The following is a list of minor organizations in the fictional Star Wars universe. For corporations and manufacturers, please see List of Star Wars companies.
Most of their ranks were culled from various slaves and other "worthless" individuals. The Bando Gora themselves came in several forms, though few resembled their old selves. The lower-ranked members functioned as "grunts", and they simply charged at their prey, brutally beating them to death. Some were trained to use a sort of blowgun, which fired poisonous darts. They were distinguished by their black hoods and the red glow in their eyes. Higher-ranked members were somewhat more intelligent, and were capable of speech. Most functioned as Komari Vosa's personal attendants. They wielded large vibro-axes in battle, and often wore hideous skull-masks. Their eyes glowed a bluish color.
Some time during their reign of terror, the cult attacked the people of Baltizaar; the Galactic Republic requested Jedi intervention, but the Jedi were overwhelmed and under prepared for the Bando Gora's true power. Many Jedi died in battle and only a handful survived. Among the survivors of the Jedi taskforce was Komari Vosa, who was captured by the cult and brutally tortured. Vosa finally succumbed to the Dark Side, killing her two Jedi co-prisoners, breaking free, and slaughtering her captors. She then took control herself.
The cult soon proved to be a threat to the Republic and the Sith lords, Count Dooku and Darth Sidious. Dooku hired Jango Fett, (a notorious bounty hunter) to track down Vosa for a sum of 5 million Republic credits, an offer that few could refuse. After chasing the dark Jedi down to the burial moon of Bogden, penetrating her heavily defended fortress and engaging in a furious battle, Jango finally bested Komari. It is presumed she died of her wounds. Count Dooku then surprised Jango by immediately appearing, proving that Dooku had always known Komari's location.
Dooku had had Komari eliminated in such a circuitous way as a method of finding the perfect specimen to be the template for his planned clone army. Thus whichever bounty hunter proved to be an extraordinary enough warrior to succeed in killing Komari would be the prototype for the clone army. The only other competitor for Jango Fett was the bounty hunter Montross, whom he defeated and left to be killed by the Bando Gora during his quest to find Vosa. Also, when Jango made a prison break to retrieve Bendix Fust, he stole the Slave I a KSE Firespray patrol ship that is one of the last of its kind. In addition, he ran into his soon-to-be partner, Zam Wesell.
Black Sun has existed, in some form or another, in the Star Wars galaxy for centuries. Black Sun is headquartered on Coruscant and its influence stretches the breadth of the galaxy. Before The Phantom Menace, Black Sun was headed by Alexi Garyn, who was killed by Darth Maul on his master's (Darth Sidious) orders. In the time of the original trilogy, Black Sun was headed by Prince Xizor, a reptilian Falleen, who was so wealthy that it was rumored only Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader were more powerful than him.
Rivalry between Vader and Xizor was especially strong due to the fact that, after an accident at a biological weapons laboratory on Xizor's homeworld, Vader ordered all the Falleens who had been contaminated to be "sterilized," (i.e. they were killed.) When Xizor learned that Luke Skywalker was Vader's son, he decided to kill Skywalker so as to foil Vader's plan to turn Luke to the dark side. However, when Vader learned of the scheme, he made sure Xizor paid with his life.
Black Sun never achieved its former glory after Xizor's death. Several attempts to bring the syndicate's have been orchestrated, including one by Xizor's niece Savan.
Black Sun makes an appearance in the video game Empire at War, where they are commonly referred to as The Black Sun pirates. Some planets are under their control in numerous campaigns, and they use asteroid bases with numerous weapons, as well as frigates and fighters. The Black Sun Pirates are also featured in the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies which often fire upon player ships and players have the chance to loot the Black Sun Ace Helmet, players also have a chance to craft Black Sun Bounty Hunter armour if they find the right schematics. In Galaxies they are often found in the North West quadrant of Yavin IV, in the Middle/Northern plains of Endor and near the Imperial Prison on Dathomir.
Black Sun may have been the source of the name for the Blue Sun organization in the show Firefly.
Blizzard Force was commanded by General Veers, which attacked Echo Base on Hoth. It consisted of nine AT-AT Walkers (Blizzard 1-9) and four AT-ST Walkers (Blizzard Scout 1-4). The entire Blizzard Force was deployed by three Y-85 Titan Droidships. Under the command of General Veers , Blizzard 1 succeeded in capturing Echo Base despite the loss of Blizzards 6 and 8. A third walker was destroyed in a kamikaze attack by rebel pilots in the Empire Strikes Back novelization, but this wasn't confirmed onscreen.
The snowspeeder squadron committed several tactical blunders by attacking the first five Blizzard walkers at close range, as the walkers were armed with heavy laser turrets and some of them employed flak blasters for anti-aircraft tactics. The battle was fierce, adding a lot of casualties to the rebel infantry while the mechanized assault advanced very deeply through the rebel defenses. Soon after Blizzard Force secured the frozen plains, the snowtrooper task force began deploying troops via airmobile tactics. Members of the 501st Legion were deployed directly from the fleet. They were involved in the destruction of the inner facilities of Echo Base. The rebels were easily overwhelmed by the Blizzard Force Team and the 501st Legion, some of them surrendered and where taken prisoners while others escaped or proudly fought to the death. The Battle of Hoth was a stunning victory for the Empire despite the minimum loss of infantry and vehicles. The Rebel Alliance took massive infantry losses during their escape and also while engaging the Blizzard Force Walkers.
The Rebel Alliance High Command was utterly defeated at the end of the Battle of Hoth in a single well-coordinated attack, but it was able to evacuate most of its staff. Blizzard Force occupied Hoth, for a time, while some Star Destroyers were deployed from the fleet to hunt down the Millennium Falcon and their crewmembers.
Jabba's Palace was originally the monastery which housed the B'omarr order, which in turn was built on the ruins of even older structures. A string of raiders and criminals gradually forced the monks into lower and lower levels of the building, and when Jabba came to inhabit the monastery the monks were confined to the lowest levels and corridors. However, following Jabba's death, the monks rose up and retook the palace. It is assumed to remain under their control, though few have journeyed to the palace since the Hutt's demise.
The B'omarr monks are a very secretive sect, whose ultimate goal is to achieve enlightenment and to probe the mysteries of the universe. They also desire to find the "Ultimate Truth", which they are constantly in search of. They participate in almost constant meditation until deemed "enlightened" by their peers. Once this stage is reached, the monks' brains are removed from their bodies and placed in jars, thereby freeing them of the bother of maintaining a body, and giving them greater freedom to ponder the imponderables. Occasionally a brain jar is attached to a spiderlike droid, allowing it to roam about the palace. The walkers are controlled through signals from the brain itself. Receptors allow the disembodied monks to hear, and they can speak through speakers. The disembodiment process can extend the monks' lifetimes by centuries. The monks are very careful not to betray any of the secrets of their order, and it is rumored that they have mysterious psychic abilities. Members of the order are generally human.
The B'omarr monks made their first appearance very briefly in the third Star Wars movie, "Return of the Jedi." Among the many aliens and monstrosities lurking in the palace could be seen a spider walker with a brain attached to its underbelly. The monks play a prominent role in "Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace," a collection of Star Wars stories edited by Kevin J. Anderson. All of the tales are accounts of individuals present in the palace during the time in which Han Solo was freed and Jabba killed. The book chronicles the B'omarr monks' takeover of the palace shortly after Jabba died, and the monks play minor roles in the stories of many of the characters. They also remove the brains of a number of the palace's minions, including Bib Fortuna, during their push for control of the palace. Yet another book, "The Brain Spiders" by John Whitman, concerns the B'omarr. This book is centered entirely around the protagonists' efforts to unravel a plot concerning a corrupt monk who performs the brain transfers on unwilling guests.
The old Bounty Hunter's Guild had a leader, the Trandoshan Cradossk, and a council, comprised of the elder members of the guild.
Hunting bounties is a complicated and dangerous trade for several reasons:
The Bounty Hunter's Guild was created to facilitate all this.
Between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, Prince Xizor had the idea to turn the members of the Bounty Hunter's Guild against themselves. starting the Bounty Hunter Wars.
The CMG was given a write-up in Star Wars Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments From The Rim published by West End Games.
The Exchange is a fictional galaxy-wide criminal organization featured in the videogame Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
The Invids' pilots fly Tri-fighters, a variation of the Imperial Remnant's TIE fighter technology. These fighters have three wings instead of the usual solar panels. Tri-fighters are equipped with shields and an ion cannon as well as the usual TIE armament. It is uncertain as to whether these are a type of TIE Defender (which also have shields and ion cannon) or an entirely separate fighter.
A secret society revived by the Sith Lord Freedon Nadd in his two initiates Aleema and Satal Keto some 4,000 years BBY, in the Empress Teta star system, it was named after the demon from the fairy tales of their youth. The Krath developed into a Dark Side magical sect that ruled the system. They also lent support to the Sith Lord Exar Kun, since the first Krath High Priest was Kun's apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma. Leia Organa Solo learned about the Krath while using a knowledge-filled Jedi Holocron. The Krath developed a powerful War droid which was designed for the task of slaying Jedi - The droids were just as lethal as intended, annihilating every one of their targets when dropped en-masse into Jedi temples. The massacre at Mount Meru on the planet Deneba was the first place that these droids where used. Many Jedi were slain there, including the great master Arca Jeth.
The new Krath order was destroyed from within. Because of their vile and sneaky ways, the Krath turned on their allies and themselves in a hunger for power. Aleema tricked Ulic Qel-Droma into killing Satal Keto. Then, she betrayed Ulic and handed him over to the Republic Authorities. Eventually, Exar Kun, no doubt under the influence of Ulic, whom he had saved, destroyed Aleema and that was the second demise of the Krath.
After the Yuuzhan Vong drove the Hutts out of their former Space, Ylesia was given to the Brigade as the location of their central headquarters. The hierarchy was simplistic, a single headquarters group, with command branching down into the smaller, independent cells operating clandestinely throughout the galaxy. In function, the Brigade is a combination of the Bothan Spy Net and Black Sun, using guerilla tactics and political manipulation. The Brigade deployed its own Fleet, but its most effective weapon was still subtle manipulation of galactic politics, furthering the goals of their masters, the Yuuzhan Vong.
When Thrackan Sal-Solo reappeared, the Yuuzhan Vong forced him to lead the Brigade. When Ylesia was attacked by a taskforce of the New Republic and Bothan Fleets, once again the Brigade's command and control ability was crippled and Sal Solo captured. But like Black Sun and similar organizations, the Brigade would soon emerge revitalized and renewed, and with new leaders to continue the fight.
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But as the Sorcerers' ways were frequently as effective as the Jedi's, the Jedi Order decided to let sleeping dogs lie, as long as the Sorcerers did not study the dark side. Representatives of the Jedi came only to observe and evaluate, seeking signs that the Sorcerers had become corrupted. Satisfied that they were not, the Jedi Order developed a comfortable detente with the Sorcerers of Tund. But c. 1000 BBY, the Battle of Ruusan struck the Jedi a grievous blow, and matters such as inspecting the Sorcerers were given a lower priority; as time passed, the Sorcerers were all but forgotten. This lack of monitoring meant that when the Empire was being born, the Sorcerers were wiped out, and the planet Tund reduced to a glowing ball of ash by Rokur Gepta—with no one the wiser; Tund faded even further from the memory of the galaxy, except for a very few individuals like the podracer Ben Quadrinos (seen in The Phantom Menace). Gepta continued to spread rumors and stories about the Sorcerers, to keep his mystique valid. Emperor Palpatine even became interested in the Sorcerers, having learned that their religious teachings were based on ancient Sith doctrines.
It should also be noted that the Toong settled on Tund shortly before the Battle of Naboo. Whether they escaped before Rokur Gepta destroyed Tund is unknown.
There are no known connections between the Syndicat and Offworld Corporation, UniFy Corporation, or Black Sun.
It was the Tenloss Syndicate that financed the development and production of the Hornet Interceptor.
Their suspected strength was around 560,000 members operating throughout the galaxy, and they were among the most violent criminal groups encountered throughout the roleplaying guide.
The squadron was formed well before the Battle of Yavin and had been disbanded by the time the first Death Star threatened the Rebel base.
The Young was led by Cerasi and Nield, although there were many minor "country" factions outside of the urban regions of Melida/Daan. Several years prior to the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn were sent to Melida/Daan to rescue the Jedi Knight Tahl. However, their discovery and involvement with the Young led to Obi-Wan staying behind to help the planet unite once again. When the Young members achieved their goals, they grew power-hungry, thus leading to internal conflict. It took the death of Cerasi, one of the leaders of the Young, to unite the faction once again. Peace was achieved on Melida/Daan. At this time, Obi-Wan realized that his future was with the Jedi and not with the Young.
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