Planet - O (pt.2)
Source List & Abbreviations
Obica
Alliance leaders met with Sullustan commander Syub Snunb at a rendezvous
near Obica just prior to the Battle of Endor. Snunb then led the Rebel
fleet to Sullust where they prepared for their assault on the second
Death Star. [DESB]
Obroa-skai
Located in the system of the same name, Obroa-skai sits at a strategic
location within the borderland regions. During the rise of Grand Admiral
Thrawn, the New Republic was attempting to convince Obroa- skai to join
their side. Thrawn's forces made a partial dump of the data in the
Obroans' central library system which allowed them to learn the location
of Wayland. When Mara Jade visited Wayland during her tenure as the
Emperor's Hand, the last stop before reaching their destination was
Obroa-skai. [HTTE, TLC]
Odik II
The location of a top-secret political detention ward, where Old
Republic opponents of Palpatine's New Order were imprisoned. Major
Calders, a security warden aboard the first Death Star, began his career
as a security guard at the Odik II facility. [DSTC]
Oetrago
Han Solo spent some time on Oetrago, and was unimpressed with the
appearance of its plant life. He was reminded of this while seeing the
ugly, mutated flowers of Crseih Station. [TCS]
Ogoth Tiir
Jona Grumby, a commodore in the Corporate Sector picket fleet, retired
from the Imperial starfleet after he was crippled at the battle of Ogoth
Tiir. [CSSB]
Olabria?
The Olabrian Trichoid (possibly originating on the planet of Olabria)
was used by Governor Nereus of Bakura in an attempt to kill Luke
Skywalker. Its larvae hatch in a host's stomach and burrow towards the
heart, feeding on blood. [TAB]
Omar
Located in the system of the same name, Omar was the former site of
three Sienar Fleet Systems starfighter production facilities. These
advanced manufacturing plants, which produced the new TIE Advanced
fighter, were destroyed by the traitorous Admiral Zaarin in the time
following the Battle of Hoth. Zaarin hoped to maintain his technological
superiority by weakening the Empire's most advanced war materiel. [TSC]
Omman
A culturally-diverse world with a busy starport and a high Imperial
presence. The smugglers Drake Paulsen and Karl Ancher were imprisoned in
a Bureau of Customs jail on Omman, but escaped with the help of another
smuggler, Tait Ransom. [SWAJ]
Omwat
An orange and green world of savannas and mountains, Omwat was the
homeworld of the alien Maw scientist Qwi Xux. Tarkin, at that time a
Moff commanding a Victory-class Star Destroyer, had determined that
Omwati children could be capable of astonishing mental feats. He
constructed an orbital education sphere to instruct the brightest Omwati
prospects, using the threat of death to their honeycomb settlements on
Omwat's surface if they failed. Nasdra Magrody developed the accelerated
learning process, and one of the instructors was Ohran Keldor (a
designer of both the Death Star and the Eye of Palpatine). Qwi Xux was
the only candidate to survive the intense pressures of this force-fed
education. [JS, COTJ]
Onderon
Onderon, in the three-planet system of the same name, circles a yellow
sun and has four moons with widely-varying orbits. The closest moon,
Dxun, is home to numerous bloodthirsty creatures who are periodically
able to migrate to the surface of Onderon, due to an annual period in
which the two worlds' atmospheres intersect. The human inhabitants of
Onderon gradually evolved defenses against the beasts, eventually
culminating in the enormous walled city of Iziz. Native life on the
planet includes the deadly dragon-bird.
4,400 years ago the Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd brought the power of the Sith
to Onderon, and those who opposed it were cast out into the wilderness
where they tamed the beasts of Dxun. Hundreds of these "beast riders"
created their own kingdoms in the wild, and fought continually to
overtake Iziz. About 4402 years ago Onderon was first contacted by the
Old Republic, and a delegation of Jedi (including Ulic Qel- Droma) was
sent to make peace between the beast riders and Queen Amanda of Iziz two
years after that. Following the death of Queen Amanda, her daughter
Galia took the throne with Oron Kira, her lover and the leader of a
beast rider kingdom. A subsequent uprising by the followers of Freedon
Nadd was put down by another Jedi force. At the same time, Satal Keto
and his cousin Aleema (members of Tetan royalty) traveled to Onderon to
learn the secrets of Sith magic, which led to their formation of the
Krath and the political takeover of the Tetan system. Following the
Naddist uprising, a permanent Jedi outpost was built on Onderon from the
remains of Nadd's ancient starship. Later, during the end of the Sith
War, Exar Kun ordered the warrior clans of Mandalore to capture Onderon
and the city of Iziz. Defeated in a furious battle by Oron Kira and
Captain Vanicus of the Republic navy, Mandalore and his surviving men
fled to the Dxun moon. Millennia later, six years after the Battle of
Endor, the Millennium Falcon landed on Onderon to repair damage suffered
in a battle with the reborn Emperor's flagship, the Eclipse II. Fearing
for her newborn son Anakin, Leia Organa Solo hid in warrior leader Modon
Kira's safehouse deep in the Onderon wilderness. Palpatine (posing as a
pilgrim on his way to the Shatoon monastery) discovered the child at the
safehouse and tried to possess his body, but was stopped by the Jedi
knight Empatojayos Brand. Later, the leaders of the New Republic
gathered in the fortress of Modon Kira and re-established their galactic
government, led by Mon Mothma with Leia Organa Solo as her second in
command. [TOTJ, FNU, DLOS, EE, TSW]
Oor VII
Inspector Keek, Chief of the Internal Security Police on Brigia, had a
medal (presumably obtained secondhand) designating him spelling champion
of the planet Oor VII. [HSLL]&127
Oorn Tchis
Alliance pilot Keyan Farlander has an aunt and uncle living on Oorn
Tchis. [FP]
Ord Grovner
The location of an Imperial Naval base. The Star Destroyers Crusader and
Bombard returned to the Ord Grovner base after wiping out the Eyttyrmin
Batiiv pirates in the Khuiumin system. [SWAJ]
Ord Mantell
A planet with twin moons located in the outworlds. Points of interest on
Ord Mantell include its busy spaceport (surrounded by canyons), and Ten
Mile Plateau, located in the rocky back country. Supposedly a world free
from Imperial interests, Ord Mantell happened to be hosting an Imperial
fleet on maneuvers when Han Solo arrived there to repair the Millennium
Falcon following the Battle of Yavin. While there, Solo encountered his
smuggler friend Drub McKumb, who warned Solo of the sizeable bounty on
his head. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia were later captured by the
bounty hunter Skorr, and held captive in the abandoned stellar energy
plant on Ten Mile Plateau. Skorr planned to use the pair as bait to trap
Solo, but his plans were foiled when Solo and Chewbacca staged a daring
rescue.
Later, Solo, Skywalker, and Chewbacca were captured by several bounty
hunters (including Skorr, Dengar, and Bossk) working with Boba Fett, who
imprisoned the trio in an abandoned moisture plant in Ord Mantell's back
country. Again, Solo and his companions managed to outwit the bounty
hunters and flee the planet. About six years later, Grand Admiral Thrawn
staged an assault on Ord Mantell to create fear in the surrounding
systems and ease New Republic pressure on his shipyard supply lines.
[ESB, TLC, MTS, COTJ, CSW]
Ord Mirit
Located at the edge of the Galactic core in the Mirit system, Ord Mirit
was once home to an Imperial base. After the Battle of Endor, however,
the crumbling Empire abandoned the Ord Mirit garrison and moved its
personnel to defend the more valuable world of Corellia. Some three
years after Endor, the Alliance wanted to capture Borleias in the nearby
Pyria system. They began their attack with a raid on the Venjagga
system, which caused the Imperial Star Destroyer-II Eviscerator to
pursue decoy Alliance ships into the neighboring Mirit system, believing
Ord Mirit was the Rebels' true target. Bothan slicers had previously
made Ord Mirit appear as a likely target by planting information that
the world held the key to finding the lost Katana fleet. [XWRS]
Ord Pardron
Ord Pardron, possibly in the Dufilvan sector, is the site of a major New
Republic base and was used in a multi-pronged attack by Grand Admiral
Thrawn. By attacking multiple targets Thrawn forced Ord Pardron to
parcel out its ships to help, requiring all remaining ships to stay at
Ord Pardron to fight the Death's Head and leaving the planet Ukio
undefended. Ukio was captured, and the Ord Pardron base was severely
damaged. Ord Pardron is also the homeworld of Dera Jynsol, one of Lando
Calrissian's candidates for marriage. [TLC, AAC]
Ord Segra
Years ago, resistance leader Una Poot and her husband delivered a
culsion gas cargo to the Ord Segra spaceport. When they refused to pay
the standard seven percent bribe, the customs ships opened fire and
forced them to take a blind hyperspace jump. They ended up near the
Dragonflower Nebula, eventually founding Silver Station. [SWAJ]
Ord Traga
While on a mission to Kabaira, the free-trader Tere Metallo used the
false story that she was carrying cargo for an Imperial general on Ord
Traga. [SWAJ]
Ord Trasi
The location of a major group of Imperial shipyards, in addition to the
facilities at Yaga Minor and Bilbringi. All three shipyards were
extremely busy during Grand Admiral Thrawn's offensive against the New
Republic. Information supplied to the New Republic from a bounty hunter
on Ord Trasi stated that three Imperial Star Destroyers were within a
month of completion at the shipyards. [TLC]
Ord Wylan
Lando Calrissian won the taxi-service license rights to Ord Wylan in a
sabacc game, but lost them the next moment on a side bet concerning what
brand of liquor was being served at the time. [SWAJ]
Orellon II
Located in the Bastooine system, Orellon II is a world of jungles,
plains, and volcanic mountains separated by oceans and orbited by the
large barren moon called Orellon I. The planet is the homeworld of the
primitive Kentra, a species of winged, fur-covered aliens who can fly in
the world's slightly less-than- standard gravity. The world's five
million Kentra are divided into four racial types: the jungle, spotted,
striped, and brown folk, who all inhabit different terrain types. The
Kentra live in seven major cities, including the capital city of Kariish
(where King Jerius rules) and Ironwall (the domain of Jerius' rival,
Lord Mogotah). Plant life on the planet includes the buntra tree, while
some of the deadly predators include hornbeaks, voontragi, avian criers,
and lizardlike gliders.
Years ago, Michael Tandre, a geologist and Jedi knight, crashed his ship
Alpha Kentrum on Orellon II. He became the spiritual leader of the
Kentra, teaching them to follow the disciplines of the Sword, Plow, and
Spirit and leaving computer programs to guide them after his death. The
Kentra built the Temple of the Je'ulajists (a corrupted form of
"geologists") in the jungle around the Alpha Kentrum, and worshipped the
memory of the Prophet Tandre. A starfish-shaped scoutship, built by a
race of long-extinct aliens, is hidden in Orellon II's jungle and has
been sending out scout droids to collect specimens for examination and
collection. [SWAJ]
Orelon
A large, bright star located in the Hapes cluster of sixty-three stars.
[COPL]
Orin
A volcanic world, Orin occupies the second-planet position in the Bespin
system. The planet has an elliptical orbit, passing through the
asteroids of the nearby Velser's Ring twice during its year. Its black
surface is rocked by frequent earthquakes and covered with rivers of
lava and erupting volcanos. Orin's surface temperature is unbearably
high and its atmosphere is choked with thick soot. [GG2]
Orinackra
Home to a high-security Imperial Detention Center. Following the Battle
of Yavin, Alliance agent Kyle Katarn infiltrated the Orinackra prison
and rescued the captured spy Crix Madine. [DF]
Orion IV
An Alliance base on Orion IV was destroyed by the Empire prior to the
Battle of Yavin. It was bombarded from space by several Star Destroyers,
and attacked on the planet's surface by AT-AT walkers and Assault
Gunboats. [FP]