Planet - D
Source List & Abbreviations
Da Soocha
The watery world of Da Soocha (sometimes called Gla Soocha) is located
in the Cyax system. The name means "Walking Planet" in Huttese, which is
part of an old Hutt myth about an intelligent, planet-covering ocean
near the revered star Cyax. Though the Cyax system was never visited by
the Hutts (who considered it a sacred place of myth), Jabba the Hutt had
location of Da Soocha secreted away in his computer files. R2-D2 managed
to retrieve the information and the system was investigated by Alliance
scouts, who coincidentally found a large planet covered by ocean. They
named it Da Soocha in honor of the Hutt legend, and established a new
Alliance base on the planet's fifth moon during the Emperor's
reappearance. Da Soocha has no native intelligent species. During the
World Devastator attack on Calamari, the Alliance had plans to evacuate
the besieged planet's population to Da Soocha. [DE, DESB]
Da Soocha V
The uncharted fifth moon of Da Soocha, also known as the Pinnacle Moon,
was the location of the Alliance's main base following their evacuation
of Coruscant six years after the Battle of Endor. A light- gravity
world, the Pinnacle Moon was named for the kilometers-high rocky spires
that dotted its surface. The pinnacles supported many plant and animal
species in their hollow interiors, and the moon's terrain also included
mountains and oceans. The intelligent, playful avians called Ixlls made
their homes in communal warrens on the flattened tops of the stone
pinnacles, and were hunted by winged predators called tumnors.
Uninhabited caverns within the huge stone columns were cleared and
enlarged by Alliance engineers to hold hangars and operations decks for
the New Republic fleet. The reborn Emperor and his flagship were
destroyed above this moon, though Palpatine managed to survive by taking
another clone body. Later, the Emperor utterly destroyed the Pinnacle
Moon with a nucleonic reaction-setting projectile fired from the Galaxy
Gun. [DE, DE2, DESB]
Dagobah
A mysterious, mist-shrouded swamp planet in the Dagobah system and the
Sluis sector, Dagobah contains no cities or advanced technology yet
teems with a wide variety of life. Some of this world's exotic lifeforms
include giant swamp slugs, dragonsnakes, nightbats, carnivorous fungi,
bioluminescent spotlight sloths, and butcherbugs, who spin their slicing
wirewebs between adjacent gnarltrees. Colorful Jubba birds whistle a
highly soothing song, which may be caused by a slight manipulation of
the Force. The petrified gnarltree forests can be found throughout the
swamp, and the trees have a unique life cycle-- at the appropriate time
a knobby white "spider" will break off from its parent tree, roam the
swamp hunting and feeding on animals, and eventually take root in a
clear spot to grow into a new gnarltree. Other Dagobah plants include
flower- fruits, mushrooms that explode if exposed to light, and
prismatic vine-flowers that grow above the dense tree canopy, where
reptilian flying creatures can also be seen hunting small scurrying
rodents. The thick cloud layer surrounding the planet cannot be
penetrated by standard sensors. Dagobah was home to the legendary Jedi
Master Yoda, who instructed both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker
before his death before the Battle of Endor at the age of 900.
During the fall of the Old Republic, an eight-man research team led by
Halka Four-Den scouted Dagobah but was lost, presumably killed off by
some of the planet's lethal lifeforms. Around twenty-five years before
the Battle of Yavin, a Dark Jedi from Bpfassh created trouble throughout
his sector before being stopped on Dagobah, presumably by Yoda. A dark
cave near Yoda's home could be a vestige of this Dark Jedi's power, and
it may have served to hide Yoda's presence during the Emperor's Jedi
purge. Luke Skywalker returned to Dagobah five years after Yoda's death
and discovered a ship's beckon call, that could have belonged to the
Bpfasshi Dark Jedi. Skywalker returned three years later with the Jedi
knight Callista, to help Callista regain her lost Force ability. [ESB,
ESBN, ESBR, HTTE, DS, ISWU, SWAJ]
Dakshee
An Imperially-held planet in the Colonies region, marked by constant
unrest towards Imperial rule. Gerald Weizel, Imperial governor of
Chandrila, was once the governor of Dakshee, where he resolved the
Brella Temior crisis. Weizel discovered that several union heads were
ringleaders of the terrorist group Justice Action Network, and ended the
situation without bloodshed. [SWAJ]
Dalron Five
A planet devastated by the Empire during the infamous Siege of Dalron
Five. Siege warfare techniques developed by Alliance General Jan Dodonna
were used by the Empire in this assault. Refugees from the planet were
later encountered by Shistavanen Wolfman scout Lak Svivrak living on a
rocky moon. [MTS]
Daluuj
A fog-shrouded, watery world lashed by dangerous atmospheric storms and
home to a remote Imperial training outpost. After Admiral Ackbar and
several other Mon Calamari landed on Daluuj in escape pods, Han Solo and
his companions attempted to rescue them. Huge lake worms dragged the
Millennium Falcon under water, but it was retrieved when the worms
turned their attention to a group of attacking Imperial speeders. [CSW]
Dantooine
An olive, blue, and brown-colored planetwith no industrial settlements
or advanced technology, Dantooine is far removed from most galactic
traffic. Its surface is covered with empty steppes, savannas of lavender
grasses, and spiky blba trees. The planet has two moons and abundant
animal life, including herds of hairy beasts, simple balloonlike
creatures, and mace flies. Primitive nomadic tribes move along the
coasts, though their numbers are so few the planet is essentially
uninhabited.
Four thousand years ago, the Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas established a
training center among Dantooine's ruins, where he instructed Exar Kun
and the Cathar warriors Crado and Sylvar. Millennia later, Dantooine
served as the primary base for the Rebel Alliance. Rebel engineers
originally built the base from temporary, self-erecting modules, and
defended it with stolen weapons and an energy shield stolen from an
Imperial correctional facility. As time passed, the Alliance grew more
secure, fortifying their base and becoming increasingly careless with
security. This ended, however, when Rebel soldiers discovered an
Imperial tracking device hidden in a cargo shipment. Though the beacon
had not betrayed their location, the Alliance had no way of knowing
this. All personnel evacuated the Dantooine base in a single day,
leaving behind only the permanent structures and some disabled vehicles.
The Alliance fleet then hopped from system to system, until erecting
their new headquarters base on Yavin 4. Later, when interrogated by
Imperials aboard the Death Star, Leia Organa revealed the Dantooine
base's location, knowing it had long since been deserted. Imperial scout
ships were immediately dispatched to Dantooine; when they uncovered
Leia's ruse, Grand Moff Tarkin ordered the Princess executed. Nine years
later, during the New Republic's war against Grand Admiral Thrawn,
Admiral Ackbar planned to visit Dantooine following his inspection of
the Farrfin and Dolomar defenses. Two years after that, fifty colonists
from Eol Sha were relocated on the planet, until they were utterly wiped
out by a group of Admiral Daala's AT-AT walkers. New Republic commando
Gil Crosear, who participated in the infiltration of an Imperial base on
Sarahwiee, is a native of Dantooine. [SW, TLC, JS, DA, DLOS, ISWU, SWAJ]
Danuta
The technical plans for the Empire's first Death Star were kept in a
secret Imperial base on Danuta before their scheduled transfer to Darth
Vader. Alliance agent Kyle Katarn infiltrated the facility and stole the
plans, which were later beamed to Princess Leia's corvette near Toprawa.
[DF, SWR]
Darek system
Located near the Hensara and Morobe systems. Some three years after the
Battle of Endor, Rogue Squadron made a transit jump through hyperspace
to the Darek system, before jumping to the Hensara system. They did this
in order to disguise their origin point in the Morobe system and the
hidden base there. [XWRS]
Dargul
Dargul is the sister world of the blob-racing planet Umgul. It is the
location of Palace Dargul, residence of the Duchess Mistal. When the
Duchess reached the age of marriage and advertised for a consort, a
candidate named Dack altered the Palace's computer to name him as the
winning suitor. When he could no longer stand the Duchess' company, he
fled to Umgul and was captured by Lando Calrissian. Calrissian was given
a million-credit reward from the Duchess for the return of her consort.
[JS]
Darkon III
The smuggler Dannen Lifehold stopped on Darkon III before continuing his
mission to Dohu VII. [SWAJ]
Darlonn sector
The Darlonn sector contains an orbiting casino. It was here that the
Twi'lek female known as Seely met the space pirate Drek Drednar. Seely
later became a lieutenant in his pirate crew. [SWAJ]
Dar'Or
Dar'Or, located in the Dar'Or system and the seldom-visited Jospro
sector, is recorded in Imperial charts as OM973. The planet, a
low-gravity, forested world, orbits an orange sun and is home to the
intelligent flying mammals called Ri'Dar. The Ri'Dar inhabit the middle
levels of the dense network of 200-meter tall waza trees that cover
Dar'Or, along with the sloth-like sabertoothed indola. Predators of the
Ri'Dar include the indola and the avian elix, which was recently
introduced to the planet by planetary ecologists to save it from
extinction on a supernova-threatened world. The elix came from a
high-gravity world, however, and the relatively low gravity of Dar'Or
has caused elix populations to thrive at the expense of other species.
The Ri'Dar have organized their primitive society into warrens (all
families on a single waza tree) and cities (all warrens in a particular
section of forest). Due to the endangered elix Dar'Or has been declared
an Imperial Species Preservation Zone, but some smugglers have bypassed
the travel restrictions and taken elix meat (and the occasional Ri'Dar)
from its surface. [GG4]
Darpa sector
Located in the Core on the edge of the Colonies region, the Darpa sector
makes up one half of the Ringali Shell. Its worlds include Esseles,
Rhinnal, and Ralltiir, all of which are linked by the Perlemian Trade
Route. The sector is ruled by the heavy-handed Moff Jander Graffe.
[SWAJ]
Dartibek system
The Dartibek system contains the planet Moltok, the homeworld of the
alien species known as the Ho'Din. [GG4]
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Datar
A group of Rebels was entirely eliminated on Datar, despite Darth
Vader's insistence on acquiring prisoners for interrogation. [TFTC]
Dathomir
Located in the Quelli sector, Dathomir is a low-gravity world with three
continents, a wide ocean, and four small moons. The planet is covered
with a wide variety of terrain including mountains, deserts, purple
savannas, and forests with eighty-meter trees and vines bearing hwotha
berries. Indigenous life on Dathomir includes flying reptiles, piglike
rodents, long Whuffa worms, burra fish, and the feared rancors.
Semi-intelligent, two-legged reptiles live in the desert and call
themselves the Blue Desert People.
Humans came to Dathomir hundreds of years ago when a group of illegal
arms manufacturers were exiled to the planet by the Jedi Knights.
Several generations later, a rogue Jedi named Allya was also exiled to
Dathomir. Allya began to teach the Force to the planet's inhabitants and
to her descendants, who also learned to tame the wild rancors. Some time
later, nearly four hundred years ago, the two-kilometer Jedi spaceborne
academy Chu'unthor crashed in a Dathomir tar pit. (The Jedi master Djinn
Altis was known to travel in a ship also called the Chu'unthor, but
based on available dating information it is unlikely that it was the
same ship.) Yoda and the other Jedi sent to recover the crashed
Chu'unthor were repulsed by the witches-- those female inhabitants who h
ad learned to use the Force. Different clans of these witches (such as
Singing Mountain, Frenzied River, and Misty Falls) were formed,
including a group following the Dark Side calling itself the
Nightsisters. Life among the clans followed a pattern of female
dominance, where males were largely treated as property and not allowed
to act in important decisions. Around one hundred years ago, the
Nightsister Charal managed to escape from Dathomir and fell in with a
group of alien marauders, who then crashed on the forest moon of Endor.
Imperial forces later constructed orbital shipyards and a penal colony
on the surface. Following the failure of the Emperor's attempt to
destroy the Jedi enclave on Belsavis, several designers of the Eye of
Palpatine were reassigned to punitive duty at Dathomir. After the
Emperor learned the power of the Nightsister leader Gethzerion, he
ordered all the prison's ships destroyed from orbit to prevent her from
leaving the planet. The stranded Imperials at the prison were then
enslaved by Gethzerion and the other Nightsisters. Four years after the
Battle of Endor, Han Solo won the planet Dathomir in a high-stakes
sabacc game from Warlord Omogg, who claimed it had been in her family
for generations. Han's subsequent adventures on the planet resulted in
the destruction of both the Nightsisters and of Warlord Zsinj's forces.
Nineteen years after Endor, a new order of Nightsisters based in the
Great Canyon emerged on Dathomir. This clan, allied with the Empire and
founded by Luke Skywalker's former student Brakiss, treated their males
as equals and sent their best Force students to be trained on the
Empire's Shadow Academy. [COPL, COTJ, YJK, DS, ISWU]
Davnar
The homeworld of the famed winged predator known as the kalidor. The
Kalidor Crescent, the highest award that can be bestowed upon Alliance
pilots, is named in honor of this creature. [FP]
Davnar II
Davnar II is home to a bipedal, scaly, long-snouted alien species. One
of Ploovo Two-For-One's henchmen was a native of Davnar II. [HSSE]
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