M4-78
M4-78 is the name given to a planet colonised by droids. In
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords it was mentioned that the planet was settled by droids as part of a planetery restoration project, but were sabotaged by the
Sith. In removed content from the game, the player, the
Jedi Exile, was supposed to reactivate the droids and find
Jedi Master
Lonna Vash, a member of the Jedi Council. The droid
G0-T0 has also stored critical information at this planet. The planet was also mentioned in several Star Wars comic books.
Malachor V
Malachor V is a planet featured in the game Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and mentioned in Knights of the Old Republic. It is the planet where the conflict of the Mandalorian War concluded.
Malastare
Malastare is referred to several times in
The Phantom Menace and
Attack of the Clones, however, it was never seen on screen. According to the
Expanded Universe, Malastare is the homeworld of the quadruped
Dug race. The Dugs were oppressed by the three-eyed
Gran who first landed on and colonized Malastare in 8,000
BBY. In 7,000 BBY, the two species signed a peace treaty that united the planet. Malastare was also a supporter of the
Trade Federation, as their loyalties to sending a commission to
Naboo in
The Phantom Menace show. There is
podracing on Malastare, a pastime referred to by
Qui-Gon Jinn in
The Phantom Menace as "very fast, and very dangerous". The planet shows up in the
PlayStation 2 and
GameCube videogame Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and
Nintendo 64 videogame
Star Wars: Episode I Racer. In
Racer, Malastare's podracing tracks include Malastare 100, Sebulba's Legacy and Dug Derby.
[LucasArts Entertainment Company, Episode I Racer for Nintendo 64 and PC.]
In the Old Republic, Malastare was represented in the Galactic Senate exclusively by Gran politicians such as Aks Moe, c:StarWars:Ainlee Teem and Ask Aak.
Manaan
Manaan was last seen in the 2003 videogame Knights of the Old Republic. The planet is completely covered in water, except for Ahto City, a large city made by the Selkath, the native species on Manaan. It is the sole planet where kolto, a plant with natural healing properties, is found; kolto harvesting and shipping is the planet's central industry. The Selkath exploit this resource to ensure their safety from both the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic, who are unable to attack the planet for fear of damaging the kolto. The planet features an oceanic swoop-racing course, several hotels and cantinas, both Sith and Republic embassies and an underwater research station. It was also the location of a Rakatan Star Map.
Mandalore
Mandalore is the homeworld of the
Mandalorian people. During the
Galactic Civil War, Mandalore
Fenn Shysa and a team of
commandos vigilently defended it from any incursions.
[Kevin J. Anderson, The Sith War, Book 3 of Tales of the Jedi (1996). ISBN 1569711739]
Mantooine
Mantooine is a planet in the
Atrivis Sector. Its inhabitants were constantly at war with
Fest. However, the two planets ultimately found common cause in their conflict with the
Empire.
Maridun
Maridun was the grassy and forested homeworld of the
Amanin species. Maridun was discovered by the Galactic Empire 11 BBY. The Imperials soon began mining operations. However, the Amanin attacked these operations. Following the Battle of Maridun, the Imperials made a deal with an Amanin lorekeeper in which his tribe would help slave traders capture Amanin from other tribes as slaves.
After the Empire moved its attention towards other systems, smaller private interests, especially those associated with criminals like the Hutts, began to take control of the slave trade. After only a few years of Imperial and private slave trading, Amanin were spread through much of the Galaxy. Some of these Amanin returned to Maridun with blasters and other advanced technology, taking control of local tribes.
Maridun was dotted with a number of sacred grounds, within which Amanin tribes carried out takital.
Mechis III
Mechis III is an industrial/factory planet which appeared in the
Expanded Universe. It is primarily a gigantic factory, similar to
Coruscant in the fact that it has little, or possible no natural life. The planet seems to have been established long before pollution laws came into place. The planet has a human population of approximately 73, at its peak, as most of the laborers were droids.
The planet was almost entirely automated, as the organic population had almost no influence. It remained neutral during most wars, as either side used it to produce its weapons, ships, droids, tools, equipment, etc. It was later considered 'too important to consider attacking'. It had no military force to defend it, and only a long-outdated electronic security defense.
In the Old Republic it served as one of the many droid foundries of the Techno Union. During the days of the Empire, it was electronically sliced by the droid bounty hunter IG-88. He then converted the planet into his basing ground for its operations and an eventual droid revolution, modifying every droid being produced with special espionage and obedience programming, to be similarly self-aware like him and ready to rebel. With billions of droids being produced, all sending information back to IG-88, it gave IG-88 a very powerful, but hidden, galactic presence. Mechis III was considered to be the staging ground for IG-88s galactic takeover, but all exisiting IG-88 models were destroyed by Boba Fett and the second Death Star, mere moments before the takeover program could be activated, thus nipping their rebellion in the bud.[Kevin J. Anderson, "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88" in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1996). ISBN 0553568167][Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, Delusions of Grandeur, Book 9 of the Young Jedi Knights (1997). ISBN 1572972726]
Melida/Daan
Melida/Daan is a temperate world which, twenty years before the
Galactic Civil War, had been the home to a bloody civil war of its own. The factions involved were the Melida and the Daan. The two groups could not come up with a name for their planet, so the
Jedi archives compromised.
Neither the Melida nor the Daan could remember the origins of their civil war, only their complete hatred for one another. Battle was glorified; children were trained to use weapons from an early age, and giant martyr-filled tombs, called Halls of Evidence, dotted the skyline of the severely damaged capital city of Zehava. Most of the middle-aged people of Melida/Daan were dead from previous battles, and the armies consisted primarily of the elderly.
However, a youth organization called the Young despised the civil war, and took a stand. During a mission to Melida/Daan to rescue the Jedi Knight Tahl, Obi-Wan Kenobi briefly left the Jedi Order to assist the Young in uniting the planet. They succeeded in stopping the civil war, and focused on rebuilding the destroyed world.[Jude Watson, The Defenders of the Dead, Book 5 of the Jedi Apprentice series (1999). ISBN 0590519565][Jude Watson, The Uncertain Path, Book 6 of the Jedi Apprentice series (2000). ISBN 0590519697]
Meridias
Meridias is a
radioactive wasteland of a planet that was once the home of the
Grissmaths, who used neighboring
Nam Chorios as a prison facility. The planet was most likely harmed from constant fighting of a nuclear level. Furthermore, it appears that the planet may have been harmed by their own
Death Seed plague. Meridian was once the capital of the Meridian Sector, when the Grissmath dynasty ruled the region.
Metalorn
Metalorn is a sun-beaten forest planet. In the upper atmosphere, it is almost impossible to land because the extreme heat will melt a weak ship. However, the lower surface of Metalorn is a lush tropical forest.
Metellos
Metellos is a planet in the
Metello System. It has an extremely high population of roughly 900 billion and is mostly urban.
Mimban
Mimban is the fifth planet in the
Circarpous Major System, in the Expansion Region. It is a cloud-covered jungle world that is largely unexplored, orbited by two moons. The planet, formally known as
Circarpous V, was never colonized by the Cicarpousians, but it was the site of an Imperial energy mining operation. As such, the atmosphere over Mimban was very turbulent. Starships without special hulls faced tremendous danger from the energy storms that streaked the stratosphere. The surface of the planet is dank, and the perpetual mist makes it difficult to distinguish night from day. The planet has five makeshift mining towns, all run by Imperials during the height of the operation.
Mimban has numerous intelligent species indigenous to the world, including the "Greenies", Coway, Mimbanites, Latter, Thrella, angtars and frozarns and over twenty types of animals. The "Greenie" is a species of green-furred Mimbanite humanoids who have been exploited by the human population. The Coway a gray-furred species of troglodytes who are powerful warriors. Mimban had many other species as well who have since become extinct. One of these, the Thrella, built enormous temples and structures honoring their many gods.
Mimban was the site of the first face-to-face encounter between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa crashlanded on this planet when en route to a diplomatic meeting on Circarpous IV. The two faced many natural dangers in the Mimban swamps, and also confronted Darth Vader in a quest to find the legendary Kaiburr Crystal.[Alan Dean Foster, Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). ISBN 0345320239][Daniel Wallace and Scott Kolins, The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars) (1996). ISBN 0590023616]
In Yuuzhan Vong War the planet was a Republic ally, but it was soon conquered by Yuuzhan Vong warriors.
Mirial
Mirial is the home to the
Mirialan species, as well as the
Jedi Luminara Unduli and
Barriss Offee.
Mobus
Mobus is a far off planet deep within the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. Rumoured to be the host of an ancient descendant of the Kiliks.
Molovar
Molavar was a backwater, desert world in the Outer Rim, with a number of seedy spaceports and low-income moisture farms. It was inhabited by beings of various species, but especially by the native Molavaran race. Darca Nyl chased Lycan to the planet.
Mon Calamari
Mon Calamari is the home planet of the Mon Calamari and the Quarren. It is located in the Tingel Arm which borders the Outer Rim. The planet orbits the large sun of Daca, the main star for the entire system. Mon Calamari is the name given to the planet by humans. The native species both refer to the planet as Dac.
These two species have struggled to claim the planet. The Mon Calamari live comfortably on the surface and below although the Quarren live in the depths of the oceans. The planet looks like a blue marble from space because of its ocean-covered surface. The cities are like those of Kamino and Manaan. The two species finally made a treaty and united Mon Calamari.
During the Clone Wars, the world was attacked twice by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. First, Count Dooku devastated the world with the Dark Reaper. Later, the Quarren Isolation League attempted to overthrow the Mon Calamari Council.
The planet was also attacked by the reborn Emperor Palpatine's deadly World Devastators which attacked its floating cities, shipyards and factories. The planet shows up in the last mission of the Nintendo 64 and PC video game Rogue Squadron.
During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the Star Wars galaxy, Mon Calamari served as the capital of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances after the Fall of Coruscant.
The Mon Calamari Cruiser, the main military starship of the Rebel Alliance/New Republic / Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, is built in Mon Calamari. An example of these ships is the great Home One , the flagship of the Rebel Alliance in the Battle of Endor.
The planet also shows up in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series.[Tom Veitch, Dark Empire (1993). ISBN 1569710732]
Mon Gazza
Mon Gazza is an industrial
spice-mining world. Large cranes and bulldozers can be found everywhere. It is home to some
podraces, including Mon Gazza Speedway, Spice Mine Run and Zugga Challenge.
Monor II
Monor II was once a storage system for droid armies. But after a few months, the
Neimoidian leaders decided to move the armies to
Cato Neimoidia to improve security.
Morphia
Morphia is a planet mentioned in passing in
The Star Wars Holiday Special. No characteristics of it were given; however, the film elaborated upon the native species, known as "Amorphians", who appear to be a
humanoid-type species. They were introduced when
Lumpawarrump prepares to build a communication device, which he plans to use to fool the Imperials who have invaded his family's home into going back to their base. To prepare to build this, he watches an instructional video, which features an Amorphian being. The video has a female announcer, who explains that Amorphians' motor abilities regularly malfunction in day to day life, and for him to expect such malfunctions in the video. In the video, the Amorphian frequently loses control of his voluntary actions, and has many involuntary movements, or shuts down completely.
Mrlsst
A
university planet located in the Tapani Sector,
Mrlsst is covered in schools. The planet features strange plants called greenstalks, which are gigantic bushy columns. It is the site of the imaginary Phantom
cloaking device project which was used to gain funds from the
Galactic Empire.
[Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The New Rebellion (1996). ISBN 0553574140]
Muunilinst
A member world of the
Confederacy of Independent Systems,
Muunilinst is home to the
Intergalactic Banking Clan, headed by chairman
San Hill. It later becomes the financial center of the
Empire, and is known as "Moneylend". The planet shows up in the
Clone Wars cartoon. Muunilinst's surface is obliterated by the
Yuuzhan Vong.
The race of Munn reside here.
Muskree
Muskree is home to the Hallotans and is located in the Darpa Sector. Muskree is knowned to be an industrial planet and has a pollutions that contain
chlorofluorocarbons that creates UV rays that would cause skin cancer to humans. Because of this, Muskree is usually very dangerous to humans but still humans could still go to some of the underground cities that the Hallotans created. The Hallotans are not affected by the UV rays. Muskree is hot due to the lack of the o-zone layer.
Mustafar
Mustafar, seen in Episode III, is a young volcanic planet. Mustafar is caught between the gravitic forces of two gas giants on the Outer Rim, causing massive volcanic disturbances, and was home to the last secret Separatist base. At this base, former friends Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker engaged in a duel, where Anakin suffered severely at the hands of Obi-Wan and lava. The resulting injuries required Anakin's master Palpatine to have much of Anakin's anatomy replaced by mechanical prosthetics. Following this treatment, Anakin became visually recognizable as Darth Vader.
Mygeeto
Mygeeto was a major holding of the
InterGalactic Banking Clan. It is a frigid world of crystallized ice that contains many ultramodern cities. It is also the place where
Ki-Adi-Mundi was killed by his Galactic Marine
Clone Troopers who turned on him after receiving
Order 66. This world was colonized by the
Aqualish in 60,000
BBY. The name "Mygeeto" bears an interesting linguistic resemblance to the
Israeli Meggido.
In the ancient trade language of the Muuns, Mygeeto means "gem". The Jedi longed to explore the planet for crystals suitable for lightsaber use, but since its discovery, Mygeeto had been firmly in the hold of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
Also, according to Battlefront II, Mygeeto contained a type of power source which Palpatine needed for the Death Star, and was gained by clone troopers serving under the Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi.
Mylok IV
Mylok IV is the homeworld to the
Nharwaak and
Habeen. Working together, they created a new
hyperdrive system and sold it to the
Empire. The Nharwaak decided to sell the technology to the
Rebels, but were destroyed by the Empire before they could do so.
It is a small, gray planet in the Mylok System, in the Outer Rim, resembling our own moon.
Myomar
During the Empire's rule,
Myomar was home to Imperial maintenance facilities.
Han Solo stole many
deflector shields for his
Millennium Falcon from here.
Myrkr
Myrkr is a largely forested world, home to the Ysalamiri, creatures which create bubbles which push back the Force. This ability has evolved to protect them from pack animals called Vornskrs, the only known animals that hunt exclusively by sensing the Force.[Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire, Book 1 of The Thrawn Trilogy (1992). ISBN 0553404717][Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising, Book 2 of The Thrawn Trilogy (1992). ISBN 0553085743][Timothy Zahn, The Last Command, Book 3 of The Thrawn Trilogy (1992). ISBN 0553564927][Timothy Zahn Visions of the Future, Book 2 of The Hand of Thrawn Duology (1998). ISBN 0553100351][Bill Slavicsek, A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, 2nd ed. (1994). ISBN 0345386256][Bill Slavicsek, The Heir to the Empire Sourcebook'', ed. West End Games (1992). ISBN 0874311861]
Mytus VII
Mytus is a small, rocky planet with low gravity. It hardly has an atmosphere, floating in the asteroid field of the Mytus System. It was once home to the
Corporate Sector Authority prison, commonly known as
Star's End. Star's End was destroyed by
Han Solo in a jailbreak prior to the
Battle of Yavin, when Solo overloaded the power generators of the prison—but since the prison was formed out of molecularly-bonded
carbon, instead of blowing up, the prison was launched like a rocket. It was not able to achieve
escape velocity, and when it fell back to the surface of Mytus VII, it was rendered unusable.
[Brian Daley, Han Solo at Star's End in The Han Solo Adventures (1979). ISBN 0345379802]
Naboo
Naboo, seen in Episodes I, Attack of the Clones, III, and VI, is a small planet located in the Chommell sector. Naboo is the home planet of Queen Padme Amidala and Jar Jar Binks, as well as Senator (later Chancellor and then Emperor) Palpatine. In The Phantom Menace, it was the site of a blockade by the Trade Federation, and the Battle of Naboo between the Federation and the native inhabitants, the Gungans. The inability of the Galactic Senate to deal with the blockade led to Palpatine being elected as the new Supreme Chancellor. Naboo is featured in Attack of the Clones, where ten years after the Battle of Naboo, Padmé and Anakin return to the Theed Palace. The Return of the Jedi DVD edition briefly features Naboo celebrating the defeat of the Empire.
Nagi
Nagi is the homeworld of the
Nagai.
Nal Hutta
Nal Hutta is the current
Hutt central world. It is the capital of
Hutt Space and is located in the
Y'Toub System. Nal Hutta translates into "Glorious Jewel" in
Huttese, but it was originally named Evocar. It was one planet colonized by the Hutts after they left their ancestral home
Varl; they used their notorious business acumen to first trade technology with the primitive native Evocii for real estate; they made a number of air tight contracts, and eventually legally owned their planet; the Evocii appealed to the Jedi for aid, but the contracts were solid, and the best the Jedi could do was to evacuate the Evocii to
Nar Shaddaa. Once a pleasant world, Nal Hutta and its moon,
Nar Shaddaa, were transformed into gloomy and busy industrial trade centers dotted with Huttese palaces and private estates that lay in the heart of Hutt space. The planet is ruled by a council of the eldest members of the Clans of the Ancients, the oldest Hutt families; precedence on the council is determined by the Hutt clan's various prowess at business and wealth.
[Kevin J. Anderson, Darksaber (1995). ISBN 0553576119][A. C. Crispin, The Hutt Gambit, Book 2 of The Han Solo Trilogy (1997). ISBN 0553574167]
Nal Hutta is in Empire at War
Nam Chorios
Nam Chorios is a barren world located in the
Meridian Sector, on the border between the
Mid Rim and
Outer Rim Territories. The capital of the world is Hweg Shul, with a population under ten thousand. Some portions of the world are extremely rocky, while other regions consist of flat plains with crystal formations. The rocky regions are home to gun turrets that prevent the escape of the drochs and prisoners. As of nine years after the
Battle of Endor, the two main factions on the planet were the Rationalist followers and the Theran followers. The Loronar Corporation also attempted to plunder the world's crystal formations for use in weaponry and synthdroids.
Over 700 years before the Battle of Endor, the Grissmath Dynasty, originally from the planet Meridias, used Nam Chorios as a prison colony. They brought the insectlike Drochs to the world, which carried the Death Seed plague. This plague terrorized the entire Meridian Sector roughly nine years after the Battle of Endor. However, Nam Chorios quickly recovered from the plague, although the future of the region of the space is not common knowledge.[Barbara Hambly, Planet of Twilight (1997). ISBN 0553095404]
Nar Shaddaa
Nar Shaddaa, also known as "Smugglers Moon", is the moon that orbits Nal Hutta. It is covered in kilometer-high buildings like Coruscant. It is inhabited by many thugs, smugglers, thiefs, and the like. It also contains many slums and refugee camps. It is a very dangerous place to be if you do not know your way around.
Jedi Master Eeth Koth is a well-known Jedi from Nar Shaddaa.
In Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Nar Shaddaa is where the Exile meets the Exchange leader G0T0 and lost Jedi Master Zez-Kai Ell.
Nar Shaddaa shows up in the PC Game Dark Forces, as well as both of its sequels, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
In 20 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong destroy Nar Shaddaa.[Tom Veitch and Martha Veitch, "A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale" in Tales From Mos Eisley Cantina, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0553564684]
Necropolis
Necropolis is a world most famous for its large
cemetery. It has an interesting history, involving a witch who legendarily could bring the dead back to life.
The planet was also the site where wanted scientist
Dr. Evazan was experimenting with the
reanimation of dead tissue. Evazan was later killed by
Boba Fett and his research was lost forever.
Neimoidia
Neimoidia is the homeworld to the
Neimoidians. The
Trade Federation was originally based on Neimoidia before the
Battle of Naboo, but after the
Naboo conflict (including the Trade Federation's loss), the Trade Federation senator,
Lott Dod, was ordered to tell Viceroy
Nute Gunray to disband the Trade Federation army. Fearing an attack from the
Republic if they would not comply, the Trade Federation fled Neimoidia for a colony world,
Cato Neimoidia, to continue to develop the Trade Federation's vast
battle droid army well into the
Clone Wars.
Nelvaan
Nelvaan is the home of the
Nelvaanians and home to a
Techno Union laboratory that experimented on the warriors of the Nelvaanian tribes, though the base was destroyed by
Anakin Skywalker and the mutated Nelvaan warriors. It appears in the
Clone Wars cartoon mini-series.
The planet is orbited by three moons and has a very low gravity, roughly two-thirds to one-half Earth normal. The local Nelvaanians choose to ignore off-worlders but are forced to notice and acknowledge Bothan water freighters that occasionally fill their holds with the pure glacial run-off from this planet. As a consequence of Nelvaan's low gravity, the planet became host to huge life forms such as the mighty Horax as well as other creatures that are yet to be discovered.
The planet's name derived from Nelvana, the animation company that made the Ewoks and Droids cartoons.
Nespis VIII
Nespis VIII was a planet in the Auril system (itself within the Auril
Outer Rim sector, dominated by the
Cron Drift, the remnants of the supernovae that wiped out
Ossus and two other of the nine star systems in the sector). The space city (abandoned before the
Clone Wars, but nevertheless defended by capable
ion cannons), where the Rebel Alliance fled after the destruction of
Da Soocha V and
Pinnacle Base by the Reborn
Emperor's
Galaxy Gun, is the birthplace of
Anakin Solo.
[Tom Veitch, Dark Empire II (1995). ISBN 1569711194]
Nespis VIII (8) is also the name of the orbitting Space Station built over millenia by the Jedi. The gargantuan station grew to be the size of a small planet and developed its own weather patterns. The Station is rumored to contain a massive Jedi library.
New Alderaan
With
Alderaan destroyed,
Princess Leia led the Alderaanian survivors to
New Alderaan, which was founded after the
Galactic Civil War. New Alderaan is located in the
Outer Rim region of the galaxy and is a
temperate green planet, which is kept in great secrecy, although the reborn
Emperor Palpatine and
Warlord Zsinj both managed to find it.
The Royal House of Alderaan, in the person of Leia Organa-Solo and her children, continue to hold sovereignty of both New Alderaan and the Alderaan systems. Leia Organa Solo chose to hold the throne for her children and instead became an Ambassador, although her children will not claim the throne due to their commitment to the Jedi Order. The government on New Alderaan administers the former Alderaan system.
New Apsolon
New Apsolon is a temperate, highly populated world that was once under the control of a
dictatorship. The Civilized, or Absolutes/Nobles, had complete control over the lesser class, the Workers. The Workers staged a revolution against the Civilized, a scene similar to that of the
Russian Revolution. However, since the destruction of the dictatorship, the Civilized and Workers have been locked in tension. Murder and deception are commonplace.
The Jedi Tahl was sent with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi on a mission to rescue two young Apsolon leaders after the murder of their father. The mission resulted in the death of Tahl, and Qui-Gon's vengeance and investigation of the corruption on New Apsolon. Even after the mission's success, New Apsolon remained in unrest. Thankfully, the government pressed on, hoping to fuse the gap between the Absolutes and Workers. However, New Apsolon's current status remains unknown.[Jude Watson, The Ties That Bind, Book 14 of the Jedi Apprentice series (2001). ISBN 0439139333][Jude Watson, The Death of Hope, Book 15 of the Jedi Apprentice series (2001). ISBN 0439139341][Jude Watson, The Call to Vengeance, Book 16 of the Jedi Apprentice series (2001). ISBN 043913935X]
New Bornalex
New Bornalex was the site of a significant battle fought between the
Galactic Republic and the
Confederacy of Independent Systems during the
Clone Wars. Republic forces on the planet were led by
Clone Marshal Commander Bacara.
New Cov
New Cov is the third world in the Churba star system. It has no indigenous intelligent life, but its vast jungles teem with abundant natural resources. Eight walled cities, including the city of Ilic, have been built on New Cov by the New Cov Biomolecule Company to serve as work colonies. The sentient plants of the world are a great source of biomolecules--an important manufacturing component that cannot be synthesized. These biomolecules are used to create medicines and in partially organic industrial processes.
The Covies harvest the biomolecules, process them, and then prepare them for shipment to heavy industry planets. Of course, the dangerous plants eat as many harvesters as they can, and the armored city walls are designed to keep out plants and their spores.
New Plympto
New Plympto was a temperate
terrestrial world in the
Core Worlds region. Before the
Yuuzhan Vong took control of the planet, it had a population of about fifteen million living on its surface. When the Vong attacked, they used a biological weapon on New Plympto, killing all living things on its surface. The planet was rendered uninhabitable.
Nilban
Nilban is a frigid planet found in the
Outer Rim Territories, and inhabited by warrior tribespeople also named the Nilban. Just prior to the
Battle of Coruscant,
Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Anakin Skywalker, accompanied by
clone troopers, travelled out to this snowy world in search of
General Grievous. When they did not find him, Anakin instead undertook a quest for the local warriors and experienced a vision of his own destiny, before finding and destroying a
Separatist facility secreted on the planet.
Nim Drovis
Nim Drovis is a rainy planet in the Meridian sector, home to a
New Republic facility.
Nirauan
Nirauan is a remote planet, in the far end of the known galaxy in Gradilis sector, right on the boundary between
Wild Space and the
Unknown Regions. It is also located near
Chiss Space. It has breathable atmosphere, with a
Chiss Outpost on the surface. The
Hand of Thrawn was located in the Outpost, as well. However, fifteen years after the
Battle of Endor,
Mara Jade and
Luke Skywalker defeated the Hand and escaped the Outpost after encounters with the base commanders.
Nivek
Nivek is a night planet which is home to the sacred Nivek shadowmen
Nkllon
Lando Calrissian operated a mining operation on the super-hot world of
Nkllon; the operation was destroyed when
Grand Admiral Thrawn attacked, stealing over half the mining machines and disabling the refinery. Because it orbits so close to its star, Nkllon's day side experiences temperatures high enough to melt
durasteel, and space traffic must slave sublight engines to
shieldships designed to survive such extremes.
Nubia
Nubia is located on the outer edge of the
Core Worlds. The Nubians developed parts for star ships, including the
hyperdrive for the Queen's royal
Naboo cruiser in
The Phantom Menace.
The Nubian Design Collective is a loose grouping of designers and engineers who colonized the planet roughly 300 years before the Battle of Naboo. The collective is comprised of a number of spacefaring species that accept small contracts for wealthy clients. Nubian technology was used all throughout the galaxy and was readily available on most Republic worlds. When the Empire rose to power, the collective went underground to keep experimental designs away from Imperial hands. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, the collective resurfaced with a completely new catalog. Among the collective's products are the Scurrg H-6 Bomber and J-Type Diplomatic Barge.
The adjective "Nubian" used in the movies to refer to Queen Amidala's ship is cause for some confusion over the planet Naboo. Nubian refers to the planet Nubia, not to Naboo. The most correct adjective form of Naboo is "Nabooan" based upon an indigenous wild panther known as a "Nabooan tusk-cat".
N'zoth
N'zoth is home to the
Yevetha.
[Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Before the Storm, Book 1 of The Black Fleet Crisis (1996). ISBN 0553572733][Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Shield of Lies, Book 2 of The Black Fleet Crisis (1996). ISBN 0553572776][Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Tyrant's Test, Book 3 of The Black Fleet Crisis (1996). ISBN 055357275X]
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