Planet - W
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Wann Tsir
During the Siege of Wann Tsir, following the Battle of Endor, Imperial
commander Titus Klev discovered an Alliance agent trying to bring down
the shields. This action earned Klev commendations from Imperial
command. [DESB]
Waskiro
Bib Fortuna broadcast a false story about an ambush in the Ampuroon
mining district of Waskiro in an attempt to deceive a Nuffin freighter.
[JTH]
Wayland
Wayland, a primitive green and blue world located about 350 light years
from the planet Myrkr, is home to Emperor Palpatine's private
storehouse. The planet does not have an official designation, and
"Wayland" was believed to be the Emperor's personal code name for the
world. Wayland's surface is covered with dense, double-canopied forests
and grassy plains. Mount Tantiss, located in Wayland's northern
hemisphere near the eastern edge of its main continent, is the hidden
resting place for Palpatine's trophies, his military treasures, and an
operational cloning facility.
Generations ago, human colonists settled on Wayland and immediately came
into conflict with the planet's two native species, the Psadans and the
Myneyrshi. The four-armed, blue-crystalline Myneyrshi and the lumpy,
plated Psadans were driven from their land until the colonists' weapons
began to fail them. When the Empire arrived, the inhabitants were forced
to construct the vast storehouse in Mount Tantiss, which is considered a
forbidden place by the natives. Palpatine appointed a Guardian to defend
his storehouse, though the Guardian was later defeated in battle by the
mad Jedi clone Joruus C'baoth. C'baoth forced all three of Wayland's
species to live together in a city built against the southwest side of
the mountain, where they lived under his strict rule until C'baoth
departed with Grand Admiral Thrawn. An Imperial garrison under the
command of Colonel Selid was then placed within the mountain, to help
safeguard the cloning operation that supplied Thrawn with a
nearly-inexhaustible stock of trained soldiers.
The Mount Tantiss complex had only one entrance, located on the
southwest side. The peak of the complex consisted of an emergency
shuttle hangar, the royal chambers, and the Emperor's throne room,
containing a twenty-meter hologram of the galaxy. The fully-functioning
Spaarti cylinder cloning chamber sat inside a vast natural cavern many
stories high. A mammoth equipment column extended from the cavern's
ceiling, and was covered with pipes to nourish the thousands of Spaarti
cylinders arranged on the main floor and the surrounding balconies. A
circular walkway, located ten stories up and accessible through twenty
separate doors, was connected to a work platform on the central column
by four retractable bridges. Thrawn had hundreds of ysalamiri
transplanted to the cloning chamber to prevent the negative side effects
of the rapid pace of his clone growth. The mountain also contained the
Emperor's treasure vaults, air intakes on the mountain's surface, and
power generators on the northeast side. A secondary maintenance area was
located ten kilometers north of the mountain. The cloning complex and
most of the mountain were destroyed when Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca
sabotaged the central equipment column.
Wayland's plant life includes thornbushes and acid vines, while its
animal life includes clawbirds, vine snakes, and six-legged nesting
creatures. The predators called garrals, attracted to repulsorlifts and
used by the Empire as watchdogs, could either be native to Wayland or
have been brought to the planet by the Imperials. [HTTE, TLC]
Weerden
Lord Torbin, the Grand Inquisitor, was killed when the Imperial palace
on Weerden was rammed by the shuttle Sark I. An assassin droid is
suspected of killing the shuttle's flight crew and causing the crash.
[SWS]
Wistril
Located in the system of the same name, Wistril is a planet where the
Star Destroyer Chimaera stopped to take on supplies. Luke Skywalker and
Mara Jade hijacked a supply shuttle on the planet in order to rescue
Talon Karrde from the Chimaera's detention block. [DFR]
Woldona system
GrimDeath I, a Victory-class Star Destroyer, was behind numerous raids
in the Woldona system and was the subsequent target of an assault by
Imperial Zero-G stormtroopers. [SWS]
Womrik
Womrik was a temporary base for Garm Bel Iblis' private army during
their hit-and-fade attacks against the Empire. [DFR]
Woostri
Woostri, in the system of the same name, was attacked and captured by
Grand Admiral Thrawn. He determined that the natives of Woostri had both
a strong fear of the unknown and a tendency to blow rumors out of
proportion, and would therefore be vulnerable to his seeming ability to
fire through planetary shields. [TLC]
Wor Tandell
Medical droid Too-Onebee made an inspection tour of the Wor Tandell
medical facilities with Lord Cuvir-- Imperial Governor of Firro and
Too-Onebee's master. During the inspection Cuvir was assassinated by
Tiree, a Rebel agent, and Too-Onebee joined the Alliance. [MTS]
Wornal sector
The Wornal sector is located near the Sombure sector. Following the
Battle of Endor, Imperial Moff Prentioch and Moff Eyrgen began expanding
their individual territories and fighting each other for control of the
Wornal sector. Two years after Endor, Prentioch traveled to the water
world of Kaal in the hopes of gaining control of its aquaculture
industry to help fuel his war effort. [SWAJ]
Wroona
A small blue world in Wroona system, located on the far edge of the
Inner Rim. The planet's continents are separated by vast oceans, and
their blue-sand beaches stretch for thousands of kilometers. The
near-human inhabitants of Wroona, numbering over seven billion, are a
blue-skinned species with a lighthearted and optimistic outlook on life.
Their society emphasizes materialism and personal gain, and Wroonian
merchants, smugglers, and pirates can be found throughout the galaxy
pursuing their personal wealth. Their impulsive nature can be summed up
by the ancient Wroonian folktale of Master Fate, a being who
capriciously blows the winds wherever he pleases. Wroona is run by the
Wroonian Guilds, groups that represent all the various trade
organizations and businesses, and the planet's primary starport is
located on the coast of its largest ocean. Animal life on the world
includes Wroonian flycatchers, which hang from coastal cave ceilings by
their tongues and swing down to catch their avian prey. The region of
space known as Keller's Void acts as a shortcut between the Wroona and
Calus systems.
Thousands of years ago, Wroona's civilization was centered around the
seafaring trade. The inherent dangers of the sea helped contribute to
Wroonians' fearless nature, and the unstable governments of the many
coastal kingdoms also contributed to their distrust of authority. Wroona
has long been a member of the Old Republic. Many years ago, a band of
armored raiders utterly destroyed Wroona's spaceport and killed many,
until stopped by the Jedi Knight Soonis. Later, during the rise of the
Empire, the Imperials decided to take advantage of Wroona's tactical
location. The Empire built a garrison on the surface, appointed an
Imperial governor to run the trade guilds, and erected the Wroonian
Stardock-- a massive resupply and repair facility in close orbit, used
only by capital ships too large to land on the planet. After the Battle
of Endor the Wroonians successfully revolted, deposing the Imperials in
favor of the leadership of the Wroonian Guilds. Wroona remained
independent from the New Republic, becoming a haven for smugglers and
mercenaries. Several years after Endor, independent operatives Dirk
Harkness and Jai Raventhorn infiltrated the Wroonian Stardock and
demolished the Star Destroyer Vengeance, in a revenge strike against
Imperial Advisor Bregius Golthan. The Tondra clan, a family of humans
from Wroona, operates an algae-processing business in Bespin's Cloud
City. [SWAJ, GG2]
Wukkar
A heavily-populated world in the Galactic Core. Wukkar was one of many
planets that surrendered to Admiral Ackbar and the Alliance fleet in the
years following the Battle of Endor. [DESB]
Wyl sector
The Wyl sector, together with the Aparo sector, forms the inner border
of the Corporate Sector. It is ruled by Moff Gozric. [CSSB]
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