Planet - M (pt.2)
Source List & Abbreviations
Mindar
Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa once shared rations on a Mindar
battlefield, amid the dead bodies of Imperial stormtroopers. [COPL]
Mindavar system
A group of settlers in the Mindavar system were almost completely wiped
out when a deadly virus spread through their colony. The smuggler Reina
Gale lost her parents to the virus when she was only an infant. [SWAJ]
Minos Cluster
Located on the fringes of known space, the Minos Cluster contains the
Shesharile system. [SWAJ]
Mirit system
The Mirit system is located only hours from the Pyria and Venjagga
systems at the edge of the Galactic Core. It contains the planet Ord
Mirit, which was the site of a former Imperial base. [XWRS]
Mirshaf?
Captain Dorja, of the Star Destroyer Relentless under Grand Admiral
Thrawn, was known to use an ancient Mirshaf gesture of victory. [TLC]
Miser
The innermost planet of the Bespin system, Miser is a small world
lacking atmosphere but rich in valuable metals. The planet's powerful
magnetic field interferes with most electronic equipment. Miser was
heavily mined for raw materials during the construction of Bespin's
Cloud City, and deep craters from the operation can still be seen on its
surface. The inhospitable temperature extremes made the mining
hazardous, and hardy Ugnaughts were needed to staff the operation. The
mines have since been abandoned, and are now infested with mynocks. The
desolate planet has frequently been used over the centuries as a hideout
for smugglers and pirates. Lord Ecclessis Figg, the founder of Cloud
City, once proposed a rolling mining center that could stay permanently
on the cooler, shadow side of Miser. It was never built, but it provided
the inspiration for Lando Calrissian's Nomad City mining operation on
Nkllon. [HTTE, GG2]
Mneon system
The Mneon system contains the planet Geran, home of a near-human alien
species. [TFJP]
Moddell sector
The Moddell sector contains the planet Endor. A report filed to Imperial
Command by an Imperial scout in the Moddell sector briefly described the
previously unexplored system and dismissed the threat of the native
Ewoks. [SWS]
Moltok
The oxygen-rich planet Moltok is one of the inner worlds of the Dartibek
system and is the homeworld of the Ho'Din. Active volcanoes fill
Moltok's skies with ash, which helps protect the planet's surface from
the harmful effects of its sun. The Ho'Din live in the hot rainforests
of the lower latitudes and have a deep religious reverence for the plant
life found there. Moltok is a heavy exporter of high-priced medicinal
plants, but technology is discouraged by the Ho'Din due to an early
ecological catastrophe resulting from an attempt at mining. The
government on Moltok is controlled by the clergy of the dominant
[Dinante Fli'R] religion. The Jedi master Plett, who built a house and
laboratory on Belsavis, was a native of Moltok. [GG4, COTJ]
Monor
Located in the system of the same name in the Doldur sector. Just after
the Battle of Yavin, resistance leader Una Poot was planning to deliver
a cargo of blaster carbines to the Rebels on Monor from her base on
Silver Station. [SWAJ]
Mons Calamari (see Calamari)
Moonflower Nebula
A large nebula of dust and gasses, located in the Outer Rim past the K
Seven Forty-nine system. The nebula contains two or three stars and a
vast asteroid field, where the Imperial battlemoon Eye of Palpatine lay
undiscovered for thirty years. [COTJ]
Morobe system
The Morobe system contains a red/yellow binary pair of stars, and the
planet Talasea is the fourth planet orbiting the yellow primary. The
system is located in the Morobe sector, which borders the Rachuk sector.
[XWRS]
Morvogodine
The vandfillist artist Maxa Jandovar was arrested by Imperial forces on
Morvogodine. She later died in custody. [TFTC]
Movris
Located in the Noonian sector. Rebel privateers, presumably operating
from Movris, were able to steal nearly a quarter of the foodstuffs being
produced by Nebula Consumables in the Noonian system. [SWAJ]
Mrisst
Mrisst was first contacted by the Old Republic through the Tenth
Alderaanian Expedition, and one of the interesting discoveries was that
none of the dozens of Mriss cultures had developed any type of three-
dimensional art. Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron planned to deliver a
convoy of food and supplies to Mrisst but were ambushed on Cilpar by a
group of TIE fighters. Mrisst was a target in a planned assault by Grand
Admiral Thrawn due to its proximity to the heart of the New Republic,
and was also intended as a lure to defeat the New Republic fleet if they
made a concerted effort to defend the planet. [TLC, XW]
Mulako Corporation Primordial Water Quarry
The MC Quarry is actually a periodic comet in a hundred-year orbit
around its star. For several months during its approach and departure
from the sun, the comet warms enough to support life in its hollowed-out
interior. During this time the Mulako Corporation promotes the comet as
a tourist destination, and many people come to the satellite to visit
its exclusive resorts, restaurants, and lounges. Tourists can visit the
comet's surface (to view erupting gas geysers or experiment in the
satellite's low gravity), or just enjoy the interior's bubbling
fountains and the soft lighting shining through the mists. After the
tourist season during the comet's long orbit away from the sun,
ice-mining machines roam the irregular surface. The ice is chipped away
in blocks and sold to gourmets, promoted as "pure water" formed at the
creation of the solar system. Luke Skywalker and Callista visited the MC
Quarry eight years after the Battle of Endor in order to help Callista
regain her Jedi powers. [DS]
Munto Codru
Munto Codru is home to the four-armed aliens known as Codru-Ji, and is
considered of only marginal interest to the rest of galactic society.
The planet features several moons, beautiful mountains, and ancient
castles in its temperate zone, which are famous for their elaborate
carvings on translucent rock walls. The castles were constructed by a
now-vanished civilization and are now used as provincial capitals by the
Codru-Ji. Codru-Ji society is based on a complicated system of political
families and entities (including the Sibiu, the Temebiu, and the
province of Kirl) and is headed by Chamberlain Iyon. Coup abduction and
ransom in this society is a common and expected political maneuver,
during which no one of noble birth is to be injured. Animal life on
Munto Codru includes a four-winged bat and the six-legged, fanged
wyrwulfs, which are actually the Codru-Ji themselves in the earliest,
infant stage of their lives. Leia Organa Solo's three children were
abducted while she was on a diplomatic mission to Munto Codru. [TCS]
Mussubir Three
A planet possibly in the Senex sector. The uncommitted ex-governor of
Mussubir Three took a "vacation" to attend a meeting on Belsavis with
Roganda Ismaren. [COTJ]
Mutanda
The homeworld of the leonine alien species known as the Gorvan Horansi.
Myrgaanti Shi-iki, a Gorvan Horansi, was a freelance Alliance operative
until he stole a prototype fighter and deserted for unknown reasons.
[SWAJ]
Myomar
The location of Imperial maintenance facilities. Han Solo reportedly
acquired several powerful deflector shield generators from these
facilities for installation on the Millennium Falcon. [SWS]
Mylock IV
A small, gray planet located in the Mylock system of the Outer Rim,
Mylock IV is the homeworld of the Nharwaak and Habeen. The two races
developed a new hyperdrive together, though the Nharwaak balked at the
Habeen decision to deliver this technology to the Empire. In a
rendezvous near Mylock IV, the Habeen officially turned the technology
over to Admiral Zaarin's forces in exchange for their planet's formal
entry into the Empire. The Nharwaak attempted to sell the same
technology to the Rebels, but were destroyed by Imperial attacks. [TSC]
Myrkr
Although Myrkr has been settled for 300 years and was well within the
Old Republic's boundaries, both the Old Republic and the Jedi always
avoided the planet. As a result, Myrkr is unknown to virtually all
galactic citizens, with the exception of smugglers and other
lawbreakers. The historical aversion of the Jedi was due to one of
Myrkr's native life forms, the tree-dwelling ysalamir. The ysalamir has
evolved a defensive mechanism allowing it to push the Force from itself
in a protective bubble, and many ysalamir grouped together can create a
vast region in which the Force does not exist. Another of Myrkr's
animals, the predatory vornskr, uses the Force to assist in hunting and
tracking prey. The high metal content of Myrkr's trees make sensor
readings unreliable, which is one reason why the smuggler Talon Karrde
built his chief base deep in the western part of the Great Northern
Forest. This base was overrun by Grand Admiral Thrawn's forces after
Karrde helped Luke Skywalker escape in Hyllyard City, Myrkr's major
population center. Myrkr is located about 350 light years from the
planet Wayland. Ood Bnar, a five thousand-year old Jedi master, was a
member of the Neti-- an alien species that evolved from trees on Myrkr.
[HTTE, DFR, TOTJ, DE2]
Mytus VII (Stars' End)
A small, rocky planet with low gravity and no atmosphere, Mytus VII is
located in the debris-cluttered Mytus system and was home to the
Corporate Sector Authority prison known as Stars' End. Mytus VII orbits
at the edge of its system, whose small star is located at the distant
end of the galaxy and the farthest border of Corporate Sector space. The
prison, where inmates were kept in suspended animation between
interrogations, was commanded by Authority Viceprex Mirkovig Hirken.
Stars' End was destroyed by Han Solo and his companions during an
attempted jailbreak. Prior to the Battle of Yavin, a group of Alliance
pilots escaped from Mytus VII in a freighter and were subsequently
rescued by a Rebel shuttle. [HSSE, CSSB, FP]