Welcome to T. Rob’s Star Wars Guide
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Fourth Edition
(based on the third edition book by Bill Slavicsek, with additions
and revisions by T. Rob Brown -- now includes
information from all 11 Star Wars motion pictures, newer books, comics, games,
and d20 sourcebooks)
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- 8D8 (Atedeate): A thin-faced, white-colored
droid who worked in Jabba the Hutt's robot operations center as a subordinate
to EV-9D9 (Eve-Ninedenine). [RJ]
- E-5 droid blaster: A lightweight weapon, the E-5 droid blaster has a large gas chamber that creates powerful blasts and excessive heat when fired repeatedly. The Baktoid Armor Workshop reverse-engineered a BlasTech rifle into the E-5 blaster so B1 battle droids and BX-series droid commandos can use it; they don’t mind the heat. TECHNOLOGY WEAPONS BAKTOID_ARMOR_WORKSHOP [PM, AotC, RotS]
- E522 Assassin: This assassin
droid had a narrow waist, huge shoulders, and a flat head. Jabba covered the
droid in meat and fed it to a rancor, but the beast spit it out. The droid
was later repaired and reprogrammed to serve Lady Valarian. [TMEC]
- Ean: A Mon Calamari and member of Wedge Antille's
command crew aboard the New Republic cruiser Yavin.
[NR]
- Eba: Jaina Solo's Wookie doll. [CS]
- Ebrihim: An elderly male Drall who was hired
to tutor and guide Leia and Han Solo's children while they visited Corellia.
[AC]
- Ebsuk, Zubindi:
This Kubaz was Beldorian the Hutt's chef on Nam Chorios. His quest to create
the perfect designer food and his insect-preparation methods led to the mutation
of the droch, Dzym, who fed off Ebsuk until he was powerful enough to enslave
Beldorian. [POT]
- Echo Base: The comm-unit designation for the
secret Alliance command headquarters under the command of General Carlist
Rieekan on the ice planet Hoth. The Alliance was forced to abandon Echo Base
during an Imperial attack. [ESB]
- Echo Station Three-Eight: An isolated Alliance
outpost located on the planet Hoth. Each sentry outpost used the comm-unit
designation "Echo Station" when transmitting and receiving communications
from Echo Base. This particular outpost was destroyed by an Imperial probe
droid as a prelude to the full-scale invasion, the Battle of Hoth. [ESB]
- Eckels, Dr. Joto:
A field researcher and archaeologist for the Obroan Institute, Dr. Joto Eckels
headed up the excavation at Maltha Obex. [BTS, SOL, TT]
- Eclipse: The reborn Emperor ordered
the construction of a 17.5-kilometer-long Super Star Destroyer to serve as
his personal flagship. The huge solid-black vessel was designed to inspire
dread and hopelessness in every opponent. Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo
combined their Force energy to stun the Emperor long enough for his own Force
storms to consume the vessel. [DE, DESB, SWVG]
- Edict: Admiral Daala's Imperial shuttle.
[DA, JS]
- Eelysa: A young woman from Coruscant, born
after the Emperor's death, she was one of Luke Skywalker's most promising
students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. [NR]
- effrikim worm: This two-headed worm is a favorite
snack food of Hutts. [TJP]
- "Egee.": "Emergency" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Eiattu VI: This planet, covered with light
forests and murky swamps, is home to dinosaurlike beasts of burden with bright-colored
feathers. The capital is a port city, built out over and below a bay. Quarren
live in the underwater zones. [XW]
- Eicroth, Dr. Joi:
An archaeologist, she examined Qellan remains from Maltha Obex. [TT]
- Eistern: Once a member of the Black Sword
Command, he betrayed Nil Spaar at the Battle of N'zoth. This led to the New
Republic victory over the Yevethan forces. [TT]
- Ekibo: A Trianii colony world located within
the disputed border of the Corporate Sector. [CSSB]
- "Ekonix.": "Economy" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- "Ekraka.": "Explode" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Elarles: A waiter at a bar on Cicarpous V.
[SME]
- electrobinoculars: A handheld viewing device
used to observe distant objects in most lighting conditions. The device's
internal display provides the user with information regarding an object's
range, relative and true azimuths, and elevation. While sometimes mistaken
for macrobinoculars, electrobinoculars are superior instruments because they
offer computer-enhanced imaging capabilities. [ESB, SW]
- electro-jabber: A high-voltage prod used for
crowd control or torture. These devices are also called force pikes. [RJ]
- electrorangefinder: A device that calculates
the distance between itself and a target object. These devices are incorporated
into electrobinoculars and macrobinoculars and are essential components in
the targeting and fire-control computers used by artillery and ship-mounted
weapons systems. [ESB, GG3]
- electrostaff: Magnaguards, the robotic bodyguards assigned to General Grievous, use double-ended electrostaffs as their main weapon. Two-handed elctrostaffs conduct energy to block Jedi lightsabers (without being cut in half) and can incapacitate most organic beings. TECHNOLOGY WEAPONS SEPARATISTS [RotS]
- ELG-3A: Designed for practical use and easy concealment, the SoroSuub ELG-3A is the standard royal pistol for all diplomats and nobles from Naboo, including Padmé Amidala and each of her handmaidens. The hold-out blaster needs a firm grip on the snap trigger to prevent misfires. TECHNOLOGY WEAPONS NABOO SOROSUUB_CORP [PM]
- elite Stormtroopers: See Coruscant Guards.
- Elom: A cold, barren world that joined the
Rebellion to combat the tyranny of the Empire and free itself from enslavement.
The planet's principal export is lommite ore. Because of the world's location
in the Borderland Regions, the Elomin feared reprisals from the reorganized
Imperial forces under Grand Admiral Thrawn's command. [HE, HESB, SOL, TT]
- Elomin: Tall, thin humanoids from the planet
Elom. They sport tusked noses, wide-set eyes, pointed ears, and four hornlike
protrusions emerging from the tops of their heads. Elomin admire order. During
the last years of the Galactic Civil War and well into the period of the New
Republic, the Elomin have tended to serve in units made up exclusively of
their own species. During the height of the Empire, the Elomin and their world
were placed under martial law. They were forced to labor for the Imperial
masters. After the Battle of Endor, the Elomin took a place among the member
worlds of the New Republic. [HE, HESB]
- Eloms: Short, stocky humanoids that dwell
in caves on Elom. This primitive species is generally peaceful and quiet,
easily coexisting with the more-advanced Elomin. [GG12]
- Eloy, Dr.:
Senior scientist for the Hammertong project. [TMEC]
- Eldrood: A planet orbited by two moons, it
is the site of a commercial colony and trade center. The capital city, Elrooden,
is home to the famous Elrood Bazaar. [COJ, POG]
- Elshandruu Pica: A planet in the Elshandruu
system, it has two white moons and one red moon. The capital city is Picavil,
the site of Margath's hotel and casino complex. Pirates use a nearby asteroid
belt as a staging area. [BW, GG9]
- Emancipator: Originally known as
the Accuser, this was one of two Imperial Star
Destroyers captured by the Alliance during the Battle of Endor. Admiral Ragab
commanded the renamed vessel during the raids on Borleias and the conquest
of Coruscant. Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles commanded it during the
Battle of Calamari. It was destroyed by Silencer-7,
an Imperial World Devastator. [BW, DE, DESB]
- Emperor: See Palpatine, Emperor.
- Emperor's Citadel:
A great black tower at the center of the throne city that served as the reborn
clone Emperor's fortified palace on the planet Byss. [DE]
- Emperor's Hand:
The code name used by Mara Jade when she served as one of the Emperor's elite
operatives. Her job was to act as the Emperor's eyes and ears throughout the
galaxy, communicating with him at great distances through the Force. She carried
out his orders, accomplished missions that were beyond his other agents. Grand
Admiral Thrawn's comments to Mara Jade years later suggested she was but one
of several such operatives. [DFR, HE, LC]
- Emperor's Inner
Circle: Ministers and governors close to
the Emperor at the time of the Battle of Endor. After the Emperor's death,
this group unsuccessfully attempted to take control of the Empire. [DE]
- Emperor's Royal
Guard: Elite Imperial soldiers, they served
as the Emperor's personal guards. Only the most promising Stormtroopers --
selected for their size, strength, intelligence, and loyalty -- were chosen
for this duty. They were trained in the use of a wide range of weapons and
unarmed combat styles, and conditioned to obey the Emperor's will and protect
him with their very lives. Royal Guards wore flowing red robes, helmets, and
full body armor, reminicenst of the outfits worn by the blue-clad Old Republic
Guards who guarded the Supreme Chancellor on Coruscant. No one knew how many
Royal Guards there were, though guesses ranged from as low as 50 to as many
as tens of thousands. They reported only to Palpatine, and a handful was always
near the Emperor. They were whatever the Emperor wished them to be -- soldiers,
assassins, bodyguards. They utilized two-meter-long force pikes and heavy
blaster pistols. The best members became Imperial Sovereign Protectors, charged
with guarding Palpatine's palaces and monasteries, as well as the special
clone vat on Byss. They wore a more ornate and ceremonial version of the red
armor and were taught minor dark-side techniques by senior Dark Side Adepts
in the Emperor's service. After the Battle of Endor, the Sovereign Protectors
remained in place on Byss until the cloned Emperor returned six years later.
When the Emperor died at the Battle of Endor, some of the Royal Guard returned
to Imperial Center to serve the Imperial vizier, Sate Pestage. Some remained
with the Stormtrooper units they had been rotated into, seeking to go down
fighting for the Empire. Others remained aloof, following the Emperor's true
ideals in secret. After the cloned Emperors fell, the traitorous Carnor Jax
ordered Imperial Stormtroopers to eliminate all of the Royal Guard, claiming
they were traitors to the Empire. Only one guardsman survived: Kir Kanos.
[CE, DE, DESB, RJ, SWSB]
- Emperor's skyhook:
This orbiting structure tethered to the ground hung above the capital on Imperial
Center. Its wide terrace overlooked a park of evergreen and deciduous trees.
[SOTE]
- Emperor's throne
room: Every Imperial-class
or Super-class Star Destroyer, both Death Star
battle stations, and every other Imperial location maintained a special throne
room set aside for the Emperor's use.
From each throne room, the Emperor could monitor all activity, take control
of his fleet, and contemplate the dark side of the Force. [DSTC, RJ]
- Empire, the:
It lasted for decades, a regime that was transformed from republic to absolute
monarchy. The Empire reigned supreme from the time Senator Palpatine donned
the Emperor's cowl to his presumed death at the Battle of Endor. The Emperor's
regime originally was supposed to eradicate corruption and social injustices,
but it quickly became evident it had no intention of returning the galaxy
to a state of peace and justice. This government corrected the many mistakes
that made the Old Republic ineffective and unwieldy, but it also installed
programs designed to subjugate as many planetary governments as possible,
for the personal glory and benefit of the Emperor. The Empire was a regime
of tyranny and evil, bolstered by a vast war machine and the scheming of millions
who found personal gain in subjugating the inhabitants of the galaxy. After
the Battle of Endor, the Empire was reduced to a quarter of the size it boasted
at the height of the Emperor's power. While it continued to rule a small portion
of the galaxy and waged battles against the New Republic government, it was
nothing more than a remnant. In many ways, the Empire that existed after the
Battle of Endor was much like the Rebel Alliance it had once fought -- disorganized,
lacking in firepower, and engaged in a hit-and-run style of warfare. It showed
some signs of its old glory under Grand Admiral Thrawn and the reborn Emperor,
but the New Republic was able to win out against both of these threats. [DE,
DFR, ESB, HE, LC, RJ, SW, SWSB, etc.]
- Empire Reborn:
A movement aimed at undermining the New Republic. It was led by Lord Hethrir.
[CS]
- Empress' Diadem:
A modified Corellian light freighter used by Melina Carniss when she worked
for Talon Karrde. [BW]
- Empress Teta
system: See Teta system, Empress.
- Em Teedee:
A tiny translator droid built by Chewbacca to convert Wookie speech into Basic.
C-3P0 programmed the droid, which tended to talk more than it had to. Chewbacca
made it for his nephew, Lobacca, who was a trainee at Luke Skywalker's Jedi
academy. [YJK]
- "Emtix.": "Vacuum" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Emtrey [Emtreypio]: An M-3P0 military protocol
droid designed to handle requisitions, duty assignments, and other administrative
tasks for Rogue Squadron. Its programming included fluency in more than six
million languages and familiarity with a similar number of military doctrines,
regulations, codes of honor, and protocols. [BW]
- Enara: A Fallanassi female who helped free
Han Solo from the Yevethan ship Pride of Yevetha.
She utilized her illusory powers to trick Nil Spaar into believing his prisoners
were still aboard the ship. She decided to remain aboard the ship herlself,
declining to escape with the others. [TT]
- e'Naso, Bracha:
A smuggler, he sold supplies to Chewbacca during the Yevethan crisis. The
supplies were used to rescue Han Solo. [TT]
- Endor (Sanctuary Moon): Located in the remote
Endor system in the Moddell sector, the silvery gas giant planet Endor was
orbited by nine moons. The Endor star system was selectedc as the construction
site of the second Death Star battle station. It became famous as the system
in which the Alliance finally won the Galactic Civil War by destroying the
Death Star, killing the Emperor, and scattering the remnants of the Imperial
fleet.
The largest moon was itself the size of a small planet and was known as the
forest moon, the Sanctuary Moon, and simply Endor. The system was difficult
to reach, as the uncharted territory and the massive graviational shadow of
the gas giant required several complicated hyperspace jumps to navigate. The
moon as a temperate climate, with forests, savannas, and mountains. It is
home to many forms of life, including boarwolves, Wisties, Teeks, Yootaks,
Gorax, Marauders, and Ewoks.
A cloud of dark-side energy left over from the Emperor's death orbited the
moon at the site of the Death Star's destruction. Secluded in a remote corner of the galaxy, the Endor moon is home to both the Ewok species that help the Rebel Alliance defeat the Empire and the gravesite of Darth Vader. LOCATIONS MOONS [CoJ, DA, DESB, DFR, ETV,
ISWU, JS, RJ, RJN, SWSB, XW]
- Endor, Battle
of: The Battle of Endor was the most decisive
engagement of the Galactic Civil War. The Alliance to Restore the Republic
and the Galactic Empire clashed near the forest moon of Endor in a battle
that saw the deaths of both Emperor Palpatine and Lord Darth Vader.
The Empire had selected the forest moon as the construction site for its second
Death Star battle station. Bothan spies intercepted information that named
the secret construction site, and provided its location to the Rebels. In
addition, those same spies learned the Emperor himself was heading to Endor
in order to supervise the final stages of construction. The Alliance decided
this would be its best opportunity to strike a blow at the Imperial war machine
and to get at the Emperor outside of his impenetrable Imperial City fortress.
As Admiral Ackbar gathered the Rebel Alliance fleet around the planet Sollust,
a special strike team was sent ahead to sabotage the shield generator protecting
the unfinished Death Star. The strike team, led by Han Solo and including
Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Chewbacca, the droids R2-D2 and C-3P0, and a
squad of Rebel commandos, used stolen Imperial shuttle Tyderium
to get through the Empire's forces and down to the moon's surface. The strike
team had to disable or destroy the shield generator by the time the Rebel
fleet emerged from hyperspace so the surprise attack could begin. Unfortunately,
the information, which many Bothans died to deliver to the Alliance High Command,
turned out to be a deception planned by the Emperor himself. The unfinished
Death Star was not as helpless as it appeared, for its superlaser was fully
operational. As for the strike team, a full legion of Stormtroopers and other
Imperial soldiers were waiting to defend the shield generator and capture
the Rebel commandos. While the strike team battled on Endor's moon, the Rebel
fleet arrived to find the protective shield still in place. The battle, it
seemed, was over before it had begun. The Emperor's plan called for the Imperial
fleet to remain in reserve on the far side of the moon while swarms of TIE
fighters engaged the outnumbered Rebel ships. Alliance starfighters met their
Imperial counterparts in dramatic dogfights as the Emperor looked on. The
TIE onslaught was but the first stage of the Emperor's trap. The second stage
involved turned the Death Star's prime weapon upon the Alliance's capital
ships -- vaporizing each one in its path. Lando Calrissian, leading the Alliance
starfighters from the command seat of the Millennium
Falcon, convinced Admiral Ackbar of a new course
of action. By engaging the poised but as yet docile Star Destroyers in ship-to-ship
combat, the Rebel ships would be using the Empire's own vessels as protection
from the Death Star's weapon. The Star Destroyers were more powerful than
the Rebel ships, but not by the magnitude of the Death Star. The Alliance
bought itself some time through this tactic, but it still needed the strike
team to succeed if it was going to have a chance at winning the day. On the
forest moon, the native Ewoks became the key to victory. The primitive natives
had been dismissed as inconsequential by the Imperial troops. This mistake
was to prove the Empire's undoing. The same Ewoks who had befriended the strike
team helped free them, allowing Solo and his companions to carry out the sabotage
mission. When the shield generators were destroyed, the protective shield
surrounding the Death Star was no longer active. As soon as the opening presented
itself, Lando Calrissian and his starfighters moved to attack. The Falcon
and Wedge Antille's X-wing flew into the unfinished Death Star's superstructure
and fired proton torpedoes at the battle station's power regulator. Simultaneously,
Lando Calrissian fired concussion missiles at the main reactor. The resulting
explosions destroyed the Death Star with the Emperor on board. Without the
Emperor, the dark side became diffused, and Imperial forces were plunged into
confussion. What remained of the Imperial forces were plunged into confusion.
What remained of the Imperial fleet scattered, and this phase of the Galactic
Civil War came to an end. [RJ]
- Endurance: A carrier in the New Republic's
Fifth Fleet. A Super Star Destroyer destroyed the Endurance
at Orinda. [BTS]
- energy gate:
A static, preset force field operated from a distance and used to regulate
access routes in detention centers and other high-security areas. [SWN]
- Engh, First
Administrator Nanaod:
A New Republic minister who urged Chief of State Leia Organa Solo to utilize
public relations techniques to improve her public image. [BTS, SOL]
- Engret: This boy was one of the infiltrators
who sought the Corporate Sector Authority Data Center on Orron III to learn
the location of political prisoners. [HSE]
- enhanced human:
A human who has been surgically and biologically altered to be larger and
stronger than normal. Members of the Empire Reborn movement were enhanced
by Lord Hethrir's experiments. [CS]
- entechment: This Ssi-ruuk technology is the
process of converting the life energy of sentient creatures into a power source.
The life energy is absorbed into specialized battery coils to power battledroid
or shipboard circuitry. The process involves the injection of a magnetic solution
into a subject's nervous system. This causes external circuitry to become
tuned to the internal magnetization, allowing the life energy to leap to storage
coils when the electromagnetic field around the coils is activated. The process
works on all sentient beings, but the Ssi-ruuk found humans -- especially
Force-sensitive humans -- provide the most power. [TAB, TBSB]
- Enzeen: Natives of the living planet D'vouran,
they are blue-skinned humanoids with needlelike spines instead of hair. They
are parasites, luring visitors to D'vouran in return for sustenance from the
planet itself. Like the planet, they were created by Imperial scientists.
None of the Enzeen survived the destruction of D'vouran. [GF]
- Eol Sha:
This volcanic world was the site of a hundred-year-old mining colony. After
the colony failed, the settlers were forgotten for generations until the New
Republic relocated their descendents to Dantooine. While they were still establishing
the new colony, Admiral Daala's fleet wiped them out. Eol Sha itself was presumed
destroyed when the nearby Cauldron Nebula went nova. [DA, JS]
- Erg Es
992: A star in the Meridian sector orbited
by the planet Cybloc and its inhabited moon, Cybloc XII. [POT]
- Eriadu: This polluted factory planet in the
Seswenna sector is an Outer Rim trade and government hub. It was the capital
world of the territory controlled by Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin was traveling
from Eriadu to Despayre to view the newly-completed Death Star when an Alliance
strike force attacked his shuttle. The grand moff was saved by the arrival
of a Star Destroyer, but the Alliance rescued Tarkin's servant, the Mon Calamari
Ackbar. [COJ, DESB, DS, DSTC]
- Errant Venture: The former Virulence,
this was Booster Terrik's flagship. [BW]
- Erso, Jyn: Putting aside her checkered past, Jyn Eerso joins a group of unlikely heroes to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon. Created by her coerced Scientist-father, Galen, the plans reveal a fatal flaw built into the structure to aid the Rebel Alliance in destroying it. CHARACTERS REBELLION [R1]
- escape pod: A space capusule used by passengers
and crew to abandon capital-class starships or small freighters in emergency
situations. Escape pods range in size from small capsules barely large enough
for two passengers to huge lifeboats capable of carrying many refugees. Most
escape pods features stores of emergency supplies and offer limited life support,
navigation, and propulsion units. These pods are not designed for long trips.
The basic idea is to provide a safe and stable environment for a limited duration
should the main ship have to be abandoned. A pod is designed to float through
space until a rescue vessel picks up its distress broadcast and arrives to
provide aid. [SW, SWSB]
- escape pod station: See lifeboat bay.
- escort carrier: A 500-meter-long, boxlike
vessel designed to provide Imperial TIE fighter support. Each such inelegant
craft. With only 10 twin laster cannons, an escort carrier was not considered
a combat vessel. It preferred to stay as far from the battle as possible,
serving as a refueling and supply point for the TIEs it carried. [ISB]
- escort frigate: The 300-meter-long Nebulon-B
escort frigate combat starship was originally built by the Kuat Drive Yards
for the Empire. The Empire saw the vessel as the solution to its problems
with Rebel raids on supply convoys. The escort frigate proved a great deterrent
to Rebel attacks. Fortunately, a significant number of these vessels either
defected or were captured by the Rebellion and joined the Alliance fleet.
[SWSB]
- Espo: Slang term for the private security
police employed by the Corporate Sector Authority. Espos are among the worst
law-enforcement personnel in the galaxy. They follow no code of law or justice
except for the edicts of the Authority.
- Esada, Bin:
The Imperial military governor presiding over the Circarpous Major star system.
This portly man wore his black hair in a curly fashion, with a spiral orange
pattern on top. His eyes had pink pupils. hinting at a non-quite-human origin.
[SME]
- Estillo, Asrandatha:
The son of the royal family on Eiattu VI, he was believed to have been killed
along with the rest of his family. Later, Darth Vader sent forth an impostor
who claimed to be the royal prince. He was an unwitting dupe who was supposed
to lead a phony liberation movement, kill the other nobles who still shared
power with the Empire on the planet, and leave the spoils for Eiattu VI's
moff. [XW]
- ETA-2: See Jedi Interceptor, Jedi Starfighter, and
Sith Starfighter.
- Etti IV:
A wealthy, hospitable planet on a major stellar trade route within Corporate
Sector space. It is home to many of the more affluent and influential Corporate
Sector Authority executives. The planet has no exportable resources, so it
relies on its natural beauty and prime location to attract visitors and traders.
[CSSB, D, HSE]
- EV-9D9 (Eve-Ninedenine): A thin droid with
a female voice and sadistic attitude, she was the supervisor of Cyborg Operations
in Jabba the Hutt's palace. Prior to working for Jabba, she had destroyed
a number of droids on Cloud City. After Jabba's death, she was tracked down
and destroyed by the droid 1-2:4C:4-1 (Wuntoo Forcee Forwun). [RJ, TJP]
- Evazan, Dr.:
An insane doctor who associated with the Aqualish smuggler Ponda Baba and
practiced "creative surgery." He disassembled body parts and put
them back together in different ways on living creatures. He escaped Imperial
institutionalization and used a forged medical license to butcher hundreds
of patients in many different star systems. He used a variety of aliases,
including Roofoo and Dr. Cornelius. With the death sentence on his head in
more than a dozen star systems, Evazan was eventually tracked down by the
bounty hunter Jodo Kast. Evazan's face was badly scarred in the encounter,
but Ponda Baba helped him escape. They went on to become partners, smuggling
spice for Jabba the Hutt. The pair assualted Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley
cantina on Tatooine. Ben Kenobi was forced to subdue them, slicing Evazan's
chest and cutting off Baba's right arm with his lightsaber. After a few misadventures
wherein Evazan failed to replace Baba's arm with a cybernetic one but succeeded
in transferring the brain of an Ando senator into Baba's body, Boba Fett caught
up with the mad doctor and killed him while Evazan was experimenting to bring
the dead back to life. [GF, GG1, SW, SWCG, SWR, SWSB]
- Eviscerator: An Imperial II Star
Destroyer, it patrolled the Mirit, Pyria, and Venjagga systems. [BW]
- Evocar: Former howeworld of the Evocii, it
was later renamed Nal Hutta. [DESB]
- "Ewhy.": "Why" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- E-wing starfighter:
A starfighter introduced to the New Republic fleet during Grand Admiral Thrawn's
campaign to reclaim the Empire's glory. A single pilot controls the craft
and its advanced armament, and the R7 series astromech droid provides system
assistance. Its increased firepower includes triple laser cannons and 16 proton
torpedoes. Note: Though this may be the common thought pattern regarding
the E-wing, there is indeed no "E" in the Aurebesh alphabet used
throughout the galaxy. [DE, SWVG]
- Ewok: Curious, primitive, intelligent, furry
humanoid omnivores native to Endor's forest moon. Ewoks are almost unknown
prior to the Battle of Endor. About 1 meter tall, Ewoks possess a tribal culture
and society that uses spears, bows, slings, catapults, and similar less-advanced
tools and weapons. Through intense teamwork, understanding of their environment,
and well-honed survival skills, they flourish on the forest moon. Ewoks live
in tree-dwelling tribes with gender-based division of labor; males hunt, forage,
and make weapons, while females raise young and handle other domestic tasks.
Ewok culture revolves around complex animistic beliefs involving the giant
trees of the forest moon. A musical species, Ewoks are overly curious and
loyal to both tribe and friends. Most Ewoks are hunter-gatherers who live
in village clusters built high within the moon's giant trees. Easily startled,
the Ewoks are nonetheless brave, alert, and loyal, and they can be fierce
warriors when necessary. Dismissed as inconsequential by the Empire during
the construction of the second Death Star, the Ewoks proved one of the deciding
factors in the Battle of Endor. One tribe befriended Leia Organa and her companions
in the Rebel strike force. With the help this tribe provided, the strike force
was able to complete its mission to disable the shield generator that protected
the second Death Star. This allowed the Alliance fleet to engage the battle
station directly and win the space battle that raged around the forest moon.
The Ewok language is liquid and expressive, and most humans and other aliens
are able to learn to speak it. Ewoks, conversely, can learn Basic, though
they often mix in many words from their own language. During the day, Ewoks
descend from their tree villages to hunt and forage on the forest floor. At
night, the forest belongs to huge carnivores, and even the youngest Ewoks
know not to venture out after dark. The Ewok religion is centered around the
giant trees of the forest moon. Legends refer to the trees as guardian spirits
and even the parents of the people, which is why the Ewoks believe the great
trees are mighty, intelligent, long-lived beings. The Ewoks' mystical beliefs
contain many references to the Force, though it is never named as such. Whenever
a baby Ewok is born, the village plants a new seedling and nurtures it as
it grows. Each Ewok is linked to his or her totem tree; when they die, it
is believed their spirits go to live in their special trees. Although technologically
primitive, Ewoks are clever, inquisitive, and inventive. Skittish and wary
when first introduced to machines, their curiosity soon overcomes fear. Ewoks
tend to be curious, superstitious, and courageous, though they can be fearful
around things strange and new. Their fur color and pattern varies widely.
Ewoks speak Ewokese. They have no written form of their langauge. They can
learn to speak Basic. Example names include: Asha, Chirpa, Deej, Kneesaa,
Latara, Logray, Malani, Nippet, Paploo, Shodu, Teebo, Wicket, and Wiley. An
Ewok adventurer may be motivated by a love of excitement, a natural inquisitiveness,
or a warrior's quest. Collecting powerful "magic" items from fallen
opponents is sure way to earn the respect of the tribe. They are very agile
but somewhat weak. Ewoks have a keen sense of smell and can track even in
poor visibility. They are also skilled foragers. The Ewoks are sentient furred bipeds native to the moon of Endor. They accepted members of the Rebel Alliance into their tribe, and allied themselves to their cause. The Ewoks helped destroy the Imperial shield generator built in their forests. Their help paved the way to victory at the Battle of Endor. PEOPLES REBELS EWOKS ENDOR [BFE, EA, ETV, ISWU, RJ,
SWRPG3SE, SWSB]
- Ewokese: Language of the Ewok people who live
on the forest moon of Endor. [ETV, GPB, ROTJ, SWRPG3SE]
- Executioners Row:
A slum located at the edge of the town Dying Slowly on the planet Jubilar.
Boba Fett killed spice trader Hallolar Voors in one of the slum's warehouses.
[TBH]
- Executor: This Super-class
Star Destroyer was Darth Vader's personal flagship. It was the first of its
class, approximately five times larger than the Imperial-class
Star Destroyer, measuring 8,000 meters from bow to stern. It was presented
to the Dark Lord shortly after the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of
the first Death Star. It was constructed at the shipyards on the world Fondor.
Originally under the command of Admiral Ozzel, it was entrusted to Admiral
Piett after Ozzel was killed for failing Darth Vader. It was destroyed at
the Battle of Endor when it was forced to crash into the second Death Star.
[ESB, HE, ISB, MTS, RJ]
- EX-F: A weapons and propulsion test
bed commandeered by the Yevetha at N'zoth and made part of Nil Spaar's Black
Fifteen Fleet. It was renamed Glory of Yevetha. [BTS]
- ExGal Society:
A scientific organization dedicated to watching for signs of extragalactic
life. ExGal Society outposts situated on worlds along the galactic rim turn
powerful sensors toward the edge of the galaxy to look for communications
or actual visitors from beyond the known galaxy. ExGal-4, the ExGal outpost
on the planet Belkadan, spotted the Yuuzhan Vong invasion force as it breached
the galactic boundry, but all its scientists were killed by a Yuuzhan Vong
agent before they could warn ExGal Command. [VP]
- Exis Station:
An isolated space city in the Teedio system, it was the location of a Jedi
convocation called by Nomi Sunrider about 10 years after the Sith War. The
station was also the repository for artifacts recovered from the planet Ossus.
[TOJR]
- Exodeen: A former Imperial world located in
the center of the old Empire. The planet was considered to be unimportant
by the Emperor because its native species was nonhumanoid. [NR]
- Exodo II:
A planet near Odos and the Spangled Veil Nebula in the Meridian sector, known
for its stormy atmosphere and plains of hard, black lava. [POT]
- Exozone: An insectoid bounty hunter, he often
worked with Boba Fett and Dengar. He helped the pair chase Han Solo and Leia
Organa Solo through the streets of Nar Shaddaa. [DE]
- Expansion Region:
Once a center of manufacturing and heavy industry, it was started as an experiment
in corporate-controlled space. When the residents demanded more freedom and
change, the Old Republic turned control over to freely-elected governments
and sent the corporations elsewhere. Years later, the Empire allowed for the
creation of the Corporate Sector. As much of the area's natural resources
had been depleted, the region sought to pull itself out of an economic slump
by maintaining trade routes and portraying itself as an alterantive to the
crowded and expensive Core Worlds and Colonies regions. [SWRPG2]
- Expeditious: An Imperial Carrack-class
light cruiser under the command of Captain Rojahn. [BW]
- Eye of Palpatine: An Imperial battlemoon
built 18 years before the Battle of Yavin, under orders from Emperor Palpatine.
The heavily-armed space station was automated and designed to wipe out a Jedi
enclave on the planet Belsavis. It never reached the planet, disapearing for
30 years thanks to the actions of the Jedi Callista and Geith. Luke Skywalker
and his students Cray Mingla and Nichos Marr discovered the battlemoon in
the Moonflower Nebula. The super artificial intelligence, known as the Will,
that controlled the space station resumed its mission after being reawakened
by the son of one of Palpatine's mistresses. In the end, Luke's students gave
their lives to destroy the ship. The spirit of Callista passed into Cray's
body at the last moment, allowing Callista to live again. [COJ]
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