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• "Haa-yaah.": "Farewell" in the pre-Corellian language. To bid farewell, repeat the hand gesture for "yaa-yaah" and bow the head slightly. Use this ancient derivative of "yaa-yaah" for good-bye. [GPB]
• Hailfire droid: Outfitted with two massive hoop wheels on either side, these droids have two racks of 15 guided missiles. A single one of these missiles can destroy a Republic gunship or AT-TE walker, lending to the droids’ power and speed. DROIDS SEPARATISTS [AotC, RotS]
• Hakassi: A planet famous for its shipyards. Twelve years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic fleet carrier Intrepid was constructed here. [BTS]
• Halcyon, Keiran: A Corellian Jedi and ancestor of Corran Horn. Horn used his name when he trained at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4. [IJ]
• Halcyon, Nejaa: A Corellian Jedi Master killed during the Clone Wars, he left behind a wife and son. He was a close friend of Rostek Horn, his liaison with the Corellian Security Force. [BW]
• Halkans, Minister: A wealthy carbonite smelter, the last to be executed by a small band of dark-siders who overthrew the Empress Teta government some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
• Halla: This old woman with a limited use of the Force lived on the planet Mimban. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Halla enlisted Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker to help her find the ancient Kaiburr Crystal. [SME]
• "Hallaz.": "Sleep" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Halowan: This planet was the location of a top-secret Imperial data storage network and a transsystem data storage library. Voren Na'al, an Alliance historian, infiltrated the data net by posing as an agent of Moff Lorin of the Fakir sector. [MTS]
• Halpat: This planet was the location of a New Republic field supply and logistics center. [SOL]
• Hammax, Captain Bijo: Courageous and intelligent, this foray commander for Colonel Pakkpekatt's New Republic armada helped pursue the Teljkon vagabond ghost ship. [BTS]
• Hammerhead: See Ithorian.
• Hammerhead Corvette: The Hammerhead Corvette is a powerful transport with a strong body, forceful engines and a name and design that goes back centuries. Key to the Alliance's victory on Scarif, the Hammerhead Corvette drives a Star Destroyer into Scarif's shield generator, allowing the Rogue One Rebels to send the Death Star plans to the Rebellion. STARSHIPS TRANSPORTS [R1]
• Hammertong: Code name for one of the long, cylindrical sections of the second Death Star's superlaser. [TMEC]
• Han Solo: See Solo, Han.
• hanadak: A ferocious beast, like a cross between a grizzly bear and a baboon, that lives on the forest moon of Endor. [ETV]
• Hand of Thrawn: A hidden base beyond the Outer Rim Territories, established by Grand Admiral Thrawn. It contained a secret chamber where Thrawn was growing a clone of himself. The base was under the command of Captain Voss Parck and Baron Soontir Fel, and included a contingent of Chiss warriors and starfighters that combined TIE components with Chiss technology. The base gathered signals from across the galaxy, feeding information into extensive data banks. The command center oversaw all of the planets and resources Thrawn had gathered under this control -- enough to tip the balance of power to whichever side Parck and Fel decided to support. Sixteen eyars after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade destroyed the chamber and severely damaged the base. [SP, VF]
• "Handrex.": "Throttle" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Hannser, Captain: A human, he commanded the New Republic gunship Marauder. His vessel accompanied the Glorious and the D-89 on the original mission to intercept the Teljkon vagabond ghost ship. [BTS]
• Hapan: A humanoid species native to the Hapes Cluster. [CPL]
• Hapan Battle Dragon: A huge saucer-shaped starship about 500 meters in diameter, recognizable by its double saucers that extend from the main hull. Each carries three squadrons of fighters and 500 ground-assault troops in its docking bays. A fleet of Battle Dragons helped the New Republic defeat Warlord Zsinj at the Battle of Dathomir. [CPL, SWVG]
• Hapes Consortium: A cluster of sixty-three inhabited planets, this old and wealthy society was first settled thousands of years ago by the pirates known as Lorell Raiders. Eventually, the Jedi Knights decimated the male pirates, allowing women to take control of the Consortium. Four years after the Battle of Endor, Queen Mother Ta'a Chume of the Royal House of Hapes abandoned the Consortium's long isolation and made contact with the New Republic. [CPL]
• Hapes Nova-class battle cruiser: A fast, 400-meter-long combat ship, one of many that patrol the outer regions of the Hapes Cluster. Hapan Prince Isolder offered one of these vessels to Han Solo if Solo would cease his efforts to win Princess Leia's hand, so Isolder could marry her. [CPL, SWVG]
• Hariz: A spaceport on the planet N'zoth. [SOL]
• Harkul: A vast desert plain located on the planet Kuar. About 4,000 years prior to the Galactic Civil War, it was teh site of a battle between Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma and the warrior Mandalore. [TSW]
• Harona, Lieutenant Ljix: An officer aboard the Glorious, command ship for the New Republic's chase armada sent to find the Teljknon vagabond ghost ship. Harona joined the Intelligence agents Pleck and Taisden in an unauthorized mission to recover Lando Calrissian and his companions after the vagabond jumped to hyperspace with them aboard. [BTS, SOL]
• Harridan: A Victory-class Star Destroyer assigned to protect the Imperial shipyard at N'zoth. It was later sent to join Imperial forces at Notak, and therefore wasn't at the facility to defend it against the Yevethan attack. [BTS]
• Harrsk, Grand Admiral: An Imperial warlord, he rose to priminence after the Emperor's death and controlled a number of star systems with a fleet of twelve Star Destroyers. He attended a meeting with a dozen other warlords to discuss unification plans with Admiral Daala. When no agreement could be reached, Daala filled the meeting room with nerve gas, killing Harrsk and the others. [DS]
• Hartzig: An Almanian officer under the command of the dark-sider Kueller, he oversaw the holocaust on the planet Pydyr. [NR]
• Haruun Kal: Gas-choked planet that served as the home of human Jedi Master Mace Windu. [SWTPM, AOTC, ROTS]
• Hask, Loka: Captain of the Dreadnaught Dominator. He was among the pirate crew that killed Wedge Antilles' parents at Gus Treta. While enacting his revenge, Wedge destroyed much of the left side of Hask's face. Later, Hask framed Wedge and imprisoned him, but Antilles managed to escape. Hask and his Imperial forces were swallowed by an artificially-created wormhole. [XW]
• Hatawa sector: A sector defended by the Black Sword Command during the reign of the Emperor, it contained more than 200 inhabited worlds. [BTS]
• Hathrox III: A plague weapon devastated this planet some twelve centuries before the Galactic Civil War. By the time the New Republic, it was still listed as a standing hazard in the galactic registry. [POT]
• haul jets: A spacer expression for a quick departure. [SWR]
• Hawkbat Battalion: See Clone Troopers, Hawkbat Battalion.
• HC-100: A homework-correction droid with a human shape, sliver skin, and glowing blue photoreceptor eyes. Built by DJ-88, its primary function was to correct and grade Jedi Prince Ken's educational assignments. [LCJ, PDS]
• "H'chu apenkee.": "Greetings" in the Huttese language. [GPB]
• "H'chu apenkee, o' grandio lust.": "Greetings, glorious host" in the Huttese language. [GPB]
• Headquarters: A seedy bar located in the Invisec alien zone on Coruscant. [BW]
• Headquarters, Frigate, the: See Home One.
• heads-up display: A holographic projector that displays tactical and diagnostic information to starfighter pilots as transparent holograms and holographs, projected at eye level, so pilots stay focused on the space in front of them without looking down at instrumentation panels. [HSE, SWSB]
• Heater: A gunman, he was one of Jabba the Hutt's lieutenants. [SWR]
• Hefi: The site of a secret retreat where Death Star designer Bevel Lemelisk was reported to have hidden after the first battle station's destruction. [DS, MTS]
• Helrot, Elis: Helrot is a pilot who transports slaves and spices to the planet Kala[uun. Like all Givin, his outer skeleton can be sealed to create a vacuum suit, allowing him to survive in the vacuum of space. His ship, the Hinthra, is an example of the superior craftsmanship of the Givin species. Helrot is a Givin from the home planet of Yag'dhul. He can be found hanging out at the Mos Eisley Cantina. His weapon of choice is anything he can beg, borrow, or steal. He reveres mathematics and enjoys numerical puzzles. [GG4, SW]
• Helska system: This star system near the galactic rim contains seven planets. The fourth planet, an ice world, was where the Yuuzhan Vong invasion force settled after breaching the galactic boundary. The yammosk, or war coordinator, burrowed beneath the ice and established the Yuuzhan Vong base there. To defeat the invasion force, Anakin Solo had the idea to heat the planet and steal teh yammosk's energy through evaporation. He used Lando Calrissian's shieldships to reflect energy back to the planet and the evaporation took on a life of its own -- the ice planet shattered, destroying the yammosk and the entire Yuuzhan Vong base. [VP]
• Hendayn death mask: A ceremonial mask that molds itself to the wearer's skin. It hides the signs of aging and also stores memories before the wearer dies, allowing the information to be retained after death. Dark-sider Kueller wore one of those masks; his was white with black accents and had tiny jewels in the corners of both eye slits. [NR]
• Hensara system: A star system located in the Rachuk sector. The third planet, a jungle world, was the site of the Rout of Hensara three years after the Battle of Endor, in which Rogue Squadron rescued Dirk Harkness and his Black Curs from Imperials without suffering any casualties. [RS]
• herd ship: Ithorian vessels that travel the space lanes like great caravans, selling unsual merchandise from one end of the galaxy to the other. Designed for Ithorian comfort, they duplicate the tropical environment of Ithor, full of indoor jungles artificial storms, wildlife, and vast expanses of lush vegetation. On Ithor, the great herd ships are used as floating cities, harmlessly sweeping over the sacred forests and plains. [GA, SWSB, TMEC]
• Herglic: Large bipeds from the planet Giju, they average about 1.9 meters tall and have extremely wide bodies and smooth, hairless skin. Herglic apparently evolved from water-dwelling mammals, though their fins and flukes were replaced by arms and legs, and they breathe through blowholes in the tops fo their heads. This species is known for its explorers and merchants, who were among the first members of the Old Republic. The manufacturing centers of Giju were the earliest captured by the Empire, and after a brief and bloody strugle the pragmatic species surrendered completely to the Empire's will. Many species considered them to be traitors to the rest of the galaxy. [DFR, DFRSB]
• Hesperidium: A resort moon in the Coruscant system that features luxurious accommodations. Emperor Palpatine maintained a home here for his concubines, and the New Republic has kept villas for the use of visiting diplomats. [POT]
• Hethrir, Lord: A Firrerreon, he had gold-, copper-, and cinnamon-striped hair, pale skin, and double-lidded black eyes. He studied the dark side of the Force under Darth Vader and served as an Imperial Procurator of Justice. He destroyed his homeworld and turned his own son into a slave. After the death of Emperor Palpatine, he started the Empire Reborn movement. Later, he kidnapped children, enslaving those without Force abilities and training those with Force powers in the ways of the dark side. With the help of the creature known as the Waru, Hethrir hope to attain greater access to the Force. He appeased the Waru and cajoled its assistance by giving it Force-sensitive children. Hethrir kidnapped Anakin Solo and planned to give the child to the Waru, but Hethrir's son Tigris helped Anakin escape. The enraged and dying Waru grabbed Hethrir and pulled him into its energy field, destroying them both. [CS, SWCG]
• Hett, Padawan A'sharad: Padawan of Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. Hett, a Tusken Raider from Tatooine, fought Aurra Sing while trying to defend Ambassador Tikkes from assassination. Hett's father, the Jedi Master who began his training, was killed by Sing. Believing he had become filled with revenge he attempted to leave the Jedi Order but instead began his tutelage under the Dark Woman, also called "First Teacher" by Ki-Adi-Mundi. [DHSWC]
• Hextrophon, Arhul: Executive secretary and master historian for the Alliance High Command. [GG1, SWSB]
• H'gaard: One of the two largest moons orbiting the planet Bespin. With the smaller, Drudonna, these two moons are known as the Twins. H'gaard appears as a large green sphere in Bespin's night sky. [GG2]
• hibernation sickness: A common disorder that affects those awakened from suspended animation, characterized by temporary blindness, disorientation, muscle stiffness and weakness, hypersensitivity, and occasionally madness. Han Solo suffered a mild case of hibernation sickness after he was released from his carbonite prison by Princess Leia Organa. [RJ]
• Hig: A slender, blue-skinned alien species. [NR]
• High Council of Alderaan: The legislative body that governed Alderaan's planetary government. [SWR]
• High Court of Alderaan: The royal house that presided over Alderaan's High Council. [SWR]
• Hija, Lietenant: The Imperial chief gunnery officer aboard the Star Destroyer Devastator, he was at his post when the vessel overtook and captured the Tantive IV in the Tatooine star system. Years earlier, Hija fired the shots that destroyed the Empire's Falleen biological warfare installation to cover up a mishap. The devasation led to the death of Prince Xizor's family. [SESB, SWN]
• Hijarna: This deserted, battle-scarred planet was the location of an ancient fortress where Talon Karrde and other smugglers met to plan against Grand Admiral Thrawn. [LC]
• Hin: The Yuzzem miner who helped Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa escape from Captain-Supervisor Grammel's prison on Mimban (Circarpous V). Later, Hin rescued Luke at the Temple of Pomojema. [SME]
• Hinthra: A spaceship belonging to pilot Elris Helrot. Of Givin design, Helrot's race, the ship is an example of the race's superior craftsmanship. [SW]
• Hirf, Qlaern: This Vratix was a member of the Ashern Circle, which was considered to be a terrorist group by the human leaders of the planet Thyferra. Hirf alerted New Republic Intelligence to hidden bacta stores, then secretly made his way to Coruscant to find a cure for the Krytos virus. For security reasons, his experiments and research were transferred to the Alderaan Biotics hydroponics facility on Borleias. [BW]
• Hirken, Viceprex Mirkovig: The administrator of the Corporate Sector Authority's installation on Mytus VII, otherwise known as Stars' End. He was a tall, handsome patriarchal figure who always wore impeccable attire. [HSE]
• Hissa, Grand Moff: Obviously possessing a bit of alien blood, Hissa had slightly-pointed ears and teeth. Of all the grand moffs active after the Battle of Endor, Hissa was the one Emperor Trioculus trusted the most. He was eventually given command of the Empire's Central Committee of Grand Moffs. Due to a mishap with toxic waste on the planet Duro, Hissa lost his arms and legs. He moved around in a repulsorlift chair, and his arms were replaced with limbs taken from an assassin droid. [GDV, MMY, PDS]
• Hissal: A scholar and academician from the University of Rudrig, Hissal brought guidance and aid to his home planet, Brigia. The tall, purple-skinned humanoid employed Han Solo and Chewbacca prior to the pair's involvement in the Galactic Civil War. [HLL]
• "Hitermitex o spectus o goniteezex eh tazax goniteezex.": "Here is the prospectus on systems and management consulting," in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• H'kig: A religious leader on the Core world Galand several centuries before the Galactic Civil War, he preached a message of strict morals and goodness. This angered the royal families of Galand, and the viceroy of Galand put K'kig to death. However, H'kig's death served to launch a new religion, and the H'kig faithful purchased two colony ships and fled the religious persecution of Garland's decadent society. They settled on Rishi, established a theocratic government whose laws were based on the teachings of H'kig and toleration of other faiths. H'kig dissidents, leaving Rishi over a doctrinal dispute, built a temple on J't'p'tan. [DFRSB, TT]
• H'nemthe: This planet with three moons is home to a species of the same name. The H'nemthe have blue-gray skin, double rows of cheekbones, a gently-curved nose, four conelets on the skull, and three fingers on each hand. The females have a knife-shaped tongue used in a deadly mating ritual. [TMEC]
• "Ho.": "Go" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Hobbie: See Klivian, Derek "Hobbie."
• Ho'Din: A gentle humanoid species from the planet Moltok, they prefer natural processes to technology, and their natural-medicine techniques are recognized throughout the galaxy. Their name translates as "walking flower." A typical Ho'Din has a lanky three-meter frame, with thick, snakelike tresses sprouting from his or her head. [GG4, HESB, LC, LCJ]
• Hoff, Colby: A business rival of Prince Xizor, leader of the Black Sun criminal organization. After Xizor had Colby killed, Colby's son attacked Xizor in retaliation, ambushing him deep inside the supposedly well-protected core of Imperial Center. Xizor easily defeated the younger Hoff, but he never was able to determine who had granted his attacker access. He suspected it was Darth Vader. [SOTE]
• Hoggon: This down-on-his-luck spacer met Ulic Qel-Droma about ten years after the Sith War. Ulic hired Hoggon to take him to an out-of-the-way location where he could isolate himself from the galaxy. Hoggon took Ulic to the ice planet Rhen Var, then decided to make a name for himself by killing the infamous dark Jedi. [TOJR]
• Hokuum station: A station within many bars and casinos throughout the galaxy that caters to those who prefer nonliquid stimulants, including glitterstim and other spices. [NR]
• Hollowtown: Once, this area at the core of Centerpoint Station was rich in vegetation and other life. When Centerpoint became active and charged with star-destroying energy, Hollowtown was reduced to a burned-out hulk. [SAC]
• holocam: Video surveillance devices used throughout the galaxy for espionage and security. [RSB]
• holocomm: A HoloNet comm unit, it allows users to transmit and receive messages over a holographic-based transmission network. [DFRSB, ISB]
• Holocron: See Jedi Holocron; Sith Holocron.
• holocube: A hand-sized, six-sided object designed to hold three-dimension holo images. By moving the cube, a person can see all aspects of a displayed image. [HSE]
• hologram: A moving three-dimensional image that can be broadcast in real time as part of a comm unit communication or via the galaxywide HoloNet. [SW]
• Hologram Fun World: A theme park located inside a glowing, transparent dome that floats inside a blue cloud of gas suspended in outer space. The promotions declare the park is "a world of dreams come true." Land Calrissian served as baron administrator of Hologram Fun World for a time after the Battle of Endor. The park was used by the evil scientist Borborygmus Gog as a testing ground for his Nightmare Machine. [GF, PDS, QE]
• holograph: A static three-dimensional image. [SWR]
• holographic projection pod: A device aboard starships for transmitting live holographic images and sound for immediate transmission. While scouring the asteroid field for the Millennium Falcon, Vader communicates with the Emperor via one of these pods to transmit a flickering image of the sender. [ESB]
• holographic recording mode: A recording process for capturing images and sounds in a three-dimensional format. Devices feating holographic recording modes store high-resolution images as both holograms and holographs. R2 astromech droids possess this capability. [SWR]
• holomonster: Animated holograms of fantastic creatures taken from the myths and legs of the galactic community. These three-dimensional images are projected onto hologameboards for use as playing pieces in various hologames. [SW]
• HoloNet: The Old Republic Senate commissioned the construction of this galaxywide, near-instantaneous communication network to provide a free flow of information between the member worlds. The HoloNet uses hundreds of thousands of nonmass transceivers connected through a vast matrix of coordinated hyperspace simutunnels and routed through massive computer sorters and decoders. When the Emperor came to power, he shut down large portions of the HoloNet. It remained active in the Core Worlds and was used as a military communications medium for the Imperial fleet, but all of the outer systems were cut off to isolate them and keep news of the Emperor's atrocities from spreading. [DFRSB, ISB]
• holoprojector: A device that uses modulasers to broadcast real-time or recorded holograms. [DFRSB, HSE]
• holoshroud: A holographic projection used to mask the operator in covert missions. [TMEC]
• Holowan Laboratories: The company commissioned by Imperial Supervisor Gurdun to build the IG series of assassin droids. [TBH]
• Home One: This Mon Calamari starship served as Admiral Ackbar's personal flagship during the Battle of Endor. The vessel, also referred to as the Headquarters Frigate, was cylindrical and organically artistic, with no hard angles to mar its fluid surface. The vessel also served as the Alliance command center during the reconquest of Coruscant. [BW, RJ]
• Homing spider droids: Homing spider droids originally were used by the Commerce Guild to enforce tribute payments and intimidate other corporations. Employed in the Droid Army, these all-terrain weapons are capable of precise targeting and sustained beam fire from their laser cannons. DROIDS SEPARATISTS COMMERCE_GUILD [RotS]
• Honoghr: The fourth planet in the Honoghr system, it was the homeworld of the fierce Noghri. The planet was devastated when a starship crashed into it during the Clone Wars, releasing toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Afterwards, Honoghr appeared as a uniformly brown, mostly dead world, with only an occasional blue lake and the green region called the Clean Land. The major city of Nystao and various clusters of small villages were located throughout the Clean Land. It was in this Clean Land that Darth Vader found the Noghri. He provided Medicine, food, tools, and decon droids to clean the land. The Noghri bowed down to this black-clad savior, and Vader became their master. This was all part of a grand deception. Vader and the Empire were not repairing the land -- they were keeping the world in such a state the Noghri would always be dependent on them. Princess Leia uncovered the deception and told the Noghri their would should have been cleansed years ago. She restored their freedom and released them from Imperial bondage after Grand Admiral Thrawn's defeat. A decade later, hopes for bringing the world back to life had mostly faded. Instead, most of the Noghri had moved to the planet Wayland. [DFR, DFRSB, HE, LC, SP]
• Hoole, Mammon: A Shi'ido anthropologist, the was Zak and Tash Arranda's uncle by marriage and took the children in after their parents died in the destruction of Alderaan. Hoole was a geneticist who worked alongside Borborygmus Gog for the Empire. He was tricked into believing their experiments were safe, but they actually destroyed the Kivans. When Hoole realized his error, he fled and helped his niece and nephew see revenge against the Empire. [GF]
• Hoon: A massive Phlog youngster on the forest moon of Endor, he was the son of Zut and Dobah, and the brother of Nahkee. [ETV]
• Hoona: An adolescent Phlog female on the forest moon of Endor who once fell in love with the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick because of a magic potion administered by a Dulok shaman. [ETV]
• Hoover: A quadruped alien with a long, disproportionate snout and large eyes, he was a member of Jabba the Hutt's court until the crimelord was killed and his organization shattered by Princess Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker. [RJ]
• Horm, Threkin: The president of the powerful Alderaanian Council, this grossly overweight human needed a repulsor chair to move around. C-3P0 discovered the illegitimate daughter of the infamous pirate Dalla Suul, who was possibly related to Han Solo, was Horm's mother. [CPL]
• Horn, Corran: A Rogue Squadron pilot whose grandfather fought in the Clone Wars alongside Jedi Knights and whose father was a Corellian Security Force (CorSec) officer. When his mother died and his father was murdered, Corran left CorSec and joined the Alliance. He participated in some of Rogue Squadron's most dangerous missions, including the raids on Vladet and Borleias. Later, he served in the advance party during the Alliance's bid to take control of Coruscant. After being imprisoned in and escaping from the buried Super Star Destroyer, Lusankya, he learned important information from Luke Skywalker. Luke revealed that Horn's true grandfather was the Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon. Skywalker presented Horn with Nejaa's lightsaber and offered to train him in the ways of the Jedi. Corran declined the offer in order to make good on his promise to free the rest of the prisoners from the Lusankya. Later, seven years after the Battle of Endor, Horn's wife, Mirax Terrik, disappeared while on an undercover mission for General Airen Cracken. Horn needed to hone his Force skills to find her, so he agreed to become one of Luke Skywalker's first students at his new Jedi academy. He helped defeat the menace of Exar Kun's evil spirit, but suffered injuries that required extensive bacta treatments. When he healed, he left the academy because he did not agree with many of Skywalker's methods. He infiltrated the pirate Invids in hopes of locating his wife. He constructed hiw own lightsaber while serving the Invid's leader, Leonia Tavira. With Luke Skywalker's help, Horn rescued Mirax and brought her out of the hibernation trance she had been placed in. [BW, IJ, KT, RS, WG]
• Horn, Hal: Corran Horn's father, he was a member of the Corellian Security Force (CorSec). The bounty hunter Bossk killed him. [RS]
• Horn, Rostek: During the Clone Wars, this member of the Corellian Security Force befriended the Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon. After Halcyon was killed, Rostek supported the Jedi's widow and son, later marrying her and adopting the boy. He used his position to alter records, effectively hiding Halcyon's family from the Emperor and saving them from the Jedi Purge that rocked the galaxy. [RS]
• Hornet Interceptor: A sleek air-and-space fighter built by black marketeers and used by smugglers, pirates, and other criminals. [GG1, JS]
• "Hortch.": "Hatch" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Horuz system: Located in an isolated region of the Outer Rim Territories, this system contained the prison planet Despayre. The first Death Star battle station was secretly constructed here. Upon completion, it destroyed Despayre. [DSTC, LC, MTS]
• Hosk Station: A major trading port and space station in the Kalarba system. [D, SWVG]
• Hoth: The sixth planet in a star system of the same name, this frozen world of wind, snow, and ice was the location of the primary Rebel Alliance base three years after the Battle of Yavin. While daytime temperatures across the planet are tolerable for humans wearing proper clothing, the night brings such cold that to travel or even leave protected shelters is tantamount to suicide. Hoth's native life-forms include the tauntaun and the wampa ice creature. The Empire discovered the secret Echo Base, and the ice planet became the site of a terrible engagement known as the Battle of Hoth. After Darth Vaders, forces defeated the Rebels here, an Imperial garrison and detention center were placed on the planet. Eight years after the Battle of Hoth, Luke Skywalker and Callista attempted to rescue an expedition of wampa hunters. The ice creatures killed everyone in the expedition, and Skywalker and Callista barely escaped. Cold and barren, this is the sixth planet in the remote system of the same name and the site of the Rebel Alliance’s Echo Base. It is a world of snow and icy tundra, surrounded by numerous moons and a precarious asteroid belt. Tauntauns and deadly creatures like the wampa call Hoth home. LOCATIONS PLANETS [DS, ESB, ESBN, ISWU, MTS, PDS]
• Hoth, Battle of: One of the worst defeats the Rebel Alliance suffered during the Galactic Civil War. After winning a major victory at the Battle of Yavin, the Alliance spent the next three years running from the Imperial fleet. The Alliance evacuated and relocated its command center -- Echo Base -- many times during this period to avoid a confrontation with the Imperial armada. The Alliance thought it had finally found the perfect location for its secret base at Hoth. The base was just nearing completion when one of the many Imperial probe droids searching the galaxy happened to discover the Rebels. Admiral Ozzel's mistake -- bringing the Imperial fleet out of hyperspace close enough to alert the Rebels of their arrival -- gave the Rebels time to evacuate, though they still suffered grave losses. The Rebels were able to activate the shields protecting the base, making a bombardment from space impossible. As the Rebels prepared to escape, Imperial Star Destroyers moved into position around the planet and Imperial ground forces dropped to the surface beyond the range of the planetary shields. Once on the ground, a squadron of AT-AT walkers and several legions of Snowtroopers advanced on the Rebel base. Alliance High Command ordered the most important staff and material loaded into transports and blasted off planet, while Rebel soldiers moved to engage the Imperials in conventional warfare. Heavy casualties ensued. The holding action delayed the Imperials long enough to get the command personnel away, but the Imperials won a major tactical victory -- their first in over three years. This dark event influenced the Rebels to try an all-or-nothing attack at Endor one year later. [ESB]
• Hoth asteroid belt: A storm of rocks in the Hoth system, the asteroid belt was formed billions of years ago when two planets collided. A pure platinum asteroid, Kerane's Folly, is rumored to exist within the belt. The notorious pirate Clabburn built bases in the larger asteroids and used huge space slugs to guard these hideouts. Eight years after the Battle of Endor, Durga the Hutt began mining raw materials from the asteroids to use in the construction of his Darksaber weapon. [DS, ESB, ISWU]
• Hoth system: A remote system located in the Ison Corridor. Notable locations in the system include a dangerous asteroid belt and the sixth planet, Hoth. [ESB, ISWU]
• Hound's Tooth: The modified Corellian light freighter used by the bounty hunter Bossk, purchased after Han Solo and Chewbacca destroyed his previous vessel. The ship carried a smaller scout ship, the Nashtah Pup, for emergencies. [MTS, TBH]
• House Glayyd: See Ammuud clans.
• House Reesbon: See Ammuud clans.
• hoverscout: A craft that combines hover engines with repulsorlifts to handle most terrain types. The Empire's primary model was the Mekuun Swift Assault Five, which operated effectively as a small unit reconnaissance craft, an offensive point vehicle, and even an infantry and armor support craft. In this capacity, hoverscouts sometimes worked in conjunction with AT-AT walkers. It was armed with a heavy blaster cannon, a light laser cannon, and a concussion missile launcher. [DFRSB, ISB]
• Howler Tree People: A species from the planet Bendone, they speak an ultrasonic language. [YJK]
• howlrunner: A wild, omnivorous canine that inhabits the planet Kamar. Their heads resemble human skulls. [HSR]
• Howzmin: A human, he was chief of security and operations within Prince Xizor's palace on Coruscant. In addition to his duties as captain of the guard, Howzmin worked to uncover spies in the palace and watched all activities occurring within Xizor's sanctum. The bald, squat man was rarely seen without his gray jumpsuit and hip-strapped blaster. His black-chromed teeth gave him an unnerving smile, and he had infrared visual enhancers and cybernetic implants that allowed Xizor to summon him. [SESB, SOTE]
• Hrasskis: Homeworld to a species of the same name. Hrasskis are notable for the large, veined air sacs on their backs. [BTS, SOL]
• hrrtayyk: A coming-of-age ritual for Wookies. [TT]
• hssiss: Thousands of years before the Galactic Civil War, these ferocious dark-side dragons lived in Lake Natth on the planet Ambria. [TOJ]
• Hui, Andoorni: A Rodian member of Rogue Squadron, she was seriously injured during a night raid at Talasea and later killed during the first raid on Borleias. [BW]
• hulgren: A forty-meter-long snakelike creature that inhabits the lower levels of Hosk Station. [D]
• human-droid relations specialist: A classification identifying those droids programmed to provide an interface between humans and other droids or other self-aware mechanicals, such as ship computers. Language interpretation and diplomatic programming are this classification's primary functions. [SW]
• Human League: The most powerful private militia on Corellia, it was opposed to any nonhumans in the Corellian sector. The league, commanded by the mysterious Hidden Leader, was in favor of self-rule and opposed to any interference from the New Republic. [AC]
• human replica droid: Lifelike droids constructed from biomechanical, electronic, and synthetic materials. Most beings, and most sensors, can't tell the difference between these mimics and real humans. The ultimate replica droid was Guri, the bodyguard and top aide of Prince Xizor. [PDS, QUE, SESB, SOTE]
• Humans: Humans dominate the Core Worlds and can be found in virtually every corner of the galaxy. They are the ancestors of early spacefaring pioneers, conquerers, traders, travelers, and refugees. Humans have always been people on the move. As a result, they can be found on almost every inhabited planet. As a species, Humans are physically, culturally, and politically diverse. Hardy or fine, light-skinned or dark, Humans remain one of the most dominant species throughout all eras. Human personality runs the gamut of possibilities, though members of this species tend to be highly adaptable, tenacious, and willing to keep striving no matter the odds. They are flexible and ambitious, diverse in their tastes, morals, customs, and habits. Humans average about 1.8 meters tall. Skin shades run from nearly black to very pale, hair from black to blond. Men are usually taller and heavier than women. Humans achieve maturity about the age of 15 and rarely live beyond 100. They hail from various homeworlds including: Coruscant, Corellia, Naboo, Tatooine, and Alderaan. Humans speak, read, and write Basic. They often learn other languages as well, including obscure ones. Example Human names include: Anakin, Arani, Bail, Ben, Beru, Biggs, Boba, Corran, Dack, Dane, Galak, Garm, Han, Jango, Jodo, Lando, Leia, Luke, Mace, Mara, Obi-Wan, Owen, Padme, Qui-Gon, Sia-Lan, Rann, Talon, Vor'en, Wedge, and Winter. Humans aren't afraid to try anything, and Human adventurers are the most audacious, daring, and ambitious members of an audacious, daring, and ambitious species. A Human can earn glory by amassing power, wealth, and fame. More than any other species, Humans champion causes rather than territories or groups. Humans are versatile and accomplished at many tasks. [SWRPG3SE]
• hunter-killer probot: A captial-ship-sized droid modeled after the Imperial probe droid and designed for pursuit and police actions against isolated quarries. The fully-automated droid ship has offensive and defensive weapons and an interior holding bay for detaining captured freighters. [DE, DESB]
• Hurcha: The eighth planet in the Churba star system, so far from the sun it remains too cold to support life. [DFR, DFRSB]
• Hutt: Large sluglike creatures from the planet Varl, with great bulbous heads, wide blubbery bodies, short stubby arms, and tapering muscular tails. They grow to lengths of up to five meters but have no legs. They move by slithering or by ferrying themselves on hoversleds. The Hutts escaped disaster on their homeworld and migrated to the planet Nal Hutta many millennia ago. The planet and its moon, Nar Shaddaa, became the center for smuggling in the galaxy. Thoughout history, Hutts have been thoroughly immoral, taking and exercising power over others. They are long-lived creatures, some even claiming to be nearly 1,000 standard years old. Many Hutts became criminal underlords, following a business philosophy of kajidic, which roughly translates as "Somebody's going to have it, so why not us?" [DS, GG4, SWCG]
• Hutt caravel: A short-range transport used by Hutt crimelords to travel between Nal Hutta and its spaceport moon, Nar Shaddaa. [DE]
• Huttese: Language of the Hutt race throughout the galaxy. Whether we like it or not, so much business is done with the Hutts that a basic knowledge of that language is essential, especially for the executive and business traveler. [GPB, ROTJ, SWRPG3SE]
• Hutt floater: Repulsorlift platforms used by members of the Hutt species to move their bloated, nearly-limbless bodies from place to place. [DE]
• Hutt Haven: This bar was the site of a meeting between Imperial agent Kirtan Loor and Nawara Ven of Rogue Squadron. [BW]
• "Huwax.": "How" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Huwla, Xarrce: A Tunroth, she joined Rogue Squadron just before the Battle of Brentaal. She asked to be transferred out due to the squadron's high casualty rate, but decided to stick with the Rogues after battling Baron Soontir Fel's 181st Imperial fighter group. [XW]
• "Hwen.": "When" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Hwen dorix bijunize?": "When are we going to get there?" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Hwen zu lopiz bobize?": "When will my luggage be here?" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Hydra: One of the four Star Destroyers in Admiral Daala's fleet, it was destroyed when Han Solo piloted the Sun Crusher through its command center. [DA, JS]
• hydrospanner: A powered wrench. [ESB]
• Hyllyard City: The major population center on the planet Myrkr, this frontier town consists of ship landing pits and a close-packed collection of makeshift structures. A few settlers live in this haven for smugglers and fugitives from other worlds. [HE, HESB]
• Hyos, Dr.: A Codru-Ji doctor, she has long, gold fingers. [CS]
• "Hypeergaz.": "Hyperdrive" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• hyperbaric medical chamber: A supermedicated and superoxygenated cubicle used to heal burned tissue. Darth Vader spent time in his personal hyperbaric chamber as it allowed him to breathe without his helmet or body armor for short periods of time. [SOTE]
• hyperdrive: The starship engine and its interrelated systems that propel space vessels to superlight speeds and into hypserspace. Powered by incredibly efficient fusion generators, hyperdrive engines work with astrogation computers to assure safe and dependable hyperspace travel. To protect ships from hyperspace gravity shadows, most hyperdrives are equipped with an automatic cutoff. If a gravity shadow is scanned along the route ahead, the cutoff dumps the ship back into realspace. Even with cutoffs, the ships that fly too close to gravity shadows while traveling through hyperspace could sustain massive -- and sometime fatal -- amounts of damage. Also see "Hypeergaz." This technology allow starships to cross space through the alternate dimension of hyperspace, traveling faster than the speed of light. Large objects in normal space cast mass shadows in hyperspace, so jumps must be precisely calculated to avoid collisions—and accidentally revealing surprise invasions. TECHNOLOGY [ESB, HESB, SWSB]
• hyperdrive motivator: The primary lightspeed thrust initiator in the hyperdrive engine system, connected to a vessel's main computer system to monitor and collect sensor and navigation data in order to determine jump thrusts, adjust engine performance in hyperspace, and calibrate safe returns to realspace. [ESBR]
• "Hyperspaaze.": "Hyperspace" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• hyperspace: A dimension of space-time that can be reached only by traveling at light speed and using a hyperdrive engine. Hyperspace converges with realspace, so every point in realspace is associated with a unique point in hyperspace. If a ship travels in a specific direction in realspace prior to jumping to hyperspace, then it continues to travel in that direction through hyperspace. Objects in realspace cast gravity shadows into hyperspace that have to plotted to avoid collision. Also see "Hyperspaaze." [SW, SWRPG, SWSB]
• Hyperspace: A restaurant on the Yag'Dhul space station and a favorite hangout of Rogue Squadron between missions. [BW, KT]
• hyperspace compass: A device used by starships to navigate by orienting on the center of the galaxy. It can be used in realspace and hyperspace. [DE]
• Hyperspace Marauder: A starship owned and operated by smuggler Lo Khan. [DE, DESB]
• hyperspace transponder: The heart of all hyperspace communications systems, it produces the weak signals that send comm messages through hyperspace. Since it is not always reliable or effective, the New Republic poured a huge amount of resources into designing and building a more effective hyperspace communication system. [DE]
• hyperspace wormhole: An unpredictable natural phenomenon, it suddenly connects distant points of the galaxy by creating hyperspace tunnels. These wormholes produce vast amounts of energy in the form of violent storms. Great disturbances in teh Force sometimes trigger a wormhole. [DE]
• hyperspace inertial momentum sustainer (HIMS): Invented by the Bakurans, this device was able to defeat an interdiction gravity field. [AS]
• hyperwave warning: A mechanism that detects ships about to emerge from hyperspace and sounds an alert. [TBH]

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