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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- Wadda: A humanoid employee of the slaver Zlarb.
He was distinguished by his great strength and height, standing nearly 2.2
meters tall. He had a jutting forehead, protruding vestigial horns, and glossy
brown skin. [HSR]
- Waivers List: A Corporate Sector Authority register
that lists ships exempt from the multitude of vessel requirements usually
imposed on vessels entering Authority-controlled space. [HSE]
- "Waki mallya kuna chu chu?": "What do
you do?" in Huttese. [GPB]
- walker: See All-Terrain-Armored Transport; All-Terrain-Scout
Transport.
- wampa ice creature: A terrible carnivorous beast that
fearlessly hunts the snow-packed tundra of Hoth. It is more than 2 meters
tall, with white fur, yellow eyes, and sharp claws and teeth. Wampas carve
lairs out of the ice, forming huge caves in which to nest. When they hunt,
they often surprise prey due to the natural camouflage provided by their white
fur. Wampas never hunt when they are hungry. Instead, they capture living
prey and store it in their ice caves for later consumption. The top predator on Hoth, wampa have razor-sharp fangs and claws and move stealthily despite towering to 10 feet (3 meters). They usually eat tauntauns but won’t pass up a wandering human, who they drag back to their caves to hang upside down and dismember at their leisure. CREATURES HOTH [ESB,
GG3, ISWU]
- "Wapity pye.": "Waste Closet" in
the Bocce language. [GPB]
- war droid: Older mechanicals designed for combat, they
were also called war robots. Less refined in appearance than newer droids,
they had heavy armor plating, inefficient power delivery systems, and generally
less intelligence and self-awareness than their more-sophisticated descendants.
War droids could be found in isolated and remote sections of the galaxy even
during the Galactic Civil War and later. [DE, HLL]
- Warlug: A Gamorrean, he was a guard for Jabba
the Hutt. [SWSB, TJP]
- Warrick, Erpham: This legendary Ewok warrior
built the great Ewok battle wagon. His great-grandson was the Ewok hero Wicket
W. Warrick. [ETV]
- Warrick, Wicket W.: An Ewok hero, he was the
first of his tribe to find and befriend Princess Leia Organa after she crashed
her speeder bike and became lost on Endor's forest moon. Wicket was influential
in convincing the rest of the tribe to aid the Rebel strike team that sought
to disable the Imperial shield generator located on the forest moon. When
Leia and the Rebels attacked the Imperial installation, Wicket fought at their
side, helping them gain access to and destroy the guarded faciliity. [BFE,
ETV, RJ, RJN]
- Waru: A powerful being from a parallel universe,
it was drawn through a split in the space-time continuum created by a black
hole and a quantum crystal star. The Waru appeared to be a complex construct
of gold shields covering a slab of raw tissue. It was able to heal others
by encasing them in its ichor, but it sometimes killed a being brought to
it for healing by sucking away its strength. Lord Hethrir planned to offer
Anakin Solo to the Waru in return for great Force powers. Hethrir was taken
into the Waru instead, which then closed in on itself and disappeared. [CS]
- Watchkeeper:
A destroyer in the Bakuran task force. It was vaporized by a Selonian planet
repulsor. [AS]
- watchman: A title given to the Jedi Master with the
responsibility of maintaining harmony and justice in a particular star system
or segment of the galaxy, as arranged through agreement with the Old Republic.
[DLS, TOJ]
- Watto: A small, winged reptillian who operated
a junk shop in Mos Espa on Tatooine prior to the Galactic Civl War. Though
a shrewd and possessive businessman, he also was the slave master to Shmi
Skywalker and her son, Anakin. He was quite fond of gambling, especially on
pod races. He made a bet with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn to attempt to win the
Naboo Royal Starship while wagering Anakin's freedom. Watto ended up losing
the best when Anakin won the Boonta Eve Classic race. Ten years after the
Battle of Naboo, Anakin returned in search of his mother and Watto informed
him that he sold his mother to moisture farmer Cliegg Lars. [AOTC,
SWTPM]
- wave walker: An Imperial ligth attack vehicle designed
to operate above the surface of water. During the Battle of Calamari, wave
walkers were constructed aboard the World Devastators and unleashed upon the
Mon Calamari and their New Republic allies. [DE]
- Wayland: This planet was the site of one of
the Emperor's private storehouses and figured prominantly in Grand Admiral
Thrawn's plan to destroy the New Republic and reestablish the Empire. On Wayland,
Thrawn found what he needed deep inside Mount Tantiss -- a working cloaking
shield and plenty of Spaarti cloning cylinders. He also found the dark Jedi
Master Joruus C'baoth. The planet was originally discovered during the Old
Republic's second wave of expansion. A colony ship crashed on the planet,
and due to an improper entry in the official astrogation charts, the colonists
were left on their own. Besides the human colonists, Wayland was inhabited
by two intelligent species, the Psadans and the Myneyrshi. With only bow-and-arrow
technology, the two species were no match for the blasters and repulsors the
colonists brought with them. However, power cells eventually failed, and the
colonists were forced to take up the technology of the natives. Centuries
later, the Empire rediscovered the planet. The Emperor himself ordered the
planet's location stricken from all records, then had a special storehouse
built within a hollowed-out mountain. [HE, HESB, LC, LCSB]
- Webb, Jeroen: A friend of Rebel Alliance General Pharl
McQuarrie. [ESB]
- webweaver: A large, deadly arachnid. Webweavers
live on one of the lower ecolevels of the planet Kashyyyk. [HLL]
- WED Treadwell droid: Fragile and needing frequent maintenance, WED Treadwell droids are made by Cybot Galactica. Treadwells are commonly used throughout the galaxy to repair ships, machinery like vaporators, and other droids; multiple tool-tipped arms can be purchased separately. A multipurpose, six-limbed wheeled
droid. It can be programmed to perform many menial tasks. DROIDS CYBOT_GALACTICA [SW, SWN]
- Weequay: A humanoid species with coarse, leathery
skin and bald heads. They wear a traditional single-braided topknot on one
side of their heads. Jabba the Hutt employed two Weequays as skiff guards.
[GG5, RJ, SWCG]
- Wermyn: A huge, one-armed brute, he was in charge
of planet operations at Maw Installation. [COF]
- Wezz, Sia-Lan: A human Jedi during the Clone Wars who
survived Order 66. She was shortly after killled by Darth Vader on Kessel
during a Jedi get-together. [SWDHC]
- Whaladon: A species of intelligent, whalelike
mammals that in habit the deep oceans of the planet Mon Calamari. [GDV]
- Wheel Bike: A giant wheel that could hold one operator,
travel at high speeds, and also had four extendable legs to hold it up when
not moving. Separatist commander General Grievous used one to fight Jedi Master
Obi-Wan Kenobi on the sinkhole planet of Utapau during the Clone Wars. [ROTS]
- Whiphid: A species of hulking, fur-covered bipeds
about 2.5 meters tall with a prominent forehead, long, bowed cheekbones, and
two upturned tusks rising from their jaws. The bitterly cold planet Toola
in the Kaelta system is their homeworld. These ferocious predators love the
hunt, enjoying the whole process of trackign something down and killing it.
They also appreciate the luxuries of advanced technology, often accepting
lucrative bounty-hunting contracts from law enforcement agencies, criminal
organizations, and the Empire. [GG4]
- Whistler: Corran Horn's R2 series astromech
droid. It is equipped with a special criminal investigation and forensics
circuitry package provided by CorSec, the Corellian Security Force. [BW,
RS]
- Whistler's Whirlpool: This tapcafe on the planet
Trogan is situated on the coast of Trogan's most-densely-populated continent
and built around a natural formation called the Drinking Cup. This bowl-shaped
rock pit is open to the sea at its base, and six times every day the tidal
shift causes the water level to rise and fall. At these times, the bowl fills
with a violent white-water maelstrom. The capcafe's tables are arranged in
concentric circles around the bowl, striking a nice balance between luxury
and spectacular natural drama. Unfortunately, the noise made by the water
striking the natural breakers within the bowl is quite uncomfortable for most
of the clientele, and the Whistler's Whirlpool isn't very popular. Talon Karrde
held a meeting for his fellow smuggling chiefs at the Whirlpool to discuss
how Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign against the New Republic might affect
their business. [LC]
- Wialu: A member of the Fallanassi religious
order. Luke Skywalker convinced her to help in the New Republic's war on the
Yevetha. She used her gift of immersion meditation to create a "phantom"
fleet of New Republic ships. [TT]
- Wiamdi, Vviir: One of three famous Gand ruetsavii
sent to observe Ooryl Qrygg's life and determine his worthiness to become
janwuine. [BW]
- Wicket: See Warrick, Wicket W.
- Wild Karrde: Talon Karrde's personal
space vessel. This dilapidated-looking bulk freighter looks like any of a
thousand Corellian Action VI transports plying the space lanes. But Karrde
extensively-modified the 125-meter-long vessel, making it faster and more
powerful than it appears. The freighter serves as Karrde's base of operations
when he is on board. It has combat-rated shields and three turbolasers. Its
warship-class sensor package and armor-reinforced hull are definitely not
standard issue, and its sensor stealth travel mode rivals the best Imperial
spy ship in the fleet. The interior underwent modifications, as well. A large
portion of the forward hold was converted into living quarters and offices,
and a permanent kennel was installed in the main hold for Karrde's pet vornskrs.
[DFRSB, HE, HESB]
- Wild Space: The galaxy's true frontier, it was
once considered part of the Unknown Regions until it was opened to exploration
and settlement as one of the Emperor's last acts. Grand Admiral Thrawn was
charged with taming this wilderness, and he declared it part of the Empire.
However, as the Empire was too busy to enforce its subjugation, much of Wild
Space remained free. [HESB, SWRPG2]
- Wiley: An Ewok on Endor's forest moon. [ETV,
RJ]
- Willard, Commander Vanden: An Alliance officer
serving under General Jan Dodonna at the Rebel base on Yavin 4. In the years
prior to the dissolution of the senate, he was a spy for Princess Leia and
Viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan. [GG1, SWN]
- Windu, Jedi Master Mace: One of the great Jedi Masters
who sat on the Jedi Council as Yoda's right hand. He was said to have been
the greatest swordsman of his time in the Jedi ranks. He disagreed with allowing
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn to train Anakin Skywalker. Later, he would help lead
clone troopers and other Jedi into combat during the Clone Wars. When Anakin
told him of Sith Lord Darth Sidious' true identity as Chancellor Palpatine,
Windu lead a group of fellow Jedi Council members to confront the politician.
During the conflict, Sidious slaughtered all save Windu. Sidious began to
strike Windu with Force Lightning but Windu used his lightsaber to reflect
the dark side power back at Palpatine, resulting in the horrible scarred tissue
on Palpatine's face. Just when Windu was about to destroy the Sith Lord, Anakin
intervened and cut off Windu's sword arm. Palpatine then finished Windu off
with Force lightning until the Jedi Master fell through a window to his supposed
death. Windu was the only Jedi of his era to wield a purple-colored lightsaber.
He was a human from the harsh, gas-choked planet of Haruun Kal. He was known
for being wise, diplomatic, and a belief in the power of words over actions.
He mastered skills that only the most trained minds could hope to attempt. A Jedi Master with an amethyst-bladed lightsaber, Mace Windu was the champion of the Jedi Order. As the Clone Wars intensified, Mace sensed the dark side of the Force at work, and knew the Jedi's enemies were plotting to destroy the Order and end its stewardship of the galaxy.
(Played by Samuel L. Jackson.) CHARACTERS JEDI HUMAN [AOTC, ROTS, SWTPM]
- Windy: One of Luke Skywalker's childhood friends.
Windom Starkiller grew up with Luke on the planet Tatooine. CHARACTERS HUMAN TATOOINE [SWN]
- Winter: A tall, regal, and beautiful woman with
silky white hair and an aura of confidence, she is Princess Leia Organa Solo's
aide and companion. She grew up with Leia on Alderaan. As children, Winter
was often mistaken for the true princess because she always looked the part.
The two became close friends, and when Leia entered the senate, Winter went
along as her royal aide and executive assistant. In addition to her normal
organizational skills, Winter has a perfect memory. Everything she sees, hears,
or otherwise senses is recorded in her memory. She forgets nothing, even if
she wants to. She was off planet when Alderaan was destroyed. Bail Organa
had sent her to help Rebel agents, temporarily sending her away from Leia's
side. This separation lasted throughout the Galactic Civil War, as Winter
was assigned to Alliance Procurement and Supply where her perfect memory was
used to create maps and gather intelligence for the agents charged with gathering
supplies for the Alliance. Her reputation became so well known in intelligence
circles that Imperials began to call her Targeter. Her perfect memory has
bad points. Where other Alderaan survivors are able to let the pain of the
planet's destruction fade with time, Winter's memories are clear and bright
even years later. She serves as Leia's aide in the New Republic, and was nursemaid
to Leia's children for a time. She eventually became quite friendly with Admiral
Ackbar. [BW, COF, DFR, DFRSB, HE, LC, NR, SWCG]
- Wistie: A tiny, giggly, pixielike being also
known as firefolk, that glows brightly and can fly. Wisties live on Endor's
forest moon. [EA, ETV]
- Witches of Dathomir: This group of Force-sensitive
women lives on the planet Dathomir and is organized into nine clans. Their
main foes are the Nightsisters, a group of witches who were cast out for embracing
the dark side. The Witches' society is completely matriarchal where men are
used as slaves and breeders. [CPL]
- Wobani: A forlorn world in the Mid Rim’s Bryx sector that hosts the Imperial Detention Center & Labor Camp LEG-817. Alliance Pathfinders find Jyn Erso there serving a 20-year sentence as “Liana Hallik” and free her from captivity. LOCATIONS PLANETS EMPIRE [R1]
- womp rat: A carnivorous creature that inhabits the
canyons of Tattoine. Womp rats are vicious, hair-covered rodents that grow
as large as 3 meters. They travel in packs and use their claws and teeth to
bring down prey. Luke Skywalker used to hunt womp rats in Beggar's Canyon,
targeting them at high speeds from the cockpit of his T-16 skyhopper. [SW,
SWN, SWR]
- Wookiees: A tall, strong, fur-covered species
native to the planet Kashyyyk. They have a reputation as ferocious opponents
and loyal allies. The average Wookiee stands more than 2 meters in height
and lives much longer than a human. On Kashyyyk, Wookiees live in cities situated
high within giant trees. Though they appear to be primitive, they combine
a love of nature with modern technology. The Wookiee language consists of
grunts and growels. They understand other languages, but their limited vocal
ability makes it impossible for them to speak anything other than their own
tongue. A Wookiee also has amazing regenerative powers that let them heal
more in a day than a human would in two weeks. As tree dwellers, Wookiees
have wickedly-curved claws that pop from hidden fingertip sheaths with the
flex of a muscle. With the aid of these claws and their strong limbs, Wookiees
travel through the upper reaches of the great wroshyr trees of their homeworld,
clinging to vines and braches with ease. Wookiees never use their claws in
combat, however, as that is considered a breach of the Wookiee code of honor.
From th earliest days of the Empire, the Wookiees, their world, and their
colonies were placed under martial law and enslaved. It wasn't until after
the Battle of Endor that the Alliance was able to finally set the Wookiees
free. Chewbacca, Han Solo's copilot and partner, was a Wookiee. They
are widely recognized as one of the strongest and fiercest intelligent species
in the galaxy. Wookiees have many customs and traditions that revolve around
honor and loyalty, incuding the special bond called the honor family and the
sacred pledge called the life debt. A Wookiee never uses his or her climbing
claws in combat; doing this is considered dishonorable and a sign of madness.
They tend to be honorable, rash, loyal, and short-tempered. Wookiees are large,
furry bipeds ranging in height from 2 to 2.3 meters. They speak Shyriiwook
(Wookiee-speak), a language consisting of complex grunts and growls. They
understand Basic but lack the ability to speak it. Example Wookiee names include:
Chewbacca, Gorwooken, Groznik, Low-bacca, Ralrra, Rorworr, and Salporin. Wookiee
adventurers usually start out as wanderers or explorers, but some find this
path by forming an honor family with (or owning a life debt to) other adventurers.
Wookiees are powerful and hardy, but they aren't agile, tend to be impulsive,
and have little patience for diplomacy. In addition, they have extraordinary
recuperation. Sometimes Wookiees become so angry they fly into a rage. When
raging, they cannot do anything that requires patience or concentration, such
as mechanics, stealth, or using the Force. Following a rage episode, the Wookiee
must take at least 10 minutes to recuperate, during which they cannot engage
in any strenuous activity. Wookiees are always proficient with their traditional
weapon of choice, the bowcaster. Also, Wookiees are great climbers even if
distracted or threatened. They have been known to pull the ears off gundarks,
therefore, they can easily intimidate others. [CPL, ESB, HE, HESB, RJ, SW,
SWHS, SWRPG3SE, SWSB, SWWS]
- Wookiee honor family: A special bond of friendship
that joines on Wookiee with a group of other Wookiees, or even with members
of other species. An honor family comprises a Wookiee's true friends. Chewbacca
the Wookiee considered his companions Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa Solo,
Luke Skywalker, and the droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 to be part of his honor family.
[HESB, HLL, SWSB]
- Wookiee life debt: A sacred Wookiee custom pledged
to anyone who saves a Wookiee life. Not slavery, a life debt is a sacred act
of honor to repay that which is without measure. Chewbacca pledged a life
debt to Han Solo for acts Solo performed when the pair first met. [HESB,
HLL, SWSB]
- Wookiee Rite of Passage: A test that calls for
an adolescent Wookiee to perform a feat that is dangerous and difficult. A
Wookiee can attempt the feat alone or with friends. If successful, the Wookiee
emerges with physical proof of bravery that can be worn or carries as a trophy.
[YJK]
- Wookiee-speak: See Shyriiwook. [SWRPG3SE]
- worldcraft: A planetoid-sized starship created by command
of the Emperor and given to a few of his cruelest officers. One was used by
Lord Hethrir. [CS]
- World Devastator: A great Imperial war machine
even more terrible than the Death Star. World Devastators could inflict massive
amounts of destruction, then salvage and use the destroyed material to create
new warships to bolster the Imperial fleet. These machines were also referred
to as World Sweepers, World Smashers, and City Eaters. Designed by Imperial
engineer Umak Leth, these massive machines were powered by gigantic ion engines
and repulsorlift gravity transformers. The open maws contained raging molecular
furnaces powered by microscopic black holes. Whole cities were pulled into
these furnaces, where the raging power disassembled the material into simple
molecules. These molecules, in turn, were reassembled within the onboard factories
as new Imperial warships. Within a Devastator's core were processing plants
-- blast furnaces, testing laboratories, foundries, metalworks, stamping mills,
and chemical vats. The machine didn't always use everything a Devastator destroyed.
Some raw materials were stored for transport to specialized industrial planets.
The upper decks of a Devastator housed control towers, command stations, living
areas, and docking bays. The outer surface was covered with gun towers and
missile launch ports. Shield generators cloaked the entire vessel, though
selected portions of the shields could be raised or lowered by the command
personnel. World Devastators contained complex computer and guidance systems
that were regulated from the planet Byss by means of a hyperspace-transmitted
master control signal. This signal led to their eventual downfall, thanks
to Luke Skywalker and R2-D2. [DE, DESB, SWVG]
- Wormie: A nickname given to Luke Skywalker by
his childhood friends Carrie and Fixer. [SWN, SWR]
- "Wox.": "You" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- wroshyr tree: A giant tree native to the jungle world
of Kashyyyk. The separate branches of the wroshyr trees meet to form one interlocked
branch, which then sprouts new branches of its own. These reach out in all
directions to find other branches to join with. This tendency toward unity
makes wroshyr trees strong, and it is a natural symbol of the Wookiee concepts
of honor and family. The wroshyr trees in the Rwookrrorro city grouping are
actually, a single giant plant with a unified root system. [HE, HESB]
- Wuher: A human, he was a shift bartender at
the Mos Eisley spaceport cantina. [TMEC]
- "Wun.": "One" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- "Wunclaz.": "First class" in the
Bocce language. [GPB]
- Wwebyls: A tiny humanoid from the planet Yn,
he was a New Republic senator. [NR]
- Wynni: A Wookiee smuggler, she tried to seduce
Chewbacca on his first visit to Skip 1. [NR]
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