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Taanab
It was at Taanab that Lando Calrissian demonstrated not only his ability to lead but also his knack for devising winning tactics. Lando managed to destroy the attacking space pirates, a feat which later led him to be placed in command of the Rebel starfighter groups during the Battle of Endor. Daniel Wallace and Scott Kolins, The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars) (1998). ISBN 0345420683
Taanab was the homeworld of Rogue Squadron pilot Wes Janson.
Talay
Talay is a planet under the Rebel Alliance, and position of the Tak base. It was the first target of the Dark Trooper project. The base was later overtaken by Imperials, and Kyle Katarn was sent to explore. There he discovered a prototype Dark Trooper weapon, which led him to investigate further. Also before this incident a Confederacy force had overwhelmed the planet but a clone force under Changxi ejected the forces. Jedi master Changxi was killed when order 66 was sent to the planet.
Taloraan
Taloraan is a gas planet similar to Bespin which mines tibanna gas. Rogue Squadron was sent to Taloraan to destroy enemy Tibanna Gas cannisters.
Talravin
Talravin is the home planet of Bastila Shan.
Talus
Talus is one of the two planets located in the Corellian System that orbits Centerpoint Station. Tralus is the other planet. Featured in Star Wars Galaxies.
Tarento
Tarento is the home planet of the great Jedi Master Uh-Ku Ozier, a professor of knowledge at the Jedi Academy on Ossus before its destruction. Tarento is ruled by a Democratic monarchy. Its surface is mainly covered in water, with the exceptions of three islands, the largest of which houses a government-controlled military research facility. This facility experimented with cloning; however, they never reached the level of the proficiency that the Kaminoans possessed. Most of the planet’s populace lives in large underwater domed cities. The Tarentians are known for their extraordinary talents in the area of technological design that is immense compared to most other races'.
Taris
Taris is the first planet visited by the player of the 2003 videogame Knights of the Old Republic after he escapes from a battleship known as the Endar Spire, which comes under attack from Sith forces. There is a gang war in the Lower City and the Undercity is populated by monsters called rakghouls.
Situated on a hyperspace transport hub, Taris was once an important galactic presence but at the time of the game is decaying rapidly. One sprawling city covers the entirety of the planet surface. However, in most images there appears to be a long strip on the planet. This is believed to be due to an ocean.
The less affluent citizens live underground, in the Undercity or Lower City. After the player rescues the Jedi Bastila, who has been taken prisoner by lower city gangs, the group flees the planet in the Ebon Hawk, a ship stolen from a local crime boss named Kang. Shortly afterward, Taris is destroyed by the Sith forces under the command of the Dark Lord Malak. Unlike Alderaan, the planet itself survives intact although its surface is completely devastated by orbital bombardment. Commander Beju was sent to Zelka Forn's Medical Facility but he escaped 15 years before the bombardment.
Taspir III
Taspir was a hot lava-covered planet shown in the videogame Jedi Academy. About Taspir III, Jedi Master Kyle Katarn said with sarcasm: "It's an Imperial controlled planet, a real paradise." Most of the planet was covered in yellow haze, and the Imperial Remnant built a facility there. It was in the factory that Jedi Knight Jaden Korr searched for his old friend Rosh Penin, who had sent a distress signal. Jaden eventually found Rosh, but lost control of himself, and couldn't bring himself to trust Rosh because his old friend had turned to the Dark Side and joined the Disciples of Ragnos. Rosh begged for mercy, saying "Hey, Jaden, we're friends remember?" Then the player of the game must decide if Jaden goes to the Dark Side and kills Rosh, or stays Light and believes him. Regardless of the choice, Jaden faces and kills the red Twi'lek Alora,Tavion's apprentice. The choice affects the last two missions on Korriban, after Taspir.
Tatooine
Tatooine (TAT-too-een), seen in all Episodes apart from Episode V, is the home planet of the Skywalker family and the setting for much of the action in the saga's films (as well as several of the novels and other pieces of written fiction). The planet is not actually named in A New Hope; according to Lucas he named it retrospectively after the movie's desert location, Tataouine (French spelling) in Tunisia. Tatooine's indigenous inhabitants are the pygmy and intelligent Jawas and the nomadic Tusken Raiders.
Tatooine is a desert world in a binary star system, inhabited by poor locals who mostly farm moisture for a living. The planet has been the site of repeated and failed attempts at colonization. During the prequel era, it was ruled for a long period by the Hutts, being beyond the reach of the Galactic Republic. After the fall of the Republic, the Galactic Empire established a token presence on Tatooine, but the crime lord Gardulla the Hutt still retained de facto control of the planet.
Tatooine is also home to much crime and activities that go along with it. This planet has many bars and places to gamble on things. One of the main attractions for gambling is podracing, a sport in which many competitors race extremely fast in hovercraft-type vehicles. Podrace tracks here include the Boonta Training Course and the Boonta Eve Classic. These races involve pilots piloting their pods through twisty canyons, dark caves, rock arches, mushroom rocks and cratered valleys etc.George Lucas et al., The Annotated Screenplays (1997). ISBN ISBN 0345409817Kevin J. Anderson, Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0553564684Kevin J. Anderson, Tales From Jabba's Palace, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0553568159Kevin J. Anderson, Darksaber (1995). ISBN 0553576119LucasArts Entertainment Company, Episode I Racer, a Nintendo 64 and PC game.
Telos
Telos is shown in the Lucasarts videogame Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Telos was mentioned in the first game as the homeworld of character Carth Onasi, which he fled after it was bombed by the Sith fleet. During the game, restoration efforts are underway to help return the planet to what it was before being destroyed.
Thousands of years later, Telos has recovered and become a popular destination for intergalactic tourists. About twelve years before the Battle of Naboo, the former Padawan Xanatos turned the planet upside down in his pursuit for personal power. Only the intervention of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi thwarted Xanatos' plans, and helped return the planet to its rightful government.
Telos is home to the native Ithorians, who are widely recognized throughout the Star Wars galaxy as the authority on planet restoration.
Telti
Telti is an ice planet with large buildings that stick up out of the ground. The buildings are homes for the native species. The natives are called P'wecks and Tiss'shars. P'wecks are a green furred species with red feathers coming out of their heads. Tiss'shars are a Tyrannosaurus Rex-like species.
Teyr
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| Region | Outer Rim Territories |
| System | Surric system |
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| Number of suns | 1; |
| Number of moons | |
| Major species | Humans, |
| Population | |
| Official language | Basic |
| Terrain | |
| Surface water | |
| Points of interest | Teyr Rift; its cities, Pyre Folas, Pododun, Sodonna, Turos Noth, and Griann |
| Affiliation | Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, New Republic, Galactic Alliance |
Teyr was a bureaucratic world, 34 light years from Vulvarch. It is a popular tourist destination, known for its majestic mountains and the breathtaking Teyr Rift. It was located near the Foless Crossroads. The planet was colonized by at least 496 BBY. On Teyr was held the Fastest Land Beings race.
During the Clone Wars, it was the site of the Battle of Teyr in 22 BBY, which was lead by the Jedi K'Kruhk.
Ganner Rhysode, a member of the New Jedi Order, was from Teyr.
References
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Thakwaa
Thakwaa is home to the Thakwaash, a race that includes Wraith Squadron pilot 'Runt' among its members
Thisspias
Thisspias is the homeworld of the Thisspiasians. Master Oppo Rancisis comes from Thisspias.
Thule
Thule is a semi-arid planet known for its rich savannas. Continually bombarded by lightning storms, Thule was a hidden Sith stronghold. The rocky outcroppings which broke the plains were charred black from being hit by lightning. This charred rock later served as a form of sustenance for unusual, bioluminescent moss that made the rocks glow with an eerie light.
Ulic Qel-Droma fought on Thule during The Great Sith War, during which the Dark Reaper was buried on the world. Thousands of years later, Count Dooku went to Thule to revive the Dark Reaper to attempt to destroy the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. A planetary shield enveloped the Thule, projected by the small moon Sivvi orbiting it.
The Battle of Thule is the last battle featured in the video game The Clone Wars. The battle was divided into four phases. At phase one, Anakin Skywalker and his strike force took out the planetary shield on the Thule Moon. At phase two, Obi-Wan Kenobi used the Low Altitude Assault Infantry Gunship to perform an aerial attack on significant strategic locations across planet Thule and destroyed the Communications Installation in order to cripple the Separatists' communications. At phase three, Mace Windu commanded the ground forces around Thule's capital city Kessia. Upon his arrival to Kessia, Cydon Prax destroyed Mace Windu's TX-130 Saber-class fighter tank. Mace Windu had to travel on foot to open the gates to the Sith Temple. At the final phase, Anakin Skywalker and his strike force went through the Sith Temple, defeated Cydon Prax and then re-defeated the Dark Reaper.
Thyferra
Thyferra is a hot, humid planet located in the Mid Rim Polith system. Almost all of the galaxy's bacta is produced here. This is the homeworld of the Vratix race who discovered how to create the bacta from the alazhi and kavam plants. The Vratix shared the secret of bacta production to their human neighbors, the result of which is that Thyferra is almost completely controlled by two human-run corporations: Zaltin and Xucphra. These two corporations were chosen by Emperor Palpatine to supply the Empire's bacta, thus eliminating any real competition in the bacta market.
From Thyferra the planets of Korriban and Cinnigar are seen but the planet of Koros Minor is not seen. The reason for this is that the planet of Koros Minor is not seen because of the seven moons blocking it. Together the three planets form a non-equilateral triangle.
The planet was featured in the Nintendo 64 videogame Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. In the game, Grand Moff Kohl Seerdon launched an invasion of the planet to prevent bacta from reaching the Rebel Alliance, starting the Battle of Thyferra. Under command of Luke Skywalker, Rogue Squadron liberated the planet and Skywalker killed Seerdon as he fought in his modified Shuttle.
Shortly after the fall of Coruscant, the Director of Imperial Intelligence and self-proclaimed Empress of the Galactic Empire, Ysanne Isard, fled to Thyferra with two Imperator-class Star Destroyers, one Victory-class Star Destroyer, and the Super Star Destroyer Lusankya. After six months, the new Rogue Squadron attacked and systematically destroyed the Imperial fleet and ended the Imperial control of the planet. After the battle, a joint coalition government, including humans and the Vratix was set up on Thyferra, and the New Republic took over control of the Lusankya.Michael A. Stackpole, The Krytos Trap, Book 3 of X-wing (series) (1996). ISBN 0553568035Michael A. Stackpole, The Bacta War, Book 3 of X-wing (1996). ISBN 0553568043Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi (1995). ISBN 0553572938
Tibrin
Tibrin is the homeworld of the Ishi Tib.
Tirahnn
Tirahnn is a terrestrial planet in the Tirahnn System.
Togoria
Togoria is a mild climated world mentioned in A. C. Crispin's The Han Solo Trilogy. It is inhabited primarily by the felinoid Togorian race and their domesticated Mosgoths, flying reptilian animals.
Toola
Toola is a cold world that is also home to the Whiphid. Clone Commander Keller led an Imperial task force to root out Jedi hiding on Toola in the early days of the New Order. Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, found Jedi artifacts left behind by a Master of the Old Jedi Order in a cave there—possibly the work of Keller's division, although Skywalker observed lightsaber slashes in the Jedi's empty robes that he believed must have been the handiwork of his father, Darth Vader. Dave Wolverton, The Courtship of Princess Leia (1995). ISBN ISBN 0553569376
Toprawa
Toprawa was the site of a suicidal infiltration mission by the Rebel Alliance, aimed at stealing and transmitting the plans to the first Death Star. Led by Bria Tharen, a former lover of Han Solo, the Red Hand Squadron infiltrated the Imperial facility on the surface and took control long enough to transmit the stolen plans to Princess Leia's Corellian Corvette, the Tantive IV. After the transmission was received, the Tantive IV made a hyperspace jump to Tatooine but was followed and captured by the Star Destroyer Devastator in the opening minutes of A New Hope. Bria Tharen's team held out to complete their mission but were eventually overrun by brute force. Red Hand Squadron was utterly wiped out in the Imperial counterattack.
After the Empire secured the facility, and after the disaster at Yavin, the Empire cast about for a suitable way to express its anger. Yavin was devoid of human life, the Rebels elusive as ever, so they eventually decided to make an example of Toprawa, for its role in obtaining for the Rebels the fatal technical readout of the Death Star. Toprawa was leveled to the ground, its advanced (for a colony) civilization reduced to stone age level. The planet was occupied by multiple Legions, and placed under a permanent blockade. Stormtroopers would parade vehicles full of food through the street, tossing the rubbish only to those Toprawans whose groveling and self-abasements amused them or seemed most sincere. Further twisting the dagger, the Imperial troops lived lives of stunning leisure and pleasure amidst the squalor, and made sure the natives knew full well what they were missing.
Before and after the Battle of Endor, the planet came under the control of the Imperial Governor Faylon Bataar. Bataar imposed strict laws limiting the freedoms of Toprawans and invited Imperial families to reside in newly built luxurious accommodations.Bataar wanted Toprawa to become a major Imperial centre, he wanted to build large cities with grand monuments and buildings. But this dream seemed more and more unlikely as time went on with the troubles of war that was getting ever closer to Toprawas doorstep. After numerous attempts from the Rebels to seize the planet, all of them were a failure because Bataar had amassed a large garrison of many troops and vehicles, although Bataar relied on the main Imperial army and navy. Once they were defeated and Coruscant was taken, Toprawa was on its own.
Toprawa remained unconquered for many years, until Bataar finally died and his fortune was divided amongst greedy politicians. The Toprawa garrison therefore became weak and was finally liberated by the New Republic soon after.
Tyria Sarkin, a pilot in Wraith Squadron, is from Toprawa
Toydaria
Toydaria is a muddy world located in Hutt Space, and home to the Force-resistant Toydarians, such as Watto.
Tralus
Tralus is one of the two planets located in the Corellian system that orbit Centerpoint Station. Talus is the other planet.Roger MacBride Allen, Ambush at Corellia, Book 1 of The Corellian Trilogy (1995). ISBN 0553298038Roger MacBride Allen, Assault at Selonia, Book 2 of The Corellian Trilogy (1995). ISBN 0553298054Roger MacBride Allen, Showdown at Centerpoint, Book 3 of The Corellian Trilogy (1995). ISBN 0553298062
Trandosha
Trandosha is home to the humanoid reptilian Trandoshans, a race that helped the Empire enslave the Wookiees who inhabited the neighboring planet of Kashyyyk. Bossk, a bounty hunter from The Empire Strikes Back, is a native of Trandosha.
Trono
Trono is the homeplanet of many and was taken over by Trono Gallia,who was a Mandalorian 1000 years before The Phantom Menace and a distant relative of Adi Gallia.He was also the great grandfather of the three dead Jedi Spirit Mandalorians brothers Sinik Gallia, Cody Gallia and Jargus Gallia.This world had forests and rolling plains and had a MandalMotors factory.The name before it was taken over is unknown.
Trigalis
Trigalis is a wet, green planet much like Kashyyyk. It's located in the outer rim.
Tund
Tund was the homeworld of the Sorcerors of Tund. It was reduced to a ball of ash by Rokur Gepta.
Tynna
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| Distance from Core | |
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| Region | Expansion Region in the Outer Rim Territories |
| System | Tynnani system |
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| Number of suns | 1 |
| Number of moons | |
| Major species | Tynnans (indigenous), Yuuzhan Vong |
| Population | |
| Official language | Yuuzhan Vong; formerly: Tynnan > |
| Terrain | Oceans, Forests |
| Surface water | Considerable |
| Points of interest | Lutris (capital), Tanallay Surge Complex||
| Affiliation | Galactic Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems, Galactic Empire, New Republic, Yuuzhan Vong|
Tynna was a planet in the Expansion Region and home to the Tynnan species.
The pristine world was part of the Republic until a stone mite infestation 22 BBY prompted it to secede shortly before the onset of the Clone Wars. However, this planned secession apparently did not occur, as Senator Streamdrinker, continued to serve in the Galactic Senate until his arrest after the Declaration of a New Order 19 BBY.
During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Tynna became one of the planets conquered by the hostile race, which bio-engineered the planet's extensive seas for their own purposes.
Appearances
References
- The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- The Essential Guide to Aliens
- The New Jedi Order Series
- HoloNetNews.com
External link
- -(this article is based on Wookieepedia's)
Umbara
Umbara is a planet within the dark reaches of the Ghost Nebula. Chancellor Palpatine's Staff Aide, Sly Moore, is an Umbaran from this planet.
Urkupp
Urkupp is a large world with different kinds of wild life. It has deserts, jungles, forests, grasslands and mountains. This planet is mainly a nature preserve. Urkupp was destroyed by a massive supernova sparked during the Great Sith War, killing all of its inhabitants.
Ut
Ut is a planet in the Hapes Consortium, known for its beautiful singers.
Utapau
Utapau appears in Revenge of the Sith with large sinkholes covering much of the surface. Entire cities are built in cracks and crevasses in the sides of the massive sinkholes, which extend inwards in perpetual twilight.
Towards the end of the Clone Wars, General Grievous traveled to this world to re-group and relocate the Confederate Separatist Council to Mustafar and to trap Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Port Administrator Tion Medon aids Obi-Wan and Commander Cody in tracking down the General.
Utapau consists of two primary races; the Pau'ans comprise thirty percent of the planet's population. They are the upper class of Utapaun society. They work as government officials, administrators, and bureaucrats while the Utai, the other primary race, perform a secondary role as labor for their Pau'an masters.
Government in Utapau is largely autonomous. Local administrators called "Masters of Port Administration" govern the various cities of Utapau. Each administrator is supported by a committee for that city which helps and advises the administrator on local affairs. Each administrator reports to the Utapaun Committee, which is led by the Chairman of Utapau; head of state and government for the entire planet. Only the Pau'ans serve in these capacities as government officials. Many are appointed because of prestigious backgrounds. The current administrator for Pau City, Tion Medon, is a descendant of the late Timon Menon, credited with unifying Utapau in its early history. Pau'ans prefer darkness to light and raw meat to cooked, which explains the location of their cities deep within the sinkholes of Utapau.
Utapau is also the home of Boga.
In early drafts of the first and fourth Star Wars movie scripts, George Lucas originally used the name Utapau for both Tatooine and Naboo. Utapau is also a Thai city.
Vaathkree
Vaathkree is the homeworld of the race of Humens Vaathkree.
Vandelhelm
Vandelhelm is home to the Volics.
Varl
Varl was the original homeworld of a giant race of slugs, the Hutts. It was destroyed long ago in a cataclysm that utterly destroyed its atmosphere and obliterated the rest of the system that it inhabited.
Varl orbited around a star system with two suns, Evona and Ardos, which were worshipped as gods by the ancient Hutt civilization. According to Hutt legend, the two suns, represented by the gods Evona and Ardos, used to illuminate the system. One day, Evona died a fiery death when it was absorbed into a black hole, and as the planets smashed into each other in the chaos of Evona's death, Ardos became mournfully grievous and driven mad by anger, and imploded into a white dwarf.
When the fiery explosion came, the gravitational fury unleashed by the death of Evona had seemingly smashed the entire star system into rubble. This huge imbalance caused many of the system's fellow planets also to catasclymically shatter into huge asteroid fields. These asteroids destroyed all the other planets, except the planet Varl, which somehow survived the death of one god and the wrath of another. Be it through themselves or (much more likely) powerful planetary shields, the Hutt race had managed to survive the deaths of their gods, (if just barely) and (in the Hutt's eyes) had become as gods themselves. This "revelation" and the subsequent (and major) boost to their egos most likely led to the colonization and settlement of other planets in the galaxy such as their new homeworld Nal Hutta. The Hutts now believed themselves greater than the gods they once worshiped.
However, the main scientific theory, supported by Senior Anthropologist Hoole himself, is that Varl was destroyed by the Hutts themselves, in a a civil war. This armageddon destroyed the entire system.
The veracity of the legend itself is somewhat questionable. Indeed, the general consensus among the scientific and archaelogical community of the Star Wars universe is that this rendition of Hutt lore (and in fact all renditions of Hutt lore) is almost certainly not true.
While the Ardos system is now indeed "rubble", and one planet (probably Varl) does seem to have somehow survived, it is generally assumed that the ancient Hutt civilization somehow obliterated it themselves, most likely due to a civil war of some sort between various factions of the ancient Hutt civilization. This explanation fits what is known of the Hutt mentality, and indeed the Legend would probably help cover up what would be now seen as an embarrassment to the Hutt race.
A link to more information about Varl on Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki
Varonat
Varonat is a backwater planet on the Ison Trade Corridor where Mara Jade worked as a starship mechanic after the Battle of Endor. Timothy Zahn, "First Contact" in Tales From the Empire, ed. Peter Schweighofer (1997). ISBN 0553578766
Velmor
Home to a smart and crafty species, Velmore is barely inhabitable, with an atmosphere containing unbreathable gases put there after a failed attempt by the Empire to invade. Seeking a new home, the Velmorians left their Outer Rim planet in hopes of finding a new planet to rule. They attempted to invade Tatooine, but the intervention of the New Republic saved the desert planet. Later, the Velmorians returned to their homeworld, only to be conquered later by the Gyronnians.
Velusia
Velusia is an oceanic planet in the Velus System.
Vendaxa
Vendaxa is the homeworld of the Acklay. The planet Vendaxa has one of the densest ecosystems in the galaxy. After the Mandalorian Wars, the Czerka Corperation made many outposts on the surface, built to capture the abundance of exotic creatures that roam its surface. The outposts sold them to wealthy beast collectors and as arena beasts on more barbaric worlds. The Acklay hunt leathery-shelled lemnia on the plains of Vendaxa, using their sharp claws to pierce the shells to gnaw out the fleshy interior. Vendaxa is home to many other nightmarish predators, and became of interest to organisations wishing to deal with the Confederacy on Geonosis, knowing how prized beasts such as the vicious acklay were in the Geonosian Arena. The sun of Vendaxa bathes the planet in a harsh light, causing most life there to evolve small, dark eyes.
Vizcarra
Vizcarra is the planet where smuggler Memcha-Badawzi was sent to after her arrest by the Empire and Tait Ransom was scheduled to be sent to after his arrest for smuggling weapons into on Omman. The criminal Wookiee Syychi was born on Vizcarra.
Vjun
Vjun (also Vijun, or Vijjun') was a hideout for Count Dooku in the Clone Wars. He took an old woman's house and invited Jedi Master Yoda to come and save him from the Dark Side. Really being a trap, Dooku hoped to use the strong power of the Dark Side to finish Yoda, but failed when Jedi Master Obi-Wan and Anakin showed up.
Later, it was where Darth Vader's personal fortress, Bast Castle, resided. It has concentrated acid rain and the fortress is well guarded by many of Vader's best troops, including the legendary Dark Troopers. It also was the holding cell of Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber after he died. The fortress has been infiltrated and attacked many times, once by Kyle Katarn with one of his apprentices, Jaden Korr.Sean Stewart, Dark Rendezvous (2004). ISBN 0345463099Tom Veitch, Dark Empire II (1995). ISBN 1569711194
Vortex
Vortex is a windy world inhabited by the reptavian species known as the Vors. It was once home to a large crytalline structure known as The Cathedral of the Winds. The Vors created a concert of wind music by plugging holes in the cathedral with their bodies. The cathedral itself was destroyed, and many Vors killed, when Admiral Ackbar's sabotaged B-wing crashed into it.Kevin J. Anderson, Dark Apprentice, Book 2 of The Jedi Academy Trilogy (1994). ISBN ISBN 0553297996
Vontor
Xim the Despot was killed on Vontor in 25,100 BBY.
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