Planet - T
Source List & Abbreviations
Taanab
Points of interest on the agricultural planet Taanab include the Pandath
spaceport and the Banthal Company orbital docking array, where the
largest cargo ships are typically found. Four thousand years ago, the
freighter Kestrel Nova was captured from space pirates near Taanab and
was used by Ulic Qel-Droma to travel to the Tetan system. Millennia
later, the planet found itself plagued by annual raids of bandits from
Norulac. One year, Lando Calrissian happened to be at the Pandath
spaceport when the pirates arrived for their latest assault. Calrissian,
on a bet, agreed to attack the raiders, and hid his ship in the ice ring
surrounding Taanab's moon while he waited for the pirates to make their
run on the docking array. When his target was in position, Calrissian
ejected his cargo-- hundreds of Conner nets-- into the center of the
attacking fleet. As the pirates struggled to untangle themselves, the
cocky gambler hit them with tractored ice blocks from the moon's ring
and caused even further damage. Finally, Calrissian led the Taanab
defense fleet in their clean-up operation, and single-handedly accounted
for nineteen kills. Though the Taanab portmaster offered him a permanent
job, Calrissian declined, preferring instead to investigate his
newly-won deed to a Clendoran brewery. Later, just prior to the Battle
of Endor, Calrissian was promoted to Alliance general partly on the
notoriety of this incident. Over five years later, Joruus C'baoth
coordinated an Imperial attack on Taanab, where he used the Bellicose's
turbolasers to destroy a New Republic ship over the direct orders of
Captain Aban. [ROTJ, ROJN, DFR, DLOS, SWAJ]
Taboon
Taboon, located in the Stenness system, is circled by many moons-- one
of which was the private moon of Great Bogga the Hutt. Bogga, who
constructed a great palace on Taboon, was the ruler of the Stenness
underworld four thousand years ago. Millennia later, the bounty hunters
Zardra and Jodo Kast tracked their targets to the Red Shadow, a Taboon
bistro. The ensuing firefight resulted in the explosive death of Mageye
the Hutt. [TOTJ, TFTC]
Talasea
The fourth planet in the Morobe system, Talasea orbits the yellow
primary star in a red/yellow binary group. A cool, moist, fog-shrouded
world, Talasea has a higher gravity than standard and is lashed by
severe thunderstorms during the rainy season. Island continents make up
its land masses. Animal life includes native insects and reptiles, along
with feral mammals descended from those brought for an early farming
colony. Indigenous plant life includes green ivy and the kaha tree.
Colonized long ago, most of the settlers' descendants left over the
years, and the last group of them were wiped out by Darth Vader after
the Clone Wars for harboring a fugitive Jedi. Some three years after the
Battle of Endor, Rogue Squadron was moved from Folor to Talasea, closer
to the Galactic Core, as a staging area for their eventual move on
Coruscant. They made their base on the largest of the island continents,
inhabiting the ruins of Talasea's Planetary Governor's Palace and the
surrounding ivy-covered cottages. The Palace's primitive Grand Room was
built of heavy native wood and thick plaster. After Imperial
Intelligence agent Kirtan Loor deduced the location of Rogue Squadron's
new headquarters, Admiral Devlia ordered a platoon of stormtroopers to
secretly infiltrate the base and plant explosives. Though the squadron
lost six sentries and pilot Lujayne Forge, all of the Imperial commandos
were captured or killed. The Alliance immediately evacuated the base,
leaving behind several booby traps for any Imperial follow-up teams to
discover. [XWRS]
Tallaan
A planet in the Core Worlds near the Colonies region, Tallaan is the
site of the Tallaan Imperial Shipyards. When Grand Moff Tarkin was
killed aboard the first Death Star, the Empire released an official
statement claiming that Tarkin had actually died in a shuttle crash at
the Tallaan shipyards. [SWAJ]
Tallek
When the planet Tallek was hit with an outbreak of deadly thorn fever,
Imperial medics placed the sick in isolation camps and let them die.
[SWAJ]
Taloraan
The largest planet in the isolated Kelavine system of the Expansion
Region, Taloraan is an unexplored gas giant nearly 100,000 kilometers in
diameter. The planet has a strong magnetic field, and is orbited by
seven uninhabitable moons and a spectacular ring system. Taloraan's hot
atmosphere, rich in tibanna gas, is breathable at high altitudes, and
several forms of life have evolved among its clouds. Sleft-chuffni are
huge, 200-meter long gasbags which gather drifting algae with their
hanging tentacles, while the carnivorous flying rays called fleft-wauf
hunt the sleft-chuffni and attack with their barbed tails. Years ago,
several groups of humans were somehow stranded on Taloraan and separated
into two groups-- the peaceful Denfrandi and the belligerent Wind R
aiders. The Denfrandi keep a herd of one hundred sleft-chuffni, and live
in gondolas slung underneath the beasts. The Wind Raiders attack on
fleft-wauf mounts, and live within the body cavity of a colossal,
kilometer-long floater known as an island-beast. [SWAJ]
Talus
One of the five habitable planets in the Corellian system, Talus is a
blue, white and green world the same size as its sister planet Tralus,
and both orbit a common center of gravity (where Centerpoint Station is
located). Together they are referred to as the Double Worlds, and both
are ruled by the elected Federation of the Double Worlds, or Fed-Dub.
Beneath the surface of Talus is a planetary repulsor, which was used in
ancient times to move the planet into its current orbit from an unknown
location. When a flare-up in Centerpoint Station (fourteen years after
the Battle of Endor) caused many deaths, the survivors were relocated to
Talus and Tralus. When word spread of the incident, a rebellion against
Fed-Dub occurred on Talus. A group of starfighters, possibly
representing the Talus rebellion, subsequently flew to Centerpoint and
claimed the station for themselves, until chased off by a Bakuran task
force. [AAC, AAS, SAC]
Tandankin
The planet Tandankin was taken over by Imperial forces under the command
of Grand Moff Nivers following the Battle of Endor. When Rogue Squadron
arrived to free the planet, Wedge Antilles was forced to topple an
enormous tower-- the Tandankin people's greatest monument-- in order to
destroy a landing strip filled with TIE fighters. [XW]
Tandell system
Tiree, a Rebel agent, killed the Imperial Governor Lord Cuvir while on
Wor Tandell. Cuvir had discovered Tiree encoding a report on Imperial
fleet movements in the Tandell system. [MTS]
Tangrene
Tangrene was the site of a major Imperial Ubiqtorate base, until General
Garm Bel Iblis' private army bypassed three Star Destroyers and
completely destroyed the installation. Later, while the Ubiqtorate base
was being rebuilt, the New Republic tried to give the impression that
they were intending to attack Tangrene to acquire a CGT array. In
reality, their true target was Bilbringi. [DFR, TLC]
Tao-Grant system
A Rebel Alliance cell was located on the second moon of the Tao-Grant
system's lone gas giant. The Bothan diplomat Tereb Ab'Lon tried to
deliver a stolen schedule of Imperial fleet movements to the Rebels in
this cell, but was killed before he could do so. [SWAJ]
Taraloon
A small, uncharted world of plateaus and subterranean canyons, Taraloon
is hidden deep within the Quintar Nebula. The pirate Drek Drednar has
established a secret base on the planet, deep within an underground
world of rivers and trees. The planet was discovered by Drednar's
navigator Tron Nixx, who gave it its name-- "Taraloon" means "buried
treasure" on Nixx's homeworld of Corlass. Animal life on Taraloon
includes the predatory, reptilian gornalak. [SWAJ]
Targonn
The home planet of a bird-like alien species, formerly under the brutal
rule of Dictator-Forever Craw. Craw, ruling from his palace behind an
impenetrable force field, imposed a 99 percent tax rate on his subjects
and forced their children to toil in factories until the age of six.
Before their service to Captain Antilles, R2-D2 and C-3PO were captured
by Craw and taken to his palace. Craw planned to uncover the secret of
the savorium herb, (which turned people into happy slaves called
3smilers2) and then rule over a contented but mindless populace.
Meanwhile, several splinter groups dedicated to overthrowing Craw united
under the revoltist leader Shay, and infiltrated the palace through the
sewer1s force-field hole. Their attack was unsuccessful, but they mana
ged to rescue the two droids. A second attack, aided by R2 and 3PO1s
Ithorian master Zorneth, resulted in the defeat of Craw and his forces.
[D]
Taroon system
Located on the outer edges of the Rim, the Taroon system contains the
planets Kuan and Bordal. [TSC]
Tarsunt system
Xenobiologists studying Jabba the Hutt's famed rancor discovered that
the crashed ship which had brought the creature to Tatooine, piloted by
Captain Grizzid, had last docked in the Tarsunt system. It has since
been revealed that rancors exist on the planet Dathomir and in the
Ottethan system. [MTS, TFJP]
Tatooine
A harsh, desert planet orbiting a double star in the Outer Rim, near the
worlds of Ryloth and Piroket, Tatooine is located in the system of the
same name. Far from the galactic mainstream, Tatooine happens to occupy
a strategic location at the nexus of several hyperspace routes.
Unfortunately, there is very little of interest on Tatooine, and it is
ignored by almost everyone, with the exception of smugglers and
criminals. The G1 and G2 stars of the system are referred to as Tatoo I
and II, and the planet is orbited by two moons. Over the centuries
Tatooine has been the site of many orbital battles between rival
gangsters and smugglers, and its surface is littered with ancient
starship wrecks-- most of which have long since been buried by the
fierce sandstorms that rage across its surface every year. Tatooine has
only been officially colonized for a few hundred years, but it boasts
two native alien species: the meddlesome Jawas and the fierce Tusken
Raiders, commonly called Sandpeople.
The nomadic Sandpeople spend their lives swathed in thick wrappings,
looking out at the world from behind fearsome masks. They are
intoxicated by sugar water and are most dangerous during their
adolescent years, when they must survive rigorous rites of passage (such
as hunting krayt dragons) to become adults. The Storyteller is the most
respected member of Tusken communities, and it is considered blasphemy
(and grounds for instant death) to speak a single word of the sacred
stories incorrectly. Many Tusken Raider clans return annually to their
traditional encampments in the Needles, a section of the Jundland
Wastes, to wait out the dangerous sandstorm season. The Sandpeople have
an almost symbiotic relationship with their bantha mounts-- a member who
has lost his bantha is considered incomplete, and an outcast among his
people. The junk-dealing Jawas travel the desert in former ore
hauling/mining vehicles called Sandcrawlers and live in protected
fortresses in the badlands; their numerous clans annually assemble for a
large swap meet. Animal life on the planet includes the bantha, dewback,
womp rat, sandfly, bone-gnawer, gravel-maggot, dune lizard, sandsnake,
rockmite, feathered lizard, sand-jigger, meewit, cliffborer worm,
strange (but harmless) protoplasmic creatures, and the feared Sarlacc,
which is said to take a thousand years to digest its prey. Tatooine is
also home to the terrifying krayt dragon, possibly feared more than any
other animal in the sector. Though it is considered a suicidal venture,
some hunt the krayt dragon to obtain its legendary, priceless gizzard
stones, known as "dragon pearls." Many colonists on the planet run
moisture farms (which condense water from the dry air with vaporators)
and pika and deb-deb fruits have been known to grow in certain oases.
Some water prospectors roam the desert searching for untapped sources of
subterranean moisture. The native hubba gourd is a primary part of the
diet of both the Sandpeople and Jawas, and other plant life includes
razor moss and the funnel flower. Strange mists sometimes form where the
sodium-rich dunes meet the rocky cliffs, though the origin of these
mists is a mystery. Points of interest on Tatooine include the Dune Sea
and the neighboring Jundland Wastes, Anchorhead, Motesta, Toshi Station,
Bestine township, Beggar's Canyon and its Stone Needle, Bildor's Canyon,
and the Mos Eisley spaceport.
Mos Eisley, the primary city of Tatooine, has been described as a
"wretched hive of scum and villainy." It is bordered by mountains on the
north, and on the opposite side by the decaying buildings of the
southern sector. The wreckage of the Dowager Queen, the planet's first
colony ship, can be found in the center of town. Other sites in Mos
Eisley include the Lucky Despot hotel and casino (owned by the Whipid
gangster Lady Valarian), Lup's General Store, the Spaceport Traffic
Control Tower, dewback stables, the Mos Eisley Inn, Ruillia's Insulated
Rooms, the underground Mos Eisley Towers hotel, Gap's Grill, Pylokam's
Health Food booth, the Court of the Fountain restaurant, outdoor cafes,
Spaceport Speeders, Kayson's Weapons Shop, Heff's Souvenir Shop,
Turhaya's Landspeeder Repair shop, the Red Moon Saloon, a Dim-U
monastery where ships can have their transponders illegally altered, a
treasure-filled town house owned by the crimelord Jabba the Hutt, and
the infamous Mos Eisley Cantina owned by Chalmun the Wookiee. After the
Battle of Endor, the master chef Porcellus opened the Crystal Moon
restaurant in Mos Eisley, and its fame has spread throughout the Outer
Rim. A grove of Cydorrian driller trees, planted by the Ithorian Momaw
Nadon, grows in the mountains north of Mos Eisley, and somewhere in the
desert there is rumored to be a colony of alien Kitonaks. Jabba the Hutt
also owned a well-guarded palace in the Dune Sea, which served as the
center of his widespread criminal empire. The world is ruled by Governor
Aryon from the city of Bestine, and Prefect Eugene Talmont is in charge
of the local Imperial garrison.
The Jedi knight Dace Diath, who lived four thousand years ago, was a
native of Tatooine. Several centuries ago, exiled monks of the B'omarr
Order built a huge monastery in the on the edge of the Dune Sea, nearly
2500 kilometers from Mos Eisley. The bandit Alkhara took up residence in
part of the monastery and remained there for 34 years, raiding nearby
moisture farms while expanding and improving the citadel. The B'omarr
monastery was the home of many other gangsters and bandits until
eventually becoming the palace of Jabba the Hutt, who expanded the
citadel to encompass a hangar and garage. Throughout the changes, the
B'omarr monks kept to their own affairs in the palace's lowest levels,
trying to reach a level of enlightenment at which their brains could be
surgically removed by the other monks and placed in glass jars, freed
from the distractions of the flesh. Decades ago, the Jedi knight Obi-Wan
Kenobi came to the desert planet to place the infant Luke Skywalker in
the care of Kenobi's brother Owen Lars and his wife Beru. Several years
after that, a message from Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, whose ship
had been captured above Tatooine, helped bring Kenobi out of his life as
a hermit near the Dune Sea and into the service of the Alliance.
Immediately before the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker and his friends
returned to Tatooine to free Han Solo from Jabba's palace, which
resulted in the death of the crimelord and the collapse of his
organization. The B'omarr monks reclaimed the palace, persuading several
of Jabba's lieutenants to join them as disembodied brains. Eight years
after Endor, the Imperial battlemoon Eye of Palpatine stopped at
Tatooine to pick up a contingent of stormtroopers but brought aboard
Sandpeople and Jawas instead. Later that year, Luke Skywalker and Han
Solo returned to Jabba's palace to investigate rumors of the Hutts'
Darksaber project. [SW, SWN, SWR, ROTJ, ROJN, MTS, TLC, DLOS, COTJ,
TFTC, DESB, DS, ISWU, TFJP, SWAJ, SME]
Tau Sakar system
The Tau Sakar system contains seven life-bearing planets orbiting the
star Tau Sakar. Garban, the fourth planet in the system, is the
homeworld for the alien species known as the Jenet. Because of the
similarities between all seven worlds, there is some speculation that
the entire system was planetscaped by an unknown alien species sometime
in the distant past. The Empire has taken control of this system, and
has forced the Jenet to mine the rich ores that are found in all seven
planets. [GG4]
Taul
A mist-shrouded, acidic swampworld in the Gunthar system, Taul was used
by the Rebel Alliance as a training outpost until the facility was
destroyed by the Victory Star Destroyer Dominator. [SWAJ]
Teilcam system
Located in the Outer Rim, the Teilcam system's only habitable world is
the watery planet Kabaira. [SWAJ]
Teke Ro
A blue giant star circled by Cona, homeworld of the Arcona. [GG4]
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