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• Q9-X2: A jet-black droid, it looks like a taller, thinner version of R2-D2. Han Solo ordered the droid to protect his family. [AC]
• Qalita Prime: This planet located in the Seventh Security Zone is a member of the New Republic. [BTS]
• Qaqquqqu, Lord: One of the followers of Lord Hethrir, he was a slave trader. [CS]
• Qat Chrystac: This planet was the site of a battle between the forces of Garm Bel Iblis and Grand Admiral Thrawn. [LC]
• Q-E, 2-E, and U-E: Three small droids who were forced to assemble illegal blasters for Master Vuldo. [D]
• Qel-Droma, Cay: A Jedi, he trained under Master Arca Jeth some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. He and his brother Ulic were born on Alderaan. Cay was a gifted mechanic who lost his left arm during the Beast Wars of Onderon. He replaced the limb himself with an arm made from parts of an XT-6 service droid. When Ulic turned to the dark side, Cay never stopped trying to bring him back to the light. In a final confrontation, Ulic murdered Cay. [DLS, TOJ, TSW]
• Qel-Droma, Ulic: A Jedi who lived 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War, he thought he could learn the ways of the dark side and then return with his knowledge to the light. His disastrous failure began when he was named watchman for the Empress Teta system, where the cult of dark-side magicians called the Krath was gaining power. Ulic decided the only way to defeat the Krath was to infiltrate them and learn their secrets. The Krath leaders, Satal Keto and Aleema, played along with Ulic while plotting his destruction. In anger, Ulic killed Satal. Aleema then gave Ulic half of a Sith amulet that had been given to Satal by the spirit of Freedon Nadd. Exar Kun, another fallen Jedi, confronted Ulic, and the two engaged in a fierce lightsaber battle. Both men wore Sith amulets, and when these were activated, the two were visited by the spirits of ancient Sith Lords. The spirits proclaimed Kun was the new Dark Lord of the Sith, and Ulic was his first apprentice. Exar and Ulic raised an army, and the subsequent battles became known as the Sith War. In the end, Ulic betrayed Kun and led a force of Jedi against the Sith Lord's base on Yavin 4. Ulic was blinded to the Force and robbed of his powers by the Jedi Knight Nomi Sunrider. For 10 years Ulic wandered the galaxy, trying to hide and forget his past. Eventually, he hired a down-on-his-luck spacer named Hoggon to take him to an out-of-the-way place. He settled on Rhen Var, an ice-covered world, to isolate himself from the galaxy. However, Vima Sunrider, Nomi's daughter, sought him out. She convinced Ulic to train her, and through that training he found his own redemption. He was killed by Hoggon, who hoped to make a name for himself by killing the infamous Dark Jedi. In death, Ulic vanished, joining the Force as a forgiven Jedi Master. [DLS, TOJ, TOJR, TSW]
• Qella (Maltha Obex): A dead planet. Luke Skywalker helped the organic starship known as the Teljkon vagabond begin the process of thawing the planet and restoring Qellan society. [BTS, SOL, TT]
• Qom Jha: Natives of a planet in the Nirauan system, these winged beings look like a cross between a mynock and a praying makthier. Marginally Force-sensitive, each clan is led by a bargainer. The Qom Jha are cave dwellers. A contingent of Qom Jha and Qom Qae helped Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade infiltrate the secret base called the Hand of Thrawn. [VF]
• Qom Qae: Natives of a planet in the Nirauan system, these winged beings look like a cross between a mynock and a praying makthier. Marginally Force-sensitive, each clan is led by a bargainer. The Qom Qae live in the open air. A contingent of Qom Qae and Qom Jha helped Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade infiltrate the secret base called the Hand of Thrawn. [VF]
• Qorl: A TIE fighter pilot during the Battle of Yavin, he crash-landed on Yavin 4, where he remained for more than 20 years. Lowbacca, a Jedi trainee at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy, discovered the craft and restored it to working order. Then Qorl appeared and kidnapped Lowbacca's friends Jaina and Jacen Solo. The twins were eventually rescued, but Qorl excaped in the restored TIE fighter. He then joined the Dark Jedi Brakiss and the Shadow Academy, where he was put in charge of training those youths who weren't Force-sensitive. After the Shadow Academy was destroyed, Qorl was shot down over Yavin 4 again. He decided to live out his life in the planet's jungles. [YJK]
• Qretu-Five: This planet is the site of a bacta-producing colony with strong ties to Thyferra. [BW]
• Qrygg, Ooryl: A Gand, he was a member of Rogue Squadron. [RS, WG]
• Quamar Messenger: A luxury spaceliner. It carries up to 600 passengers and is serviced by a crew of 45. It was hijacked on its maiden voyage by Gallandro. [HLL]
• Quanto: A henchman of Great Bogga the Hutt, he helped murder Jedi Andur Sunrider some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. Andur's wife, Nomi, killed Quanto in self-defense with her husband's lightsaber. [TOJ]
• quarrel: Energy projectiles fired by Wookiee bowcasters, they explode upon impact. [RJN, SWSB]
• Quarren: These amphibious beings, sometimes called Squid Heads, share the world Mon Calamari with the Mon Calamari species. Quarren prefer the depths of the floating cities to the upper reaches the Mon Cals call home. They are more practical and conservative than their idealistic worldmates. Whereas the Mon Calamari adopted Basic as their language of choice, the Quarren kept their oceanic tongue. The Quarren are sea dwellers, able to live out of the water but preferring the security of the ocean depths. These pragmatic people are unwilling to trust new ideas. They became dependent on the Mon Calamari and this dependency led to resentment and even outright hatred. Rumors persist that it was a small number of Quarren who helped the Empire originally invade the planet. In the face of the invading forces, the Quarren cooperated with the Mon Calamari to repel the Imperials. But since that day, many Quarren have fled the planet to seek a life elsewhere in the galaxy. They seem to have purposely remained apart from both the Alliance and the Empire, preferring to find a place among the fringe society. Quarren can be found working with pirates, slavers, crimelords, smugglers, and other unsavory sorts. The Quarren hail from the distant Outer Rim world of Mon Calamari, sharing the world with the sentient humanoid species of the same name. THe Mon Calamari live on the surface of the world, while the more isolationist Quarren dwell in oxygen-filled cities in the deep recesses of the oceans. Offworld, Quarren generally stay clear galactic politics. Instead, they often become involved with shadowy occupations such as pirates, smugglers, and spy networks. Many Quarren blame both the Empire and the Rebels (even more than the Mon Calamari) for their homeworld's devastation during the Galactic Civil War. Practical and conservative, Quarren tend to hate change and distrust anyone who displays overt optimism and idealism. The average Quarren stands 1.8 meters tall. They have leathery skin and heads that resemble four-tentacled squids, hence the name "squid head" sometimes used by others. Quarren speak, read, and write Quarrenese and Basic. They tend to learn Mon Calamarian as well. Example names include: Kelmut, Seggor, Tessek, Tsillin, Vekker, and Vuhlg. Quarren leave their homeworld to escape their dependency on the Mon Calamari. They tend to seek out the fringes of society, operating as scoundrels or nobles in criminal organization. They are extremely relilient and physically tough, though they tend toward deficiencies in wisdom and social graces. They can breathe underwater since they are amphibious, are expert swimmers even when distracted or threatened, have low-light vision, and are often adept traders and negotiators. [SWRPG3SE, SWSB]
• Quarrenese: Language of the Quarren people of the planet Mon Calamari. [SWRPG3SE]
• Quee, Danni: This scientist joined the ExGal Society when she was only 15. From an overcrowded Core planet, independent Danni wasn't a fan of any government and believed the "ordering" of the galaxy stifled excitement and buried cultures beneath the blanket of common civilization. The thought of something undiscovered, of life beyond the galaxy, excited her. Born the year of the Battle of Endor, she was 21 when her outpost, the ExGal-4 facility on Belkadan, discovered the first sign of a galactic breach. Danni and the other scientists thought the object was a comet. When it struck but didn't vaporize the fourth planet of the Helska system, they decided to investigate. Using a lumbering Spacecaster shuttle, Danni and the two other ExGal scientists traveled to the ice planet and were captured by the invading forces of the Yuuzhan Vong. Da'Gara, prefect of the invaders, hoped to convert her to their cause. She alone of her companions was allowed to live. She was imprisoned with captured Jedi Knight Miko Reglia, and the two underwent a series of ordeals at the hands of the Yuuzhan Vong, designed to break Miko and convert Danni. Jacen Solo, on a mission to discern the strength of the invaders, received a telepathic call for help. It came from Danni, t hough she had exhibited no Force abilities prior to her captivity. With help from Danni and Miko, Jacen rescued Danni. He realized that, while she wasn't a Jedi Knight, she could be. Perhaps a great one. [VP]
• Queen of Ranroon: This cargo vessel carried the spoils gathered during the interstellar conquests of Xim the Despot. The legendary ship never reached port on its last run. It was lost with its cargo stored deep in its many holds and bays, and it became the subject of wild spacer stories. To spacers, the name symbolizes wealth beyond measure, and many have tried to discover its whereabouts over the centuries. Even Han Solo participated in a quest for the vessel prior to his involvement in the Galactic Civil War. [HLL, HSR]
• Quelli sector: A region of space containing the planet Dathomir. It was once controlled by Imperial Warlord Zsinj. [CPL]
• Quill-Face, Hideaz: A massive, 3-meter-tall smuggler and member of an unidentified alien species. He works with Spog, his partner. The pair can often be found in the Byss Bistro. [DE]
• Quin, Sixtus: A former Special Intelligence operative, he conducted several missions for the Empire. He was betrayed by his commander and defected to the Rebel Alliance. He applied for an assignment with Rogue Squadron to help topple Ysanne Isard's puppet government on Thyferra. He went to the planet to organize an uprising, training members of the Ashern rebels and the Zaltin Corporation. While Rogue Squadron led the orbital battle against the planet, Quin and his operatives quickly took command of Isard's headquarters with very little loss of life. [BW, XW]

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