maw , a cluster of Black Hole s. The planet has a barren landscape of rock and a thin atmosphere. The little air it does have is generated at factories on the surface which slowly bleeds away into space leaving a trail behind the planet. It had a moon called Garrison Moon, which was destroyed by the prototype Death Star . In Rogue Squadron for the Nintendo 64 , a level takes place on Kessel in which the player is to rescue Wedge (who ostensibly worked in the mines) from a prison train. Since the player is bound to an X-Wing (or other period spacecraft of the players choice) the rescues involves disabling the engine located at the front of the train using an ion cannon. The surface of the planet consists of light rolling hills, covered in what appears to be rust, giving it an appearance similar to that of Mars. The gravity distortions of the nearby Maw warp space makes it tremendously difficult to navigate a starship through it without a highly skilled pilot. Ships approaching Kessel take long winding courses through the Maw to avoid the danger of being sucked into a gravity well. On a mission where he was pressed for time, '' (1996). ISBN 0-553-56802-7 Kevin J. Anderson , '' Jedi Search '', Book 1 of '' The Jedi Academy Trilogy '' (1994). ISBN 0-553-29798-8. George Lucas et al., ''The Annotated Screenplays'' (1997). ISBN 0-345-40981-7 In Star Wars: Jedi Search, book one of the Jedi Academy trilogy, Han Solo crash lands on the planet and has to work in the spice mines. KHOMM Khomm is a planet in the core worlds which is a Clone world. All of Khomm's people are genderless and cannot support life. This is due to their race reaching a satisfactory stage in their Evolution , at which point they switched to a cloning-based society. They have covered their planet's surface with cloning facilities. As a consequence, It was rare for any of the people to be Force Sensitive , because Khomm's first people were not. This however didn't prevent some kind of random mutation that allowed Dorsk 81 and Dorsk 82 to be Force sensitive. Khomm would be one of the first planets attacked by Admiral Daala 's ''Victory''-class Star Destroyer swarms, after she consolidated power in the Core.Kevin J. Anderson, ''Darksaber'' (1995). ISBN 0-553-57611-9 KIFFEX Kiffex is the home planet of the '''Tonnika Sisters''' ( moderately well known con artists who got in trouble with an Imperial Moff). Kiffex is the twin planet of Kiffu . KIFFU Kiffu is the home planet of the Kiffar and Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos . Kiffu is the twin planet of Kiffex and home to the vampire-like Anzati. From Kiffu, the planets of Cinnigar and Korriban are visible, but not the planet of Koros Minor because of the seven Moons blocking it. Five of the seven moons are visible at a time. KILE II Kile II is a small rocky canyon planet that held military bases for the Imperial Navy in that sector. The deep infinite trenches also held an Imperial sensor array and spaceport until Rogue Squadron ambushed and destroyed all military facilities. KING'S GALQUEK King's Galquek is a planet in the Chorios Systems, deep within the Meridian Sector. The Loronar Corporation was heavily involved in planetary operations on the planet. Barbara Hambly , '' Planet Of Twilight '' (1997). ISBN 0-553-09540-4 KINTAN Kintan is the homeworld of the Nikto s. After a Supernova explosion in the system, Evolution of the same species on Kintan subdivided into five groups. KINYEN Kinyen is home to the Gran race. KIRDO III Kirdo III is the homeworld of the '', ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0-553-56468-4 KIVA Kiva is a barren and desolate rocky planet. It was once inhabited by a Humanoid species, but the planet's surface was destroyed when Imperial scientist Borborygmus Gog conducted a top-secret experiment over his better judgement. The explosion that ensued killed all of the planet's life. Gog and his partner, Mammon Hoole , barely escaped the destruction. The Empire blamed Hoole for the destruction and he, out of shame, abandoned his first name. Even though the planet was now barren and uninhabitable, Gog maintained a laboratory on Kiva, where he finished " Project Starscream ". Project Starscream was a project like the Dark Troopers , in which the goal was to create for the Imperial military a seemingly indestructible creature. The original prototype creature was destroyed by Gog (aided by two orphans, Tash and Zak) when it eventually turned on him. Kiva was also inhabited by a race of shadow people, formed by Gog's explosion, who sought vengeance for their genocide. They accused Mammon Hoole of the destruction, but discovered the real criminal was Gog, whom they destroyed with a burst of hate. After their revenge was finished, they disappeared, since they were beings of hate, obsessed with justice. After this incident Kiva was left barren, desolate, and completely uninhabited. John Whitman, ''Ghost of the Jedi'', Book 5 of '' Galaxy Of Fear '' (1997). ISBN 0-553-48454-0 John Whitman, ''Army of Terror'', Book 6 of ''Galaxy of Fear'' (1997). ISBN 0-553-48455-9 KLATOOINE Klatooine (pronounced ''KLAT-too-een'') is the homeworld of the '', ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0-553-56815-9 KOORIVA Kooriva is the home planet of the Koorivar species. It is also the planet where the Corporate Alliance was created. KOROS MAJOR Koros Major is the former name of the planet ''' Empress Teta '''. KOROS MINOR Koros Minor is a planet in the Empress Teta System , which was formerly known as the Koros System. KORRIBAN See Also: Korriban Korriban is the sole planet in the Horuset System. It is a sacred world for the Sith , as several Sith Lords of the forgotten past are buried there, and many other Sith Lords visited their tombs throughout the Order's history. It is a planet of dry deserts and rocky canyons. Carved into the sheer rock walls of these canyons are immense tombs containing the desiccated, mummified remains of the various Dark Lords of the Sith like Marka Ragnos, Naga Sadow, Ludo Kresh, and Ajunta Pall as well as other powerful Dark Masters from various millennia. KOTHIS A temperate planet that is famous for its state of the art ships and dedication to the Empire. The Imperials have a garrison outside of the capitol, Kyleck. It is a large planet with two moons, Tritus and Kethor. They produce the ships on Kethor to keep the planet clean. KOTHLIS Kothlis is a '', titled "Vengeance on Kothlis". In this level, Rogue Squadron reclaims a Blockade Runner captured by a Star Destroyer . A very similar mission is also portrayed in the game '' X-wing Alliance ''. The planet's surface shows surface water and tropical shores; whether this is a running trend is not known. Kothlis was also the homeworld of New Republic Senator and later Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya . Kothlis is considered second tier to the main Bothan homeworld, Bothawui , making the inhabitants more motivated and achieving than their better off counterparts. Steve Perry , '' Shadows Of The Empire '' (1996). ISBN 0-553-57413-2 KOWAK Kowak is a Rainforest planet, located on the Outer Rim . It is the home to the Indigenous Kowakian Monkey-Lizards . KUAN Kuan, on the ''. KUAT Kuat is the home of Kuat Drive Yards, a production company that made most of the capital ships for the Old Republic and Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War . Kuat is located in the Kuat Sector , in the Kuat System , near the Deep Core . During Imperial control, Kuat could only be accessed via three ports within the main Kuat Traffic Zone, which was along the attacked with the help of the Rebel Alliance to obtain the new super ship the Eclipse. Accessible to the passenger port were the systems of Redrish , Drurish , Ulion , and Kidir . Accessible to the freight port were the systems of Monadin , Renegg , Venir , and Horthav . All systems accessible to the Imperial transfer port were classified.'' (1999). ISBN 0-553-56802-7 Kuat is a temperate world, much like Earth, with fields, plains, rivers and oceans, but is orbited by a huge artificial ring which acts as the shipyard for Kuat Drive Yards, Kuat Systems Engineering, and Kuat Hypernautics. The humans that inhabit Kuat - Kuati - are of a clannish nature, and they stick close to their family groups. Kuat is also a playable planet in the game . LANGORIA Langoria was once home to a thriving alien civilization thought to date back to the glory days of the Jedi , though there is no evidence that this civilization had any contact with Coruscant or the worlds of the Old Republic. What became of this alien civilization is unknown, but all that remains of it are magnificent ruins scattered across the globe, mostly reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness. This alien civilization made use of a strange technology beyond the comprehension of modern science, and though it seems that they did not venture beyond their own planet to explore elsewhere in the galaxy, they were able to accomplish marvelous feats of engineering—carving mountains into the likeness of their leaders or gods, and even somehow altering weather patterns to their liking. It is Hypothesized that they abused these abilities, altering their homeworld to such a degree that it was no longer habitable for them. LANNIK Lannik is a planet in the Mid Rim immediately outside Hutt Space . LERIA KERLSIL Leria Kerlsil is a small and rather pleasant world, and the home of Karia Ver Seryan , one of Lando Calrissian 's potential suitors. LEHON Lehon is a world that was home to the extinct, force-sensitve Rakata tribe. It was also home of the infamous Starforge . It is also where Darth Bane found the last known Sith Holocron . LOK Lok is a desert planet The Force.net article on Lok similar to ''. There is only one settlement during the time of the Empire. One of the first planets in the Karthakk system to be colonized, the harsh world of Lok was originally home to outlaws, who saw the world as a potential staging ground for raids into the Mid-Rim. Over time, Lok became known as a "pirate world," where anarchy and violence were the only constants. Lok has fairly varied terrain, ranging from the dangerous sulfur pools to bubbling lava pits. The landscapes are generally foreboding: jagged mountain ranges, long expanses of baked desert, and desolate flats are typical environments on Lok. The presence of pirates and others is evident in the shipwrecks, burned-out bases, abandoned settlements, and destroyed vehicles that litter the planet. Before the Battle of Naboo, one of the most prominent leaders on Lok was a Feeorin pirate named Nym. The hardy alien - who has only become more formidable with age - spent many years battling the Trade Federation. He is now a local crime lord, but it is also rumored that he is very sympathetic to the Rebellion. The planet Lok appears in the Star Wars themed MMORPG platform by LucasArts . Star Wars Galaxies entry on Lok ''Lok'' (โลก) is also the Thai word for ''world''. LORRD Lorrd is a planet in the Kanz Sector of the Outer Rim. It is well-known for its 400 year history of slavery by a neighboring planet, the highly-developed body language of its inhabitants, and its universities. LWHEKK Lwhekk is a hot, jungle-covered planet, the home world of the Ssi-Ruuk and P'w'eck races, and was the center of the Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium. The jungles of Lwhekk were broken by spired cities which appeared to be quite fragile against the jungle. The average day on Lwhekk lasted 32 standard hours, and its years encompassed 344 local days.Kathy Tyers, '' The Truce At Bakura '' (1994). ISBN 0-553-56872-8 |
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