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nightswifts, and howlrunners-- canine hunters with heads resembling human skulls. The nocturnal
Kamarians live in small groups called tk'skqua, and their more sophisticated nations have
developed technology such as nuclear explosives and fluidic control systems. Members of the
unique Kamarian Badlander culture choose to live in the most arid and harsh areas of the planet.
Han Solo inadvertently started a new religion among the Kamarian Badlanders based on the
holofeature Varn, World of Water during a visit to the planet. [HSR, CSSB]
Kamori
Kamori, whose cities include Tandaro, Jandal, Hyra, and Kimora City, is ruled by Chamber
President Thane Dregond. The planet was the site of a powerful earthquake, centered on the
Zethusian plains. The quake caused tidal waves, killed hundreds of thousands of citizens, and
severely damaged Jandal, Hyra and Kimora City. One of those killed was Glanthe school master
painter Dana Dragond, one of Kamori's "living treasures." [SWAJ]
Kamparas
The Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth attended a Jedi training center on Kamparas for two years, from
2/15/90 until 8/33/88, Pre-Empire date. [DFR]
Karfeddion
Located in the Senex sector, Karfeddion is the site of several slave farms run by the House
Vandron. Breeding farms are designed to produce Ossan and Bilanaka slaves, tailored for
agricultural work. During an economic depression on Karfeddion, Lady Theala Vandron was
summoned to the High Court of Coruscant to defend the slave farms on her homeworld. [COTJ]
Karideph
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The Nikto assassin Ma'w'shiye, during his time as an Alliance agent, served with Lieutenant Akul
Witig during the Karideph operations. During this time, Witig gave Ma'w'shiye a heavy overcoat.
[SWAJ]
Karnak Alpha
Karnak Alpha, located beyond the Hapes Consortium near the Deep Galactic Core, is home to
the fur- covered alien species called Karnak Alphans. The shy, easygoing Alphans hold children
in high esteem, always serving them first at meals. Having a large number of children means
greater status in Alphan society, and their government has a children's council. They also love
unusual zoological specimens, and keep elaborate zoos and beautiful holographic dioramas.
Nineteen years after the Battle of Endor, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo met with the Karnak
Alpha ambassador and her eight children, and presented the ambassador with a rare Coruscant
hawk-bat egg. [YJK]
Karra
A small, dense planet in the Rayter sector, Karra is covered with flat, grassy plateaus separated
by jungle canyons and is home to the alien species called Karrans. The planet's temperature is
uncomfortably hot and its lifeforms consist almost entirely of insects. Karra's vast variety of insect
life includes beetles, leapers, legworms, clouds of tiny swarmers, and a walker-sized mantis. The
native Karrans are large, fur-covered insectivores whose primitive technology is centered around
pottery and simple hand tools. The Karrans seem to have recently developed sentience based
around a communal hive mind, and can apparently control the planet's insect population.
Several hundred years ago, a colony was established on Karra to mine varmigio, a material used
in hyperdrive cores. When no varmigio was found, the colonists were abandoned. Recently the
Empire opened a varmigio mine for the same purpose, but met with no greater success. The
Imperial base was later destroyed by swarms of attacking insects, presumably operating under
the control of the native Karrans. [SWAJ]
Kashi
The former homeworld of the long-extinct Kashi Mer culture. Soon after the formation of the Old
Republic, the planet and its system were destroyed when their star inexplicably went nova. A
force-user named Reda Jalooz had previously stolen a small gray stone-- an heirloom of the
Kashi Mer monarchy-- but when she came back to return it, she was killed in the sudden
supernova. After the Battle of Endor, this strange artifact mysteriously reappeared in the Corva
sector. [SWAJ]
Kashyyyk
A jungle planet covered with kilometers-high wroshyr trees, Kashyyyk is the homeworld of the
fierce but loyal Wookiees. Various ecosystems exist along each layer of the trees, with each level
growing progressively more deadly the farther one travels to the planet's surface (dangerous
webweavers, for instance, set traps in the lower levels). The Wookiees inhabit the highest levels
in huge cities that are naturally supported by the thick tree branches, since wroshyr branches
grow together when they meet. One such city, Rwookrrorro, is over a kilometer wide and built on
a flat platform of meter-thick spongy material. It features two- to three-story buildings and a
landing platform made from the stump of a wide limb. The most prestigious homes are built on
the trees themselves, and nursery rings for young Wookiees are built in the tops of the very
highest wroshyrs. The kshyy vines that grow among the trees cannot be cut with blasters and are
strong enough to support liftcars. Wookiees have easily incorporated modern technology into
their society and can accommodate visiting starships, though they sometimes prefer to use
archaic items like their traditional quarrel-firing bowcaster. Colored searchlights in the cities help
attract native birds called kroyies, a prize food.
Customs of the Wookiee people include the "life debt," where Wookiees feel they must repay the
person who has saved their life, and the "honor family," or those people to whom a Wookiee feels
a particular bond of friendship. Wookiee adolescents undergo a dangerous rite of passage into
adulthood by harvesting silky strands from the heart of the carnivorous syren plant. The Wookiee
species was treated as slave labor by the Empire and many were forced to toil on various
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Imperial construction projects. Many Wookiees still resent humans for the actions of the Empire.
Leia Organa Solo hid on Kashyyyk until discovered by a team of Noghri commandos, who made
an unsuccessful attempt to capture her. [HTTE, SWS, HSLL, YJK]
Kauron?
The possible homeworld of the alien Kauronians. The bounty hunter Greedo observed a
Kauronian bounty hunter during Greedo's first visit to the Mos Eisley Cantina. [TFTC]
Kelada
Located in the Anarid Cluster, Kelada is an industrial planet (home to a major Arakyd factory) that
supplies the Empire with repulsorlift components and parts for Imperial walkers. Recent increases
in Alliance activity have resulted in the Empire struggling to maintain control of Kelada, and they
have diverted ten Star Destroyers to the system to cement their hold after the disastrous Battle of
Endor. Once, Kelada kept an ecological balance between industry and the environment, but the
balance is now threatened as forests and savannas are cleared to support greater production. An
industrial wasteland is growing just outside the Kelada starport. The starport contains the popular
tavern Lorana's Labyrinth, which features mirrored walls and a mazelike bar. The smuggler Dirk
Harkness' companion Chessa was tragically killed by Imperial stormtroopers in the Kelada
starport. [SWAJ]
Kelrodo-Ai
Site of the Kelrodo-Ai gelatin mines, famous for their water sculptures and formerly operated by
Baron- Administrator Drom Guldi. Guldi and his aide were killed by Wampa ice creatures while on
a hunting expedition to Hoth, eight years after the Battle of Endor. [DS]
Kerensik
A frozen planet located in the protective federation of worlds called the Botor Enclave. New
Republic navigator Kane Griggs grew up on Kerensik and joined the Alliance following the Battle
of Endor, after working in the Botor Income Ministry as an economist. Kerensiki trees have spines
and needles instead of leaves. [DESB]
Kessel
Kessel is a potato-shaped planet with one large moon located somewhat near Fwillsving and
Honoghr. It is home to the city of Kessendra, is the only source of the telepathy-inducing
glitterstim spice, and was the former site of a brutal Imperial prison and spice mining operation. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]