Planet - G
Source List & Abbreviations
Galaan
Galaan, a large gas giant located in the Galaanus system of the Corva
sector, is covered with green, gray, and white clouds that restrict
visibility to a few hundred meters. The New Republic operates a floating
Intelligence outpost in Galaan's upper atmosphere, which acts as the
communications center for the entire Corva sector. [SWAJ]
Galaanus system
Located in the Corva sector of the Outer Rim, the Galaanus system
contains the gas giant Galaan. [SWAJ]
Gall
Rogue Squadron fought at Gall following the Alliance's evacuation of
Hoth. [XWRS]
Gallinore
A planet in the Hapes cluster and home to the extremely valuable rainbow
gems. The gems, actually silicon-based lifeforms, mature after thousands
of years and glow with an inner light. [COPL]
Galltine
Elea Poista, a top Exex at Bespin Motors, created the false identity
"Kel" to aid in her black market sales-- including a set of forged birth
records on Galltine. [GG2]
Galov sector
Located in the Outer Rim, the Galov sector contains the planet Romar.
The entire sector is ruled by the ruthless Moff Antoll Jellrek, who
accepts bribes from the local crimelords in return for allowing them to
continue their criminal practices. [SWAJ]
Galpos II
GrimDeath I, a pirateship responsible for raids in the Woldona system,
was the target of an Imperial spacetrooper assault before it could reach
its destination of Galpos II. [SWS]
Galvoni III
The location of an Imperial military communications complex. Alliance
historian Voren Na'al infiltrated the complex following the Battle of
Yavin in order to gain more information about the Death Star project.
[MTS]
Gama system
The home system of a humanoid alien species known as the Gama-Senn. Six
years after the Battle of Endor, the leader of the Gama-Senn people
pledged his system's allegiance to the reborn Emperor after witnessing a
demonstration of Palpatine's devastating Galaxy Gun. [EE]
Gamorr
Gamorr's varied terrain ranges from frozen tundra to deep forests, and
it is considered quite pleasant by off- worlders. The dim-witted
Gamorreans, however, care only for the vicious, bloody warfare
constantly occurring between rival clans. Gamorrean sows run the clans
and do the productive work such as hunting and farming, while the boars
spend all their time training and fighting their rivals with primitive
hand-axes and swords, vying for the attention of the Alpha female.
Gamorr is also home to furry, bloodsucking parasites called morrts, that
Gamorreans look upon with affection and allow to feed on their own body
fluids. The first interstellar trading ship to land on Gamorr was
utterly destroyed after five armies fought a bloody two-day battle for
the right to do so. Procedures programs for those intending to visit the
planet state only, "Do not visit Gamorr." Many Gamorreans are employed
throughout the galaxy as guards, mercenaries, and enforcers, and some
have colonized the Outer Rim world of Pzob. The planet is also home to
vicious Gamorrean watch-beasts, which are used as guard animals at the
Imperial Army training centers on Sirpar. [SWS, COTJ, SWAJ]
Ganath
Hidden in a vast, radioactive gas cloud located near Nal Hutta, the
Ganath system is completely cut off from the rest of galactic
civilization. Their isolated culture has developed more slowly than the
rest of the galaxy, and much of Ganathan technology operates on steam
power. Spacers from Nal Hutta who attempted to penetrate the gas cloud
never returned. The Ganathan space fleet includes the massive
steam-powered battleship The Robida Colossus. For years the Ganath
system was ruled by King Empatojayos Brand, a Jedi knight who was
rescued by the Ganathans after his ship was destroyed. Leia and Han Solo
travelled to the capital city of Ganath after they rashly flew into the
gas cloud in an attempt to escape from Boba Fett. [DE2]
Gand
Gand is a primarily gaseous planet and home to the alien species also
called Gand. Gand society is composed of pocket colonies separated by
enshrouding mists, and the Gand government is a totalitarian monarchy
established centuries ago. Locating fugitives in the thick gasses is the
responsibility of Gand "findsmen," who worship the mists and use
religious rituals to lead them to their targets. Names are a reflection
of status on Gand-- those Gand who have achieved little are simply
called "Gand." As an individual accomplishes more, he or she earns a
surname, then a first name. Only those Gand whose fame is so great that
they are known by all are allowed to refer to themselves with pronouns.
All other Gand always refer to themselves in the third person, using th
eir "lesser" names when they feel contrite or ashamed. Due to the
world's unique atmosphere, most Gand must wear some type of breathing
apparatus when off-planet. After Gand and its slave trade were taken
over by the Empire, the Imperials' advanced technology made the arcane
techniques of the findsmen largely obsolete. Some Gand findsmen have
since found work as bounty hunters, including the notorious Zuckuss,
though others such as Rogue Squadron pilot Ooryl Qrygg have chosen
nobler professions. [MTS, XWRS]
Gandeal
After the Battle of Yavin, the Empire opened up a new hyperlane between
Fondor and Gandeal for cargo traffic, in order to meet the supply needs
caused by the construction of the Super Star Destroyer Executor at the
Fondor yards. [SWAJ]
Gandolo IV
A barren, rocky moon located in the Outer Rim. A group of Wookiee
settlers, aided by Chewbacca, were attempting to establish a colony on
the moon when they were discovered by the bounty hunter Bossk. Bossk and
his men, who were in the employ of the Imperial sector governor,
abandoned their attempt to capture the Wookiees after Han Solo disabled
their ship by landing on it. [MTS]
Gandrun Two
A desert planet covered with endless sand dunes. [GG2]
Ganthel
Grandon Holleck, a former Imperial governor of Chandrila, retired to his
homeworld of Ganthel after stepping down as governor. [SWAJ]
Gap Nine
The backwater swampworld of Gap Nine is home to a reptilian alien
species and an Imperial fuel ore- processing plant. Many years ago, an
unknown group came to Gap Nine and built temples dedicated to evil. When
a force of Jedi Knights arrived, they defeated the group and transformed
their temples into storehouses of knowledge. Recently, the Imperials on
Gap Nine have been robbing these temples of their priceless artifacts.
[SWAJ]
Garban
Garban, home to the alien species called the Jenet, is the fourth planet
in the Tau Sakar system. Garban is a temperate world with high seasonal
variance. Years ago the rapidly-reproducing Jenet wiped out most of
their natural predators on Garban, which led to overpopulation and the
colonization of the other worlds in the system. Jenet are quarrelsome,
store useless items in a community junkheap, and have a massive
bureaucratic government whose job it is to remember everything they can
about each Jenet citizen. After Garban was taken over by the Empire many
Jenet were forced to work as slaves in Garban's ore mines. [GG4]
Garos system
The Garos system, a four-day hyperspace journey from Coruscant, contains
six planets: Berusa, Chaila, the inhabited worlds Sundari and Garos IV,
Regar I, and Regar II. The system lies near the Nyarikan Nebula, a
navigation hazard which has made travel to the system uncommon. [SWAJ]
Garos IV
A terrestrial planet of thick forests and mountains, Garos IV and its
twin moons are located in the Garos system with its sister planet
Sundari. Due to the navigational hazard of the nearby Nyarikan Nebula,
the people of Garos IV have necessarily been independent, relying on
little contact or assistance from the larger galaxy. 4000 years ago,
Garos IV and Sundari were first settled by human colonists. The two
worlds immediately began inter-system trade, since the Sundars were
dependent on agricultural harvests from Garosian farms. About 200 years
ago, large numbers of Sundars began emigrating to Garos IV, settling in
Northlan in the Upper Morcur Valley. This area was the heart of Garos'
agricultural and manufacturing districts, and the Sundar immigrants
began establishing new businesses and factories-- earning the resentment
of Garosians who were hurt by the new competition. A civil war between
the two planets erupted when a Garosian grain processing facility in the
city of Geran was destroyed-- intentionally, some claimed, by the
Sundars. The devastating war raged on for 82 years until a truce was
hammered out by Tork Winger, Assistant Minister of Defense for Garos IV,
and Tionthes Turi, a respected Sundar engineer. Violations of the truce,
such as the Whahalla Massacre, continued, but the Empire's intervention
into the conflict approximately five years before the Battle of Yavin
brought a sudden, violent end to most resistance. Since then, the
Imperial presence on Garos IV has been relatively small and unobtrusive,
until the recent discovery of the planet's hibridium ore deposits.
Hibridium is only found on the western coastline of Garos' main
continent, and can produce a natural cloaking effect key to the
production of military cloaking devices. Garos IV has a relatively small
population of 20 million Garosians and four million Sundars. Animal life
on the planet includes flying, nocturnal crupas and wild boetays, while
plant life includes the baraka tree.
Ariana, Garos' capital city, is located on the western shore of the
larger of the planet's two main continents and is home to the
distinguished University of Garos. The Imperial Headquarters building is
located across the street from the popular tavern Chado's Pub, while
beneath the city lies a vast maze of subterranean tunnels. Nearby, the
forbidding Tahika Cliffs run for a hundred kilometers along the
continent's western coastline, facing the vast expanse of the Locura
Ocean. The new Imperial hibridium mines are located in a mountain range
south of Ariana, situated between Mount Usca and Hargon's Hill. Forty
kilometers southeast of Ariana is the agricultural and manufacturing
city of Garan, built on the Salc River. Garan sits on the edge of the
Lower Morcur Valley, a major foodstuffs-producing region, and is
connected to Ariana by the Old Currahen Highway. Over nine hundred
kilometers east of Ariana on the south-central coast lies the ancient
resort city of Zila. Zila is known for its architectural diversity, and
a range of stone turrets line the waterfront facing the Cabalia Sea for
nearly a kilometer. Mount Berin is located on the outskirts of Zila.
Garos' Imperial military is commanded by General Zakar, and the world is
ruled by Tork Winger, who was appointed as the Imperial governor.
Winger's residence, the Governor's Mansion, is located south of Ariana
near the edge of the Tahika Cliffs. Unbeknownst to Winger, his adopted
daughter Alex is secretly a member of the Garosian resistance, and has
been fighting the Imperial presence on Garos IV for years. Garos'
underground movement, whose members also include Magir Paca and the
undercover Imperial Dair Haslip, meet in Ariana's subterranean tunnels
and plan for the day the New Republic will arrive to liberate their
world. [SWAJ]
Garqi
An unimportant agricultural world of fertile plains and oceans located
in a remote corner of the Outer Rim. The mottled red and purple planet
exports agricultural products, harvested by immense automated combines,
to its immediate neighbors. The planet is officially ruled by Imperial
Governor Tadrin, but Tadrin is frequently absent and entrusts Garqi to
the military prefect, Mosh Barris. The world's population is
concentrated in the capital city is Pesktda, which is covered with a
leafy canopy and is home to Garqi Agricultural University. The human
population of Garqi is a sparse 800,000. The planet's plant life
includes purple djorra vine, while its animal life includes the
rdava-bird. When an X-wing fighter was sighted making night flights near
Pesktda several years after the Battle of Endor, several students from
Garqi University began believing that the New Republic had arrived to
liberate the planet. Corran Horn, the pilot of the X-wing, used his
secret position as Mosh Barris' aide to rescue several prisoners from
Garqi's prisons, escape with them offworld, and implicate Barris as a
traitor to the Empire. [SWAJ]
Gathus
The twenty-five man skating team from Gathus played the planet Lafra in
several games of a puttie series. Han Solo watched the final match while
on a mission to Belsavis. [COTJ]
Gaurick
A planet in the Corporate Sector, Gaurick is controlled by a religious
cult led by a high priest, or mufti. Big Bunji hired Han Solo and
Chewbacca to deliver several cargos of chak-root to the workers of
Gaurick, who had a religious objection to the substance. After a few
uneventful runs, Solo and Chewbacca were met by a waiting picket ship,
which they narrowly managed to escape. [CSSB]