Welcome to T. Rob’s Star Wars Guide
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Fourth Edition
(based on the third edition book by Bill Slavicsek, with additions
and revisions by T. Rob Brown -- now includes
information from all 11 Star Wars motion pictures, newer books, comics, games,
and d20 sourcebooks)
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- 7th Legion: A legion of Clone troopers that made up part of the
bulk of the Republic's military might during the Clone Wars. They're the perfect
soldiers: focused and efficient, even when they are ordered to instantly change
from allies to enemies upon receiving a single command. Their weapon of choice
is a blaster. They are part of the Grand Army of the Republic and have the
characteristics of a super soldier. 7th Legion units typically had brown markings
on their black and white armor. [RotS]
- sabacc: A popular electronic card game played
using a deck of 76 chip-cards with values that change randomly in response
to electronic impulses. The deck's four suits are sabers, staves, flasks,
and coins. Each suit consists of cards numbered one to 11 and four ranked
cards numbered 12 to 15. The ranked cards are the Commander, the Mistress,
the Master, and the Ace. There are also 16 face cards. A hand is dealt when
the dealer presses a button on the sabacc table to send out a series of random
pulses that shift the values and pictures shown on the card-chips. Through
several rounds of bluffing and betting, players watch and wait for their card-chips
to shift. They can lock any or all of their card-chip values by placing them
in the table's interference field, which blocks the pulses and stops the card-chips
from changing. To win at sabacc, a player needs a "pure sabacc"
that totals exactly 23, or an "idot's array" that consists of an
idiot face card (value zero), a two-value card, and a three-value card --
a literal 23. Some players cheat by using a skifter, a card-chip rigged to
change its value when the player presses the corner of the card. Lando Calrissian
and Han Solo are both fond of sabacc. In fact, they traded the Millennium
Falcon back and forth several times over games of sabacc, and each has won
and lost control of cities and planets in this manner. A game of chance. [CCC,
ESB, HESB, SWRPG3SE]
- saberdart, Kamino: A small, fork-shaped dart with distinctive cuts on its side, the Kamino saberdart is a rare artifact; it’s used to deliver the toxins Malkite themfar and Fex-M3, which kill in 10 seconds. Cook Dexter Jettster tells Obi-Wan Kenobi how to find the planet where the darts are made, Kamino (12 parsecs south of the Rishi Maze). TECHNOLOGY WEAPONS KAMINO [AotC]
- Sabodor: The owner of an exotic pet store on
the planet Etti IV, he was born on the planet Rakrir. Sabodor had a short,
segmented, tubular body, five pairs of limbs, two eyestalks, an olfactory
cluster, and a vocal organ located in the center of his midsection. [HSE]
- Sacorria: A planet located in one of the Outlier
systems of the Corellian sector. It is a pleasant but secretive world with
strict regulations. The Triad, a secretive council of dictators consisting
of a human, a Drall, and a Selonian, ruled the planet. Fourteen years after
the Battle of Endor, the Triad set in motion a plan to force the New Republic
to acknowledge the Corellian sector as an independent state. The Triad was
eventually stopped by the New Republic and a Bakuran task force. [AC, AS,
SAC]
- Sacul, Commander Jorg: A Rebel X-wing pilot
renowned for his inner strength, his ability to remain calm under fire, and
his mentoring of younger squadron members. Once a reckless dreamer, his life
changed course after a near-fatal crash in his T-16 Skyhopper on his homeworld
of Tatooine. He went off to the Academy and emerged as the top pilot in his
class and a natural leader. A visionary storyteller, he entertains the pilots
in his command with far-flung tales of distant galaxies thousands of years
before the Republic. Rumored to be Force sensitive, many say Sacul would have
become a great Jedi... if only he had been born in a different time. [SW]
- Sadow, Naga: A Dark Lord of the Sith, he lived
5,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. He was a member of an elite priesthood
of pure Sith blood, a group that practiced the dark magic of the Sith. From
his private stronghold on the moon Khar Shian, he planned to expand the Sith
empire and become the new Dark Lord. He led a Sith fleet attack on Old Republic
worlds, using illusions to boost the strength and apparent size of his fleet.
Afterwards, Sadow was exiled from his homeworld for rebelling against the
reigning Dark Lord and was marked as a criminal by the Old Republic. He eventually
ended up on Yavin 4, where he conducted genetic experiments that caused the
primitive Massassi warriors to mutate into horrific creatures. [DLS, FSE,
GAS, TSW]
- Saelt-Marae: This mysterious being, also called
Yak Face, was a member of Jabba the Hutt's court. He sold information concerning
Jabba's henchmen to the Hutt himself. Saelt-Marae might have been a Yarkora,
a species of similar appearance that has been sighted in the Outer Rim Territories.
[GG5, RJ]
- Saheelindeel: A planet in the Tion Hegemony,
it is home to an intelligent simianlike species. The world is technologically
slow and backward, ruled by a queen who seeks to modernize her society. [HLL]
- sail barge: A huge repulsorlift vehicle that operates
over any flat terrain, including water, sand, and ice. [RJ, SWSB, SWVG]
- Salculd: A Selonian, she was a member of the
Hunchuzuc Den. The rebel group opposed the Overden, Selonia's central power.
She jury-rigged a ship to transport Han Solo from Corellia to Selonia. [AS]
- Salis D'aar: The capital city of the planet
Bakura. [TAB]
- Salm, Horton: A human general from Norval II,
he was charged with rebuilding Rogue Squadron. Although often at odds with
Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles, Salm was honorable. [RS]
- Salporin: Chewbacca's childhood friend, he was
one of two Wookiees charged with protecting Princess Leia Organa Solo during
her stay on Kashyyyk while Grand Admiral Thrawn's Noghri Death Commandos were
searching for her. He was a master of the ryyyk blade, often wielding two
of the wicked-looking knives simultaneously. Salporin remained on Kashyyyk
after the wanderlust gripped Chewbacca and sent him traveling across the stars.
Salporin fell in love with the Wookiee maiden Gorrlyn, and the two started
a life together high in Kashyyyk's trees. Unfortunately, this left him on
the planet when the Imperial troops arrived. He was forced into slavery, toiling
for many long years until Alliance special forces set up secret bases in the
lower jungles. Salporin escaped his chains and joined the freedom fighters.
With his help, and the help of other escaped Wookiees, the Alliance was able
to set Kashyyyk free. Salporin died protecting Princess Leia during a Noghri
attack. [HE, HESB]
- Sal-Solo, Thrackan: Han Solo's first cousin,
he is about six years older than Han and looks a lot like him except for his
beard. Thracken is a demanding, vindictive, and sadistic individual. When
Han escaped from the Trader's Luck as a teen-ager, Thrackan returned
Han to Garris Shrike. Presumed dead by the time of the New Republic, Thrackan
surfaced as the Hidden Leader of the antialien Human League. He declared the
Corellian sector an independent region. He was captured by a New Republic-Bakuran
task force, and his Human League was defeated. [AC, PS]
- Sanctuary Moon: One of the names given to the
forest moon of Endor. See: Endor [RJ]
- sandcrawler: A huge, multistoried land vehicle that
travels on giant treads. Sandcrawlers were originally brought to Tatooine
long ago. When the mining venture that owned them failed, the sandcrawlers
were abandoned. The Jawas, scavengers who collect all kinds of mechanical
equipment and specialize in rebuilding droids, quickly claimed the vehicles.
Nearly 20 meters high, each sandcrawler houses a full Jawa clan numbering
as many as several hundred individuals. The interior of each is warrenlike,
a maze of sleeping and eating alcoves otherwise filled with salvaged junk,
machinery, spare parts, and droids. This steam-powered vehicle, originally
a mobile smelter, was manufactured by Corellia Mining. Some have been reported
to be as large as 36.8 meters long. It contains a smelting reactor and a magnetic
suction tube. These gigantic vehicles were originally brought to Tatooine
by Corellian prospectors hoping to mine the desert sands for saleable metals,
only to be abandoned when the planet's depths proved as barren as its surface.
They have since been repurposed by the native Jawas, who often live and travel
by the hundreds in the vast, warren-like interior. These desert scavengers
use their sandcrawlers as traveling market-places, hunting lodges, and--if the situation demands it--fortresses. Glowing-eyed Jawas use massive sandcrawlers to supply settlers in the farthest reaches of Tatooine. The tall, treaded vehicles serve as homes, workshops and trash repositories for the Jawas; the thick armor is good for sandstorms but not much help against an Imperial blaster. VEHICLES FRINGE [GG7, MTS, SWN, SWSB]
- Sand People: See Tusken Raider.
- sand skimmer: A one-person repulsorlift vehicle that
consists of a disk to stand on and a large sail that extends from the rear.
[DTV]
- sando aqua monster: The sando aqua monster is mysterious, gigantic and always voracious, the largest predator in the undersea world of Naboo. Its huge snapping jaws can swallow entire schools of fish, Gungan subs and most other sea creatures in a single gulp. CREATURES NABOO [PM]
- sandtrooper: A stormtrooper trained in desert tactics
and outfitted with desert equipment. They are humans from various worlds specialized
as Imperial Stormtroopers. Their weapons of choice are blaster pistols and
blaster rifles. One squad of sandtroopers asked Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
about the two droids he had with him in a landspeeder. Obi-Wan tricked them
into concluding, "These aren't the droids we're looking for," by
using a Jedi mind trick. [GG1, ISB, SW, SWN]
- sandwhirl: A type of desert storm that occasionally
ravages Tatooine. [SWN]
- Sarcophagus: The moon of Sacorria, it is a vast
graveyard. Only those burying their dead ever visit the moon. [AC]
- Sarlacc: An omnivorous, multitentacled beast
with needle-sharp teeth and a large beak. It lives at the botton of a deep
sand pit called the Great Pit of Carkoon, in the wastes of Tatooine's Dune
Sea. It prefers life food, using its tentacles to snatch passing creatures
and drag them into its mucus-coated maw. Local belief states that victimes
caught in the Sarlacc's gut die slow, painful deaths, as the digestive juices
require 1,000 years to break down food. Jabba the Hutt often used the Sarlacc
as a means of eliminating opponents. The bounty hunter Boba Fett, along with
a few of Jabba's henchmen, fell into the Sarlacc's pit while attempting to
feed Han Solo and Luke Skywalker to the creature. Boba Fett escaped from the
Great Pit of Carkoon to show up on Nar Shaddaa six years after the Battle
of Endor. He claimed the Sarlacc found him to be "somewhat indigestible."
[DE, GG5, RJ, SWCG]
- Sauropteroid: These intelligent aquatic reptiles
from the planet Dellalt range in size from 10 to 15 meters long. They constantly
swim Dellalt's oceans, keeping their heads held above the water on long, muscular
necks. Their humanoid heads feature blowholes, and their hides range from
light gray in color to greenish black. [HLL]
- scan grid: A device used to measure and analyze the
magnetic and thermal properties. []
- scarab droid: A small, beetlelike droid that
can be used to poison an enemy. The cloned Emperor attempted to kill Luke
Skywalker with scarab droids while his dark-side knights went to New Alderaan
to kidnap Jaina and Jacen Solo. [DE2]
- Scardia: See Space Station Scardia.
- Scardia Voyager:
A golden starship used exclusively by the Prophets of the Dark Side. [MMY,
PDS]
- Scav: A junk trader who gathered wares from
battlefields, often looting while the combat was in progress. Scavs employed
armored, wheeled transports, nek battle dogs, and weapons droids to protect
themselves. [DE]
- Scimitar assault bomber: One of the first ships
constructed under the orders of Grand Admiral Thrawn, it combined the best
features of the TIE interceptor, the TIE bomber, and Alliance starfighters
to create a dedicated assault bomber. With an ion-thrust sublight engine and
two interlocked repulsorlift generators, the Scimitar is a very fast, very
maneuverable atmospheric craft. It carries twin racks of concussion missles
beneath its wings and has two laser cannons for additional defense. [DFR,
DFRSB, SWVG]
- scomp link access: A computer connection access port
used mainly by droids to plug into database networks and locate information
or perform diagnostics and maintenance. [DSTC]
- Sconn, Lieutenant Davith: An Imperial officer
aboard the Star Destroyer Forger, he was captured by the New Republic
and imprisoned at the Jagg Island Detention Center. He provided Chief of State
Leia Organa Solo with crucial information concerning the Yevetha. [SOL]
- Scorch, Republic Commando: One of the key types of
Republic Commandos utilized by Republic forces during the Clone Wars. [ROTS]
- scoundrels: Basically they are rogues -- good, bad,
and neutral -- who either live outside the law or fight against it in order
to get the upper hand. They can come from any world or regions of the galaxy.
Most use their intelligence and dexterity to accomplish tasks, and many rely
on charisma as a fallback when all else fails. The scoundrel gets by with
bravado, cunning, duplicity, and trickery. They live by their wits, lying
cheating, stealing, and even fighting when the need arises. Many scoundrels
live a life of adventure for the excitement it provides. Others go adventuring
to advance their illicit careers. Some are good-hearted rogues in it for the
trhill or to right a wrong done to them or those they love. Others are despicable
knaves who serve only one master -- the greed that swells inside them. More
often, adventurous scoundrels fall somewhere in the middle, changing allegiance
and attitudes as the political climate changes, until something larger than
themselves sets them on a particular course through the galaxy. Adventurous
scoundrels call themselves smugglers, pirates, outlaws, gamblers, slicers,
con artists, thieves, rogues, and spies. They have a knack for getting into
and out of trouble as well as an instinct for self-preservation that keeps
them alive, but it's usually tempered with a need to experience the thrills
their profession has to offer, and many adventurous scoundrels are also saddled
with a sense of honor that sometimes makes them go against their natural inclinations.
Scoundrels don't often start out seeking to defy authority and break the law.
Some are thrust into the profession as a means of rebellion. Others wind up
on the wrong side of the law due to bad luck, poor decisions, or circumstances
beyond their control. The skills they pick up along the way make them great
members of any mission team. Examples of soundrels: Han Solo, Lando Calrissian,
Dash Rendar, Dexter Jettster, Ghent, and Watto. Scoundrels should have quick
reflexes and a sharp wit to survive. Wise scoundrels can spot trouble before
it finds them. Many scoundrels like to gamble with destiny, putting everything
on the line and trusting fate (or the Force) to bring them fortune, fame,
and success. Some can move like a ghost through the HoloNet and can hack into
enemy mainframes and computer systems with astonishing grace. Others prowl
the space lanes seeking wealth, fame, adventure, or something more -- also
pretty good with vehicles in general. [SWRPG3SE]
- scouts: Natural explorers and adventurers, full of
curiosity and trained to handle the out-of-the-way locations where they often
operate. They tend to be independent, signing on when the credits are good
and their skills are best utilized and tested. Scouts understand the lay of
the land and the orbit of the stars. They know how to recognize danger and
locate the basic necessities for survival. The scout seeks knowledge, tries
to solve mysteries, and wants to be the first to see something new and different.
The scout learns to find a path through the wild regions, often becoming a
decent pilot along the way, and usually learns how to protect himself from
whatever hides over the next hill or beyond the most distant nebula. Many
scouts become adventurers to see what's in the next star system. They pick
up skills that make them excellent members of any team. They are usually the
best trackers, trailblazers, and survivalists the galaxy has to offer. Some
scouts are scientists and researchers who learn the skills of the profession
so they don't have to rely on others. Some sell their services to the highest
bidder. More often, the adventurous scout has a good heart, a sense of honor,
and a burning desire to embrace the wild regions of the galaxy and learn to
conquer them -- either figuratively or literally. Adventurous scouts call
themselves rangers, outriders, hunters, explorers, guides, adventurous scholars,
and vanguards. Scouts temper insatiable curiosity with excellent survival
instincts. They make use of dexterity and intelligence, as well as wisdom,
to spot and avoid dangers. The scout has an undying faith in himself and his
abilities that sometimes allows the scout to call upon reserves and an inner
strength to get out of tough situations. Scouts like to be the first to reach
any location, although they also want to reach it in one piece. They can be
gruff or silent, jovial or talkative. They are confident and brave, and they
often appreciate the wonders that the galaxy has to offer. Scouts come to
their profession in search of something, usually knowledge or secrets or the
answers to the mysteries of the ages. Scholars, while possibly associated
with an institute of learning or a particular government, often forsake the
halls of academe for the pure research of working in the field. Pathfinders
and explorers may work for a government or a military institution, or they
may take on freelance contracts from anyone willing to pay for their services.
Many scouts develop into bounty hunters, especially those who combine military
skills with their tracking and searching abilities. Every group of adventurers
benefits from having a scout in the party. Examples of scouts: Chewbacca,
Wicket the Ewok, and Captain Tarpals. Most scouts are exceptionally good at
noticing things and avoiding perilous situations. Some learn quickly how to
blend in with their environment, some are skilled at "getting by"
on backwater worlds, and some are explorers of dangerous places, trained to
react to danger swiftly and adroitly, as well as navigate difficult terrain
and reduce damage. [SWRPG3SE]
- scout trooper: See stormtrooper.
- scout walker: See All Terrain Scout Transport.
- Scraf, Arvid: A human about six years younger
than Luke Skywalker, he was the first inhabitant of Nam Chorios Skywalker
met when he landed on the planet. [POT]
- Screed, Admiral: This Imperial officer was the
Emperor's right-hand man during the early days of the Empire. He was a no-nonsense
military man, easily recognizable due to the electronic patch he wore over
his left eye. The droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 had various encounters with Screed
during this period. [DTV]
- Scuppa: A starship pilot who worked for Jabba
the Hutt. Scuppa betrayed his boss when they were both trapped aboard Princess
Nampi's ship. He played up to the princess, agreeing to become her mate, but
instead she ate him. Jabba then detonated an implant he had placed within
Scuppa years before, releasing super acid that dissolved the revolting princess.
[JAB]
- scurrier: Scavengers found in Mos Eisley and other
settlements, they scuttle from one pile of garbage to another in search of
food. Small creatures, scurriers are good at finding hiding places aboard
starships and can thus be found in most spaceports. [SW, SWSE]
- Scy'rrep, Evet: A legendary space bandit reputed
to have robbed 15 luxury starliners over the course of his fanciful career.
Supposedly, Scy'rrep garnered millions of credits in jewels and money before
he was eventually apprehended. He reportedly claimed to rob luxury ships because
"that's where the credits are." Luke Skywalker's dreams of adventures
among the stars were fire, in part, by an old holofilm of Scy'rrep's infamous
deeds -- Galactic Bandits. [SOTE]
- seafah jewel: The source of great wealth on
the planet Pydyr. Seafah jewels are formed deep in the ocean within the shells
of microscopic creatures. [NR]
- 2nd Airborne Company: See Clone Troopers, Airborne.
- Second Imperium: The name given to an attempt
to reestablish control of the Empire some 19 years after the Battle of Endor.
The attempt was led by four of Emperor Palpatine's most-loyal personal guards.
They set up a Shadow Academy wherein Dark Jedi Brakiss trained new legions
of Dark Jedi and stormtroopers. They tricked many into believing a clone of
the Emperor was the Great Leader of the Second Imperium. [YJK]
- sector: A cluster of star systems banded together for
economic and political reasons. The Old Republic originally began the practice
of combining linked star systems into sectors. At first, a sector was made
up of as many star systems as it took to give it approximately 50 habitable,
or already inhabited, planets. This definition became less binding as the
Republic continued, and in its later days most sectors were vast and unmanageable.
When the Emperor introduced his New Order, he reinvented sectors to better
control and administer to his Empire. Under the Empire, a moff controlled
a sector. All of the planetary governors within the sector answered to the
moff, who also served as a governor of a favorite world. Each moff had a military
sector group under his command, using these forces to secure the hundreds
of systems within the sector. To deal with rebellious or otherwise difficult
systems, the Emperor appointed grand moffs to oversee priority sectors. [ISB]
- Secura, Nat: The last descendant of the planet
Ryloth's great Twi'lek house, he sold many of his own people into slavery.
He was controlled by Bib Fortuna, who eventually brought him to Tatooine and
had his brain removed by B'omarr monks. [TJP]
- Sedri: This planet covered by warm, shallow
seas is home to the aquatic Sedrians and a communal intelligence of tiny polyps
known as Golden Sun. Golden Sun is attuned to the Force and provides power,
healing, and other benefits to the Sedrians. The Sedrians worship Golden Sun
as the center of their society. Golden Sun's use of the Force creates gravitational
disturbances that interfere with hyperspace travel through the region. [BGS,
GG4]
- Sedrian: Sleek aquatic mammals about 3 meters
in length with a fine slick fur that covers them from head to fluke. These
humanoid seals inhabit the water planet Sedri. While they can breathe air
and live outside of water for brief periods of time, they prefer the water
and live in underwater cities. These peaceful, reflective beings worship the
living coral called Golden Sun, which also provides them with a unique source
of power. [BGS, GG4]
- Sedriss: Emperor Palpatine's dark-side executor,
he commanded the dark-side elite warriors after the death of the first clone
of the Emperor. On the planet Byss, he discovered the Emperor had been reborn
into another clone body. He was ordered to go to Ossus to capture Luke Skywalker,
but the executor was destroyed by the power of an ancient Jedi, Ood Bnar.
[DE2]
- See-Threepio: See C-3P0.
- "Seepana.": "Scope" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Sei'lar, Asyr: A graduate of the Bothan Martial
Academy, she was on a mission to Coruscant when she first encountered Gavin
Darklighter and Rogue Squadron. She was working with the Alien Combine, and
she believed Darklighter's nervousness and his refusal to dance with her were
signs he was bigoted. Darklighter and the Rogues were brought before the Combine,
but during an attack by Imperials the Rogues demonstrated they were no friends
of the Empire. Sei'lar helped them escape. She later joined forces with the
Rogues and helped them disable Coruscant's defense shield system. After the
liberation of the planet, she accepted a position in Rogue Squadron and developed
a serious relationship with Darklighter. [BW, KT, WG]
- Selab: This planet in the Hapes Cluster is home
to the trees of wisdom. The fruit of the trees is believed to greatly enhance
the intelligence of those in their old age. [CPL]
- Selaggis: A planet whose colony was obliterated
by Warlord Zsinj's Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist. [CPL]
- Selestrine: Leader of the Icarii, she had the
gift of prophecy. Abal Karda had her decapitated for foretelling he would
die in agony, then carried her head in a jeweled box. Boba Fett and Darth
Vader fought over possession of her head, and Vader emerged victorious. She
foretold the possible futures that stretched before the Dark Lord, then he
had her totally destroyed so the Emperor could not use her gift. [BFEE]
- Selonia: One of the five inhabited worlds of
the Corellian system, it is home to a hive species with thick tails, sleek
fur, long faces, and needle-sharp teeth. An ancient planetary repulsor is
located deep beneath the world's surface. It was used in ancient times to
move the planet to its current location. [AC, AS, SAC]
- Seluss: A Sullustan, he often teamed with the
smuggler Jarril aboard the ship Spicy Lady. [NR]
- Semtin, Captain Marl: An Imperial officer, he
commanded the Harrow, a Victory-class Star Destroyer. He
was vaporized by his own troops for acts of cowardice. [XW]
- Sendo, General Harid: An aging Imperial Intelligence
officer, he agreed to betray the Empire for the lucrative credits offered
by the Black Sun criminal organization. He was but one of hundreds of bureaucrats
on Prince Xizor's payroll. [SESB, SOTE]
- Senesca, Zev: A Rebel Alliance snowspeeder pilot,
he was among the defenders of Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth. He rescued
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo after they spent a night on the frozen tundra.
His comm-unit designation was Rogue Two. He was killed when his snowspeeder
was shot down during the Battle of Hoth. [ESB, GG3]
- Senex sector: A region of space ruled by an
elite group of aristocratic Ancient Houses. It was mostly left alone by Palpatine's
Empire, and the New Republic has had very little success influencing its leaders.
[COJ]
- sensor: A device that analyzes an area, gathers information,
and displays its findings. Passive-mode sensors gather information from the
immediate area around a ship. Scan-mode sensors send out pulses in all directions,
actively gathering information in a much-wider range. Search-mode sensors
actively seek out information in a specific direction. Focus-mode sensors
closely examine a specific portion of space. [SWRPG2]
- sensor suite: All of the major systems and subsystems,
both hardware and software, associated with complex sensor arrays. [HSE]
- sensory plug-in: Devices that allow astromechs and
other droids to interface with computers, sensors, monitors, and data systems
via a direct connection. They are similar to scomp links. [SME]
- sentient tank: See tank droid.
- Sentinel:
A cruiser in the Bakuran task force. [AS]
- Sentinel: A massive guard employed to protect
the reborn Emperor's citadel on the planet Byss. Their origin is unknown,
but some believe they were giant cyborgs or droids. [DE, DESB]
- Separatists: The combined forces of the Trade
Federation, Geonosians, InterGalactic Banking Clan, and others during the
Clone Wars. This group, secretly led by Darth Sidious, was openly commanded
by Darth Tyranus and General Grievous. The Separatists chose to break away
from the Republic because they believed the government had become corrupt
and weak. The entire thing was a ruse by Sidious to split the galaxy in half
so he could more easily take over. Also known as the Confederacy. [AotC, CW1,
CW2, RotS]
- Serenity, Celestial: An enhanced human gambler
on Crseih Research Station. [CS]
- Sernpidal: The third planet in the Julevian
system and the most-heavily populated world of the sector. The Yuuzhan Vong
destroyed the world through the use of a dovin basal, a living creature capable
of focusing gravity. It pulled the smaller of the planet's two moons out of
orbit and sent it crashing into the surface. Chewbacca died on this world,
saving Anakin Solo and hurling him into the Millennium Falcon just before
the moon struck. [VP]
- Serpent Masters: These slavers rode winged serpents
controlled by ultrasonic signals emitted from a medallion worn by the Supreme
Master. R2-D2 was able to duplicate the ultrasonic signals so Luke Skywalker
could ride a serpent and defeat the Serpent Masters, freeing Tanith Shire's
people from slavery. [CSW]
- servodriver: A powered hand tool used to tighten and
loosen bolts, screws, and fasteners. It produces motion when it receives signals
from a controller. [SWN]
- Seswenna sector: This region of space contains
the planet Eriadu. Grand Moff Tarkin developed the Tarkin Doctrine of rule
by fear while he governed the Outer Rim Territories from the Seswenna sector.
[DSTC, MTS]
- Sette, Urlor: A large man, he helped Rogue Squadron
pilot Corran Horn escape from the top-secret prison Lusankya. [KT]
- Seventh Legion: See 7th Legion.
- S-foil: The wing section assembly of an X-wing
starfighter. The double-layered wings spread apart for attack, forming the
X that gives the craft its name. Each wing section is connected to the diagonal
wing section opposite it. Note: Though this may be the common thought
pattern regarding the X-wing's S-foils, there is indeed no "X" in
the Aurebesh alphabet used throughout the galaxy. [RJ, SW, SWSB]
- Shaalas, Ma'Kis': A Nikto Jedi during the Clone Wars
who survived Order 66. He was shortly after killled by Darth Vader on Kessel
during a Jedi get-together. [SWDHC]
- Shadday, Jedi Master: A human Jedi Master
during the Clone Wars who survived Order 66. She was shortly after killled
by Darth Vader on Kessel during a Jedi get-together. She was the one who leaked
information on the whereabouts of the meeting, which also indicated Obi-Wan
Kenobi would be there, in order to lure Darth Vader. [SWDHC]
- Shadow Academy: This torus-shaped space station
located near the Galactic Core was built by the Second Imperium to house a
training center for Dark Jedi. Covered with weaponry and concealed by a powerful
cloaking device, the Shadow Academy was capable of hyperspace travel. Luke
Skywalker's former student Brakiss lead the academy, with help from the Nightsister
Tamith Kai. When the leaders of the Second Imperium grew displeased with Brakiss'
progress, they destroyed the station and killed the academy's leader. [YJK]
- Shadow Chaser:
A spacecraft owned by the Nightsister Garowyn, it was covered in powerful
quantum armor. Luke Skywalker used the ship to escape from the Shadow Academy
after he rescued Jaina and Jacen Solo and Lowbacca. [YJK]
- shadow droid: Imperial attack fighters built
by the reborn cloned Emperor, they were constructed around the brains of fallen
Imperial fighter aces. The brains were hardwired to tactical computers and
empowered by the dark side of the Force. [DE2]
- shadow stormtrooper: Designed for espionage and high-risk
reconnaissance missions, shadow stormtroopers are a specialized division of
elite troopers utilized at the sole discretion of Imperial Intelligence. Where
standard stormtroopers overwhelm with numbers and firepower, the shadow stormtrooper
moves in stealth and silence, never exposing his presence until he strikes.
His stygium-triprismatic armor is laced with sensor-jammers and sound dampners,
making him all but undetectable. Even his weapon -- a DC-19 "Stealth"
carbine with built-in suppressor -- does not betray him. His is truly a shadow
army, an enemy never seen and never heard until it is too late. [ANH, ESB,
ROTJ]
- Shallamar: A Barabel, she tried to kill Han
Solo after accusing him of cheating at sabacc. Chewbacca stopped her. [HG]
- Shana: A Mistryl Shadow Guard, she accompanied
Mara Jade to Kessel to liberate the planet. [COF]
- Shannador's Revenge: This Invincible-class
capital ship operated under the banner of the Corporate Sector Authority.
[HSE]
- "Shastartaz.": "Ignition" in the
Bocce language. [GPB]
- Shawti: A planet that serves as a homeworld to some
Klatooinians. [RJ]
- Shayoto: A Jedi, he attended the great Jedi
assembly at Mount Meru some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
- Shazeen: A Sauropteroid, he helped Han Solo
and his party on the planet Dellalt during their quest for the lost treasures
of Xim the Despot. A veteran of many conflicts, Shazeen has a nearly-black
hide, notched and bitten flippers, and only one eye. [HLL]
- "Shepe oop.": "Lift off" in the
Bocce language. [GPB]
- Shiel, Riv: A Shistavanen from Uvena III, he
was a member of Rogue Squadron. While on a mission to hijack a bacta convoy
during the Bacta War, he was killed when his ship was destroyed by the Corrupter.
[BW, KT, RS, WG]
- Shield: This
assault carrier in the New Republic's Fifth Fleet participated in the blockade
of Doornik-319. [SOL]
- shield: See deflector shield.
- shield generator: A device that produces the power
needed to create and maintain deflector shields. These shields can be focused
around almost any object -- a ship, building, or even parts of an entire parent
-- to protect it from attack. [RJ]
- shieldship: This custom-designed escort vessel was
built to protect ships traveling to Nkllon in the Athega system from the heat
of the system's superhot sun. The mining operation Land Calrissian set up
on the planet Nkllon, the closest world to Athega's sun, required transports
to bring in supplies and take mined ore off to market. He presented his design
for the shieldship to the newly-created Republic Engineering Corporation and
commissioned it to build the vessels he envisioned. A shieldship resembles
a massive flying umbrella. A curved, 800-meter-wide dish provides protection
against Athega's intense rays, while its underside contains tubes, fins, and
cooling apparatus to keep the dish from melting during the trip in-system.
A cylindrical, 400-meter-long pylon stretches beneath the dish. A tug at its
center drives the massive shieldship. Shieldships require constant maintenance,
and coolant and cooling gear must be replaced after every trip. [HE, HESB,
LC]
- Shi'ido: A humanoid species from the planet
Sh'shuun. Its members have light gray skin and extremely-long fingers. They
are shapeshifters, capable of transforming into other creatures. [GF]
- Shild, Sarn: A tall, pale sector moff before
the start of the Galactic Civil War. The Hutts of Nar Shaddaa paid him to
ignore their illegal operations. Bria Tharen, working for the fledgling Rebellion,
traveled with him as his supposed concubine, but Shild's sexual preferences
did not extend to human females. He had a secret ambition to break away from
the Empire and form his own independent sector. When the ill-fated attack
on the Y'Toub system failed, he was called back to face the Emperor at Imperial
Center. Instead of facing Palpatine's punishment, Shild decided to escape
by committing suicide. [HG]
- Shire, Tanith: A supply tug operator at the
starship yards of Fondor, she stole drone barges and sent them crashing to
the planet's surface. The stolen barges were then salvaged by the Serpent
Masters, slavers who controlled Shire's people. Luke Skywalker defeated the
Serpent Masters and freed Shire's people. [CSW]
- Shistavanen: An intelligent, violent species
whose members are fur-covered humanoid wolves with powerful claws, sharp teeth,
and glowing eyes. Hunters by nature, they are popularly called the Shistavanen
Wolfmen. [GG1, GG2]
- Sh'ner-class planetary
assault carrier: Ovoid ships nearly 750 meters long, they carry Ssi-ruuvi
Imperium invasion forces. Closer to transports than to combat vessels, they
have weak shields, are relatively slow, and have little weaponry. They depend
on Fw'Sen picket ships to protect them. When a target city is neutralized,
the carrier lands to gather subjects for its entechment labs. The invasion
fleet at Bakura contained three Sh'ner carriers. [SWVG, TAB]
- shock-ball: An outdoor team sport whose object
is for one team to stun the other into unconsciousness by employing a charged
orb. Team members use insulated mitts to handle the orb, and scoops to fling
and catch it. After the specified game length expires, the team with the most
conscious members wins the match. [HLL]
- Shooting Star:
An Alliance frigate destroyed in a collision with another Alliance frigate,
the Endor. [BTS]
- Shoran: A Wookiee, he was a cousin of Chewbacca
who died during the rescue of Han Solo from the Pride of Yevetha.
[TT]
- short-term memory enhancement: Through the use
of this Force control technique, a Jedi Knight can replay recent events in
his or her mind to carefully examine images and peripheral happenings. This
allows the Jedi to recall a particular detail that was observed but not consciously
remembered. [DFRSB]
- Showolter, Captain: A member of New Republic
Intelligence, he greeted Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian when they returned
to Coruscant with disturbing news from the Corellian sector. [AS]
- Shreeftut, His Potency the: The supreme leader
of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. [TAB]
- Shrike, Garris: The leader of a nomadic band
of space criminals who traveled the Corellian sector aboard the Trader's
Luck, he was a strict taskmaster. He started as a bounty hunter but wasn't
patient enough for the job. He had a warped sense of humor, enjoyed gambling,
and was fast on the draw. He collected orphans and trained them to steal,
beg, and pick pockets to pay their way. Han Solo was one such orphan who was
raised aboard the Trader's Luck. [PS]
- Shriwirr: One of the largest of the
Ssi-ruuvi customized battle cruisers, it was the lead ship in the assault
on the planet Bakura. The 900-meter-long ovoid ship was under the command
of Admiral Ivpikkis. Luke Skywalker single-handedly captured the vessel after
the Ssi-ruuk evactuated rather than face his Force abilities in battle. [SWVG,
TAB, TBSB]
- Shroud: This ship once belonged to
Dr. Evazan. Mammon Hoole purchased it to replace his lost Lightrunner.
[GF]
- Sh'tk'ith, Elder (BLUESCALE): The leader of
the Ssi-ruuvi invasion force at Bakura, he was nicknamed Bluescale as an honorific
reference to his unusual bright-blue coloration. Young Dev Sibwarra killed
the Elder, but he was mortally wounded in the fight. [TAB, TBSB]
- shuttle, Imperial: See Lambda-class shuttle.
- Shyriiwook: Language of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk.
Consisting of complex grunts and growls, the language's name translates as
"tongue of the tree people." Sometimes called Wookiee-speak. [SWRPG3SE,
TBH]
- Sibwarra, Dev: The young man used by the Ssi-ruuk
to locate humans. While still a young boy, Dev Sibwarra and his mother fled
their homeworld Chandrila to escape the Emperor's frequent Jedi purges. Dev's
mother was an apprentice Jedi, and Dev himself inherited her sensitivity to
the Force. While hiding on the planet G'rho, Dev and his mother were caught
up in a Ssi-ruuk raid. His mother was killed in the raid, but Dev was captured
and taken to Lwhekk to serve the warlike Ssi-ruuk. When his latent Force powers
began to manifest, Dev was brainwashed into helping the Ssi-ruuk; he scouted
the galaxy for humans -- especially Force-sensitive humans -- to use in the
Ssi-ruuk entechment process. Dev was placed in the service of Firwirrung,
an entechment master, who cajoled the youth into assisting in raids on human
settlements. Firwirrung promised to personally entech Dev as a reward for
his service, freeing him from fear and pain. Luke Skywalker released Dev from
his servitude and broke the Ssi-ruuk hold on his mind. Later, Dev returned
the favor by helping Luke escape from the Ssi-ruuk. Dev was mortally wounded
in the final battle with the Ssi-ruuk over the planet Bakura. [TAB, TBSB]
- Sidious, Darth: A robed Dark Jedi of the Sith
during the time of the Naboo blockade, he was the influence behind the Trade
Federation assault on that planet and their attempt to kill the Jedi Knights
who had been sent to end the hostilities. When the Jedi eluded him, he sent
his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt them down. He often communicated with
his Trade Federation pawns, Nute Gunray and Rune Haako, by means of an advanced
holographic projector. Following Darth Maul's death at the hands of Jedi Padawan
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sidious took on a new apprentice -- Darth Tyranus, also known
as Count Dooku, a fallen Jedi. Sidious who secretly was also Senator Palpatine,
took over the Republic senate on one side while orchestrating the Trade Federation
from the other. Thus began the Clone Wars. All-in-all, it was also a plot
to gain Anakin Skywalker as his new apprentice. As Palpatine, he befriended
Anakin. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Sidious had himself (as Palpatine)
captured by General Grevious, leader of the Trade Federation forces, where
a duel resulted between Anakin and Tyranus in which Anakin killed Tyranus.
Sidious then tricked and seduced Anakin into accepting the ways of the dark
side and following him by promising to save Anakin's wife, Padmé Amidalla.
Though still uncertain, Anakin reported the knowledge of Palpatine's true
identity to Jedi Master Mace Windu. Windu and several other Jedi Council members
confronted Sidious. During the battle, Sidious quickly killed all of the council
members, save Windu, who was about to defeat Sidious when Anakin betrayed
him. Sidious called the clones to follow Order 66 and they turned on their
Jedi commanders. When all was said and done, only Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi
and Yoda were known to have survived the assault. Yoda and Sidious confronted
each other in an epic battle in the Republic's Senate chamber. Yoda was unable
to defeat Sidious and fled for his life. Later, Sidious would declare himself
as Emperor Palpatine. See Palpatine, Emperor. (Played by Ian McDiarmid.)
[AOTC, CW1, CW2, ROTS, SWTPM]
- Sidrona: The leader of the Old Republic Senate
at the time of the Sith War some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War.
[TSW]
- Sienar Fleet Systems: The company that manufactured
the Empire's various TIE fighters and other craft. It was once Republic Sienar
Systems. [SWSB]
- Sienn'rha: A young Twi'lek, she was stolen from
her family by Bib Fortuna, instructed in the art of dance, and then presented
as a gift to Jabba the Hutt along with Oola. In gratitude for being rescued
and returned to her family by Luke Skywalker, she gave a spectacular performance
for Rogue Squadron when they visited Ryloth. She offered Wedge Antilles a
private dance, but he declined. [BW]
- Sileen: A Mistryl Shadow Guard, she was involved
in the failed transport of the Hammertong device to the Empire. [TMEC]
- Silencer-7:
One of the reborn cloned Emperor's Imperial World Devastators, it led the
attack on Mon Calamari. It was 3,200 meters long, 1,500 meters tall, and had
a crew of 25,000. The Emperor had a system built into the Devastators that
allowed him to seize control of the ships. Luke Skywalker gave the control
codes to R2-D2, and the droid shut down the ships during the Battle of Calamari
so that New Republic forces could destroy them. [DE, DESB]
- Silver Egg:
Smuggling kingpin Nandreeson's private ship, it was specially outfitted for
an amphibian species' needs. [NR]
- Silver Speeder:
The sleek racing landspeeder once owned by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. The
speeder was loaded with nasty gadgets for eliminating opponents -- cutting
lasers, magnetic harpoons, and a terrible chain-saw shredder. [DTV]
- Simoom: A great desert land on the far side
of Endor's forest moon. It is inhabited by the Phlogs. [ETV]
- Sing, Aurra: Female bounty hunter
with a long pony-tail. Force sensitive. Normally carries a large rifle and
sometimes seen with a yellow lightsaber and sometimes with a red one. Once
a promising if headstrong padawan, Sing now trades in dark professions: Pirate,
assassin, and bounty hunter. She specializes in hunting down Jedi under the
mistaken belief that they abandoned and betrayed her, and she brandishes the
lightsabers of her victims as prized trophies. During the Clone Wars, her
quest for Vengeance once took her to Bespin, where she met a young Boba Fett.
She was trained by Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi for a while and possibly also
by the Dark Woman. She also has a skull-implanted sensor for an unusual accessory.
[DHSWC, SWTPM]
- Singing Mountain clan: A group of the Witches
of Dathomir. Its members follow the light side of the Force. [CPL]
- Sinidic: An aide to Drom Guldi, baron administrator
of the Kelrodo-Ai gelatin mines. Sinidic was a small, nervous man with wrinkled
skin. He was with his boss on a big-game hunting expedition on Hoth when the
entire party was killed by the creatures they were hunting -- wampa ice creatures.
[DS]
- Sinn, Mirith: A New Republic commander. The
day the Imperials killed her husband for refusing to provide them with supplies,
she swore she would fight the Empire until she died. She led the Rebel cell
on Phaeda and offered Kir Kanos sanctuary with her troops. She hoped to capture
Carnor Jax before Kanos could kill him, but instead she watched as Kanos killed
the Imperial warlord and her second in command. She vowed to hunt Kanos down
and destroy him. Soon after, she infiltrated Grappa the Hutt's organization
to find evidence that he was hijacking New Republic supply ships. Her mission
was discovered and Grappa gave her to the Zanibar. She was taken to their
homeworld as a sacrifice, but Kanos rescued her. She later returned the favor,
then joined him in a raid on the Imperial Interim Ruling Council headquarters.
She was attracted to the ex-guardsman and hoped to turn him from his vengeance
quest. Only time will tell if she succeeded. [CE]
- Sirrakuk: A Wookiee, she is Chewbacca's niece
and Lowbacca's younger sister. [YJK]
- Sith: An ancient people, they were conquered
by powerful dark-side magic. Throughout their 100,000-year history, they came
close to vanquishing the Jedi several times. Some 4,000 years before the Galactic
Civil War, they battled the Jedi in a conflict known as the
Sith War. They maintained an unbroken line of chief practitioners known
as Dark Lords of the Sith. Since an internal conflict 2,000 years before the
Battle of Yavin, the Sith were reduced to just two members -- a master and
an apprentice. [DLS, TSW]
- Sith Holocron: The Dark Holocron, it contains
the teachings and histories of the Sith Dark Lords. Only a Dark Lord of the
Sith can access the information. [DLS, TSW]
- Sith Infiltrator: A Sith ship that streaks silently
and invisibly through space to its destination. Hidden beneath the side panels
and mounted on the wings are launchers that fire probe droids or missiles,
depending on whether the craft's pilot is on a mission to seek or destroy
the intended quarry. The wings flare open, greatly increasing the craft's
speed and attack maneuverability. Darth Maul flies a Sith Infiltrator to the
planet Tatooine during his quest to find Queen Amidala. [SWTPM]
- Sith probe droid: In search of the fugitive Queen Amidala of Naboo, Sith Lord Darth Maul sends out Sith probe droids from his Sith Infiltrator. The spherical, single-eyed probe droids float throughout Mos Espa looking for signs of the queen or her Jedi guards. DROIDS SITH [PM]
- Sith Starfighter: A Galactic Empire ship created by
Kuat Systems Engineering, model ETA-2, 5.47 meters long, with laser and ion
cannons. Darth Vader flew one of these ships which were modeled after the
newest Jedi Starfighter models used in the later part of the Clone Wars. The
ship also required the use of a modified astromech droid -- typically an R4
unit. As the Hand of the new Emperor, Darth Vader had at his personal disposal
a small fleet of identical black starfighters, formerly belonging to the Jedi
Order he destroyed. As his reputation for ruthlessness spread across the galaxy,
it was the shadowy silhouette of this starship for which the inhabitants of
Rebel worlds began to scan their skies, rather than the threat of a fleet
of Star Destroyers. The arrival of the Imperial fleet meant only danger, the
arrival of one of these dark ships meant total destruction. [ROTS]
- Sith
War: A great conflict that occurred some 4,000
years before the Galactic Civil War, it pitted Jedi Knights against Exar Kun's
dark-side forces. It ended when Kun's spirit was trapped in the ruins of Yavin
4. [TSW]
- Sivrak, Lak: A hunter and scout for the Empire,
he was a Shistavanen Wolfman who refused to reveal the location of a colony
of Rebel sympathizers and was in turn targeted for elimination. He fled to
Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine and eventually joined the Alliance. He died
when his X-wing crashed onto the surface of Endor's forest moon during the
battle against the second Death Star. [GG1, TMEC]
- Sivron, Tol: One of the members of a Twi'lek
head clan that was sent into the desert to die, he killed the other members
of his clan and went to work for Moff Tarkin. He was set up as chief scientist
and director of the Maw Installation. [COF, JS]
- Skahtul: A Barabel, she led the bounty hunters
who captured Luke Skywalker on the planet Kothlis. [SOTE]
- ski speeders, Resistance: An older design pre-dating the Rebel Alliance, the low-altitude, high-power Resistance ski speeders use a stabilizer strut to keep balance when zipping across alien terrain. VEHICLES SPEEDERS RESISTANCE [LJ]
- Skidder, Wurth: A Jedi, he is a stubborn and
fun-loving pilot with a hotshot attitude. Leia Organa Solo believes SKidder
is a hair trigger, a Jedi who only wants to add kill markers to the side of
his X-wing. His intervention against the Osarians 21 years after the Battle
of Endor cost the New Republic a year of diplomatic missions to repair the
damage. [VP]
- skiff: A surface utility vehicle that uses repulsors
to float and move about. A single driver operates a skiff, guiding it through
the use of two directional steering vanes. Desert skiffs were little more than floating platforms and easily identified by their rust coloring, reinforced bows, and intermittent guard rails around the perimeter. They came equipped with planks, making them the preferred execution conveyance for the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt, who loved to drop his enemies into pits full of monsters. VEHICLES SPEEDER FRINGE [RJ, SWSB]
- skimmer: See landspeeder.
- Skipray blastboat: Assault gunships used by
the Empire. The most-popular model was the Sienar Fleet Systems GAT series.
Blastboats operate equally well in atmosphere and deep space. While it was
designed for point missions and patrol assignments for the Imperial fleet,
it never replaced the TIE fighter. Consequently, the blastboats were dumped
on the open market and found their way into local defense fleets, smuggler
camps, and mercenary forces. With hyperdrives and power-boosted armaments,
blastboats are formidable ships. They are considered to be capital ships not
because of their size, a mere 25 meters long, but because of the power rating
of their weapons systems. Its weapons include three medium ion cannons, one
twin laser cannon turret, one proton torpedo launcher, and one concussion
missile launcher. [HE, HESB, ISB]
- skirtopanol: A truth serum used to interrogate prisoners.
[RS]
- Skorr: A bounty hunter, he nearly captured Han
Solo on the planet Ord Mantell shortly after the Battle of Yavin. He died
in a final battle with Han Solo when he fatally shot himself during their
struggle. [CSW]
- Skreej, Tamtel: The name Lando Calrissian assumed
when he worked undercover in Jabba the Hutt's palace as part of the plan to
free Han Solo. [TJP]
- Skritch: A gorm-worm, it was used to kill Jedi
Andur Sunrider about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [TOJ]
- Skyclaw: A ship used by the Mistryl
Shadow Guards during the Hammertong mission. [TMEC]
- Skyhook: The code name used to identify the
secret Alliance operation that sent the Tantive IV to retrieve the
technical readouts of the original Death Star battle station. [SWR]
- skyhook: A space station in low orbit, tethered
to a planetary surface. The tether is used to ferry supplies and passengers
to and from the station via transport tubes. Skyhooks became a symbol of wealth
and power in the skies over Imperial Center during Emperor Palpatine's reign.
[SOTE]
- skyhopper: See T-16 skyhopper.
- Skynx: An insectoid scholar from the planet
Ruuria, he accompanied Han Solo on the quest to find the lost treasures of
the Queen of Ranroon. [HLL]
- Skywalker, Anakin: Son of a slave named Shmi
Skywalker, Anakin would father Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and become
a hero of the Clone Wars and one of its youngest warriors. When the Jedi Master
known as Qui-Gon Jinn first encountered the young boy on Tatooine, Anakin
demonstrated an unusually high level of flying and fighting talent due to
his innate ability to tap the Force. Later, as a student of Obi-Wan Kenobi,
Anakin honed his use of the Force to near perfection, fighting alongside Kenobi
and the rest of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. During the Clone Wars
he was promoted to commander in the Grand Army of the Republic. Near the end
of the Clone Wars, he was promoted (at Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's request)
to the Jedi Council. Unfortunately and shortly after, the young Jedi Knight
was lured to the dark side by Darth Sidious (also known as Palpatine) and
transformed into the evil Darth Vader. As Vader, he was Emperor Palpatine's
right hand and apprentice, committing many great evils (including hunting
down and killing or converting the last of the Jedi). At the end of his life
he reclaimed his original identity to save his son's life. He then became
one with the Force. As the Rebels celebrated their victory over the Empire
at the Battle of Endor, the spirit of Anakin Skywalker appears to his son,
Luke. But instead of the ravaged Darth Vader he became, it is Anakin who appears,
restored to the Jedi he once was. (Played by Jake Lloyd (as a child),
Hayden Christensen (as a teenager, young adult, and as Darth Vader in Revenge
of the Sith, plus as the Force ghost of Anakin in the DVD edition of Return
of the Jedi), David Prowse (as Darth Vader), James Earl Jones (as Vader's
voice), and Sebastian Shaw (as the unmasked Vader and Force ghost of Anakin).)
[AOTC, ESB, RJ, RJN, ROTS, SW, SWTPM]
- Skywalker, Luke: Raised on the backwater world
Tatooine by Owen and Beru Lars, Luke Skywalker was in his late teens when
he discovered he was the son of Anakin Skywalker, the man who became Darth
Vader, that Princess Leia was his twin sister, and that a crazy old man named
Ben Kenobi was really a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan Kenbobi had taken Luke as an
infant and given him to Owen and Beru Lars to raise. Kenobi was fearful that
Luke's innate Force powers would be corrupted by the boy's father. But Luke
passed through a mostly-uneventful childhood, working on his foster parents'
moisture farm and becoming a skilled T-16 skyhopper pilot. He raced through
the canyons and shot womp rats with good friends such as Biggs Darklighter.
He hoped to enter the Academy with Biggs, but Owen kept asking him to stay
"for just one more season." When Luke was 18, everything changed
with the arrival of two droids -- R2-D2 and C-3P0. R2-D2 had come to Tatooine
to locate Obi-Wan Kenobi and present him with an important message, a hologram
of a beautiful princess from Alderaan who appeared to be in terrible trouble.
Luke knew Obi-Wan as Old Ben, but at Ben's house Luke learned some astounding
secrets -- that Obi-Wan and Luke's father had been Jedi Knights, and Luke's
father had been betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader. Ben gave Luke his father's
lightsaber and explained to him the basic concepts of the Force. This seemed
all too much for Luke, and he was ready to abandon the old man and the princess
to whatever trouble they were in. But when Luke returned home to find his
aunt and uncle dead, murdered by Imperial stormtroopers, he vowed to become
a Jedi Knight. With the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee, Luke,
Obi-Wan, and the droids escaped from Tatooine and rescued Princess Leia from
the Death Star, though Obi-Wan was killed by Darth Vader during the campaign.
With the help of technical readouts that had been hidden within R2-D2, Luke
Skywalker used the Force and fired the shot that destroyed the Death Star
and ended the Battle of Yavin. Over the next three years, Luke became a prominent
member of the Rebel Alliance. He achieved the rank of commander and took charge
of the X-wing Rogue Squadron. He helped stave off an Imperial attack on Hoth
long enough for the base personnel to escape, then followed a vision of Obi-Wan
Kenobi to the swamp planet Dagobah. There, he met a Jedi Master named Yoda.
Luke learned much from the wizened old Yoda, but he cut his training short
to help Leia and Han at Cloud City. This was the site of Luke's first confrontation
with Darth Vader. He lost three things in this meeting: His right hand, lost
to Vader's lightsaber; his own lightsaber, which had followed the severed
hand into the bowels of Cloud City; and his innocence. For Vader told him
that Kenobi lied. Vader had not killed Luke's father -- he was Luke's
father. With the help of Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian, Luke barely escaped
with his life. After being fitted for a prosthetic hand, Luke had to fend
off assassination attempts by Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun criminal
organization. Once Xixor was defeated, Luke traveled to Tatooine to rescue
Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt. Jabba refused to hand over Solo and let them
all go free, so Luke was forced to destroy the crimelord and his entire operation.
He then returned to Dagobah to finish his training and discover the truth
of Vader's words. He found a dying Yoda, who confirmed his worst fears. "Your
father he is," Yoda explained. The Jedi Master told Luke his training
was complete. All he had to do to become a full Jedi was to confront Vader
a second time. Luke also learned, from Ben Kenobi's spirit form, that Leia
was his sister. At Endor, Luke decided to meet Vader not in battle, but to
free the good in his father and return him from the dark side. Even as the
Emperor worked to corrupt Luke, Luke managed to reach the small spark of good
buried deep within the armor of Vader. Anakin reemerged and sacrificed his
own life to save Luke. Both Vader and the Emperor died aboard the second Death
Star. Luke Skywalker went on to play a major role in forging the New Republic
from the Rebel Alliance. He helped fight the Ssi-ruuk invaders at Bakura right
after the Battle of Endor. Five years later, Luke was instrumental in putting
a stop to Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to destroy the New Republic through
the use of cloned warriors and the mad Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth. During
this period, Luke withstood the threats of Mara Jade and eventually convinced
her to join the New Republic and allow him to help her learn to use her Force
abilities. One year later, Luke decided the best way to defeat the reborn
Emperor and resolve the latest galactic conflict was by learning the Emperor's
darkest secrets as his protégé. In the end, Luke was forced
to fight a young close of the Emperor, filled with the undying evil of the
ancient Palpatine. The Emperor defeated Luke in lightsaber combat, but Leia
came to her brother's aid. Together they destroyed the clone. As time went
on, Luke discovered others who were strong in the Force. He founded a new
Jedi academy in the Great Temple of the Massassi on Yavin 4. This led to a
confrontation with the spirit of an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith, Exar Kun,
who killed one trainee and corrupted another before he was defeated by the
combined powers of Luke's students. More than ever, Luke Skywalker dedicated
himself to the ideals of the New Republic and the rebirth of the Jedi Knights.
Fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker went to the Nirauan
system to rescue Mara Jade. The two discovered a secret base on a planet in
the system that turned out to be Grand Admiral Thrawn's hidden headquarters
-- the Hand of Thrawn. While on the planet, Jade helped Skywalker come to
a realization: The Force isn't just about power, it is also about guidance.
The more Skywalker tapped into it for new power, the less he was able to hear
its guidance over the noise of his own activity. It was all part of the lingering
effects of his brush with the dark side. He also discovered the true feelings
they shared for one another. Not only did they make a good team, they loved
each other. Luke asked Mara to marry him, and she said yes. They planned to
slowly turn the Jedi academy into a pre-Jedi school, from which students would
graduate to train in personal one-on-one relationships with more experienced
Jedi. Luke and Mara planned to travel around the New Republic with their more
advanced students, teaching, mediating, and helping where they were needed.
Six years later, Luke considered reestablishing the Jedi Council to help him
collect the scattering of Jedi Knights and coordinate their activities. He
is one of only a few Jedi with two apprentices -- he has continued instructing
Jace and Anakin Solo in the ways of the Force. Later, he and Mara would have
a son and name him Ben in honor of Luke's first Jedi Master. During his days
as a Tatooine farmer, Luke knew water was a precious commodity. He helped
his aunt and uncle earn their living by extracting water from the air to use
or resell. Though, Luke was never happy with the life of a moisture farmer
and dreamed of leaving home to attend the Imperial Space Academy and become
a pilot. (Played by Mark Hamill.) The unknowing son of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker dreams of a life of adventure and daring rather than the sedentary life of a Tatooine moisture farmer. This dream manifests in his desire to be a pilot, as he has been told his father was a very skilled pilot. He begins training to become a Jedi Knight under both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Later, Luke begins his own Jedi Academy but it is disrupted by pupil Ben Solo who went to the dark side and became Kylo Ren. Eventually, he would train Rey in the ways of the Force before dying during a Force projected battle with Ren. CHARACTERS HUMAN REBELLION RESISTANCE TATOOINE [DE, DFR, ESB, HE, LC, RJ, SP,
SW, VF, VP, etc.]
- Skywalker, Luuke: A clone of Luke Skywalker
created from the cells taken from the hand Luke lost in his lightsaber duel
with Darth Vader at Cloud City. The Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth, himself a
clone, ordered the creation of Luuke from the Emperor's prized souvenir: Sample
B-2332-54. He wanted a Jedi student of his own, and if it could not be the
real Luke Skywalker, he would settle for the specialy-created clone. Using
Luke's lost lightsaber, the one Obi-Wan Kenobi gave him back on Tatooine,
which Luke lost along with his hand, the clone nearly destroyed the true Skywalker
during their confrontation on Wayland. Mara Jade killed Luuke Skywalker during
the fray, fulfilling the powerful last command thrust upon her years before
by the dying Emperor. [LC]
- Skywalker, Mara Jade: Once the Emperor's Hand,
an extension of the Emperor's will who would go anywhere in the galaxy to
advance his evil, this beautiful woman with the dancer's figure, green eyes,
and red-gold hair was consumed by deep hatred for Luke Skywalker and bounded
by a blood oath to assassinate him. Ironically, she was destined to become
one of the New Republic's ablest friends. Palpatine, learning of Darth Vader's
invitation to Skywalker to join him in ruling the Empire, secretly ordered
Jade to kill Skywalker. As "Arica," she went undercover in Jabba
the Hutt's palace but was unable to complete her mission, and Skywalker went
on to help destroy the Emperor. Nonetheless, she vowed to carry out the Emperor's
last command. She possessed limited Force abilities that diminished after
the Emperor's death. Captured and interrogated by Ysanne Isard, director of
Imperial Intelligence, she eventually escaped. For a time she hid on Phorliss
where she worked as a waitress and bouncer. When bar owner Gorb Drig was killed
by enforcers for Dequc and the Black Nebula, Mara decided to fulfill an earlier
mission and kill Dequc. She became an outcast, eventually ending up in the
employ of smuggler Talon Karrde and rising to a post as his second in command.
She and Karrde were drawn into the New Republic's battle with Grand Admiral
Thrawn. When the mad Jedi clone Joruus C'baoth called Skywalker and Jade to
his side, Jade killed Skywalker's clone, Luuke, and C'baoth himself, with
help from Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo. Thus she freed herself from
the Emperor's will. In the years that followed, Jade helped Karrde form the
Smugglers' Alliance guild. She ran Karrde's operations for a time and even
briefly attended Luke's Jedi academy. She left to go back to the guild and
to challenge the threat posed by Imperial Admiral Daala. While undertaking
daring missions with Han Solo and Land Calrissian, it seemed she had become
romantically involved with Calrissian. This was just part of the scam, as
the pair wer actually on a long-term mission for Talon Karrde. During the
battle with the dark-sider Kueller, she and Karrde brought several Force-inhibiting
ysalamiri to the planet Almania to help Luke and Leia defeat the dark-sider.
Fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, she helped Luke Skywalker find the
hidden base Hand of Thrawn. During that mission, Jade became a Jedi and the
two settled their past differences, discovering they had true feelings for
one another. Skywalker proposed marriage, and Jade accepted. Six years later,
she had adopted the role of Jaina Solo's master, instructing her in the ways
of the Jedi. She also contracted a mysterious disease secretly created by
Nom Anor's genetically-manipulated spores. Though it weakened her, the disease
did not stop Mara from fighting and defeating the Yuuzhan Vong warrior Yomin
Carr. [DA, DFR, DFRSB, DS, HE, HESB, LC, MJ, NR, SP, SWCG, VF, VP]
- Skywalker, Shmi: A slave on Tatooine, owned
by the merchant Watto, she was the mother of young Anakin Skywalker. When
the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn was able to bargain for Anakin's freedom, he
sought to do the same for Shmi, but did not succeed. [SWTPM]
- Slave I:
A modified Firespray-class patrol and attack ship owned and operated
by the feared bounty hunter Boba Fett during the Galactic Civil War. The ship
is equipped with several hidden weapons systems, interior prisoner cages,
and reinforced armor plating. The previous owner was Jango Fett, who Boba
believed was his father. Actually, Boba was an unaltered clone of Jango Fett.
Jango Fett used Slave I to battle Obi-Wan Kenobi in a Jedi Starfighter through
an asteroid belt near the water world of Kamino. While Jango had Slave I,
it had special sonic charges. [AOTC, DE2, DESB, ESB, MTS, SWSB]
- Slave II:
When Boba Fett escaped from the Sarlacc and discovered his vessel had been
impounded, he selected a Pursuer-class patrol ship used by the Mandalorian
police. Slave II was severely damaged above the planet Byss when
Fett tried to follow the Millennium Falcon and smashed into a planetary shield.
He left the heavy patrol cruiser in dry dock and reclaimed his original Slave
I. [DE, DESB]
- slave circuit: A mechanism that allows remote
control of a starship, usually by a spaceport control tower to assist with
landing, or by the ship's owner to remotely power up the ship. Fully-rigged
slave circuits create totally-controlled vessels that require few crew members
and sometimes only a single pilot. [DFR, HE, LC]
- SLD-26 planetary shield generator: Built by the Empire on Endor, the SLD-26 planetary shield generator provides nearly impenetrable protection of a small moon or a space station. It has a power core, a large focus dish, a positioning antenna and eight shield projectors, but it’s vulnerable to small strike teams and Ewoks. TECHNOLOGY [RJ]
- slicer: A computer hacker. [DFR, HE, LC]
- Sliven: A Tusken Raider leader. His tribe raised
the young Force-sensitive human named Tahiri. [JJK]
- Sluis sector: This region of space contains
the planets Dagobah, Bpfassh, Praesitlyn, and Sluis Van. [HE, ISWU]
- Sluissi: A technologically-advanced species
from the planet Sluis Van, its members appear as humanoids from the waist
up, though their lower bodies end in a snakelike tail, They are renowned for
their expertise with starships, and the Sluis Van shipyards are considered
one of the best places to go for repairs or maintenance. A longtime member
of the Republic, the Sluissi people readily joined the New Republic after
the Battle of Endor. Nothing ever seems to excite or disturb a Sluissi, for
they are even-tempered and very calm. They consider themselves to be mechanical
artists, and they believe great art should not be rushed. [DFRSB]
- Sluis Van: The primary planet and central star
system in the Sluis sector, it contains an extensive deep-space shipyard facility
considered to be the best and largest in the area. The facilities consist
of dozens upon dozens of orbit docks. Shuttles constantly travel from the
docks to Sluis Van and back again, ferrying spacers throughout the shipyards
and to the planet it orbits. Huge armored defense platforms protect the shipyards
from pirate raids and smugglers, but larger forces require the intervention
of the New Republic fleet. Grand Admiral Thrawn's first real strike against
the New Republic occurred in the Sluis Van shipyards. In response to the Empire's
attack on the Bpfassh system and its neighbors in the Sluis sector, the New
Republic was forced to send combat starships to the area to help with relief
efforts. As the ships gathered around Sluis Van, Thrawn and his armada arrived.
The grand admiral hoped to capture the warships intact to crease the size
of his fleet. The plan would have worked if not for the intervention of Luke
Skywalker, Han Solo, and Lando Calrissian. [HE, HESB]
- Smarteel: This planet was the home of Cabrool
Nuum, a business associate of Jabba the Hutt. Jabba visited Nuum to sell him
a captured freighter but wound up killing the crim boss, his son, and his
daughter. [JAB]
- smokies: These crystals, sometimes called spooks, are
illegally exported from Nam Chorios to the Loronar Corporation, The Force-sensitive
crystals are used as receivers in synthdroids and Needle missiles. [POT]
- Smuggler's Run: This asteroid belt located near
the planet Wrea serves as a hideout for hundreds of smugglers. Han Solo and
Lando Calrissian spent time in Smuggler's Run early in their careers. [NR]
- Snit: See McCool, Droopy.
- Snitkin, Pote: A Nikto, he worked as a helmsman
for Jabba the Hutt. He piloted one of Jabba's skiffs and was among those killed
during Luke Skywalker's rescue of Han Solo and Princess Leia from the Hutt's
vile clutches. [GG12, RJ]
- Snootles, Sy: The lead singer for Max Rebo's
jizz-wailing band, she had long, spindly limbs and a mouth that protrudes
on a snout from her face. She and the band performed for Jabba the Hutt's
court just before the crimelord died. [GG5, RJ, TJP]
- Snoova: Perhaps the most vicious of the few
Wookiees practicing the bounty hunter trade, he carries a death mark from
his own people due to his tendency to use his climbing claws in combat. Snoova
often takes on Imperial contracts and performs services for various underworld
organizations. In addition to his legendary anger and bloodthirsty rage, the
Wookiee is easily recognized due to the patches of black in his fur and the
spacer's shirt flattop haircut. Chewbacca took on the identity of the infamous
Wookiee bounty hunter to avoid arrest while in Imperial City as part of a
plan to rescue Princess Leia Organa from Prince Xizor. [SESB, SOTE]
- snowspeeder: Incom T-47 airspeeders specially adapted
to the hostile environment of the ice planet Hoth. These small, wedge-shaped
airspeeders are heavily armored and highly maneuverable, redesigned to provide
air protection to the Rebel base on Hoth. A forward-sitting pilot and rear-facing
gunner crew each snowspeeder, employing two forward heavy laser cannons and
a rear-mounted harpoon cannon. Utilizing avionics based on the Y-wing fighter,
these 5.3-meter-long assault and patrol ships feature laser cannons as well
as a harpoon and tow cable and are in service to the Rebel Alliance. Incredibly
fast and maneuverable -- especially considering they are essentially civilian
craft jury-rigged with combat modifications -- the Alliance T-47 airspeeder
is nearly unmatched in aerial combat effectiveness within the three-dimensional
constraints of atmospheric flight. Heavy armor supplements an already-rugged
airframe; two elements especially important to Luke Skywalker, who took a
solid hit from an AT-AT turbolaser and then plowed into the glacial permafrost
at near top speed. Luke's snowspeeder was designated Rogue Leader. [ESB, ESBN,
RSB, SWSB]
- snowtrooper: A specialized stormtrooper trained
and equipped to operate in frozen conditions. [SWSB]
- snubfighter: See X-wing starfighter.
- Snunb, Captain Syub: The Sullustan commander
of the New Republic escort frigate Antares Six. [DE]
- soldiers: They combine discipline with martial skills
to become the best pure warriors in the galaxy. Soldiers can be stalwart defenders
of those in need, cruel marauders, or brave adventurers. They can be hired
guns, noble champions, or cold-hearted killers. They fight for glory, for
honor, to right wrongs, to gain power, to acquire wealth, or simply for the
thrill of battle. Many soldiers see adventures, raids on enemy strongholds,
and dangerous missions as their jobs. Some want to defend those who can't
defend themselves; others seek to use their muscle to carve their own place
of importance in the galaxy. Whatever their initial motivation, most soldiers
wind up living for the thrill of combat and the excitement of adventure. Adventuring
soldiers call themselves guards, bodyguards, champions, enforcers, mercenaries,
warriors, soldiers of fortune, or simply adventurers. Soldiers have the best
all-around fighting abilities, and an individual soldier develops styles and
techniques that set him apart from his peers. A given soldier might be especially
capable with certain weapons, another trained to execute specific combat maneuvers.
As soldiers gain experience, they get more opportunities to develop their
fighting skills. Most soldiers come to the profession after receiving at least
some amount of formal training from a military organization, local militia,
or private army. Some attend formal academies; others are self-taught and
well tested. A soldier may have taken up his weapon to escape a mundane life.
Another may be following a proud family tradition. Soldiers in a particular
unit share a certain camaraderie, but most have nothing in common except battle
prowess and the desire to apply it to a given situation. Examples of soldiers:
Admiral Ackbar, Corran Horn, Captain Panaka, Captain Typho, General Crix Madine,
Kyle Katarn, Wedge Antilles, and Zam Wesell. Most combat in the galaxy uses
blasters and other ranged weapons, therefore, a soldier should be well trained
in them as well as the use of armor. Some specialize in armor and learn to
maximize the benefits of wearing armor while reducing or eliminating some
of its drawbacks. Others like to get "up close and personal" with
their enemies and engage them in melee combat. Some use advanced combat tactics
to take down enemies quickly, shield their comrades, adn endure whatever challenges
are thrown their way. Many are highly trained at using specific weapons. [SWRPG3SE]
- Solo, Anakin: The youngest son of Han Solo and
Leia Organa Solo. Like his mother, siblings, and uncle Luke Skywalker, Anakin
is strong in the Force. He was born approximately six years after the Battle
of Endor, during the events surrounding the rebirth of the Emperor. Anakin
grew up on Coruscant with his older brother and sister, the twins Jacen and
Jaina. Leia's assistant Winter, C-3P0, or Chewbacca watched over the children
whenever the business of the New Republic called their parents away. Anakin
has always been more intense and quieter than the twins. At the age of five
he began to demonstrate a gift for mechanics when he took apart and reassembled
computers. He started attending Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy when he was
only 11 years old. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, when Anakin
was 15, he became one of Luke Skywalker's two apprentices (the other is Jacen).
During the Yuuzhon Vong attack on Dubrillion, Anakin served as the focal point
for a complete mental joining that allowed him and his siblings, Jaina and
Jacen, to act as one within the Force. This proved to be the key to defeating
the extragalactic invaders in that battle. Later, he came up with the idea
that also destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong's primary base on Helska 4. [CS, DE,
DE2, JJK, SWCG, VP, YJK]
- Solo, Ben: See Ren, Kylo.
- Solo, Berethon: A Corellian, he introduced democracy
to Corellia some 300 years before the Galactic Civil War. [PS]
- Solo, Dalla: A Corellian who was also known
as Dalla Suul or Dalla the Black, he was an infamous murderer, kidnapper,
and pirate. [PS]
- Solo, Han: Many tags can be applied to the Corellian-born
Han Solo: Starship pilot, smuggler, pirate, Rebel hero, and "first husband"
of the New Republic. Han grew up in the Corellian star system aboard Garris
Shrike's Trader's Luck, where he was befriended by the Wookiee known
as Dewlanna. Han enrolled in the Imperial Academy, graduated with honors,
became a lieutenant, and was on his way to a brilliant career in the Imperial
Navy when his conscience got in the way. He was disillusioned with the Empire's
treatment of nonhumans, and when he witnesses an Imperial officer use a force
whip on a Wookiee, Han decided to rescue the Wookie before he could be hurt
or before he killed the officer. This earned Han a dishonorable discharge,
a ban from piloting ships on Coruscant, and the lifelong gratitude of the
Wookiee. After being discharged, Solo wandered the galaxy. He took on a number
of unsavory jobs, and Chewbacca remained at his side -- even when Han tried
repeatedly to get him to leave. A Wookiee's life debt is not something taken
lightly, and Chewbacca stayed until Han finally accepted his presence. They
became partners and then fast friends. Han participated in a high-stakes sbacc
game on Cloud City, where he won a stock light freighter, the Millennium
Falcon, from Lando Calrissian. He went on to modify the vessel, adding
armor plating, hidden compartments, and more. Han became involved in the Galactic
Civil War when he took on a simple transport job for two strangers in a cantina
in Tatooine's Mos Eisley spaceport. Han needed to raise enough credits to
repay a debt owed the crimelord Jabba the Hutt. For 17,000 credits, he agreed
to ferry Ben Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and two droids to Alderaan in the Millennium
Falcon. In the adventures that followed, Solo helped rescue Princess
Leia Organa from the depths of the Death Star and then provided covering fire
for Luke's shot that destroyed the huge battle station. He became one of the
heroes of Yavin and spent the next three years helping the Alliance avoid
the growing number of Imperial hunters searching for the Rebel leaders. Solo
received more than enough credits from Princess Leia to pay off Jabba, but
he and his longtime partner, Chewbacca, became embroiled in the Rebellion,
and the debt to Jabba remained unpaid. When Solo finally decided the time
was right to return to Tatooine, Jabba had already put a death mark on the
Corellian's head. Bounty hunters from all over the galaxy were stalking Solo,
his ship, and his Wookiee companion. On Ord Mantell, a pair of hunters came
close to collecting the bounty, but Solo managed to evade them. As the finishing
touches were being made to the new Rebel base on Hoth, Solo made ready to
depart, but before he could get away, the Empire again caught up with the
Rebels. One notorious hunter, Boba Fett, tracked Solo to Bespin and led the
Empire right to him. Encasing Solo in carbonite, Darth Vader turned the frozen
hero over to Boba Fett for delivery to Jabba. Solo's friends would not give
him up so easily, however, and they launched a rescue mission that destroyed
Jabba and his criminal organization, and Boba Fett was lost to the Sarlacc.
On his return, Solo agreed to lead the Alliance strike team to Endor's forest
moon as the prelude to the Battle of Endor. Solo possesses great skills as
a pilot and sharpshooter. His reputation among other smugglers is almost as
large as his own ego, and he loves to add his own boastful tales to those
already in circulation. He is arrogant, extremely lucky, and graced with a
sharp wit and biting sense of humor. A natural gambler, Solo is brave to a
fault, impulsive, and willing to risk everything to win. Before Tatooine,
Chewbacca and the Millennium Falcon were the only contants in his
life, but he found he had gained a group to belong to, and a cause worthy
of his talents. Luke Skywalker became the younger brother he never had. Princess
Leia Organa became the love of his life, and their affection for each other
grew over the course of their adventures. Lando Calrissian, h is old friend
and business associate, returned to round out the group. During the six years
following the Battle of Endor, Han Solo married Princess Leia and became the
father of three children who are powerful in the Force -- the twins Jacen
and Jaina, and Anakin. He continued to take on missions for the New Republic
in the years beyond that time. He accepted the rank of commodore and remained
at the center of the action as the New Republic grew and matured. More recent
events, however, have challenged Solo's resolve -- perhaps more than anything
he has experienced in his colorful career. Chewbacca was killed in the Yuuzhan
Vong assault on Sernpidal, and his death left a void in Han's life. It remains
to be seen how he weill deal with the loss. He is very stubborn, fiercely
independent, and uncomfortable with authority. His weapon of choice is a heavy
blaster pistol. (Played by Harrison Ford.) This legendary hero-turned Corellian smuggler of the Rebellion is the owner and pilot of the Millennium Falcon, one of the most impressive ships in the galaxy. Alongside his loyal and ferocious first mate and close friend Chewbacca, Han plays a vital role in the success of the Rebellion. CHARACTERS FRINGE REBELLION HUMANS CORELLIA RESISTANCE [CPL, DE, DFR, ESB, HE,
HG, HLL, HSE, HSR, LC, NR, PS, RD, RJ, SW, SWSB, S, etc.]
- Solo, Jacen: The elder son of Han Solo and Leia
Organa Solo, he is strong in the Force -- like his mother and uncle, Luke
Skywalker. He and his twin sister Jaina were born approximately five yars
after the Battle of Endor, during the events surrounding the return of the
Empire's Grand Admiral Thrawn. He was raised in hiding, first on New Alderaan
and then on the planet Anoth under the guidance of Leia's trusted aide Winter.
When the twins were two, they were brought back to their parents to live on
Coruscant and were cared for mostly be C-3P0 and Chewbacca. Jacen loves nature
and has kept a variety of pets and plants. His Force powers manifested win
strong communication abilities, particularly with other Jedi and animals.
He became a student at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4 when he entered
his teenage years. There, he became friends with Chewbacca's nephew, Lowbacca,
and Tenel Ka, daughter of a Dathomir Witch and the prince of Hapes. Twenty-one
years after the Battle of Endor, when Jacen was 16 years old, he became one
of Luke Skywalker's two apprentices. The other is Jacen's brother, Anakin,
and the two have often found themselves strongly disagreeing on the role they
envisioned for the Jedi. Jacen helped turn the tide of the Yuuzhon Vong extragalactic
invasion, going so far as to infiltrate the enemy base on Helska 4, and rescue
Danni Quee. [COF, DFR, HE, JS, NR, VP, YJK, etc.]
- Solo, Jaina: The daughter of Han Solo and Leia
Organa Solo, she is older than her twin brother Jacen by five minutes. Like
her brother, she is strong in the Force. Jaina takes after her father and
demonstrated a mechanical aptitude at an early age. By the time she was nine,
she was helping her father repair the Millennium Falcon. Her impulsiveness,
spirit, and self-confidence often get her into trouble -- much like her father.
Jaina and her brother Jacen became students at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy
when they entered their teenage years. Along with her brother and their friends,
Lowbacca and Tenel Ka, Jaina participated in many adventures as she studied
to become a Jedi Knight. When she was 16, she requested to become Mara Jade
Skywalker's apprentice and was accepted by the older woman. She helped turn
the tide of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, using her considerable piloting skills
and Jedi powers to help defeat the first waves of the extragalactic menace.
[COF, DFR, HE, JS, LC, NR, VP, YJK, etc.]
- Solo, Princess Leia Organa: While she believes
she retains some memories of her natural mother, Leia Organa Solo was raised
by viceroy and first chairman of the planet Alderaan, Bail Organa. She grew
up to become a princess of Alderaan's Royal House, the youngest senator in
galactic history, a Jedi Knight, chief of state of the New Republic, and a
loving mother. Raised as Bail Organa's daughter, she only found out many years
later she was in fact the twin sister of Luke Skywalker and the daughter of
Darth Vader. In her days as an Imperial senator, she publicly fought for reforms
and privately performed secret missions for the Rebel Alliance. On one such
mission, she was sent to Tatooine to recruit Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to
the Rebellion's cause and to deliver an important cargo. The Star Destroyer
Devastator captured Leia and her ship, Tantive IV, but not
before she stored the stolen technical plans for the Death Star battle station
in R2-D2 and sent the droid in search of Kenobi. As a prisoner of Vader, Leia
underwent terrible interrogation sessions as the Imperials sought to discover
the location of the main Rebel base and the whereabouts of the stolen technical
plans. She withstood every torture they used, and when Grand Moff Tarkin threatened
to destroy Alderaan if she didn't reveal the base's location, she named an
abandoned base, Dantooine. But Tarkin ordered the destruction of Alderaan
anyway. Leia watched in horror as the Death Star destroyed her adopted planet.
Shortly thereafter, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo rescued her from the battle
station and ferried her -- and the technical plans -- to the real Rebel base
on Yavin 4. Through Leia's efforts and the help of her new companions, the
first Death Star was destroyed. But the victory included losses -- Obi-Wan
Kenobi was killed while fighting Darth Vader. With Alderaan gone, Luke, Han,
and Chewbacca became Leia's new family, and she threw herself into her work
with the Alliance. During the three years that followed the Battle of Yavin,
Leia grew to love her companions. The group had numerous adventures, becoming
heroes and the source of inspiration for the struggling Alliance. When Han
Solo was captured and turned over to bounty hunter Boba Fett, Leia was among
the small team that went to rescue him. To facilitate the rescue attempt,
Leia contacted Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun criminal organization,
but Xizor proved more enemy than ally, and Leia and her companions had to
battle and defeat him. Months later, she pretended to be the Ubese bounty
hunter Boushh in order to infiltrate Jabba the Hutt's stronghold. Her identity
was discovered, however, and Leia had to endure the humiliation of becoming
Jabba's slave, for a time. But she paid back the crimelord, strangling him
with the very chain that held her captive. Han was rescued and Jabba's organization
was ruined. Leia and Han led the strike team that went to the forest moon
of Endor to destroy the shield generator that protected the second Death Star.
Her diplomatic skills helped her convince the native Ewoks to aid the Rebellion,
thus speeding the end to the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Endor,
Luke Skywalker revealed to Leia that she was his twin sister. The two had
been separated at birth and placed in hiding by the decision of Jedi Masters
Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi with Senator Bail Organa to keep the infants safe
from Vader and Emperor Palpatine. It was believed the twins, with their latent
abilities in the Force, would be the last hope for the galaxy, provided they
could be kept secret from the Emperor and Vader long enough to realize their
potential. Leia became the Alliance's -- and then the New Republic's -- foremost
ambassador. The day after the victory at Endor, she accompanied a force sent
to the besieged planet Bakura. She became a member of the Provisional Council
formed to establish a second Galactic Republic, and she served on the smaller
Inner Council that ran the government on a day-to-day basis. Leia had to resolve
her relationship with Han Solo when Prince Isolder of Hapes proposed marriage.
She decided she truly loved Han, and the two were married. While pregnant
with twins, she helped foil the plans of Grand Admiral Thrawn and convinced
the Noghri to renounce the Empire and join the New Republic. Between the battles,
she gave birth to Jacen and Jaina, both of whom proved strong in the Force.
Shortly, thereafter, pregnant again, Leia faced the crisis of the cloned Emperor
and Luke's slide toward the dark side. Leia and Luke were able to overcome
the clone's dark-side powers, and they gained the Jedi Holocron in the process.
Leia's third child was born, and she named him Anakin. When Luke left to start
his Jedi academy, Leia agreed to become minister of state for the New Republic.
Then, when Mon Mothma grew increasingly ill, she urged Leia to replace her
as chief of state. Even after Mon Mothma was healed, Leia remained in place
as leader of the New Republic, a position she held until she could no longer
deal with the political infighting. Even after leaving office, though, Leia
continued to act as one of the New Republic's most influential representatives,
a position that led to her encounter the charismatic Yuuzhan Vong leader Nom
Anor and continues to place her on the front lines of conflict. (Played
by Carrie Fisher). [CPL, DE, DFR, ESB, HE, LC, RJ, SOTE, SW, TAB, etc.]
- Solusar, Kam: Apprenticed to his father, the
great Jedi Master Ranik Solusar, Kam Solusar was a hard-edged man who fled
the Empire after his father was slaughtered in Darth Vader's Jedi Purge. When
Kam returned from his period of isolation, he was captured by dark-side Jedi
and turned to the dark side of the Force. Luke Skywalker met Solusar on Nespis
VIII and persuaded him to renounce the dark side. Solusar then joined Skywalker's
Jedi students in defeating the spirit of Exar Kun. [DA, DE2, DS]
- Song of War:
Prince Isolder's Hapan Battle Dragon spacecraft. [CPL]
- Sonniod: A former smuggler and bootlegger, he
was an acquaintance of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee. When Solo last
met up with the compact, gray-haired little man, Sonniod was running a legitimate
holofeature loan service. [HSR]
- Sonsen, Jenica: The chief operations officer
at Centerpoint Station, she was left in command after the chief executive
ordered a complete evacuation. [SAC]
- Sookcool, Avaro: A Rodian, he was Lando Calrissian's
contact in the Black Sun criminal organization. He manages the modest Flip
of the Credit Casino in Equator City on the planet Rodia. The casino is a
front for Black Sun. Sookcool coordinates most Black Sun operations on the
planet. He reported directly to Vigo Clezo, but he also maintained direct
ties to Prince Xizor. Sookcool, the uncle of the late bounty hunter Greedo,
agreed to set up a meeting between Princess Leia and Black Sun -- despite
the fact it was Han Solo who put an end to his nephew. [SESB, SOTE]
- Sorannan, Major Sil: A former officer in the
Imperial Black Sword Command, he betrayed Nil Spaar and the Yevethan fleet,
helping the New Republic emerge victorious. [TT]
- SoroSuub: The Sullustan manufacturing company, one
of the largest non-Human-owned interstellar corporations in the galaxy. The
company is so powerful that it became the official government of Sullust.
More than half of the planet's population is on its payroll. [SWRPG3SE]
- Soul Tree: Special trees planted at the time
an Ewok baby is born. Ewoks feel a great kinship toward their individual Soul
Tree. They care for it throughout their lives. When an Ewok dies, a hood is
tied around the trunk of his or her Soul Tree to signify the sad event. [ETV]
- Sovereign: A Star Destroyer in Warlord
Zsinj's fleet. [CPL]
- Sovereign Protectors: See Imperial Sovereign
Protectors.
- Spaar, Nil: A tall, slender humanoid with a
mandrill-like face and concealed claws on each wrist, he was a bigoted Yevethan
and the viceroy of the Duskhan League. He pretended to engage in diplomatic
relations with Chief of State Leia Organa Solo, but all the while he planned
to declare war on the New Republic. Xenophobic, he began the Yevethan purge
to wipe out alien "vermin" and secure new places to start Yevethan
colonies. He destroyed the Koornacht Cluster settlements of New Brigia and
Polneye, slaughtering their inhabitants. Spaar attacked New Republic forces
when they attempted to blockade the Yevethan staging area of Doornik-319.
Spaar kidnapped Han Solo when he arrrived to take command of the New Republic
Fifth Fleet and almost killed him. After the Yevethan defeat at the Battle
of N'zoth, Spaar was killed by former members of the Black Sword Command.
They sabotaged his ships and helped the New Republic's fleet defeat the Yevethan
forces. [BTS, SOL, TT]
- Spaarti cloning cylinder: A device used to grow
human clones, it was a remnant of the terrible Clone Wars. Clones grown in
less than a year's time usually suffered from clone madness. The Emperor kept
a large number of Spaarti cloning cylinders hidden in his private storehouses
scattered around the galaxy. Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered one storehouse
on the planet Wayland, and he used the cylinders to grow clone soldiers and
crews to fill his forces. By using the ysalamiri to form bubbles devoid of
the Force around the Spaarti cylinders, Thrawn was able to grow perfect clones
in as little as 20 days. [DFR, HE, LC]
- "Spaaze.": "Space" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- "Spaaze zoomer.": "Spacecraft"
in the Bocce language. [GPB]
- "Spaaze forme.": "Space station"
in the Bocce language. [GPB]
- "Spaaze gomix.": "Spacesuit" in
the Bocce language. [GPB]
- space barge: A heavy-duty short-range vessel with a
powerful engine and large cargo bays. Space barges move goods quickly and
efficiently among larger hyperdrive-equipped cargo ships, orbiting storage
holds, and planetary spaceports. They are also used to unload massive container
ships that cannot make planetary landings. [SWSB]
- spacer: Someone who makes a living by traveling the
space lanes. [SWN]
- Spacers' Garage: A huge starship repair facility
on Nar Shaddaa, owned and operated by Shug Ninx, an old friend of Han Solo.
[DE]
- space slug: A colossal wormlike creature that lives
within asteroids. Its metabolism allows it to survive in airless vacuums and
subsist on minerals. This strange creature grows to lengths as great as 900
meters. Like mynocks, space slugs are silicon-based lifeforms. They prey upon
mynocks, as well as anything else moving around asteroids. Space slug flesh
has a number of commercial uses, and some spacers make a living hunting these
creatures. They reproduce through fission, splitting into two separate creatures.
[ESB, ISWU, SWSB]
- Space Station Kwenn: Considered to be the last
fuel and supply stop before entering the Outer Rim Territories, the citylike
station features everything the weary spacer might need after a long voyage.
The station was built atop an extensive docking platform consisting of scores
of modular space docks and docking bays. Still farther below the station is
the massive dry-dock gridwork, used for parking, overhauling, refitting, or
otherwise repairing capital-class starships. Jabba the Hutt acquired Salacious
Crumb at the station's Royal K. Casino. [SF, TM]
- Space Station Scardia: The cube-shaped headquarters
for the Prophets of the Dark Side. [LCJ, PDS]
- Spacetrooper: An Imperial stormtrooper in zero-gravity
armor. The ability of spacetroopers to operate exclusively in space made them
a valuable asset to the warlord, Grand Admiral Thrawn five years after the
Battle of Endor. These heavily-armed stormtroopers wear full-bdy armor and
have equipment that enables them to function as personal space-capable assault
vehicles. [HE]
- spacing: A form of execution that consists of
casting the victim into space without any protective gear. [HLL]
- speeder: See airspeeder; landspeeder; snowspeeder.
- speeder bike: A small, one-person repulsor land vehicle.
Speeder bikes move at incredible rates of speed, making them perfect for use
as scout and reconnaissance craft. Four directional steering vanes extend
from the front of a speeder bike on twin outriggers, providing a high degree
of maneuverability. The pilot directs the bike with elevation and maneuver
controls located in the handgrips. Two rocker-pivoted foot pads regulate speed,
while controls at the forward end of the saddle handle parking, weaponry,
communications, and energy recharging. Military speeder bikes, like those
used by the Empire's scout troopers, have armor plating and are armed with
blaster cannons. [ISB, RJ, SWSB, SWVG]
- speeder transport: Large shuttlecraft used by the New
Republic to move V-wing airspeeders from capital ships to launch points in
a planet's atmosphere. [DE]
- Spero: Once the chief gardener of the Royal
House of Alderaan and a friend of Princess Leia Organa, this ancient Ho'Din
supplied her with information about Black Sun and Prince Xizor. Spero owned
a plant shop in the Southern Underground section of Imperial Center. He earned
the title of master gardener for developing a strain of yellow fungus used
throughout the galaxy as a decoration and to convert noxious fumes into oxygen.
[SESB, SOTE]
- spice: Any of a variety of drugs, in particular the
glitterstim spice mined on the planet Kessel. It is a highly-taxed and controlled
substance, and a popular commodity for smugglers. Spice has a number of legitimate
applications, but it is also dangerous and highly addictive. [JS, SW, SWSB,
TBH]
- Spicy Lady:
This distinctive ship is a cross between a stock light freighter and an A-wing
fighter. It was owned by the smuggler Jarril. Lando Calrissian found Jarril
murdered aboard the drifting vessel. STARSHIPS [NR]
- spider droids: See dwarf spider droids and homing spider droids.
- Spince, Mako: A grizzled Corellian smuggler
about 10 years older than Han Solo. He met Han at the Imperial Academy at
Carida. The son of an Imperial senator, Spince just wanted to have fun at
the Academy. He was expelled after accidentally blowing up Carida's moon when
a prank got out of hand. He prospered for a while as a smuggler, but eventually
settled down as a traffic controller at the spaceport moon Nar Shaddaa. [DE,
HG]
- Spirit Tree: Considered to be the original tree
of the forest on Endor's forest moon. The Ewoks believe all life started with
this tree, and that all life must eventually return to it. [ETV]
- Spore: A gene-splicing sentient creation of
the Ithorians, it was made from vesuvague and bafforr trees. The creature
turned evil, and the Ithorians buried it in an asteroid belt. It was able
to possess bodies and send out tentacles from a possessed body to take control
of even more. It was stopped when the Star Destroyer carrying it was exposed
to vacuum by space slugs. [GF]
- Sprax: A Nalroni Vigo, he controlled a number
of criminal businesses dealing with galactic trade for the Black Sun organization.
His shipping network stretched from the Outer Rim Territories to the Core
Worlds and consisted of loosely-connected bands of smugglers, black-market
dealers, and shipjackers. During the time of the Galactic Civil War, Sprax
made a small fortune trading in weapons, medical supplies, and much-needed
spare parts, often favoring Alliance over the Empire -- on Prince Xizor's
orders. [SESB, SOTE]
- Spray of Tynna: The name used by a short, bipedal
skip tracer employed by Interstellar Collections Ltd. A member of a species
of intelligent sea otters, Spray was actually Odumin, a powerful and influential
territorial sector manager for the Corporate Sector Authority. [HSR]
- Spuma: This planet is where New Republic Intelligence
first noticed increased trooper recruitment by Imperial warlord Grand Admiral
Harrsk's fleet about eight years after the Battle of Endor. [COJ]
- Squab: The star orbited by Skor II, home planet
of the Squibs. [GG4]
- Squeak: A Tin-Tin Dwarf, he worked for Big Bunji
as a messenger and gofer. [HSE]
- Squib: Small, furry bipeds with tufted ears,
large eyes, short muzzles, and black noses. Their fur ranges in color from
deep red to brilliant blue. From the world of Skor II, these fearless nomads
roam the galaxy in reclamation ships, using tractor beams to salvage junk
--which they consider treasure. The Squibs have an intense rivalry with the
Ugors, as both try to claim salvage before the other. Squibs are overconfident
and curious, sometimes even overbearing and uppity. They love to haggle, a
practice they have turned into an art form. The more complicated and convoluted
a deal a Squib can strike, the better they like it. [GG4, SH]
- Squid Head: See Quarren.
- Ssi-ruuk: A species of warm-blooded saurians
from beyond the Empire's borders. Adult Ssi-ruuk average about 2 meters tall.
Huge, muscular tails extend from their massive bodies, and short, well-muscled
upper limbs end in three-clawed, prehensile digits that allow them to make
use of tools and weapons. Their beaked muzzles contain knife-sharp teeth.
The patterns and colors of scales differ greatly from individual to individual,
though one color often dominates a single Ssi-ruuk's body. The Ssi-ruuk wear
no clothing -- they find the concept amusing -- but do wear pouches and belts
to carry necessary equipment. Their language consists of a complex series
of honks, whistles, and musical notes. The Bakurans call the saurians Fluties
because of the musical sounds they emit. A rigid code of honor helped shape
Ssi-ruuk society. An ancient pictograph known as the G'nnoch described the
Ssi-ruuk's place in the universe. It streesed they were superior to all other
beings. Others were considered little better than cattle: Useful, but not
equal to the Ssi-ruuk. Even among the Ssi-ruuk, not all are created equal.
A caste system determines the status of each Ssi-ruuk clan. Those with sapphire-blue
scales are of the highest caste, holding the most positions on the Elders'
Council. Gold-scaled Ssi-ruuk make up the religious caste. The emerald-green
scales deonte the lowest caste in Ssi-ruuk society -- the lowest level to
still possess any measure of honor and prestige. Dark-brown Ssi-ruuk are considred
soiled and are thus shunned, while the rare black-scaled saurians are trained
as assassins and bodyguards for the Ssi-ruuk leaders. As resources dwindled
on the Ssi-ruuk homeworld Lwhekk, the saurians developed a process called
entechment to tap the life energy of the P'w'eck as a power source. The P'w'eck,
another saurian species that also developed on Lwhekk, were dominated by the
Ssi-ruuk and turned into "energy slaves." Some years before the
Battle of Endor, the Ssi-ruuk began an expansionist policy and eventually
reached the limits of Imperial space. Emperor Palpatine made contact with
the Ssi-ruuk during a Force meditation exercise. He craved their entechment
technology and was willing to sacrifice his subjects to possess it. So when
the Ssi-ruuk began to raid human settlements for energy slaves, the Emperor
blamed the raids on the Rebels. As the Battle of Endor drew to a close, the
Ssi-ruuk attacked the Empire-controlled world Bakura. The Imperial forces
stationed in the region were able to repel the invaders' initial assualt,
but they knew they could not hold off the aliens forever. A distress call
was sent out, and the Alliance decided to send help. The Alliance task force,
under the command of Luke Skywalker, established a truce with the Imperial
representatives and eventually helped defeat the invaders. [TAB, TBSB]
- ST 321: The comm-unit designation for Darth
Vader's personal Lambda-class shuttle. [RJ]
- Stalwart: This New Republic cruiser
was part of the Fifth Fleet that blockaded Doornik-319. [SOL]
- Standard Time Part: The basic unit used to measure
time throughout the Empire. [SWN]
- stang: An Alderaanian expletive. [SME]
- Stanz, Captain: A Bothan, he owned and operated
the freighter Freebird. [BTS]
- star cruiser: A class of capital ship. [ESB,
RJ, SW]
- Star Destroyer: This colossal, wedge-shaped
capital starship was the core of the Imperial Navy. There are four classes
of Star Destroyers from the Galactic Civil War: The earlier Victory-class,
the versatile Imperial-class, the Super-class, and the Eclipse-class.
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer is 1.6 kilometers long and bristles
with offensive weaponry. Turbolasers and ion cannon batteries create wide-ranging
fields of fire around the wedge, and a full wing of 72 TIE starfighters are
carried within its docking bays. Defensive shield generators, tractor beam
projectors, and sophisticated sensor arrays are standard, and they carry drop
ships, landing barges, shuttles, repair vessels, deep-space probes, an assortment
of specialized droids, field artillery weapons, walkers, ground assault vehicles,
modular building units, soldiers, and Imperial stormtroopers. Lira Wessex,
daughter of famed engineer Walex Blissex, was the designer of the Imperial
model. The Super-class Star Destroyer is 8 kilometers long and is primarily
used as a command ship, guiding fleets and serving as headquarters from which
to conduct planetary assaults and space battles. The more powerful Eclipse-clas
Star Destroyer was built to serve as the reborn Emperor's flagship six years
after the Battle of Endor. This solid-black model is 16 kilometers long and
covered with weapons and defenses. The Empire built more than 25,000 Star
Destroyers. Half of them were kept in reserve in the Galactic Core to protect
key military and industrial sites, though they could be deployed anywhere
at short notice. The wedge-shaped Imperial Star Destroyer is the chief warship of the Imperial Navy, a capital ship bristling with weapons, wings of TIE fighters and a contingent of 9.700 stormtroopers, 9,235 officers and more than 27,000 enlisted soldiers. The shadow of the ship alone on the planet's surface brings results. STARSHIPS CAPITAL_SHIPS EMPIRE [DE, DESB, ISB, SWN, SWSB, SWVG]
- Starflare, Wynssa: A holodrama star on Imperial
Center, her true name was Syal Antilles, sister to Rogue Squadron member Wedge
Antilles. She met and fell in love with Soontir Fel, and the two were married.
When she disappeared, Fel joined the New Republic in a belief that Rogue Squadron
could help him find her. [XW]
- Star Galleon: A 300-meter-long Imperial vessel
designed to combine the cargo space of a bulk freighter with the armament
of a combat starship. The interior hampers boarding parties, with fortress-like
emplacements in the corridors, 300 troopers, force fields, and heavy blast
doors, and it takes a much-larger force to physically take over the ship.
The cargo hold pod, located in the very center of the ship, has an added level
of protection. It can be jettisoned from the vessel, its computers automatically
activating a small hyperdrive to send it to a prearranged lightspeed jump.
[DFRSB, ISB]
- Star Home:
A unique transport vessel designed more than 4,000 years before the Galactic
Civil War for the queen mother of the Hapes Cluster. It was a duplicate of
the queen mother's castle on the planet Hapes. This spaceworthy vessel featured
towers capped crystal domes that looked out into space, and great gardens
filled the upper courtyard levels. [CPL, SWVG]
- Starlight Intruder:
A hot-rod transport built for smuggling runs by Salla Zend and equipped with
a hyperdrive and immense cargo holds. [DE, DESB, SWVG]
- Star Runner: A star cruiser owned and operated
by Kea Moll. [DTV]
- Starry Ice: This freighter owned by Talon Karrde
was used to carry weapons and munitions for Rogue Squadron to a rendezvous
point at the Graveyard of Alderaan. [BW]
- Star Saber:
An experimental attack vessel built 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil
War. It was equipped with wing cannons. [DLS]
- Stars' End: A secret Corporate Sector Authority
penal colony on the planet Mytus VII. Its name refers to the location of the
Mytus star system, which sits at the end of a faint wisp of stars at the edge
of Corporate Sector space. [HSE]
- Star Skiff: Though the characteristic chrome spacecraft
of Naboo were typically reserved only for the elected royalty of the planet,
Senator Padmé Amidala was so revered by her people that she was loaned
this elegant vehicle for her personal use during her time on Coruscant. Though
the craft was relatively small, it was spacious enough for two or three people,
and Amidala rarely traveled with a larger entourage. When she flew to Mustafar
in a last-ditch effort to bring Anakin back from the brink of the dark side
of the Force, she thought she travelled alone but for her loyal droid C-3P0.
This ship was manufactured by Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering, was equipped
with laser cannons, was 29.2 meters long, was affiliated with the Republic,
had special Jedi-sized storage compartments, and was a personal spaceship
type. [ROTS]
- Starstorm I:
The starship that Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kum used to escape with ancient
scrolls given to him by the spirit of Freedon Nadd some 4,000 years before
the Galactic Civil War. [DLS, TOJ, TSW]
- Startide:
A Mon Calamari battle cruiser. [DA]
- Steadfast: A New Republic vessel commanded
by Capatain Oolas. It surveyed the wreckage of the Imperial Star Destroyer
Gnisnal. [BTS]
- Stenness Node: A group of three star systems
containing seven mining worlds. They were discovered 4,000 years before the
Galactic Civil War. Twenty-five humanoid species collectiely referred to as
Nessies inhabit the region. At the time of the Sith War, the node was controlled
by Great Bogga the Hutt. Mageye the Hutt controlled the area during the Galactic
Civil War until he was killed by the bounty hunter Zardra. [DE, TMEC, TOJ]
- stim-shot: A major component of a medpac, it is a stimulant
administered by a pneumatic dispenser. [ESBR]
- Stinger:
This modified Surronian asault ship was a sleek craft given to Guri by her
master, Prince Xizor. The vessel featured powerful engines and impressive
weapon emplacements both fore and amidships. [SESB, SOTE, SWVG]
- stock light freighter: This Corellian-built vessel
is among the most common small trading ships operating in the known galaxy.
At one time, this class of ship was the backbone of intergalactic trade, but
many companies turned to larger bulk freighters and container ships to move
their wares. While these vessels come in a variety of shapes and sizes, all
are built around the basic design of a command pod, storage holds, and engines.
The Millennium Falcon is a modified stock light freighter, a model YT-1300
Corellian transport. [SWSB]
- Stokkli spray stick: This long-rage stun weapon
was developed by the Stokhli species of the planet Manress. It releases a
fine, electrically-charged mist up to 200 meters from the nozzle atop the
stick. Originally developed as a tool for hunters, Stokhli spray sticks gained
popularity as both defensive and offensive personal weapons. [HE, HESB]
- Stone Needle: A rocky spire in Beggar's Canyon
on Tatooine. It has an oval hole near the top and serves as an obstacle during
speeder and swoop races. [SWR, TJP]
- Stonn, Li: A named used by Luke Skywalker during
his travels on Teyr and Atzerri. [SOL]
- Stopa, Kroddok: An Obroan Institute archaeologist,
he headed up the expedition to Qella to recover biological samples. He was
killed in an avalanche on Maltha Obex. [SOL]
- Storm: The personal starfighter of
Prince Isolder of Hapes. It was just more than 7 meters long. [CPL, SWVG]
- stormtrooper: A member of the Imperial elite shock
troops totally loyal to the Emperor. Stormtroopers wore white-and-black armored
spacesuits over black body gloves. These suits were the next evolutionary
step in personal armor modeled after the clone troopers from the Clone Wars.
The armored spacesuits provided limited protection against blaster fire. The
18 pieces that made up the outer shell created an enclosed, self-sustaining
environment. Stormtroopers deployed to neutralize resistance to the New Order
rode aboard Imperial vessels to serve as first-strike forces and to make sure
lower officers remained loyal to the Emperor. Stormtroopers could not be bribed,
seduced, or blackmailed into betraying their Emperor. They lived in a totally-disciplined,
totally-militaristic world where obedience was paramount and the wall of the
Emperor was absolute. In addition to the main stormtrooper legions, a number
of special units were assembled to operate on the varied worlds of the Empire.
To deal with problems on ice-covered worlds, cold assault troopers, or snowtroopers,
were equipped with terrain-grip boots and breath masks. Second only to the
Royal Guard, the elite zero-g stormtroopers, or spacetroopers, were trained
to operate exclusively in outer space. These troopers wore full body armor
capable of withstanding the rigors of hard vacuum. This armor functioned as
a personal spacecraft and attack vehicle, complete with sensor arrays, magnetic
couplers for adhering to ships, repulsor-lift propulsion units, and a wide
assortment of weaponry. Lightly-armored, highly-mobile scout troopers used
speeder bikes to patrol perimeters, perform reconnaissance missions, and scout
enemy locations. To assist them when traveling at high speeds, scout troopers
wore specialized helmets equipped with built-in macrobinocular viewplates
and sensor arrays. These fed into computers that analyzed terrain features
instantaneously. Other stormtrooper types included aquatic assault troopers
(seatroopers), sandtroopers, storm commandos, radtroopers, and self-contained
weapons platforms called Dark Troopers (in three different phase versions).
It is believed that they are cloned humans genetically engineered for combat
and that they are the descendents of the clone troopers who fought for the
Republic during the Clone Wars. Their weapons of choice are the blaster rifle
and blaster pistol. [AOTC, DF, ESB, HE, HESB, ISB, RJ, ROTS, SW, SWSB]
- "Storpa.": "Stop" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Streen: A hermit and cloud prospector, he lived
in the abandoned city Tibannopolis on Bespin. Force-sensitive, he could predict
gas eruptions within the planet's cloud layers and hear the thoughts of those
around him. Luke Skywalker located him and invited him to join his Jedi academy.
Streen was influenced by the spirit of dark Jedi Exar Kun, but later helped
the other Jedi students destroy Kun's spirit forever. Luke taught him to overcome
his need for isolation. His Force affinity is with the wind and weather. [COF,
DA, JAL, JS]
- Strike-class medium
cruiser: Introduced near the end of the Galactic Civil War, this
450-meter-long Imperial star cruiser served an important role in Grand Admiral
Thrawn's fleet. Thanks to its modular design, the interior can be configured
to accommodate specific mission profiles. Some have room to carry a ground
assault company; others have been modified to transport a squadron of TIE
fighters. Other configurations include prefab garrison deployers, troop transports,
and planet assult cruisers. [HESB, ISB]
- Sturm: One of two domesticated vornskrs used
by smuggler Talon Karrde as pets and guards. [DFR, HE, HESB, LC]
- "Stuur.": "Star" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- Subjugator:
This Victory-class Star Destroyer under the command of Captain Kolaff
was targeted by a Rebel Mon Calamari strike force code-named Task Force Starfall.
The task force, made up of Mon Cal star cruisers, engaged the Star Destroyer
and managed to destroy it. [SF]
- sublight drive: An engine that moves starships through
realspace by producing charged particles through a fusion reaction that hurls
ships forward when released. Starships with sublight drives use repulsorlifts
for travel within a planet's atmoshpere. [SWSB]
- Sulamar, General: An Imperial officer, he plotted
with Durga the Hutt to unleash a new superweapon on the New Republic. He and
Durga died when the weapon failed. [DS]
- Sullust: A volcanic, technological world in
a star system of the same name. Its vast network of underground caves provide
the only inhabitable areas. The native Sullustans are jowled, mouse-eared
humanoids with large round eyes. They built beautiful underground cities and
are highly valued as pilots and navigators due to their instinctive ability
to remember any path previously traveled. The planet is the headquarters of
the vast intergalactic conglomerate SoroSuub Corporation. This leading mineral-processing
company has subdivisions that handle energy, spice mining, food packaging,
and technological products. During the height of the Galactic Civil War, SoroSuub
Corporation dissolved the planetary government and proclaimed the tenets of
the New Order as the ruling authority for the world. Late in the war, Sullust
leaders voted to secede from the Empire and join the Alliance. The Rebel fleet
gathered near Sullust just prior to the Battle of Endor. The Sullustan Nien
Nunb became Lando Calrissian's copilot aboard the Millennium Falcon
for the battle. Nunb's sister, Aril, later served as the executive officer
for Rogue Squadron. [COJ, DESB, RJ, RJN, RS, SWRPG3SE, SWSB]
- Sullustan: Language of the Sullustans of Sullust. Also
see Sullustese. [GPB]
- Sullustans: To survive the natural perils of their
harsh, volcanic homeworld, the Sollustans evolved in the planet's numerous
caves. They prefer to dwell underground, constructing highly-advanced cities
of such great beauty that wealthy sightseers come from all over the galaxy
to visit them. Living underground helped the Sullustans develop acute senses,
and they are renowned for their navigational and piloting skills. This friendly,
gregarious species enjoys interacting with unique, unusual, and interesting
beings. When Old Republic scouts first visited their homeworld, the Sullustans
quickly embraced galactic civilization. The Sullustan manufacturing company
SoroSuub is one of the largest non-Human-owned interstellar corporations in
the galaxy. In fact, the company is so powerful it has become the official
government of Sollust, and more than half of the planet's population is on
its payroll. Sullustans tend to be pragmatic, pleasant, and fond of practical
jokes. They are humanoids with large, round eyes, big ears, and jowls. The
average Sullustan stands 1.5 meters tall. They speak, read, and write Sullustese
and Basic. Example names include: Aril Nunb, Dllr Nep, Nien Nunb, Sian Tevv,
and Syub Snunb. Sullustan adventurers enjoy exploring the galaxy, conducting
business, and pulling pranks to see how others react. They are inquisitive
and love to discover things through personal experience, sometimes being a
bit reckless. Sullustans are quick, agile, and good with ranged weapons, but
are not as hardy as other species. Due to their enhanced senses, they can
even see in complete darkness but cannot perceive colors in total darkness.
They are adept at climbing in their underground homes and are experts at it,
even when distracted or threatened. They also have a heightened awareness.
[SWRPG3SE]
- Sullustese: Language of the Sullustans of Sullust.
Also see Sullustan. [SWRPG3SE]
- Sulon: The moon of the planet Sullust. It was
the home of Alliance agent Kyle Katarn. [DF]
- Sun Crusher: An Imperial superweapon prototype
designed at the Maw Installation. Slightly larger than a starfighter, its
resonance torpedoes were powerful enough to destroy a star. The slender, cone-shaped
vessel was equipped with laser cannons and shimmering quantum-crystalline
armor that made it nearly impervious to damage. Han Solo and his companions,
imprisoned at the Maw Installation, managed to break free and escape with
the vessel, delivering it to Coruscant. Kyp Durron stole the Sun Crusher and
demolished several Imperial worlds before the superweapon was destroyed at
the Battle of the Maw in a black hole. [COF, DA, JS]
- Sunfighter Franchise:
One of the false names used by Han Solo to register the Millennium Falcon
during adventures in the Corporate Sector Authority. [HSE]
- SunGem: A
courier ship Jedi Master Arca Jeth owned some 4,000 years before the Galactic
Civil War. The ship contained a training facility for his Jedi students. [TOJ]
- sungwa: Massive doglike creatures, these wolf-weasels
are native to the bog moon Bodgen. [DTV]
- Sunrider, Andur: A Jedi Knight, he was killed
some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War in a senseless battle with
petty gangsters at the Stenness hyperspace terminal. He was survived by his
wife, Nomi, and their daughter, Vima. [TOJ]
- Sunrider, Nomi: The wife of Jedi Andur Sunrider,
she lived some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War and became one of
the greatest Jedi Knights of her time. When her husband was killed by Great
Bogga the Hutt's henchmen, she used his lightsaber to defender herself and
defeat the gangsters. Jedi Master Thon convinced her to undergo Jedi training,
and she apprenticed under Master Vodo-Siosk Baas. She joined a team of Jedi
on a mission to Onderon to rescue Master Arca Jeth and his students from dark-siders.
She developed feelings for the Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma and helped him lead a joint
peacekeeping force of the Galactic Republic and Jedi Knights to defeat the
dark-side Krath cult. She had to blind Ulic to the Force after he killed his
own brother. Later, she became a spokesperson for the Jedi and a great Jedi
leader. [DA, DLS, FNU, TOJ, TOJR, TSW]
- Sunrider, Vima: The daughter of Nomi and Andur
Sunrider, she lived some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. Ten years
after the Sith War, she sought out Ulic Qel-Droma at his hiding place on the
ice planet Rhen Var. She convinced the now-powerless Ulic to train her, as
her mother was too busy with Jedi affairs to help her. Through that training
she helped Ulic finally find redemption in the Force. [TOJ, TOJR, TSW]
- super battle droid: See battle droid, super.
- Super-class Star Destroyer:
See Star Destroyer.
- Suppoon, Gaar: An alien criminal, he was visited
by Jabba the Hutt for business purposes. He tried to make sure Jabba didn't
leave h is planet alive, but the Hutt reversed the situation and Suppoon died.
[JAB]
- Supreme Prophet: See Kadann.
- Suprosa:
This unescorted but heavily-armored freighter was under contract to Xizor
Transport Systems, the transportation company owned by Prince Xizor. It carried
fertilizer to the planet Bothawui, but it also contained an Imperial computer
full of information concerning the top secret second Death Star project at
Endor. The Bothan Blue Squad, led by Luke Skywalker, sustained heavy losses
in an attack on the freighter but eventually escaped with the Imperial computer
core. [SOTE]
- Survivors: These descendants of the spacers
marooned when the legendary starship Queen of Ranroon crashed on the planet
Dellalt are extreme isolationists who hate other Dellaltians. As generations
passed, they forgot their true origins and turned the customs and technology
of their ancestors into myths and legends. The technological artifacts salvaged
from the crash became sacred talismans and implements for use in their religious
practices. A major ritual is based upon the actions undertaken by marooned
spacers -- setting up an emergency beacon and calling for rescue. Powered
by sacrifices, the Survivors hope the "signals" of their prayers
will be "received" and lead to their "deliverance." [HLL]
- Susejo of Choi: One of the oldest residents
of the Sarlacc's stomach, he had been in the process of being digested for
hundreds of years when Boba Fett entered the Great Pit of Carkoon. He taunted
the bounty hunter endlessly until Boba Fett escaped. [TJP]
- swamp crawler: A land vehicle used for traveling across
marshy terrain. A swamp crawler features a multiwheel transmission system,
six balloon tires, and a central spherical wheel that can execute quick turns
of up to 180 degrees. [SME]
- Swan, Jedi Master Bultar: A human Jedi Master during
the Clone Wars who survived Order 66. She was later killed by Jedi Master
Koffi Arana on Kessel during a Jedi get-together that was interrupted by Darth
Vader. [DHSWC]
- swoop: Basically an engine with a seat, these fast
and highly-maneuverable speeder vehicles are difficult to control. Swoop racing
is a very popular sport in the Galactic Core and throughout the civilized
regions of the galaxy. The sport requires huge domed arenas called swoop tracks.
These arenas hold tens of thousands of viewers, circular flight paths, obstacle
courses, and massive concession booths. Han Solo was a top swoop racer in
his youth. [DFRSB, HSR, SWSB, SWVG]
- swoop gang: Some outlaw bands scattered throughout
the galaxy use swoops, and swoop gangs like the Nova Demons and Dark Star
Hellions have gained infamy for their crimes. Swoop gangs run spice, smuggle
weapons, and serve as muscle for underworld factions. [SOTE, SWSB]
- S'ybll: A mind witch who could change shapes,
she tried to entice Luke Skywalker to abandon his friends and stay with her.
[CSW]
- Sylvar: A Cathar Jedi, she was apprenticed to
Master Vodo-Siosk Baas about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. When
her lover Crado turned to the dark side, she felt she had to kill him. [DLS,
TSW]
- synthflesh: This translucent gel derived from the cellular
regeneration medium called bacta seals wounds and promotes rapid healing of
damage tissue. [HSE]
- system patrol craft: A type of vessel that operates
within star systems as the first line of defense against pirates, smugglers,
and hostile alien forces. They are equipped with powerful sublight engines
but have no hyperdrives. They also perform custom inspection duties and watch
for disabled ships. [DFRSB, ISB]
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