Planet - K
Source List & Abbreviations
K Seven Forty-nine system
The K749 system, located in the Outer Rim near the Moonflower Nebula,
contains the planet Pzob. [COTJ]
Kaal
Kaal, a blue world covered with vast oceans, is located in the Yushan
sector in the Mid-Rim. Now a major exporter of agricultural goods, Kaal
also boasts many luxurious resorts and casinos, including the Grand
Imperial. The planet's only starport is located on a string of islands
forming a resort city. When the Emperor died at Endor, a Dark Jedi was
so overwhelmed by his master's agony that he crashed his ship (rumored
to be carrying a functional cloaking device) into Kaal's ocean. The
crash created a tidal wave, which wiped out the Unis Islands resorts in
the northwest and damaged several other areas. Kaal was an Imperial
resort world until the Empire abandoned it soon after the Battle of
Endor, at which point the world was taken over by the local crimelord Ti
rgee Benyalle. Realizing that the Empire had never exploited the rich
agricultural potential of Kaal, Benyalle purchased ten huge repulsorlift
harvesters (including the Sea Sprite), which travel over the planet's
oceans extracting and processing massive quantities of foodstuffs. Two
years after Endor, the New Republic sent representatives to Kaal to
negotiate for control of its valuable aquaculture industry. Among the
other negotiators were the heads of two Imperial factions and the
smuggler Talon Karrde, who was interested in retrieving the crashed Jedi
ship and its supposed cloaking device. Kaal's population numbers around
4.5 million. [SWAJ]
Kabaira
Kabaira, located in the Teilcam system of the Outer Rim, has a surface
nine-tenths covered with water and dotted by over two million volcanic
islands. The few active volcanoes are located in the southern
hemisphere, while the eight million Kabairans live in the north,
primarily on the two island continents of Madieri and Belshain. Eponte
Spaceport, the center of Kabaira's corporate government, is located on
the north cost of Madieri and is bordered by mountains. Eponte's high
altitude means its climate is typically cool, damp, and foggy. Along
Eponte's ancient brick-lined streets one can find the disreputable
Drayhar's Cantina, and corporate offices for Delgas Medical and
Hydrospeare Corp. Kabaira's main industry is the mining of islands in
the southern hemisphere, and indigenous animal life includes the white
snow-wolves that inhabit the mountains. Though the planet is controlled
by the Empire, underground Rebel activities have been making their hold
on the planet more precarious. A number of years before the Battle of
Yavin, the smugglers Tere Metallo and Matt Turhaya were involved in a
dangerous adventure on Kabaira. [SWAJ]
Kabal
Kabal is an outworld that was officially neutral in the Galactic Civil
War, aligned with neither the Empire nor the Alliance. Following the
Battle of Yavin, Princess Leia Organa attended a conference on Kabal and
met with the leaders of several uncommitted worlds, including Aquaris.
An Imperial Star Destroyer, alerted by a tip from the Freeholder
Kraaken, arrived at Kabal to wipe out this conference and to punish the
planet for its neutral stance. Waves of TIE bombers leveled the city,
but the Princess was saved by the timely arrival of the Millennium
Falcon. Kabal is also the homeworld of Lady Lapema Phonstom, one of
Lando Calrissian's candidates for marriage. Lying near the planet is a
small dwarf star with an artificially- accelerated gravitational pull,
surrounded by a vast graveyard of derelict starships. [CSW, AAC]
Ka'Dedus
An ultraviolet supergiant star orbited by Af'El, home planet of the
Defel. [GG4]
Kaelta
A purple star orbited by Toola, homeworld of the Whipids. [GG4]
Kaikielius system
Lying very close to the Coruscant system. When the revived Empire began
its conquest of the Kaikielius and Metellos systems six years after the
Battle of Endor, New Republic leaders on Coruscant began to search for a
new base of operations. [DESB]
Kail
A planet in the Corporate Sector. Torm Dadeferron, an associate of Han
Solo, had family on Kail who controlled several large tracts of land
known as the Kail Ranges. Torm's father and brother disappeared after a
dispute with the Corporate Sector Authority over land-use rights and
stock prices. [HSSE, CSSB]
Kalarba
A terrestrial planet in the remote Kalarba system, Kalarba is orbited by
the moons Hosk and Indobok. Sites on the planet include Kalarba City,
the Great Sea, and the Three Peaks of Tharen-- a revered symbol of the
spirit. Before their service to Captain Antilles, R2-D2 and C-3PO worked
for the Pitareeze family on Kalarba. Meg and Jarth Pitareeze operated
Kalarba Safari and booked tours of the planet's ancient ancestral lands,
while Baron Pitareeze ran a spaceship factory where they manufactured
the MT-5 hyperdrive unit. Animal life on the planet includes the flying
Vynock. [D]
Kalior V
Kalior V is the location of the Imperial aquaria, whose maintenance is
entrusted to a group of Sedrians known as the Shalik family. [GG4]
Kalist VI
The site of an Imperial labor colony for political prisoners. Alliance
gunner Dak Ralter was born in this colony, and lived there for 17 years
until escaping with the help of a downed Rebel pilot. [MTS]
Kalla
Kalla, in the Corporate Sector, is the site of a Corporate Sector
Authority university intended for the education of Authority members'
children. Consequently, major fields of study include technical
education, commerce, and administration with very little emphasis on the
humanities. Rekkon was an instructor at the university prior to his
adventures with Han Solo, and Fiolla of Lorrd attended the University of
Kalla prior to taking a position in the Corporate Sector Authority.
General Evir Derricote, commander of the Imperial base on Borleias, was
a native of Kalla. [HSSE, CSSB, XWRS]
Kalla VII&127
Prior to the Battle of Yavin, a group of Alliance X-wings eliminated a
large Imperial base located near Kalla VII, in an attempt to strand
arriving Imperial ships. This resulted in the capture of the frigate
Priam. [FP]
Kamar
A dry, hot planet orbiting a white star, Kamar is located just outside
the Corporate Sector border and is the homeworld of the insect-like
Kamarians. Kamar's native flora includes miser-plants, barrel-scrub, and
sting- brush, while its fauna includes digworms, stingworms,
bloodsniffers, nightswifts, and howlrunners-- canine hunters with heads
resembling human skulls. The nocturnal Kamarians live in small groups
called tk'skqua, and their more sophisticated nations have developed
technology such as nuclear explosives and fluidic control systems.
Members of the unique Kamarian Badlander culture choose to live in the
most arid and harsh areas of the planet. Han Solo inadvertently started
a new religion among the Kamarian Badlanders based on the holofeature
Varn, World of Water during a visit to the planet. [HSR, CSSB]
Kamori
Kamori, whose cities include Tandaro, Jandal, Hyra, and Kimora City, is
ruled by Chamber President Thane Dregond. The planet was the site of a
powerful earthquake, centered on the Zethusian plains. The quake caused
tidal waves, killed hundreds of thousands of citizens, and severely
damaged Jandal, Hyra and Kimora City. One of those killed was Glanthe
school master painter Dana Dragond, one of Kamori's "living treasures."
[SWAJ]
Kamparas
The Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth attended a Jedi training center on
Kamparas for two years, from 2/15/90 until 8/33/88, Pre-Empire date.
[DFR]
Kanchen sector
The Kanchen sector contains the planet Xa Fel. The heart of the sector
fell to Imperial forces after a thirty- hour battle with New Republic
warships over the planet. [TLC]
Kanz sector
The Kanz sector contains the planets Argazda and Lorrd. Four thousand
years ago, the sector was an isolated region located on the frontier of
the Old Republic. During the time known as the Kanz Disorders, the
provisional governor of Argazda declared the sector independent from the
Republic and tried to enslave the rest of its worlds, including Lorrd.
The Republic, preoccupied with other matters, did nothing for three
hundred years, until the Jedi Knights finally intervened to free the
Lorrdians and end the Kanz Disorders. [CSSB]
Karfeddion
Located in the Senex sector, Karfeddion is the site of several slave
farms run by the House Vandron. Breeding farms are designed to produce
Ossan and Bilanaka slaves, tailored for agricultural work. During an
economic depression on Karfeddion, Lady Theala Vandron was summoned to
the High Court of Coruscant to defend the slave farms on her homeworld.
[COTJ]
Karideph
The Nikto assassin Ma'w'shiye, during his time as an Alliance agent,
served with Lieutenant Akul Witig during the Karideph operations. During
this time, Witig gave Ma'w'shiye a heavy overcoat. [SWAJ]
Karnak Alpha
Karnak Alpha, located beyond the Hapes Consortium near the Deep Galactic
Core, is home to the fur- covered alien species called Karnak Alphans.
The shy, easygoing Alphans hold children in high esteem, always serving
them first at meals. Having a large number of children means greater
status in Alphan society, and their government has a children's council.
They also love unusual zoological specimens, and keep elaborate zoos and
beautiful holographic dioramas. Nineteen years after the Battle of
Endor, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo met with the Karnak Alpha
ambassador and her eight children, and presented the ambassador with a
rare Coruscant hawk-bat egg. [YJK]
Karra
A small, dense planet in the Rayter sector, Karra is covered with flat,
grassy plateaus separated by jungle canyons and is home to the alien
species called Karrans. The planet's temperature is uncomfortably hot
and its lifeforms consist almost entirely of insects. Karra's vast
variety of insect life includes beetles, leapers, legworms, clouds of
tiny swarmers, and a walker-sized mantis. The native Karrans are large,
fur-covered insectivores whose primitive technology is centered around
pottery and simple hand tools. The Karrans seem to have recently
developed sentience based around a communal hive mind, and can
apparently control the planet's insect population.
Several hundred years ago, a colony was established on Karra to mine
varmigio, a material used in hyperdrive cores. When no varmigio was
found, the colonists were abandoned. Recently the Empire opened a
varmigio mine for the same purpose, but met with no greater success. The
Imperial base was later destroyed by swarms of attacking insects,
presumably operating under the control of the native Karrans. [SWAJ]
Kashi
The former homeworld of the long-extinct Kashi Mer culture. Soon after
the formation of the Old Republic, the planet and its system were
destroyed when their star inexplicably went nova. A force-user named
Reda Jalooz had previously stolen a small gray stone-- an heirloom of
the Kashi Mer monarchy-- but when she came back to return it, she was
killed in the sudden supernova. After the Battle of Endor, this strange
artifact mysteriously reappeared in the Corva sector. [SWAJ]
Planet - K (pt. 3)