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• C2-R4 (Ceetoo-Arfour): This household droid escaped from the Jawas on Tatooine and was adopted by Wuher, a Mos Eisley cantina bartender. C2-R4 prepared an especially-potent drink using pheromones from the dead bounty hunter Greedo. [TMEC]
• C3-P0 (See-Threepio): A golden protocol droid, built on Tatooine by Anakin Skywalker who later becomes Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, C-3P0 has specialized programming in human-droid relations, language translation, and language interpretation. Human in shape and mannerisms, C-3P0 has long been teamed with R2-D2, an astromech droid. While the two appear to argue constantly, they are true friends who depend on each other to survive the challenges and dangers of the galaxy at large. C-3P0 is fluent in more than 6 million galactic languages, including those spoken by living beings as well as by machines. With more than 30 secondary functions compelementing his protocol programming, C-3P0 has experienced many adventures without undergoing the regular memory wipes applied to other droids. This has allowed C-3P0 -- and R2-D2 -- to learn by experience and to develop personalities on par with sentient beings. Over the years, C-3P0 has programmed converters, run heavy-duty industrial tools including a shovel loader, and led a brief droid rebellion utilizing programming he wasn't even aware of. He has served smugglers and crimelords, racers and bar owners, and an assortment of heroes and rogues. C-3P0's standard equipment includes visual, auditory, olfactory, and sensory receptors; a broadband antenna for receiving droid transmissions; and a speech vocabulator. Design specifications for this model droid call for limited creativity circuits to keep embellishment to a minimum. Over the long period since C-3PO's last memory wipe -- if he ever even had one (let's hope so, or the situations in Episode IV-VI leave a lot of questions since the droid built by Anakin never realizes who Anakin or Vader are. Neither, does he recognize the name Skywalker when he meets Anakin's son Luke on the same planet Anakin was from) -- he has developed a talent for telling stories, as evidenced by his dramatic re-creation of the events of the Galactic War for the Ewoks of the forest moon of Endor. C-3P0 and R2-D2 wer ein the service of the Royal House of Alderaan and were aboard the Tantive IV during Princess Leia's secret mission to intercept stolen Imperial data. When the ship was boarded, R2-D2 took an escape pod down to planet Tatooine, carrying the stolen plans for the Death Star in his memory, or as C-3P0 put it: "Inside your rusty inaards." C-3P0 reluctantly joined R2-D2 and the pair wound up in the possession of Jawas and then Luke Skywalker. They became integral members of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic that followed it, helping to save the galaxy many times. In later years, C-3P0 has also taken on the role of part-time nanny and protector of Han and Leia Organa Solo's three children. (Played by Anthony Daniels.) [ESB, RJ, SW, SWCG, SWSB, SWTPM]
• C-3PX: A modified protocol droid reprogrammed to act as an assassin droid for crimelord Olag Greck. This droid looked just like C-3P0, except for the X marked on its forehead. [D]
• C4-CZN ion field gun: A large Imperial weapon that moved on rollers. [TMEC]
• C-9P0 (See-Ninepio): A newer-model protocol droid that was memory-wiped and modified to serve Brakiss at the droid manufacturing facility on Telti. [NR]
• Caamas: A planet destroyed shortly after the end of the Clone Wars. Bothans assisted in the deed; a group of them lowered the planetary shields and allowed destruction to rain down on the planet. The outrage at the time was great, more so even than when Alderaan was destroyed. The Caamas Document, hidden in Imperial data banks, identified the Bothans responsible for the crime. [SP, VF]
• Caamasi: The inhabitants of the planet Caamas. They were considered a good and noble people, with an artistic bent and a gentle wisdom. They believed in peace through moral strength and were firm supporters of the principles of the Old Republic. Caamasi legends claimed the first Jedi Knights came to Caamas to learn the moral use of their power. A few Caamasi survived the destruction of their homeworld and found shelter on other worlds, including Alderaan. [SP, VF]
• Cai: A Mistryl Shadow Guard involved in the botched transfer of the Hammertong device to the Empire for use in the second Death Star. [TMEC]
• Calamari, Battle of: The watery planet Mon Calamari was the first planet attacked by the reborn Emperor's World Devastators in a conflict six years after the Battle of Endor. The homeworld of the Mon Calamari suffered great damage, but the new Imperial war machines were eventually stopped, thanks to the actions of Luke Skywalker. [DE]
• Calamarian: See Mon Calamari.
• Calius saj Leeloo: See Berchest.
• caller: A small handheld transmitter that summons droids by sending signals to their restraining bolts. These devices also turn restraining bolts on and off and are sometimes called restraining bolt activitator. [SW, SWR]
• Callista: A beautiful woman, she became on of the loves of Luke Skywalker's life. She was strong in the Force, from her earliest days with her family on the water world Chad III. She teamed up with another powerful Force user, Ceith, and the pair attempted to destroy the Imperial space station and experimental weapon known as Eye of Palpatine. The two died on the station, but Callista's spirit remained behind, held by the Force and a strange power called the Will. She took control of the station's computer, keeping the weapon off-line and forcing the Empire to abandon the project. Thirty years later, Luke Skywalker and two of his students, Nichos Marr and Cray Mingla, sought to destroy the Eye. Callista communicated with Luke through the station's computers and helped the trio complete their mission. The mission was not without cost, however. Both Nichos and Cray would have to sacrifice themselves. Before the end, however, Cray and Callista utilized the last of their Force abilities to transfer Callista into Cray's body. Once again, corporeal, but bereft of her Force powers, Callista said goodbye to Luke and set out to regain what she lost. Nine years after the Battle of Endor, Callista appeared again and warned Chief of State Leia Organa Solo to avoid a meeting with Seti Ashgad. She helped Leia hone her lightsaber skills, preparing her for a battle with Beldorian the Hutt. [COJ, DS, POT]
• Calrissian, Lando: Soldier of fortune and master gambler, Lando Calrissian was the owner of the Millennium Falcon, and while at the helm of the Falcon he participated in many adventures, including a visit to the planets of the Rafa system in search of ancient alien treasure. Along the way he was stalked by a series of enemies -- essentially because of his habit of winning high-stakes games of chance -- and he helped a persecuted alien species called the Oswaft. During the period, Lando was accompanied by the five-armed astrogation/pilot droid named Vuffi Raa. Lando met Han Solo on Nar Shaddaa, where he was looking to hire Solo as a pilot and flight instructor for the Falcon. After saving Han from the bounty Hunter Boba Fett, he convinced the Corellian to give him a few flying lessons. Solo fell in love with the ship from the moment he saw it, and vowed to own it someday. Shortly after losing the Falcon to Solo in an intense game of sabacc, Lando turned "respectable" when he won stewardship of Bespin's Cloud City in yet another game. As baron administrator of Cloud City and its Tibanna gas mining operation, he proved to be adept in keeping the outpost on an even keel and turning a handsome profit. Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, Imperial forces under the command of Lord Darth Vader arrived at Cloud City and "persuaded" Calrissian to assist them in setting a trap for Luke Skywalker. Promising to help fix up the Falcon, Lando convinced Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and C-3P0 they would be safe aboard Cloud City. But the four were nothing more than bait in Vader's trap. When Lando discovered Vader was changing the terms of their agreement to suit his own purposes and Cloud City was about to become an armed camp, he finally decided to help Han. He ordered the evacuation of the city but was too late to rescue Han Solo from Boba Fett. Instead, he helped Leia and Chewbacca escape in the Falcon and even managed to help save Luke Skywalker from certain death at the bottom of the floating city. Although an early attempt to free Han from the bounty hunter failed, Lando was able to help rescue Leia from Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun crime syndicate. Later, Lando took part in the mission that did rescue Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. He disguised himself as one of Jabba's guards and worked his way into Jabba's court, so he could watch, listen, and wait for an opportunity to make a move. After saving Solo and helping to destroy Jabba the Hutt, Lando decided to take a commission in the Rebel Alliance. Due to his reputation as a soldier of fortune, especially for his role in the Battle of Taanab, Lando was given the rank of general. He volunteered to lead the starfighter assault on the second Death Star, a job that was made much easier by Solo's generous offer to allow him use of the Millennium Falcon. Lando's daring, expertise, and quick thinking were pivotal in the great space battle that took place above Endor's forest moon. In fact, he accompanied Wedge Antilles on the run to destroy the Death Star's power core. After the Battle of Endor, Lando resigned his commission and went back to the private sector. His dealings with the Alliance led to the New Republic's offer to finance a new venture in the Athega system. Without realizing it, Lando became an upstanding citizen -- war hero, honest businessman, and responsible administrator. He established a mining company on the planet Nkllon and supplied a steady flow of raw materials to the New Republic. At this time, he piloted a ship called The Lady Luck. He was drawn back into the ongoing galactic conflict when the mechanical mole miners used in his operation were stolen by Grand Admiral Thrawn for use in the Imperial assault on Sluis Van. He wound up suspending his business dealings to help Solo and the New Republic deal with this threat. After the defeat of Thrawn, Lando rejoined the Republic to assist in its continuing struggle against the Empire. He helped command the Republic forces at the Battle of Calamari. Switching easily between businessman and soldier, he became a leading member of SPIN (the Senate Planetary Intelligence Network) for the New Republic and took on the post of baron administrator of Hologram Fun World, a domed floating amusement park. He has helped Luke Skywalker locate recruits for Skywalker's Jedi academy, spearheaded several dubious credit-making schemes, and crashed at least two converted Imperial Star Destroyers.
  At the time of the first Yuuzhan Vong incursion, Calrissian was running a mining and processing operation on Destrillion and Dubrillion, and his headquarters is located on Dubrillion. He also oversees the running-the-belt game. (Played by Billy Dee Williams and later played by Donald Glover in Solo.) As a youth, Lando was a smuggler and gambler traveling the galaxy in his starship, the Millennium Falcon—which he lost to his friend Han Solo in a game of Sabacc. After his smuggling days, Lando turned respectable, becoming administrator of Cloud City. CHARACTERS FRINGE REBELLION HUMANS RESISTANCE [COF, DFR, ESB, HE, HG, LC, LCF, LCM, LCS, RJ, SWCG, S, etc.]
• Camie: A young woman who lived in Tatooine's Anchorhead community. She was a close friend of Luke Skywalker, haning out at the Tosche Station with Luke and her boyfriend, Fixer. Her family cultivated underground gardens, purchasing water from Luke's uncle, Owen Lars. [DS, SW, SWR]
• cannonade: An exploding projectile fired by a crossbow. [TJP]
• cantina: See Mos Eisley cantina.
• CAP: An acronym for Combat Aerospace Patrol, a unit consisting of Rogue Squadron Flights One, Two, and Three. [BW]
• "Capitona.": "Pilot" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• captial ship: Any class of huge compat starships for deep-space warfare, such as Imperial Star Destroyers and Mon Calamari star cruisers. These vessels normally require large crews, are equipped with large numbers of weapons batteries and shield projectors, and often carry smaller ships, such as shuttles and starfighters, in their great docking bays. [SWRPG2, SWSB]
• Caprioril: A planet located in the Galactic Core. An assassin droid Massacred 20,000 people at a swoop arena there, in order to murder Governor Amel Bakli. Among the dead was the famous racer, Ignar Ominaz.
  Mara Jade, using the name Marellis, worked for a swoop gang on Caprioril following the death of the Emperor. During the time of the New Republic, Imperial forces loyal to the Emperor's clone besieged the planet. [DESB, DFR, SWSB]
• Captison, Gaeriel: This slender, intense woman served as an Imperial senator from Bakura during the final years of the Rebellion. Her parents were killed in the uprising that followed the Imperial invasion of Bakura, and her aunt and uncle, Tiree and Yeorg Captison, raised her. She spent a year at Imperial Center before returning to her post on Bakura, just in time to become embroiled in the events surrounding the Ssi-ruuk invasion. Despite the differences in their belief systems, Gaeriel became friends with Luke Skywalker, the commander of the Alliance task force sent to aid Bakura. Indeed, the two were attracted to each other, but eventually agreed to part on amicable terms. After the incidents and the Imperial-Alliance truce at Bakura, Gaeriel was offered a place in the Alliance. She decided to remain on Bakura and help her uncle, Prime Minister Yeorg Captison, restore her world to its pre-Imperial splendor.
  Gaeriel married former Imperial officer Pter Thanas and was elected prime minister, though she lost the succeeding election. About 14 years after the rescue, Luke Skywalker borrowed Bakura's fleet for a mission in the Corellian system. Although the mission succeeded, half of the Bakuran cruisers were destroyed and Gaeriel was killed. [AS, SAC, SWCG, TAB, TBSB]
• Captison, Yeorg: Prime minister of Bakura, he was elected to his post eight years before the Battle of Endor, having served in the Bakuran Senate for some 30 years. After his brother Dol was killed, Yeorg and his wife, Tiree, raised Dol's children, Gaeriel and Ylanda. As a popular and respected leader, Yeorg did his best to protect the Bakurans -- even in the face of increased Imperial domination. After the Ssi-ruuk invasion was repelled and the Imperial forces in the Bakura region surrendered, Yeorg pledged to support the Alliance as it worked to restore the former glory of the Republic. [TAB, TBSB]
• Carbanti signal-augmented sensor jammer: A device for jamming sensors. Lando Calrissian discovered it among cargo aboard the Spicy Lady, the ship that hand been owned by the murdered smuggler Jarril. [NR]
• carbon-freezing: Good for traqnsporting highly pressurized gases like tibanna, carbon-freezing is not so good for people; it causes hibernation sickness, severe disorientation and temporary blindness. Darth Vader, who has been carbon-frozen himself, decides to test the process on Han Solo before using it on Luke Skywalker. TECHNOLOGY [ESB]
• carbon-freezing chamber: An integral device used in the process of storing Tibanna gas. The gas is stored in carbonite to preserve it during transportation to far-off trade centers. This preservation process, called freezing, is accomplished by pumping gas into the chamber, where it is mixed with molten carbonite, then flash-frozen to cool the carbonite into a solid block. The gas remains trapped within the carbonite block until released at a processing center or market. One of the chambers on Bespin's Cloud City was modified for use on a human, so Darth Vader could safely capture and transport Luke Skywalker back to the Emperor. Before Vader would allow it to be used on Skywalker, it was successfully tested on Han Solo. [ESB]
• carbonite: A strong, but highly-volatile, metal alloy used in the manufacting of hyperdrive engines and to preserve materials such as Tibanna gas. [DLS, ESB]
• carboinite guild: This ruthless group controlled the mining of unprocessed carbonite in the Empress Teta system some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
• Carconth: This red supergiant star was the second largest and seventh brightest in the known galaxy. It was placed on the supernova watch 600 years before the Battle of Endor. [TT]
• Car'das, Jorj: This smuggler started his career during the Clone Wars era and created one of the better organizations. Knowledge and information were his passions, and he passed that passion on to his successor, Talon Karrde. During the Bpfasshi Dark Jedi incident, Car'das' ship was commandeered and he was kidnapped by the Dark Jedi. Half-mad with rage and possessing all of Darth Vader's power but none of his self-control, on eof the Dark Jedi rampaged throughout the Bpfasshi sector with Car'das as an unwilling witness to his deeds. Car'das was on Dagobah when the Dark Jedi battled the Jedi Master Yoda for a day and a half. Yoda won, and nursed Car'das back to health. A latent Force sensitivity was triggered during the time with Yoda, but Yoda did not have time to heal him fully. The Jedi Master sent him to the Aing-Tii to learn their ways in the Force. Sixteen years after the Battle of Endor, Karrde visited Car'das in the Kathol sector and received information that would help end the threat of the imposter Grand Admiral Thrawn. [SP, VF]
• Cardooine: The world where the fragrant Fijisi wood was harvested for use in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant and even in some space vessels. The Cardooine Chills, a virus whose symptoms included congestion, coughing, fatigue, and body pain, was first diagnosed on this planet. [BW, LC]
• cargo lifter: Large utility airships operated by a single pilot. Usually found in spaceports, these crafts are used to load and unload cargo containers and to make short-distance hauls from loading zones to storage facilities in other parts of the port. Older models employ mechanical claws to handle cargo, while newer models use tractor beam and repulsor technology. [HSR]
• Carida: A large, high-gravity world located in the Carida system. An important Impeial Academy and stormtrooper training center were located on this planet. The varied terrain, ranging from mountains to ice fields to arid deserts, provided the perfect conditions for combat training in harsh environments. Han Solo graduated from the Caridan Academy with honors, before he subsequently received a dishonorable discharge from the Imperial Navy. Later, Admiral Daala attended the Caridan Academy before joining Grand Moff Tarkin's staff. Dash Rendar attended the Academy until he was dishonorably discharged after his older brother crashed a freighter into the Emperor's private museum. Terpfen, aide to Admiral Ackbar, underwent torture and reconditioning at the hands of the Empire on this world. Carida was destroyed when Jedi Kyp Durron used the Imperial superweapon, the Sun Crusher, on the system's star. [COF, COJ, DA, HG, JS, SOTE, TJP, TMEC]
• Caridan combat arachnid: Spiderlike creatures from the planet Carida, with huge, powerful jaws and crimson body armor. Jabba the Hutt pitted several of the 12-legged creatures against his rancor, which was injured in the battle. [TJP]
• Carkoon, Battle of: During the Galactic Civil War, Luke Skywalker and his friends rescued Han Solo from the clutches of the crimelord Jabba the Hutt at the Great Pit of Carkoon, resting place of the Sarlacc, on the desert world Tatooine. The battle ended with the death of Jabba and most of his criminal organization. Jabba's sail barge was completely destroyed, exploding over the great pit. [RJ, TJP]
• Carkoon, Great Pit of: Located within the Dune Sea on the planet Tatooine, this large depression serves as the resting place for the creature known as the Sarlacc. [RJ]
• Carosi: A planet known for its busy spaceport and many pleasure domes. Carosi's larger moon housed a synthdroid factory operated by the Loronar Corporation. These droids were utilized in some of the pleasure domes for the enjoyment of the guests. [POG, POT]
• Carr, Yomin: This Yuuzhan Vong warrior infiltrated the ExGal Society outpost on Belkadan in the guise of a human scientist. It was his job to make sure none of the other scientists noticed the telltale signals coming when the invasion force entered the galaxy at sector L30 -- Prime. Like other members of his species, Carr painted his flesh and mutilated his Vector body to show his devotion to the dark gods of the Yuuzhan Vong. He hated technology but learned to control his revulsion in order to accomplish his mission. He wore a suit of living flesh an ooglith masquer -- to mask his true features and weilded a variety of -- deadly living weapons. These included vonduun-crab-shell-plated armor, explosive thud bugs, sentient and binding blorash jelly, and an amphistaff, a vicious serpent that could harden all or part of its body and be used as a staff, a whip, or a missile weapon. Carr used the biological mastery of the Yuuzhan Vong to metamorphose Belkadan's atmosphere into a toxic brew perfect for raising yorik coral. He murdered the ExGal scientiests, then faced off against Mara Jade Skywalker shen she and Luke Skywalker arrived to investigate the planet. Weakened by the Yuuzhan Vong disease spores ravaging her body, Mara nonetheless engaged Yomin Carr in a vicious battle. She killed him after a worthy fight, driving her lightsaber blade through his armor and into his heart. [VP]
• Carrack-class light cruiser: This small combat star cruiser, approximately 350 meters long, carries an optimum crew of 1,092. The Carrack has a high proportion of weaponry compared to its size. This vessel's primary mission profile was to serve as the Empire's answer to the Corellian corvette. The Carrack possesss no internal docking bay. Instead, it carries up to four TIE fighters on an external rack. Though not originally designed for frontline combat duty, in the period after the Battle of Endor the Empire was forced to place more and more of these vessels into harm's way. [HESB, ISB, SWVG]
• Carratos: A planet located about 40 parsecs from Coruscant, it became a refuge for the Fallanassi religious group, whose youngest members were sent there to escape persecution on Lucazec. Akahah Norand Pell attended a school in the Chofin settlement. The Empire constructed a garrison on the planet and instituted stiff taxes levied against anyone attempting to leave Carratos. [BTS, SOL]
• Cartariun: This Devaronian had a lust for power. He discovered a Sith temple on the planet Malrev Four, but the corrupting influence of its power drove him insane. He planned to take the throne of the Empire after Palpatine's death, but a Bothan agent named Girov destroyed Cartariun with the very magic he hoped to master. [XW]
• Caslo, Gerney: A loudmouthed merchant who sold precious water on Nam Chorios. He was instrumental in making old pump stations functional after they were allowed to rot. [POT]
• Cass: An Imperial officer and adjutant to Grand Moff Tarkin aboard the original Death Star battle station. [SWN]
• Cathar: The homeworld of the proud and powerful feline species of the same name. Members of the species sport flowing manes. Males have two tusks protruding downward from their mouths; females possess fangs. Jedi Knights Sylvar and Crado from Cathar, trained under Master Vodo-Siosk Baas about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
• Cathedral of Winds: A magnificent, delicate, and extremely-intricate structure located on the planet Vortex, the centuries-old cathedral hosted the Vor's annual Concert of the Winds, a cultural festival to celebrate the planet's dramatic change of seasons. On a diplomatic mission to the planet, Admiral Acbar crashed his B-wing fighter into the cathedral, destroying it and killing hundreds of Vors. Once it was proven Ackbar's shiop had been sabotaged and he was not at fault, the Vors began the painstaking task of rebuilding the monument. [COF, DA]
• Cathor Hills: One of many sentient forests on the planet Ithor. Imperial Captain Alima destroyed this forest when he was trying to force Momaw Nadon to provide the Empire with Ithorian technology. [TMEC]
• Cato Neimoidia: The planet Cato Neimoidia, known for its canyons and bridge cities, is home to the headquarters of the Trade Federation, whose barons constantly seek to one-up each other with their jeweled palaces and ostentatious luxury living. LOCATIONS PLANETS TRADE_FEDERATION SEPARATISTS
• Cauldron Nebula: An interplanetary light show produced by seven blue super-giant stars in close orbit. The inhabitants of Eol Sha, the nearest habitable world, unsuccessfully tried to mine the nebula's gases. The nebula made a perfect hiding place for Admiral Daala's Star Destroyers until Jedi student Kyp Durron used the Imperial superweapon, the Sun Crusher, to cause all seven stars to go nova. [DA, JS, YJK]
• Caveel, Spinda: This rogue scientist hired the Pikkel sisters to capture the unique medical droid, A-OIC ("Doc"). He forced Doc to reprogram droids, turning them into soldiers skilled in martial arts. When Caveel refused to accept their resignation, the Pikkel sisters killed him. [SEE]
• Cavrilhu Pirates: A gang of marauders who plundered and pillaged merchant ships along the various space lanes of the galaxy. Led by Captain Zothip, who commanded the gang from his gunship Void Cutter, the pirates were the scourge of the Amorris star system. His first mate was a Togorian female named Keta. Niles Ferrier stole three patrol ships from the pirates to sell to Grand Admiral Thrawn shortly after the failed Imperial action at Sluis Van. [DFR, DFRSB]
• CB-99: An old, battered, barrel-shaped droid who once belonged to Jabba the Hutt. After the crimelord died, the droid emerged from its secret hiding place in Jabba's desert planet to present Jabba's hologram will to his beneficiaries. [ZHR]
• C'baoth, Jorus: This human Jedi Master was born on the planet Bortras in Reithcas sector, back in the days of the Old Republic. His interests in the Jedi Knighthood and his innate abilities in the Force led him to join the Jedi training center on Kamparas. After four years and a period of private training with an unknown Jedi Master, he became a Jedi Knight. Twelve years later, he assumed the title of Jedi Master. He served the Republic as the leader of the demilitarization observation group sent to Ando, as a member of the Senate Interspecies Advisory Committee, and a personal adviser to Senator Palpatine on matters pertaining to the Jedi. He was part of the JEdi Knight task force sent to Bpfassh to deal with the Dark Jedi insurrection. He led the delegation sent to Alderaan to determine which royal family should receive the title of viceroy and helped rule in favor of the Organa family. He assisted Jedi Master Tra's M'ins to mediate a peaceful end to the Duinuogwuin-Gotal conflict. When the Outbound Flight Project to search for life outside the known galaxy was proposed, Jorus was one of six Jedi Masters on the exploration ship launched from Yaga Minor. The exploration ship was presumed lost, but was really destroyed on Palpatine's orders -- by a young officer named Thrawn. [DFR, DFRSB, HE, LC]
• C'baoth, Joruus: A clone of the famed Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth. Grand Admiral Thrawn found Joruus on the planet Wayland, where he was guarding one of the Emperor's hidden storehouses. Confused about his origin and past, and hindered by shattered memories and periods of insanity brought on by clone madness -- a malady that afflicts clones grown too quickly -- Joruus appeared as an old, white-haired man with a long beard. Insane, he nonetheless wielded great powers forged in the dark side of the Force. He believed all lesser beings hate the Jedi because of their power and knowledge, and it was the duty of the Jedi to rule over the lesser beings to keep the galaxy safe. Thrawn entered into an uneasy alliance with Joruus in order to reestablish the New Order, promising to turn Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, and Leia's unborn twins over to the mad Jedi Master. For his part, Joruus planned to reshape the Force users into his own image, starting a new society of Dark Jedi with which to rule the galaxy. Joruus eventually turned on Thrawn to advance his own plans. Although Luke Skywalker tried to heal the madness that corrupted Joruus, in the end he was forced to destroy him. [DFR, DFRSB, HE, LC]
• C'borp: Chief gunner on the pirate ship Starjacker. Some 4,000 years before the Galactice Civil War, he destroyed the attacking spacecraft piloted by Dreebo, an employee of Great Bogga the Hutt. [TOJ]
• CCIR: An acronym for Centrally-Controlled Independent Replicant. [POT]
• "Cee Gammor peeg feeth ur nockneez.": "That Gamorrean pig guard is in my seat" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Celanon: A planet located in the Outer Rim star system of the same name. Celanon is famous for its multicolored skyline and numerous holographic advertising boards. Agriculture and commerce are the planet's main industries. The planet's native sentient s are called the Nalroni. [COJ, CSSB, POG]
• Celchu, Colonel Tycho: This superior pilot flew an Imperial TIE fighter until he defected to the Alliance after the Empire destroyed his homeworld, Alderaan (as his family there). He became a member of Rogue Squadron, participating in the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor. He also fought at Bakura and led a covert mission to Coruscant. When Wedge Antilles became leader of the squadron, Celchu became his second. Later, he was named executive officer of Rogue Squadron, in charge of training new recruits. Tycho, now an A-wing pilot, draws off Imperial fighters during the Battle of Endor so the Rebels can attack the second Death Star. His weapon of choice is a blaster. [BW, XW]
• Celchu, Skoloc: Brother of Captain Tycho Celchu, he was killed when Alderaan was destroyed. [BW]
• Cell 2187: The cell where Princess Leia Organa was held captive during her imprisonment aboard the original Death Star battle station. It was located in Detention Block AA-23. [SW]
• Centerpoint Station: An ancient space station in the Corellian system, located at the balance point between the twin worlds of Talus and Tralus. Built before the invention of artificial gravity, the station spins on its axis to provide gravity. Approximately 350 kilometers long, Centerpoint is even larger than the Death Star. Hollowtown, the open sphere at the center of the station, receives heat and light from the Glowpoint, an artificial sun suspended in the center of the sphere. Its light falls upon countless homes, parks, lakes, and farms covering the interior walls of the sphere. Many believed Centerpoint was a hyperspace repulsor used in ancient times to transport the five inhabited Corellian planets into their current orbits. When the Sacorrian Triad discovered the station could destroy stars, two stars were targeted and destroyed. The resulting flare-ups in the Glowpoint incinerated most of the inhabitants of Hollowtown. The Triad's fleet was later defeated by New Republic and Bakuran forces, who helped stop Centerpoint before it could destroy the Bovo Yagen star. [AC, AS, SAC]
• Ceousa, General: A New Republic general, he commanded the Calamari in the Battle of Almania. [NR]
• Cerea: The blissful homeworld of the Cerean people, located on the fringes of known space. Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi was a Cerean who served on the Jedi Council during the Clone Wars. [SWRPG3SE]
• Cerean: Language of the Cerean people. [SWRPG3SE]
• Cereans: Cereans are a sophisticated and cultured species native to Cerea. Their elongated heads distinguish them from most other humanoid species. Cereans established contact with the rest of the galaxy shortly before the Galactic Republic was transformed into the Empire, swiftly gaining fame as expert astrogators, cryptographers, and economists. Few patterns or trends escape the notice of a Cerean. Cerean society is matriarchal, and the Cerean culture's traditional values emphasize living in harmony with nature and minimizing any impact on the environment from technology. The peaceful philosophies of the Jedi appeal to Cereans, and many join the Order. Cereans tend to be calm, rational, and extremely logical. They average about 2 meters tall, with elongated craniums housing binary brains. They have a maturity rate and life span similar to those of Humans. Cereans speak, read, and write Cerean and Basic. Example names include: Ki-Adi, So Leet, Sylvn, Ti-Dal, and Maj-Odo. Cereans who become adventurers do so in spite of their peaceful traditions. Still, when a cause or situation leads down this path, a Cerean tries to keep these traditions intact, avoiding aggression when possible. The binary brain allows a Cerean to constantly weigh both sides in any disagreement and give two points of view equal consideration. This ability extends even to issues surrounding the Force, and a Cerean Force-user often contemplates the light side and the dark side simultaneously. Cereans are bright and intuitive but less coordinated than most other species. Despite their general lack of coordination, Cereans' reaction speed is superior to that of most other species. [AOTC, CW1, CW2, ROTS, SWRPG3SE, SWTPM]
• cesta: One of the traditional weapons of the Gungan people of Naboo. [SWRPG3SE, SWTPM]
• C-Gosf: A gosfambling who served on the New Republic Senate's Inner Council. She risked much running for the senate, as all other Gosfamblings forever ridicule losers on her world. [NR]
• Chad III: A beautiful, civilized world in a star system of the same name. The watery planet is home to the Chadra-Fan species. In addition to the rodentlike Chadra-Fan that inhabit the bayous, other life-forms include long-necked cretaceans called tsaelkes, wystohs hunters, phosphorescent tubular eels, and fish-lizards known as cy'een. The human Jedi Callista was from Chad III. [COJ, DS, GG4, QE, TMEC]
• Chadra-Fan: These small, quick-witted inhabitants of Chad III resemble humanoid rodents. With large ears, dark eyes, and flat, circular noses sporting four nostrils, the fur-covered Chadra-Fan possess seven senses. In addition to the five shared by most intelligent species, they also are blessed with infrared sight and an advanced chemoreceptive sense of smell. These small, 1-meter-tall beings love to have fun, though they have short attention spans, and they enjoy tinkering with technological items. Native to the planet Chad in the galaxy’s Outer Rim, these rodent-like sentients stand about 3 feet (1 meter) tall with big ears, dark eyes, and a pig-like snout. Their high-pitched squeaks are useful for hailing bartenders in loud, crowded cantinas. PEOPLES CHADRA-FANS [GG4, QE, TBH]
• chak-root: This flavorless red plant grows in the marshlands on the planet Erysthes. High taxes on the planet gave rise to a profitable business for smugglers. They avoid the normal channels of distribution and offer the plant at reduced prices on the Invisible Market. [HLL, HSR]
• Chalcedon: A rocky, volcanic world that's a key hub in the galactic slave trade, the inhospitable planet has a barely-breathable atmosphere, violent storms, frequent groundquakes, and no indigenous life-forms. Two colonies and one way station were established on the planet, where traders and peasants mingle in the bazaars, and the bureaucrats -- boneless creatures with trunks -- live in cities of volcanic-glass buildings from which they control the slave trade. [CS]
• Chalmun: A beige-and-gray-furred Wookiee, he owned the infamous Mos Eisley cantina. [GG7, TMEC]
• Chamma, Master: This Jedi Master instructed Andur Sunrider in the ways of the Force some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [TOJ]
• Chandrila: The homeworld of Mon Monthma, leader of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. This agricultural planet, located in the Bormea sector of the Core, has two primary continents covered in rolling, grassy plains. Mon Mothma grew up on the shores of the Silver Sea, where her mother served as the area's governor. Other notable natives included Jedi Master Avan Post, who served in the Clone Wars and was later killed by Emperor Palpatine, and the New Republic's Admiral Hiram Drayson, who once commanded the Chandrila Defense Fleet. [COJ, DESB, KT, SWSB, TAB]
• Chanzari: These Selonian rebels were allied with the Hunchuzuc. Together, the two groups sought to free themselves from oppressive rule. [AS]
• Chaos fighter: A type of small, maneuverable fighter used by the Krath in their attempt to overthrow the Empress Teta system about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
• Charal: An evil witch who tormented the Ewoks and others on the forest moon of Endor. Charal had a magical ring that gave her the power to change form at will. Some believed she had escaped from the planet Dathomir and was stranded on the forest moon. The cohort of Terak, king of the Marauders, Charal was an imposing figure with raven-black hair, angular features, and a slender shape. She often wore a cloack of black feathers, and she rode a wild black stallion that also had the ability to change form. [BFE, ISWU]
• Chardaan Shipyards: An Alliance space facility where workers constructed space vehicles in zero gravity. The facility turned out many types of starfighters, including Y-wings and E-wings, until it was destroyed by Colonel Cronus's fleet eight years after the Battle of Endor. [DS]
• Chariot LAV: A modified military landspeeder used almost exclusively by Imperial forces. These light assault vehicles, LAVs, served as commanded speeders for officers during routine planet occupations and other assignments where heavy combat was not expected. More heavily armored than a normal landspeeder, but also slower and less armed than combat landspeeders, these vehicles featured battle-assistance computers that provided holographic schematics and constant situational updates to the officers on board. With dedicated sensor and communications arrays, they could coordinate the activities of more than a dozen combat units. Combat speeders carried a crew of three -- the unit's commander, a driver, and a bodyguard/gunner. [HESB, ISB, SWVG]
• Charon: Humanoid arachnids from a dimension termed otherspace that seems to exist beyond the confines of the known galaxy. The Charon were divided into at least two distinct classes: bioscientists and warriors. The bioscientists were the more intelligent of the two, working to keep the Charon's biologically-based technology and constructs in operating condition. The warriors were more single-minded and aggresive. The Charon's homeworld was being devoured by a black hole. This condition led to the development of a death cult that believed the Void was the only constant in the universe and everything would eventually return to it. The death cult thought its duty was to help life along on its unavoidable journey to the Void. When the Charon developed space travel, the death cult set out in their biologically-engineered vessels to spread its dark doctrine of swift death to all life throughout the galaxy. [GG4, OS, OS2]
• Charubah: A technological world in the Hapes Cluster, known for manufacturing the Hapan Gun of Command. [CPL]
• Chattza clan: A powerful, warlike clan of Rodians led by Navik the Red. After conquering Rodia, Chattzas hunted and killed the more peaceful clans who left the homeworld. [TMEC]
• Chazwa: This planet in the Chazwa system of the Orus sector orbits a white dwarf star. Heavy freight traffic regularly passes through the system and visits the planet. [LC]
• "Chee kutta.": "Release" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Cheesba hataw yuna puna?": "Can I upgrade to first class?" in Huttese. [GPB]
• Chenlambec: A Wookiee bounty hunter with deep-brown, silver-tipped fur who was known to his friends as Chen. Others knew him as the Raging Wookiee. Despite his reputation, Chen and his human partner Tinian I'att often helped their bounties escape to the Rebellion. Chen's ship was called the Wroshyr. [GG10, TBH]
• "Cheska lopey x'hoo pumba?": "Are there good drinks on board?" in Huttese. [GPB]
• Chevin: From the planet Vinsoth, each of these hunters and farmers stand more than 2 meters tall and have thick arms and long faces. [GG12, TJP]
• Chewbacca (Chewie): This loyal, powerful, 2-meter-tall Wookiee served as first mate and copilot on the Millennium Falcon. Born on the tree-covered planet Kashyyyk more than 200 years before the Galactic Civil War, Chewbacca had been a slave, a smuggler, a rebel, a pilot, and a top-notch mechanic over the course of his life. Like all Wookiees, Chewbacca was covered in shaggy fur and communicated in a series of grunts, growls, and terrifying roars. He was extremely strong, even for a Wookiee. Chewbacca's weapons of choice were his massive fists and his bowcaster. Though he was formidable when angered, his terrifying roars sometimes maskes his own fear of the unknown. Chewie, as his friends referred to him, left Kashyyyk when he was about 50 standard years. During the Clone Wars, Chewbacca fought alongside Jedi Master Yoda as Separatist forces attempted to invade Kashyyyk. Later, he was captured by slavers and sold to the Empire. During his absence, Chewbacca's homeworld had been subjugated by Imperial forces and turned into a slave labor planet. Wookiees were declared a slave species, and it became illegal for free Wookiees to travel the space lanes. The hard-labor camp where Chewbacca was enslaved would have been the death of him, if not for the actions of a young Han Solo. Solo, an Imperial officer at the time, sacrificed his military career to free the Wookiee, and Chewbacca immediately decided he owed the Corellian a life debt. He followed Solo around for a long time before the Corellian decided to accept his Wookiee shadow. Chewbacca became Solo's protector, and his best friend. Solo taught him how to fly a ship and use gunner weapons. Together, the pair embarked on a smuggling career that became extremely profitable after Solo won the Millennium Falcon in a game of sabacc. During a spice run for the crimelord Jabba the Hutt, the pair were chased down by an Imperial blockade and had to dump their cargo. In need of money to pay off Jabba, the pair accepted a job from Ben Kenobi. Before long, Chewbacca and Solo had helped rescue a princess, blow up an Imperial battle station, and were declared heroes by the Rebel Alliance. Chewbacca added Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia to his honor family, and after Han married Leia, Chewbacca helped raise and protect their three children. Twenty years after their first meeting, Chewbacca brought a new student to Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy -- his 19-year-old newphew, Lowbacca. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, Chewbacca died saving Anakin Solo. As a moon spiraled down toward the planet Sernpidal, caught in the inexorable pull of a Yuuzhan Vong living weapon, Chewbacca tossed Anakin into the hovering Millennium Falcon. The ship, packed full of refugees from the doomed planet, was forced to blast away as the moon crashed into the surface of the world -- before Han Solo could find a way to get his friend onto the ship. (Played by Peter Mayhew.) The ferocious Wookiee warrior and close friend of Han Solo serves under the Wookiee leader Tarfful during the Clone Wars. After being sold into slavery by the Empire, Chewbacca is rescued by Han Solo and the two become the best of friends and form an effective team to aid the Rebellion. CHARACTERS WOOKIEES KASHYYYK [ESB, HG, HLL, HSE, HSR, RJ, ROTS, SW, SWCG, SWHS, SWSB, SWWS, TT, VP, etc.]
• ch'hala tree: These greenish-purple trees with slender trunks and leafy tops exhibit a unique property. When a noise occurs near the trees, burst of red ripple across the trunks in time to the sound. The Grand Corridor in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant was lined with these beautiful, colorful trees. Unfortunately, the Emperor set them up as a complex spying system called Delta Source. For once the New Republic established its governmental center on Coruscant, Delta Source was responsible for providing Grand Admiral Thrawn with detailed intelligence about New Republic activities. By using the natural properties of the ch'hala trees, the Emperor developed living circuits for his intelligence-gathering system. When pressure, including sound waves, impacted the tree trunks, small chemical changes in the inner layers of bark produced the bursts of color. Tubes implanted in the trunks continuously sampled the chemicals and shunted the information into a module in the taproot. The module took the chemical data and converted it back into sound, which was then sent on to another module for sorting, encrypting, and transmission. Delta Source was nothing less than a series of organic microphones. This system had been in place since the earliest days of the Empire, giving the Emperor an edge in all senate proceedings. [DFR, HE, LC]
• Chief: Chief Tecnician Viera Cheran, affectionately called Chief, oversaw the technicians who serviced Rogue Squadron shortly after the Battle of Hoth. Though good at her job, she resented the fact, in her eyes, the pilots received all the glory, while all she got was the hard work of keeping the squadron's X-wings in good repair. Thus, when an unknown operative offered the Chief 10,000 credits and an unspecified bonus to sabotage Luke Skywalker's ship and kill the aspiring Jedi Knight, she accepted -- and failed. [SESB, SOTE]
• Child of Winds: This Qom Qae youth helped Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade during their mission to find the Hand of Thrawn. Jade suggested his adult name should be Friend of Jedi. [VF]
• Chimaera: This Imperial Star Destroyer was commanded by Captain Gilad Pellaeon. This veteran ship was involved in the Battle of Endor and led the remnants of the Imperial fleet to safety after the battle was lost. When Grand Admiral Thrawn returned from the Unknown Regions, he selected Chimaera to serve as his flagship, leaving Pellaeon at its helm. [DFR, HE, LC]
• Chin: A chief associate of Talon Karrde, he was from the planet Myrkr and used his knowledge of the planet's indigenous life to aid Karrde. Chin's primary responsibility was to care for and train Karrde's pet vornskrs. He domesticated the creatures and trained them to serve as guards. His understanding of the mysterious ysalamiri led him to develop a method for safely removing them from their tree-branch homes. His other duties included maintaining the security of Karrde's base of operations and overseeing the smooth running of base facilities. [DFR, HE, HESB, LC]
• Chip: This droid, whose name was short for Microchip, was the personal property of the Jedi Prince Ken. The size and shape of a 12-year-old boy, Chip ketp young Ken company during his stay at the Lost City of the Jedi. [LCJ, MMY, PDS, ZHR]
• Chirpa, Chief: A strong-willed Ewok, he was head of the tribe's Council of Elders. After some initial confusion and hostility, Chirpa decided to befriend the Rebel strike force sent to the forsest moon of Endor to clear the way for the Alliance fleet. He even sent his tribe into battle against the Imperial forces, and his warriors proved to be courageous in the face of a superior fighting force. The gray-furred Chief Chirpa carried a reptilian staff of office and wore the teeth, horns, and bones of animals he had bested in the hunt. [RJ]
• Chiss: Blue-skinned humanoids with glowing red eyes, they controlled teritory in an area of space the Empire called the Unknown Regions. They came in contact with the Outbound Flight Project, which led to one of their members rising to power in the Empire. That Chiss was Grand Admiral Thrawn. [VF]
• Ch'no: An H'drachi scrap scavenger from the planet M'haeli. Ch'no saved the human infant Mora and became her adoptive father. He didn't know she was of M'haeli royal descent. [ROC]
• Choco: The small, battered, and uncoordinated R2 unit that befriended R2-D2 during the famous droid's encounters with the Great Heep years before the start of the Galactic Civil War. [TGH]
• ChoFi: A New Republic senator, he was a loyal supporter of Leia Organa Solo. [NR]
• Choi, Jedi Master Tsui: A Jedi Master during the Clone Wars who survived Order 66. He was present during the Jedi Purge when Darth Vader attacked a Jedi get-together on Kessel. [DHSWC]
• Chorax system: This system in the Rachuk sector is known for smuggler and pirate activity. The system contains a single planet, Chorax. Three years after the Battle of Endor, Rogue Squadron was accidentally dumped out of hyperspace in this system by the Interdictor cruiser Black Asp. Rogue Squadron rescued the Asp's true target, the smuggling ship Pulsar Skate, and forced the Asp to flee. [BW, RS]
• Chorios systems: Located in the Meridian sector and consisting of several star systems with the name Chorios, including Nam Chorios, Pedducis Chorios, and Brachnis Chorios. Most of the worlds in the systems are barren and lifeless. The few inhabitants of the area are called Chorians. Nine years after the Battle of Endor, Leia Organa Solo secretely met with Seti Ashgad near Brachnis Chorios' largest moon. [POT]
• "Chowbaso.": "Welcome" in the Huttese language. [GPB]
• chromasheath: An iridescent material similar to leather. [HSE]
• chrono: A time-measuring device. [HLL, SWSB]
• chrysalis: A creature mutated by the dark side of the Force. The second cloned Emperor unleased chrysalides against Lando Calrissian's war-droid attack force to defend the Emperor's citadel on the planet Byss. [DE2]
• Chubb: A small, burrowing reptile that was the pet and constant companion of the young boy Fidge, who met R2-D2 and C-3P0 during the early days of the Empire. [TGH]
• Chubbit: A small reptillian desert dweller. Chubbits are native to the planet Aridus. [CSW]
• Chukka-Trok: A brave Ewok woodsman known for his forest skills and lore. [ETV]
• Churba: A star system located in the Mid Rim, containing eight planets, including Churba and New Cov. Churba, the fourth world in the system and the one that gave it its name, is a high-tech planet inhabited by humans and assorted nonhuman species. It is a cosmopolitan metropolis and home to the Sencil Corporation, a major manufacturer of illegal assassin droid components. New Cov, the third world orbiting the sun, boasts vast jungles filled with natural resources. [DFR, DFRSB, RS]
• Chusker, Vu: A business associate of ganster Cabrool Nuum. Nuum and his son and daughter asked Jabba to kill Chusker. The Hutt refused, but did eliminate the Nuum family one by one. Jabba finally encountered Chusker as he was escaping from the Nuum family dungeon. He killed Vu with one swipe of his powerful tail. [JAB]
• Chu'unthor: A wrecked spacecraft Luke Skywalker found half-submerged in a river on the planet Dathomir. The ship had crashed there at least 400 years earlier. It was a huge vessel, 2 kilometers long, 1 kilometer wide, and eight levels high. The ship, under the command of Jedi Masters, had served as a mobile training academy for thousands of Jedi apprentices. Luke used records stored within the ship to develop programs for his Jedi academy. [CPL, DA]
• Cilghal: A Force-sensitive Calamarian who was recruited by Leia Organa Solo for Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy. Also an abassador from Mon Calamari, Cilghal used her diplomatic skills to hold the 12 Jedi students together after the spirit of dark-sider Exar Kun attacked Luke. She helped defeat Kun, then healed Mon Mothma. The former chief of state had been infected with nano-destroyers, artificial viruses that were dismantling her cells one nucleus at a time. Cilghal used her considerable Force abilities to instead destroy the billions of nano-destroyers. [COF, DA, DS]
• Cilpar: This planet, covered with mountains, jungles, and forests, was once held by the Empire. Rogue Squadron set up a base in the mountains west of the capital, Kiidan, after the Battle of Endor. A simple mission turned deadly when they ran into a TIE fighter ambush. After a long battle, the planet's moff and governor were overthrown. [XW]
• Cinnagar: The largest city of the seven worlds of the Empress Teta stary system. [DE]
• Circarpous IV: The fourth and primary planet in the Circarpous Major star system was to be the site of Princess Leia's diplomatic meeting with Circarpousian restance groups. Her mission undertaken shortly after the Battle of Yavin, was to persuade the groups to join the Alliance. Luke Skywalker accompanied her on this important mission, and her prime directive was to convince the Circarpousians the Alliance could withstand the might of the Empire. [SME]
• Circarpous V: See Mimban.
• Circarpous XIV: The 14th and outermost planet in the Circarpous Major star system was the location of a hidden Rebel base during the initial stages of the Galactic Civil War. [SME]
• Circarpous Major: A populous star system made up of 14 planets. While many of the system's inhabitants were sympathetic to the cause of the Rebellion, they were afraid to become involved and risk the wrath of the Empire. To gain their support and convince the system to join the Alliance, Princess Leia traveled to Circarpous Major on a diplomatic mission. [SME]
• Circus Horrificus: A traveling alien-monstrosity show that terrified audiences in system after system. Malakili, the main rancor keeper at Jabba's palace, once worked for the circus. [TJP]
• Clak'dor VII: This small planet in the Mayagil sector orbits the large white star Colu and is the homeworld of the highly-evolved Bith. Once a lush world, the planet became an ecological wasteland after two Bith cities, Nozho and Weogar, went to war. The biological weapons they unleashed on each other mutated the planet's surface and forced the Bith to live within domed cities. Many Bith sold their great intellectual abilities to purchase the basic necessities their world could no longer produce. Others made their way as entertainers, including Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, who played at the Mos Eisley cantina. [COJ, GG4, TMEC]
• Clays: A family of moisture farmers on Tattooine, they opposed Ariq Joanson's plans to negotiate peace with the Tusken Raiders and Jawas. [TMEC]
• Clezo: A member of the fierce Chattza clan of Rodians, he served as a Black Sun Vigo and controlled many of the criminal activities on Rodia. He always wore conservative but finely-tailored suits, demonstrating his desire to run his activities more like a business executive instead of a crimelord. [SESB, SOTE]
• cliffborer worm: Long, armored worms that dwell among the rocks on Tatooine, feeding on razor moss. [ISWU]
• cloaking device: A defensive antidetection system that reached the development stages but was never mass-produced. A cloaking device disrupted all electromagnetic waves emanating or reflecting from the ship it was installed in, rending the ship electronically invisible to all sensors. During the Galactic Civil War, these devices wer too costly and power-prohibitive to install on anything larger than a starfighter. Even then, the defensive properties rendered the pilot of a cloaked craft as blind to the galaxy around him as his ship was invisible to other vessels.
  The Emperor made development of cloak technology a priority during the building of the second Death Star. The project yielded a working prototype that absorbed sensor radiation, thus disguising the device and anything under its cloak as empty space. Before it could be mass-produced, the Emperor was killed and the Empire shattered. Years later, Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered the prototype in one of the Emperor's hidden storehouses and employed it in his bid to destroy the New Republic. [DFR, ESB, HE, HESSB, LC]
• Cloak of the Sith: A region of space occupied by a huge dark cloud of dangerous meteors, asteroids, and planetoids, blocks the only known path to the Roon system. [DTV]
• CloakShape fighter: An outdated starfighter designed for atmospheric and short-range space combat. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, mostly bounty hunters, pirates, and other small-time operators in need of assault starships utilized the fighter. [DE, DESB]
• Clone Keepers: The scientists and attendants responsible for the Emperor's clone vats on the planet Byss. [DE]
• Clone Trooper Commander: Also referred to as just Clone Commanders, they are specially bred and trained for leadership positions within th evast clone armies. They are more capable of tactical thinking and combat strategy than standard clone troopers, and work closely with the Jedi generals during the Clone Wars. [CW1, CW2, RotS]
• Clone Troopers: A variety of Republic forces cloned from the galaxy's most-famous bounty hunter just prior to the Clone Wars, Jango Fett. There were many variations of the Clone Trooper. During the last part of the Clone Wars, a secret order was instilled into the clones -- Order 66 -- and they switched sides, attacking the Jedi Order. Following Order 66, the clones were loyal only to the Empire. Later, their uniforms and ranks would evolve into the Imperial stormtroopers. [AOTC, CW1, CW2, RotS]
• Clone Troopers, Airborne: General Obi-Wan Kenobi attacks General Grievous and his droid army on Utapau with the assistance of the Parjai Squad, 2nd Airborne Company, part of Commander Cody's 212th Attack Battalion. The clone troopers descend upon the droid armies and decimate them while Obi-Wan dispatches Grievous, ending the Clone Wars. They are human clones grown in cloning facilities of Tipoca City, Kamino, called to action as the Separatist crisis escalated into war. Their weapon of choice is a blaster rifle. They are programmed and trained for efficient and relentless combat. [RotS]
• Clone Troopers, Elite Corps: The specialized troopers in the 41st Elite Corps were deployed on the beach of Kashyyyk to battle droid forces invading from the water, during the Clone Wars. Swarms of droids overran the beach but the elite troopers held them back, supporting their Republic leaders until the Emperor ordered the corps' Commander Gree to execute Order 66. [ROTS]
• Clone Troopers, Galactic Marine: Clad in armor and uniforms designed to maximize combat efficiency to in hostile environments, the Galactic Marines are the Republic's front line forces and often take on the most formidable opponents. After the issuance of Order 66, a squad of these troopers betrayed and shot down Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi on Mygeeto. Their weapon of choice is a blaster rifle. They are human clones created on the planet Kamino and specialized in zero-G combat and planetary assault. [RotS]
• Clone Troopers, Hawkbat Battalion: A group of cloak-wearing clone troopers during the Clone Wars who fought the Separatist forces. Oblivious to harsh climates and imminent danger, each trooper prepares for another battle in this galactic conflict. [CW1, CW2]
• Clone Unit 2224: See Cody, Clone Commander
• Clone Wars: A terrible series of conflicts that erupted during the time of the Old Republic, some years prior to the start of the Galactic Civil War. The wars produced such heroes as Bail Organa, Anakin Skywalker and General Obi-Wan Kenobi. [ESB, RJ, SW]
• cloud car, combat: Built upon the standard cloud car design, extra hull plating and enhanced weapon systems allow it to take on fighters and freightors. [DFR, LC, SWVG]
• cloud car, twin-pod: An atmospheric flying vehicle that employs both repulsorlifts and ion engines. Typical models utilize twin pods for pilots and passengers. Cloud cars serve as patrol craft, traffic control vehicles, cars for hire, and pleasure craft. [ESB, SWSB]
• Cloud City: A mining outpost and trading station that floats within the atmosphere of the gas-giant planet Bespin. The facility is actually a small city of landing platforms, delicate spires, jutting towers, and airy plazas -- all held aloft atop a long repulsorlift unipod. Cloud City's major industry is the mining and exporting of Tibanna gas, but it also serves as a merchant outpost and recreational center. Though off the main space lanes, many come from far and wide to enjoy its casinos, restaurants, and shopping plazas. In addition to the many spacers who frequent its ports, Cloud City boasts a diverse citizenry of humans, droids, and assorted species. Lord Ecclessis Figg of Corellia founded Cloud City. Later, Lando Calrissian won the entire operation in a game of sabacc. [CCC, ESB, GG2]
• Cnorec, Lord: A slave trader and follower of Lord Hethrir. Hethrir murdered Cnorec after Cnorec challenged him. [CS]
• Cobak: The Bith bounty hunter hired by Zorba the Hutt to capture Princess Leia. To accomplish this mission, Cobak impersonated Bithabus the Mystifier to lure the princess into a trap. [QE]
• Coby: The son of Lord Toda of Tammuz-an, he met the droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 when he was nine years old, in the early days of the Empire. [DTV]
• Codru-Ji: A four-armed humanoid species native to Munto Codru. Their language is made up of whistles and warbles, some beyond the range of human hearing. [CS]
• Cody, Clone Commander: Commander Cody ordered his forces to mark their posts and maintain their positions at all costs against Separatist forces during the Clone Wars. Although his mission was to protect Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi as they fought the Separatist droid armies protecting General Grievous on Utapau, this commander and his 212th Attack Battalion would later change allegiances as Order 66 was put into effect by Chancellor Palpatine. Better known as Commander Cody, Clone Unit 2224 was one of the few remaining original clones from Kamino. Often effectively paired with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Commander Cody betrays the Jedi without a second thought when instructed to execute Order 66 by Palpatine. CHARACTERS CLONES REPUBLIC EMPIRE [RotS]
• Colonial Games: A series of athletic competitions pitting champions from the various colonies of the Roon star system against one another for fun and glory. The main even is the drainsweeper, a no-holds-barred relay race. [DTV]
• Colonies, the: One of the first settled areas outside the Galactic Core, this region was heavily populated and industrialized by the time of the Galactic Civil War. The Empire ruthlessly controlled this area before the birth of the New Republic. Thereafter, much of the area decided to support the new government. [SWRPG2]
• colossus wasp of Ithull: A huge, flying insect native to Ithull. The insect's strong exoskeleton carapace can be used as the framework for ore-hauling spaceships. [TOJ]
• Colton, Captain: See Antilles, Captain.
• Columi: These craniopods from the planet Columus are devoted to the pursuits of mental activities. Their huge, hairless heads are fully a third of their size, with throbbing veins twining around the cerebrum and huge black eyes. The rest of their bodies are puny, with thin, nonfunctioning arms and legs. Droids and other machines, with which the Columi communicate via brain-wave transmissions, perform all physical work for the species. They are a peaceful species, often hired as advisers and soothsayers. [CPL, GG4]
• Columus: This small, low-gravity planet is the homeworld of the Columi species. [GG4]
• combat sense: This Force technique allows a Jedi Knight to focus his or her attention on the battle at hand. Opponents appear as bright images in an otherwise dull landscape. [DFR, DFRSB]
• "Comda.": "Now" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• comlink: A personal communcations transceiver. Produced in a wide variety of handheld and headset-mounted models, it consists of a transmitter, a receiver, and a power source. Comlinks are also built into stormtrooper helmets and provide shipwide communications aboard large space vessels. In use throughout the galaxy, comlinks are standard handheld communication devices fit with microphones and receivers, mostly made by the SoroSuub Corporation. The Empire uses the standard C1 personal comlink while the Jedi are equipped with the Hush-98 that has built-in silence projectors. TECHNOLOGY [ESB, RJ, SW]
• command control voice: A method for controlling droids via voice-pattern recognition. [SWR]
• Commenor: A planet in the system of the same name, just outside the Core and near Corellia. This trading outpost and spaceport houses an Alliance starfighter training center on its largest moon, Folor. [SWN]
• comm unit: A shipboard communications device that allows a ship to transmit and receive communications signals from outside sources. [SWSB]
• compact assault vehicle (CAV): A small, single-operator vehicle equipped with a medium blaster cannon. The CAV was supposed to transform a single Imperial trooper into a formidable assault force, but the tracked-wheeled vehicle, while fast, proved highly susceptible to sensor jamming. [ISB]
• COMPNOR: The Commission for the Preservation of the New Order was formed as one of Emperor Palpatine's first official actions. It started as a populist movement against the chaos of the final days of the Old Republic but was quickly molded into a powerful political tool of the New Order. Through its subtle manipulations, COMPNOR taught the galaxy the everyday ethics of the New Order and worked to turn the structure of the Old Republic into a relic of the past. [ISB, TBH]
• computer probe: A device for accessing a computer network. The most common probes -- or scomp links -- are the appendages droids use to tap into computers and the portable consoles used by computer technicians. [HSE]
• com-scan: Specialized sensor sweeps designed to detect the energy resulting from the transmission and reception of communcation signals. [ESB]
• Cona: A hot, dense planet orbiting the blue giant Teke Ro, it's the homeworld of the Arcona. Many companeis established mining colonies on Cona. [GG4, TMEC]
• Concert of the Winds: This annual cultural festival celebrates the change of seasons on the planet Vortex. Winds rushing through the Cathedral of Winds, a crystalline structure, produce the concert. [DA]
• Concord Dawn: Birthplace of Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel, who later changed his name to Boba Fett. [TBH]
• concussion missile: A sublightspeed projectile that causes shock waves on impact. The concussive waves penetrate and destroy heavily-armored targets, though they work best against stationary targets. Concussion missiles were used to destroy the second Death Star during the Battle of Endor. [RJ]
• concussion shield: A strong energy field protecting ships from space debris. [TBH]
• condor dragon: A cave-dwelling predator from Endor's forest moon, it flies on large leathery wings. [ISWU]
• Confederacy: See Separatists.
• Conquest: This Imperial-class Star Destroyer was among those that chased the Millennium Falcon when it departed Tatooine. [TMEC]
• construction droid: A huge factory on wheels able to demolish and rebuild structures. Its internal furnaces recycle debris and extrude new girders and transparisteel sheets. The droid then assembles a new building based on programming blue-prints. [BW, ISWU]
• consular ship: Any vessel officially registered to a member of the Imperial Senate. On diplomatic missions, a consular ship was supposed to be immune to inspection. [SW, SWR]
• container ship: These super transports are among the largest commercial vessels. Big, slow, and expensive, they often prove the most efficient way to transport huge amounts of cargo between star systems. By using standardized cargo containers, sealed and loaded by automated barges, the ships are extremely efficient. Some containers have even been designed to carry passengers. Too large to land on a planet or approach a space dock, container ships rely on stock light frieghtoers and other small craft to collect and transfer their cargo to orbital ports within a system. [SWSB]
• control mind: This Force technique allows a user to take direct control of another person's mind. A person subjected to this technique becomes an automation who must obe the Force user's will. This technique is considered a corruption of the Force, a product of the dark side. [DFR, DFRSB, HE, LC]
• Contruum: Birthplace of Alliance General Airen Cracken and his son, fighter pilot Pash. [WG]
• "Contulpit.": "Cockpit" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Convarion, Ait: This Imperial captain was given command of the Corrupter and a mission to suppress systems in the Outer Rim and assigned to protect the bacta convoys leaving Thyferra. When Rogue Squadron hijacked one of the convoys, Convarion destroyed the last tanker in the convoy, as well as three Rogue Squadron ships. Corrupter and Aggregator went to the Graveyard of Alderaan to annihilate Rogue Squadron, but Convarion was killed when Wedge Antilles targeted his bridge with proton torpedoes. [BW]
• Coome, R'yet: A junior New Republic senator from Exodeen, he replaced M'yet Luure after Luure was killed in the bombing of Senate Hall on Coruscant. Coome was later elected to the Inner Council. [NR]
• Coral Depths City: One of the floating cities of Mon Calamari. [DA]
• Coral Vanda: A subocean cruise ship operating in the ocean depths of the vacation world Pantolomin. It explores the huge network of coral reefs off the coast of the Tralla continent. Vacationers mostly utilize its impressive casino, complete with eight ornate gambling halls. Full-wall transparisteel hulls separate each hall from the ocean, giving tourists breathtaking views of sea life and the fabulous reefs.
• Corbantis: Loronar Corporation tested its new Needle smart missiles on this cruiser. Han Solo rescued 15 injured beings from the damaged cruiser and transported them to Nim Drovis. [POT]
• Corobb, Jedi Master Roron: Roron Corobb takes on the duties of a Senior General during the Clone Wars. Along with his Jedi compatriots Shaak Ti and Foul Moudama, Roron is assigned to protect Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from General Grievous. Despite his skill and bravery, Roron is killed by the cyborg general in his unrelenting push to capture Palpatine. Corobb was an Ithorian with a bellowing battle roar. [CW1, CW2]
• Corbos: This experimental mining colony was a prefabricated industrial city erected in the bowels of a planetary crater. Corbos miners uncovered a huge creature that attacked the colony. Chief of State Leia Organa Solo requested Luke Skywalker send on of his Jedi trainees to investigate the situation. Luke sent Kyp Durron, who asked to take Dorsk 82 along. The pair eventually discovered the truth of the creatures and released the miners' spirits trapped within them. [JAL]
• Corellia: Located in the Corellian sector and system, this planet and four other habitable worlds orbit the star Corell. All were among the first members of the Old Republic. The system is known for its fast ships, skilled traders, and pirates who regularly raid the local space lanes. Corellia is referred to as the Elder Brother of the Five Brothers, the inhabited worlds of the system. It is a beautiful planet, covered in farms and small towns situated between rolling hills and fields. The captial city, Coronet, boasts plenty of open space due to its small buildings and trading stalls separated by parks and plazas. The three native species are humans, Selonians, and Drall. The Selonians live beneath the planet's surface, in a vast network of tunnels that date back to before the Republic. A planetary repulsor was discovered in this ancient complex. It apparently moved the world into its current orbit from an unknown location. Once ruled by a royal family, Corellia became a republic 300 years before the Galactic Civil War, when Berethon e Solo introduced democracy to the system. [AC, AS, CPL, RS, SAC, SWRPG2, TJP]
• Corellian: A human race that inhabits the Corellian star system. Han Solo is Corellian. [SW]
• Corellian Bloodstripe: Red piping that adorns the trousers of those Corellians who have distinguished themselves through brave and heroic acts. Han Solo wears the Bloodstripe on his trousers, his only nod toward his time of military service. [HG, HLL]
• Corellian corvette: An older, multipurpose capital ship model, this mid-sized vessel is 150 meters long and functions as a troop carrier, light escort vessel, cargo transport, or passenger liner. Like most Corellian-built ships, the corvette has a fast sublight drive and a quick hyperjump calculator for fast exits into hyperspace. Because this vessel type has seen a lot of duty among the Corellian pirates, authorities nicknamed it the Blockade Runner. Princess Leia's consular ship Tantive IV was a Corellian corvette. Manufactured by Corellian Engineering Corporation, the Corellian Corvette CR90 featured a modular interior as well as turbolaser cannons. Though most ships of this type were several decades old by the time of the Galactic Civil War, the design persisted because of its flexibility: Well-armed enough to serve as a light escort vessel, fast enough to outrun Imperial patrols or pirate fleets, and roomy enough to serve as a pleasure cruiser. The blockade runner (as it's typically called) is used in every walk of life, popular with the Rebel Alliance and independent traders because of its many advantages, this ship gained its popular appellation as a result of its most frequent use -- running contraband and supplies through Imperial blockades. [SWSB]
• Corellian Engineering Corporation: One of several industrial corporations creating starships in the known galaxy. One of its featured lines was the Corellian corvette. [SWSB]
• Corellian grass snake: This creature resembles an ysalamiri but has neither claws nor fur. [NR]
• Corellian gunship: A dedicated combat capital ship designed to be fast and deadly, it measures 120 meters long and is typically mounted with eight double turbolaser cannons, six quad laser cannons, and four concussion missile launch tubes. Engines fill more than half its interior, while weaponry, computers, and shield generators take up most of the rest of the ship. With a small command crew and tech staff, but lots of gunners, the gunship makes an excellent antistarfighter platform. The Alliance -- and later the New Republic -- made extensive use of these vessels, and some can even be found in private defense fleets and independent armies. [DFRSB, RSB]
• Corellian Port Control: A security force that tries to maintain law and order on the smugglers' moon Nar Shaddaa. [TMEC]
• Corellian sector: A sector of space consisting of several dozen star systems located in the most-heavily-populated portion of the galaxy. The Corellian system is considered the most important in the sector. Five inhabited worlds orbit its star: Selonia, Drall, Talus, Tralus, and Corellia. Moff Fliry Vorru controlled the sector during the last days of the Old Republic, allowing smugglers to come and go as they please. With the coming of the Empire, the three dominant species -- humans, Selonians, and Drall -- were forced to coexist. With the collapse of the Empire, the three turned toward their own self-interests as each attempted to assert their dominance in the region. [AC, AS, RS, SAC]
• Corellian system: A star system containing five inhabited worlds: Corellia, Selonia, Drall, Talus, and Tralus. The worlds are collectively referred to as the Five Brothers, due to their close orbits. It is believed the ancient Centerpoint Station transported the five planets through hyperspace to their Corellian orbits. Both the Corellian Defense Force and the Corellian Security Force (CorSec) defend the system. Famed for the Corellian Engineering Corporation's extensive shipyards and notorious for its many smugglers and pirates, the system was also the place where Mon Mothma convinced three major resistance groups to join forces and form the Rebel Alliance. [AC, AS, COJ, DFR, HLL, MTS, RS, SAC, SW]
• Core Worlds, the: See Galactic Core.
• Corgan, Colonel: General Erahn A'baht's staff tactical officer, he served aboard the fleet carrier Intrepid. [SOL, TT]
• Cornelius, Dr.: See Evazan, Dr.
• "Corox.": "Arrival" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Corporate Sector, the: A portion of the known galaxy set aside for the exclusive use of the Corporate Sector Authority. The sector consists of tens of thousands of star systems that apparently maintain no native sentient life-forms. Many of the resources mined from the planets of the Corporate Sector went into the construction of the Imperial war machine. [CSSB, DESB, HLL, HSE, HSR]
• Corporate Sector Authority, the: A vast private corporation made up of dozens of contributing companies, granted a charter by the Old Republic -- and later sanctioned by the Empire -- to control that portion of the galaxy known as the Corporate Sector. According to the terms of the charter, the Authority has the right to exploit the resources of the region to the fullest extent. It rules the region in much the same way as the Empire ruled the rest of the galaxy, as its charter empowers the Authority to act as owner, employer, landlord, government, police, and military to all persons, places, and things within the Corporate Sector. A 55-member board of directors, headed by the ExO, runs the CSA. Originally established hundred of years ago, the corporations were allowed to operate under the watchful eye of the Republic. Later, Emperor Palpatine permitted the sector to expand to nearly 30,000 stars. Eleven native intelligent species were discovered in the expanded region, though this fact was hidden from the general public. When the cloned Emperor reappeared six years after the Battle of Endor, the CSA declared its neutrality and supplied both sides with weapons. [CSSB, DESB, HLL, HSE, HSR]
• Corridan: A planet located in the center of the Rim Territories and defended by the Black Sword Command. [BTS]
• corridor ghoul: A meter-high quadruped native to Coruscant's lowest levels. These fast and deadly creatures are believed to be mammals. They have stark white skin, big ears and sharp teeth. [AS]
• Corrupter: A Victory-class Stary Destroyer under the command of Imperial Captain Ait Convarion, it destroyed the colony on Halanit as part of its campaign of terror after Rogue Squadron hijacked a bacta convoy. The vessel was destroyed in the Graveyard of Alderaan while engaged in a fierce battle with Rogue Squadron. [BW]
• Corsair: An ancient ship used by the dark-side sorcerer Naga Sadow to flee across the galaxy. [DLS]
• Cort, Farl: The former administrator of the colony on Halanit, he placed the distress call to the New Republic requesting bacta to aid his dying people. Rogue Squadron liberated a shipment from the Bacta Cartel and delivered it to the colony. Ysanne Isard, head of the Bacta Cartel, decided to destroy the colony as an example to other worlds. Cort was believed to have died in the massacre. [BW]
• Cortina: A planet that, along with the world Jandur, petitioned for membership in the New Republic. At first prideful and arrogant, both planets eventually signed the standard articles of confederation. [BTS]
• cortosis blade: A sword or dagger made from cortosis ore to be used against lightsaber users. One was used against Darth Vader on Kessel during a Jedi get-together. Vader, in turn, used the blade against them. Effectively, it renders any lightsaber blade it comes into contact with useless for a few minutes. [DHSWC]
• cortosis ore: This rare material exhibits a property that shuts down lightsabers when the blade touches it. Some Force users have made set of body armor out of woven cortosis fibers, and Emperor Palpatine inserted it between the double walls of his private residence on Coruscant. When a lightsaber blade hits the rock, a feedback crash starts in the weapon's activation loop. [VF]
• Corulag: This planet in the Bormea sector of the Core was devoted to Emperor Palpatine and considered to be a model world of Imperial behavior. [HESB]
• Corusca gem: An extremely-rare mineral found only in the lower levels of the gas giant Yavin. The hardest known substance in the galaxy, a Corusca gem can even cut through transparisteel. [YJK]
• Coruscant: The jewel of the Core Worlds and the cent of the known galaxy, this planet has been the seat of galactic government for as long as records exist. An enormous multileveled city covers most of the planet's land mass. Kilometer-high skyscrapers and numerous spaceports decorate Imperial City. The Old Republic built the Senate Hall on this beautiful world, among the majestic spires and dazzling lights of the captital city. When the Emperor took power, he created the Imperial Palace, a structure that loomed over Senate Hall from that day forward. By Imperial decree, the Emperor changed the name of the planet to Imperial Center. Later, after the fall of the Empire and the rise of the New Republic, Coruscant regained its original name and has remained the seat of the galactic government. It's said Coruscant sets the tone for the entire galaxy. Styles and fads start on this capital world and slowly spread out into the galaxy. The level of culture is unsurpassed anywhere else in the Core or beyond, and all of the "standard" measurements used throughout the galaxy are based on the norms of this planet. Throughout the collapse of the Old Republic, the time of the Empire, and the rise of the New Republic, the people of Coruscant knew war and hardship only by the news they received. Most viewed the shift of governments as others considered the changing of seasons. They didn't care who occupied the seats of power, for Coruscant was considered eternal. Those who were particularly loyal to the Empire fled or were expelled once the New Republic took charge. Between the end of Grand Admiral Thrawn's threat and the return of the reborn Emperor, the Empire launched a successful attack on Coruscant. The New Republic leadership was forced to flee from the capital planet, which was left in ruins by the Imperial onslaught. The New Republic government eventually recaptured the planet and quickly went about restoring Imperial City. Coruscant's attractions included the snow-covered Manarai Mountains, the Skydome Batanical Gardens, the Grand Towers, the pyramidal Imperial Palace, the underground city of Dometown, the Holographic Zoo of Extinct Animals, and the Galactic Museum, which houses ancient Sith artifacts. The lowest, darkest levels of Imperial City were abandoned long ago. Discarded equipment, wrecked starships, spider-roaches, armored rats, wild gangs like the Lost Ones, and other nameless subhumans roam the shadows of the deep. Twelve years after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker built a hidden retreat atop the stones of Darth Vader's former refuge. Mon Mothma built her own private estate surrounded by gardens and a tree moat. The heart of the galaxy, the planet Coruscant is a global megalopolis and the seat of government for the Galactic Republic and the subsequent Empire. With a population of more than 1 trillion, Coruscant is completely covered with skyscrapers and stripped of natural resources. LOCATIONS PLANETS REPUBLIC EMPIRE [DE, DFR, DFRSB, HE, HESB, ISWU, LC, SESB]
• Coruscant Guards: The highly-trained peacekeepers of Imperial City and the rest of the capital planet, they were also referred to as Imperial Guards and elite Stormtroopers. Utilizing provisions of matrial law, the Coruscant Guards were empowered to search any facility or dwelling, arrest any citizen, and otherwise locate and detain suspected Rebel operatives and others who threatened the Empire. Coruscant Guards were equipped with crimson body armor, blaster rifles, and force pikes. [SESB, SOTE]
• Corusca Rainbow: Formerly the Black Asp, the ship was renamed when its captain and crew defected to the Alliance. It led the invasion fleet to liberate Coruscant. [BW]
• Cosmic Balance: The predominant faith of the people of Bakura, the religion originated on Hemei IV. This form of extreme dualism holds the primary belief that for every rise in power there is a corresponding decline elsewhere. The followers of the Cosmic Balance opposed the Jedi Knights in earlier times, claiming a Jedi's increased abilities diminished someone else in another part of the galaxy. When Emperor Palpatine began the persecution of the Jedi, the Cosmic Balance adherents felt the action was timely and well deserved. The faith's sacred text, the Fulcrum, outlines its chief tenets, including the belief that in the afterlife all inequities will be redressed. [TAB, TBSB]
• Cosmic Egg: The deity of the Kitonak species. [TJP]
• Council of Elders: The ruling body of the Ewoks of Endor's forest moon. Chief Chirpa led the council during the time of the Battle of Endor. [RJ]
• Count Dooku: See Tyranus, Darth
• Courage of Sullust: A reconfigured Rebel transport that carried 10 X-wings from Rogue Squadron to the planet Ryloth on a secret mission. It returned to Coruscant loaded with the addictive ryll kor that was to be used in a secret Alliance Intelligence project. [BW]
• Court of the Fountain: An eatery and tourist trap owned by Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine, it was the closest thing to a high-class restaurant the planet had. [TMEC]
• Covell, General: A young Imperial officer who was placed in charge of the Empire's ground troops upon the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Covell was among the most experienced of the remaining Imperial officers, and he had learned from the legendary General Maximilian Veers -- he had served as Veers' first officer during the Battle of Hoth. Captain Gilad Pellaeon promoted Covell to major general in charge of Chimaera's ground troops after the Battle of Endor. Thrawn gave Covell the rank of general and ordered him to immediately begin training his troops for real battle. General Covell died on the planet Wayland after Joruus C'baoth destroyed his mind. [DFR, DFRSB, LC]
• Coway: A troglodyte race of bipedal humanoids who inhabit Circarpous V. Covered by a fine, gray down, these tribal beings live in caves and wells built by the now-extinct Thrella. Coway have an intense dislike of surface dwellers. A triumvirate of leaders rule the tribes. [SME]
• Cracken, General Airen: The head of Alliance Intelligence and a decorated hero of the Rebellion and New Republic, he was placed in charge of Rogue Squadron's mission to Coruscant in advance of the invasion fleet. [BW, CRFG]
• Cracken, Pash: Son of General Airen Cracken, a member of Rogue Squadron. Pash entered the Imperial Naval Academy with fabricated identity files. When he graduated, he led his entire TIE wing to defect to the Alliance. The wing became known as Cracken's Flight Group, building their reputation by destroying a Victory-class Star Destroyer. He then took over an A-wing unit stationed on the Rim, before joining Rogue Squadron. [BW, LC]
• Crado: A Cathar Jedi, he lived 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. This humanoid feline learned from Master Vodo-Siosk Baas and later became a follower of Exar Kun. Crado and dark-sider Aleema were killed in the multiple supernova they triggered. [DLS, TSW]
• credit standard: The basic monetary unit used throughout the Empire. Based upon the Old Republic credit, it stayed in use during the time of the New Republic, though both the New Republic and the Imperial remnants produced their own currency. Most credits are stored and exchanged via computer transactions, but there is credit currency that can be carried and physically exchanged. [HESB, SME, SWRPG]
• Creed, the: A popular and benigh Tarrick cult founded on the principles of joy and service. [TT]
• Creel, Pleader Irving: The famous pleader who defended Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel -- who later became Boba Fett -- in his trial for killing another protector. [TBH]
• Crondre: The site of a diversionary battle that took place during Grand Admiral Thrawn's multipronged attack. The true target of the attack was the planet Ukio. [LC]
• Cron drift: This charted sector of the known galaxy is the remnant of a trinary system supernova that exploded in the distant past. During the Sith War, it was a densley-packed group of stars known as the Cron Cluster, located in the Cron system.
• Cronus, Colonel: This low-ranking Imperial officer teamed up with Admiral Daala. The colonel was aboard his flagship, Victory, when it was destroyed. [DS]
• Crseih Research Station: An artificial planetoid and former Imperial research station formed by a cluster of asteroids joined by gravity fields and connecting airlink tunnels. Also known as Asylum Station, the secret facility served as a headquarters for Lord Hethrir, the former Imperial Procurator of Justice. He also used it as a prison for his enemies. A strange being called Waru started a cult on Crseish. [CS]
• Crumb, Salacious: This Kowakian monkey-lizard held a favored position in Jabba the Hutt's court. He usually sat close to his bloated lord and master, catching and consuming food and drink Jabba spilled. Known for his taunting cackle and his habit of mimicking everything said around him, Salacious Crumb was considered an annoying and disgusting being. He was Jabba's court jester, hired to make his boss laugh day in and day out. He died along with many of Jabba's associates during Han Solo's rescue and escape. [GG5, RJ, SWCG]
• crystal fern: A primitive silicon-based life-form found in the asteroid belt near Hoth. [ISWU]
• Crystal Jewel: The seedy casino on Coruscant where Han Solo won the deed to the planet Dathomir and later maet a former smuggling contact, Jarril. [CPL, NR]
• crystalline vertex: Currency used throughout the Corporate Sector to supplement Authority Cash Vouchers. Vertex is made from a crystal mineral found on the planet Kir, deep within the heart of the Corporate Sector. One this planet, Authority mining outposts refine the crystals into a standard size and color. When individuals enter the Corporate Sector, they are required to exchange all other forms of currency for vertex crystals or Cash Vouchers. [HSE]
• Crystal Moon: A highly-regarded restaurant in Mos Eisley opened by two of Jabba the Hutt's employees after the crimelord's death. The owners are Malakili, the former rancor keeper, and Porcellus, Jabba's former chef. [TJP]
• crystal oscillator: A standard port of the mechanical systems of many star cruisers. One was stolen from the Towani family's star cruiser after it crashed on the forest moon of Endor. [BFE]
• crystal snake: A transparent reptile native to Yavin 4. Its painful bite sends its victim into a deep sleep. Jacen Solo kept one as a pet. [YJK]
• Culroon III: A remote, violence-plagued planet ignored by the Old Republic. When the Empire decided to construct a garrison here, the Imperial general in charge of the operation agreed to a ceremonial surrender to Kloff, leader of the Culroon people. It was a trap, however, and then-Lieutenant Maximilian Veers charged to the rescue in his AT-AT. [GG3, MTS, SWSB]
• Culu, Shoaneb: A Jedi Knight who lived about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War, she was a Miraluka from the planet Alpheridies. Like others of her species, she was born without eyes and could "see" only through the Force. [DLS]
• Cundertol, Senator: A senator from Bakura and a member of the New Republic Senate Defense Council, he was prejudiced against nonhumans. The traitorous Senator Tig Peramis stole a drunk Cuundertol's voting key and used it to provide top secret information to Yevethan leader Nil Spaar. [SOL]
• Cuthus, Naroon: The talent scout for crimelord Jabba the Hutt, he signed the Max Rebo Band to play at Jabba's palace. [GG5, TJP]
• Cyax: An uncharted, unexplored star system far from the galactic trade routes. The system contains the planet Da Soocha and Da Soocha's uncharted fifth moon. The Alliance established Pinnacle Base on the moon during the Emperor's return. [DE, DESB]
• cyberostasis: A condition that affects droids that have received a traumatic, external shock, have experienced an internal systems defect, or have induced the state as a function of a protective reflex system. In this state, all of a droid's cybernetic functions are impaired or halted, usually resulting in shutdown. [HSE]
• Cybloc XII: This mall, lifeless moon in the Meridian sector orbits the glowing, green-gold planet Cybloc. Cybloc, in turn, orbits the star Erg Es 992. A New Republic fleet installation was put in place on the moon, and the area served as a trade hub. Nine years after the Battle of Endor, all personnel assigned to the installation were killed by the Death Seed plague. [POT]
• Cyborg Operations: A department in Jabba the Hutt's court controlled by the droid EV-9D9. Located deep within the dungeons of Jabba's palace, Cyborg Operations was concerned with breaking the programming and personalities of droids through torture and other means before assigning them to tasks and duties in Jabba's organization. [RJ]
• Cyborrea: A high-gravity planet in a star system of the same name. Nek battle dogs are bred and trained here. [DE, DESB]
• CZ-4: Originally a simple CS-series communication droid, CZ-4 has been modified by Jabba the Hutt to continually scan the environment and warn the crime lord of imminent attack. The strain of doing Jabba's bidding has taken its toll, and now the droid lies in pieces in the bowels of the palace until Jabba wants to use him again. [RJ]
• CZ-series: A line of communications and business droids created by Serv-O-Droid Inc. It includes surveillance gear. [RJ]

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