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Ragoon 6
A dangerous, yet lush world,
Ragoon 6 was the location of a
Jedi training site. The vicious
malia beasts roamed the forests and mountains of the planet; they were perfect game for Jedi trainees.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Qui-Gon Jinn trained on the world just prior to their
New Apsolon assignment. Anakin Skywalker trained there as a 14 year-old with Obi-Wan Kenobi but got attacked by bounty hunters there.
Rakata Prime or Lehon
Rakata Prime is a planet from the
video game .
Referred to as the "Unknown World", is the planet where the secret of the
Star Forge is kept and the last planet visited by the player in the game before venturing to the Star Forge, where the game concludes.
The planet is home to the
Rakata, an alien race that vaguely resembles the
Mon Calamari but keep and tame infant rancors, also from the Star Wars universe. The Rakata formerly maintained a vast interstellar empire, which, according to a computer that the player finds on
Kashyyyk, encompassed more than 500 star systems at its height. The Star Forge was at the center of their empire, however it ultimately caused their downfall. A disease killed off the vast majority of the Rakata and their empire along with them, confining them to a single planet. Thousands of years later, the Rakata System was the base of operations for
Darth Revan's Sith Empire.
The condition in which the player finds the Rakata is a great change from their long history. They have lost almost all knowledge of their former technology, with the exception of the Elders. The Rakata split up into two groups - The Warriors, led by a Rakata known as "The One", and The Elders, who are led simply by a council of elders. The two groups have fallen into constant, petty, small-scale conflict with each other. The Warriors are far more numerous and savage, but the Elders have retained some technology from the Infinite Empire, and also live within the confines of their impenetrable fortress protected by a large, seemingly-arcane electrical barrier. Before the player leaves Rakata Prime, he must ultimately choose which one of the sides to stick with and who to betray. The player can choose to go to the dark side with the Sith or help the Republic.
Rakata technology was closely tied to the force, it may have manipulated it or used it as a power source. Through the ages the race gradually lost their connection with the force and lost the grip they'd on their technology. Now the only known member of their race who can grasp their technology is a criminal whose mind was imprisoned in a strange box; the nature of this cage is such that a person will have to trade places with him in order for him to be set free (at which point the prisoner will inhabit their rescuer's body.)
Many millennia later, the
Sith Lord Darth Bane knew that the planet's name known by the Rakata was in fact Lehon. On this planet, he found a holocron of
Darth Revan, prior to becoming a Jedi again, who through the holocron taught him of the ways of the Old Sith.
Ralltiir
Ralltiir was the site of a
Rebel uprising just prior to the events of .
Princess Leia and her starship, the
Tantive IV of
Alderaan, made a stop there and discovered that the
Empire was planning the construction of the
Death Star. Subsequently the
Tantive IV and her crew made a jump to the
Toprawa system where they received a transmission of the space station's design plans ultimately used by
Luke Skywalker to destroy it.
Ralltiir is chronicled in the
Star Wars Radio Drama by
Brian Daley.
Ralltiir is also seen in ; as a system that the player, as Luke Skywalker, must help liberate and rescue the local scientists from the Empire's advancing forces.
Ralltiir is home of the Myriad. a tight group of ship designers. the Myriad isn't a guild, they deal with all races(as long as the credits are good) the Myriad specialize in microtechnology(ie.taking a class 4 engine/ spaceyacht and microteching it to fit into a fighter with the same speed output)
Randa
Randa was once the location of a
Rebel base for a short time during the second
Kessel Run. The only time it was featured was in the
Second Kessel Run comic.
The terrain is cliffs and short mountains, with small dry forests on the bottom.
Radnor
Featured only in the book "Star Wars Jedi Quest #1",
Radnor once was covered by a toxic cloud, though it later dissipated.
Rattatak
A craggy red world,
Rattatak was located so far out in the
Outer Rim that the
Republic had no knowledge of it. As a result, it was a lawless world ruled by brutal
warlords who constantly battle for domination. Death and destruction were a daily occurrence in the civil wars until
Asajj Ventress stopped the bloodshed.
Count Dooku found her here and made her one of his
Dark Jedi. During the
Clone Wars, after the
Battle of Jabiim, Asajj transported
Obi-Wan Kenobi and the ARC Trooper Alpha 17 to the planet for interrogation. They escaped after a short conflict.
Raxus Prime
Raxus Prime is packed with toxic debris and has a poisonous surface littered with the hulls of abandoned and wrecked ships from all over the galaxy. It is where
Count Dooku found the ancient
Force Harvester. Three missions in the
videogame take place on Raxus Prime. It is also the birthplace of the Confederacy of Independent Systems formed by Count Dooku about two years before the
Clone Wars. As a child,
Boba Fett had an adventure here, shortly before the Clone Wars battle.
Recopia
Recopia is a planet in the
Recopi System.
Rephlan
Rephlan is a small planet in the Medisious Sector that's used for the rejuvenation of
Wookiee combat soldiers. The planet is known to grow many medicinal drugs that are useful in replenishing health.
Stormtroopers who leave the Imperial army without permission often go here to find exile.
Rhen Var
Rhen Var has a frozen surface, somewhat more mountainous than that of
Hoth, but is still covered with
snow and
ice. Rhen Var was once a fertile paradise filled with vegetation and wild life. Millions of years ago, an atmospheric cataclysm turned it into an icy hibernate surface. Ancient Jedi monuments are buried beneath the surface of Rhen Var.
After
The Great Sith War (4,000
BBY),
Ulic Qel-Droma sought refuge on Rhen Var, and he's buried there which held the secert to defeating the
Dark Reaper. Along with the tomb of Qel-Droma, there are great chambers of ancient texts, some that pre-date the
Old Republic and the
Jedi Order. In one or more of these chambers is believed to be a
superweapon built by an ancient race. The weapon is rumored to have the power to wipe out all life in the galaxy and wash it clean.
During the
Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems, or the CIS, seized Rhen Var with an army so large that the Republic base had to evacuate the planet.
Obi-Wan Kenobi informed the
Jedi Council about the capture of the planet. After the liberation of the Kashyyyk moon Alaris Prime, the Galactic Republic retook Rhen Var.
Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance discovered the planet and set up a communications center in the old ruins of a harbor. The Emperor learned of the move and dispatched a massive invasion fleet, complete with thousands of Snowtroopers and even a few AT-ATs to take it. The Empire uprooted the Rebels out of the harbor and forced them to retreat to the hills. The fleeing Rebels found short-lived refuge in an old citadel atop a high mountain before the pursuing Imperials caught up and destroyed the remainder of them.
Rhen Var was also featured in the video game
Star Wars Battlefront. It was also a major planet in the Clone Wars video game. It's also featured as an Xbox download for
Star Wars Battlefront 2, and has a wampa hunt mode.
Rhinnal
Rhinnal is a
Core World in the Darpa Sector that has recently recovered from an
ice age. The frigid world operated under the authority of the sector government housed on the nearby planet Esseles, until the Empire arose and seized control of the entire region. The Empire quickly removed the Esseles appointed leader and seated Imperial Governor Phadreas Kole. Rhinnal is best known for wondrous advancements in medicine, and for producing some of the best skilled physicians in the galaxy. The capital city of Rhire contains one of the last
Jedi chapter houses where the sick could be healed through the meditation of Jedi Healers.
Rhommamool
Rhommamool is a
water planet and aquatic nature preserve. It was also the place where the Yuhuzan Vong Executor Nom Anor began the new religion, the "Red Knights of Life", an anti-Jedi and anti-droid movement.
Riflor
Riflor is a planet in the trinary star system of
Riflorii. It has the tendency to change its gravitational pull, making it an unstable, potentially dangerous planet
Rishi
Rishi is a tropical planet in the
Rishi System. This planet is about twelve
parsecs from the Rishi Maze. Colonists who have built congested cities and towns in the deep winding valleys, inhabit the planet. The native
avian Rishi dwell in the high mountainsides around them.
Talon Karrde and
Mara Jade used Rishi as a temporary hideout following their abandoned smuggling operations on
Myrkr.
Roche
Roche is actually a dense
asteroid field where the insectoid
Verpine have made their home. The Verpine are best known as the designers and producers of the
B-wing starfighter used by the
Rebel Alliance during the
Battle of Endor. Although devoid of any
habitable planets, the Roche system is teeming with space-born silicon-based lifeforms and is believed to be the system where both the parasitic
mynocks and the "ship-eating"
space slugs originated.
It has been suggested that the Roche Asteroid Field may be the site of a Rebel outpost seen in the cartoon portion of the Star Wars Holiday special.
Rodia
Rodia is the homeworld to the
Rodians and the Rodian
bounty hunter Greedo. The dense tropical forests that cover much of the planets surface have been slowly disappearing because of the growing urban areas. Rodia was ruled by a dictatorial regime that was too controlling over the populous and refused to be part of the Old Republic. Around 1
BBY, the
Gladiators of Rodia raided cities, and fought for control of the planet. As this started, Greedo escaped to
Tatooine. The Gladiators of Rodia succeeded in toppling the regime, but in turn, created a lawless anarchy government. In 2
ABY, two democracy-loving Rodians gathered ten to sixteen fellow Rodians for an army against the gladiators. They were successful, and established Rodia's first democracy.
Colonization from the
Hutt race brought the planet under the control of the
Hutt Empire. Much of the planet became stripped of its
natural resources and polluted to support the Hutts' way of life. Twelve years later the Hutts were overthrown and killed.
The planet fell into anarchy yet again, but a band of Rodians teamed together and with the help of the
New Republic, founded the second democracy on Rodia.
During the war with the
Yuuzhan Vong, Rodia was occupied, along with many other nearby planets. Unlike many other species, however, the Rodians simply retreated into their forests and used
guerrilla warfare tactics to fight the Vong. The Yuuzhan Vong left the planet in frustration of the guerrilla tactics. Rodia then became a member of the Galactic Alliance.
Ronika
Ronika was a colony world that was terraformed into a common exile for criminals in the
Empress Teta system under the rule of Empress Teta. It was the eighth planet in the system. Following the Unification Wars, many rebels were exiled to Ronika, but were later granted amnesty for their service in the Great Hyperspace War.
Ronika was a desolate place, covered in desert and rock. Its surface was exposed to high levels of ultraviolet radiation, and was home to stinger moths.
Jori Daragon was sent here for stealing the Starbreaker 12, but was able to easily escape and fly back to Koros Major.
Roon
Roon is home to
humans,
Twi'leks,
Duros,
Sullustans, and
Koboks. Gaff was born on Roon. Roon has a fixed orbit (one side is permanently light and the other is permanently dark). The dark side is mainly ocean and there are many storms and
whirlpools. Roon's surface was destroyed during the war with the
Yuuzhan Vong.
Roona
Roona is another habitable planet in the Roon system. It is home to the Roonans. It was destroyed by the
Yuuzhan Vong.
Rori
Rori is one of several moons of
Naboo, and one of two that are habitable.
King Narmele the Explorer colonized the swampy moon sometime around 2000 BBY, and a city there still bears his name. Some scientists contend that earlier colonists settled Rori before the Narmele colony, but if this is true, no trace of them has been found.
Rori is an explorable planet in the
MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies.
Rothana
Rothana is a planet near the edge of
Wild Space. Rothana Heavy Engineering is headquartered here.
Rutan
Several centuries before the
Battle of Yavin, the inhabitants of
Rutan decided to relieve the pressures of a growing population by colonizing its moon
Senali. Senali later won its independence in a violent civil war, which left both worlds devastated. In an effort to promote peace, it was decided that the first-born child of the ruling house of each world would travel to the other world once they reached the age of seven, remaining there for nine years as they learned about the other world's culture. This arrangement worked well for many years, until the Rutanians sold information on the Senali to the
Yuuzhan Vong, who then devastated both worlds.
Ruusan
Ruusan is where the (
Battle of Ruusan) occurred in 1,000
BBY. Ruusan was a temperate, pleasant world, inhabited by both humans and a strange sentient species known as
Bouncers.
During the battle between the
Jedi commanded by Lord
Hoth, and the
Sith commanded by
Lord Kaan, much of the planet's surface, including several cities, were destroyed.
After the battle had ended, a
Jedi Knight named
Johun Othone constructed a grand
memorial to the fallen warriors called the Valley of the Jedi. It was said to harbour the spirits of the soldiers who fell. Despite this, the world was quickly forgotten, as the
Galactic Republic turned inwards.
By the time of the
Empire's reign, Ruusan was forgotten and used by independent spacers and merchants as a base of operations.
However,
Kyle Katarn and
Jan Ors rediscovered the Valley of the Jedi as they chased the Dark Jedi Jerec, who had killed Katarn's father in an attempt to find the Valley's location. Kyle chased Jerec's minions until he finally managed to gain a map to the Valley. Upon arriving he discovered that Jerec's minions, taken from the Imperial Remnant, had established a base as Jerec began taking the power for himself. Kyle fought through the Remnant defenses and finally met Jerec inside the Valley, dueling him and ultimately defeating the more powerful Dark Jedi.
When Kyle decided to retake his old title as Jedi Knight after swearing it off, he went to the Valley of the Jedi to regain his powers. This act led two Dark Jedi to discover the valley, and infused an army of Imperial troops with Force Powers. Luckily, the troops that weren't captured or killed by trained Jedi blew up when their flagship exploded.
Ryloth
Ryloth is the home planet of the race of the
Twi'leks. Ryloth is a
tidally locked planet, which means one side of the planet is constantly facing the sun. This side is called the Brightlands, and the other side is called the Nightlands. This results in the temperature on the day side being burning desert, and the night side the temperature is freezing cold. There is a habitable, twilight band around the planet where the day and night sides of the planet meet (just like
Aurelia). The Twi'lek people live in a series of urban cities that are located in the habitable band of the planet. It has four continents and two oceans. The continents are Haxiang, Dengdian, Lienru and Tienhu; the oceans are the North Ocean and the South Ocean.
The Nightlands have an eerie beauty, strange crystal-like plants have evolved here, glowing from within, having to produce their own light from which to make energy due to the absence of natural light. These plants are a sight to behold, but many predators and criminals dwell in the nightlands and is often the site of
podracing spectacles, the huge crystal trees often distract the pilots, causing them to crash and explode, much to the crowd's amusement. The Podracing can't occur in the brightlands at all, but is found in the dark side of the habitable band of the planet.
Ryloth features a wide variety of landscapes, including ice caps, urban cities, forests and grasslands. The ice caps are inhabited by taun-tauns, and the forests are populated with ro-roos, moufs, phorples, krevols, billzem bugs, talcaris, scoolbs, tilacs, and froocs.
In the years before the fall of the
Republic, Senator
Orn Free Taa represented Ryloth. Twi'leks have integrated windmills and turbines to power their homes and industries carved into the mountains. Ryloth was also the source of much
ryll. After the Galactic Empire formed,
Jabba the Hutt enslaved many female Twi'leks as dancers. Soon after,
Tyber Zahn, the notorious crime lord, set his base of operations up in Ryloth.
Ryloth is the homeworld of Twi'leks
Aayla Secura,
Bib Fortuna, Mazer Rackus, Ayy Vida,
Lyn Me,
Sebulba's lovely masseuses
Ann and
Tan Gella, and presumably
Mission Vao.
Ryyk
Ryyk was the homeworld of the
Neti. It was destroyed by a supernova a little bit before the
Ancient Sith War nearly 4000
BBY killing almost all of the Neti. A
Jedi Master known as
Ood Bnar survived as he was on
Ossus teaching
Padawan learners.
Saarn
Saarn is a green world with vast
grasslands.
Sacorria
Sacorria is a planet in the
Sacorrian System, located on the fringe of the
Corellian Sector. The planet is a peaceful one, yet is secretive. It is ruled by the Triad, a council of three members: a
human, a
Selonian, and a
Drall. Sacorria has one moon,
Sarcophagus, where the dead are buried. Tendra Risant, one of
Lando Calrissian's suitors, is a native of Sacorria. This was the homeworld of the Sernpidalians.
Setor
Setor is a large
gas giant, like
Bespin. It has floating cities. Dominant lifeforms include
humans and
Bimm.
Shawti
Shawti is a planet in the
Star Wars saga. Shawti is an agricultural planet in the
Outer Rim Territories controlled by the
Hutts where they raise
Klatooinian slaves.
Shola
Shola is a
volcanic planet, located in the
Outer Rim, with a topography similar to that of
Mustafar. Although largely unexplored, deep scans of the planet have revealed mining tunnel systems that lead almost to the planet's core and give rise to the theory that alien species that once existed here may have destroyed themselves in a massive cataclysm that left the planet in its current state.
Shili
Shili is the homeworld of the species of the
Togruta which live in large ultramodern cities on the planet. There are also vast grassland and forests that are filled with life. Shili is a long-running member of the
Galactic Republic. There are known three Jedi from Shili: Jedi Master Raana Tey, Jedi Apprentice Ashla and the brilliant
Shaak Ti.
Simaril
Simaril is a world within the
Inner Rim. It is a temperate world with about thirty-eight percent land mass, with great swirling oceans of blue. The world has very ancient temples, many in ruins, and is believed to be the old Galactic Capital—pre-dating recorded history in the known galaxy. Currently uninhabited, the world once played host to a variety of Force-sensitive creatures who's skeletons remain memorials to their legacy. The ancient ruins contain a language older than any other in the galaxy, and is rumoured to be the original home of the Ancients (the race who mapped the galaxy and established the first hyperspace routes).
Simpla-12
Simpla-12 is a poor, polluted colony world home to a
Jenna Zan Arbor research facility. Most people lived in the Sim-First colony, including pirates, black market dealers, and pilots. Sim-Fist itself was a labyrinth of a town with patchwork durasteel buildings, warehouses, and walkways. Zan Arbor and
Ona Nobis brought
Qui-Gon Jinn to the planet for
Force research.
Sisk
Sisk is a planet that orbits a
red dwarf star. It is the homeworld of the
Sic-Sux.
Skako
Skako is a planet with an extremely dense atmosphere with intense pressures that only the native
Skakoans are used to. If they leave the planet, they must wear a special protective suit or that'll die from decompression. Urban sprawls scatter the planet's surface. Industries churn out polluted haze into the atmosphere, which is the cause of the orange colored sky. Skako is also home to the
Techno Union headquarters.
Wat Tambor, the head of the Techno Union, is a Skakoan, and thus wears the special lifesuit as seen in and in
Revenge of the Sith.
Skor II
Skor II is the homeworld of the
Squib. Skor II is the second planet in the skor system. Skor III and Skor IV are the other
terrestrial planets in this system. This planet has vast
grasslands, mountainous regions, forests,
salt flats, and a sea roughly the size of
Alaska.
Skustell Cluster
The
Skustell Cluster is where the species
Ongree originates.
Jedi Knight Pablo-Jill is from the Skustell Cluster.
Sluis Van
Sluis Van is a planet in
Sluis sector. It is the native planet of the Sluissi, an alien species that seem to act and move very slowly compared to other creatures of the galaxy. Five years after the
Battle of Endor, the shipyards here were attacked by
Grand Admiral Thrawn with his mole miners, stolen from
Lando Calrissian's
Nkllon mining operation. Through the use of Lando's knowledge of the mole miners' code, the New Republic was able to prevent Thrawn's theft of several
star cruisers and
frigates.
Sleheyron
Sleheyron is a volcanic, industrial planet, with a major export of fuel. It was mentioned briefly in, as the volcanic planet in the Star Map computer. It was also the former home of Yuthura Ban before she killed her master, Omeesh the Hutt, and escaped. It was cut from the final release of the game, but it still existed in the
Star Wars universe. In, the planet is mentioned as the source of Vogga the Hutt's fuel.
Smarteel
Smarteel is a planet in the
Outer Rim and is home to many
pirates and
outlaws.
Sneeve
Sneeve is a planet located in the Kastolar Sector with very low seas and prosperous reefs. Much of the land isn't solid, but swampland.
Socorro
Socorro is hot desert world best known for its unique pitch-black sand that covers most of the planet. Socorro is a haven for gangsters and pirates that attack nearby shipping lanes. It is featured in the original
West End Games Star Wars: The Role-Playing Game adventure, "The Black Sands of Socorro".
Solaest
Solaest was the site of an uprising against the
Empire, which was suppressed.
Sorrus
Sorrus is a rocky, desert planet home to the bounty hunter
Ona Nobis. In order to maintain an even distribution of limited water supply, the Sorrusians dug a massive maze of
irrigation canals. Civilization was varied on the world: some cities, like Yinn La Hi, were known for high tech medical facilities, while in the Arra desert region, there were also primitive Sorrusian clans. Ona Nobis was from one such clan.
, Lando Calrissian's co-pilot during the
Battle of Endor was a Sullustan.
Sullust is also in the video game Star Wars: Empire at War, one of the few planets with a shipyard large enough to produce Capital ships such as Mon Calamari Cruisers, and Imperial Star Destroyers.
You can also find Sullust in the video game .
Svivren
Svivren is a major trading port in the galaxy.
Sy Myrth
Sy Myrth is a member world of the Confederacy of Independent Systems but was once part of the
Galactic Senate. When it was with the Republic, Senator
Toonbuck Toora represented it.
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