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• 7th Legion: A legion of Clone troopers that made up part of the bulk of the Republic's military might during the Clone Wars. They're the perfect soldiers: focused and efficient, even when they are ordered to instantly change from allies to enemies upon receiving a single command. Their weapon of choice is a blaster. They are part of the Grand Army of the Republic and have the characteristics of a super soldier. 7th Legion units typically had brown markings on their black and white armor. [RotS]
• sabacc: A popular electronic card game played using a deck of 76 chip-cards with values that change randomly in response to electronic impulses. The deck's four suits are sabers, staves, flasks, and coins. Each suit consists of cards numbered one to 11 and four ranked cards numbered 12 to 15. The ranked cards are the Commander, the Mistress, the Master, and the Ace. There are also 16 face cards. A hand is dealt when the dealer presses a button on the sabacc table to send out a series of random pulses that shift the values and pictures shown on the card-chips. Through several rounds of bluffing and betting, players watch and wait for their card-chips to shift. They can lock any or all of their card-chip values by placing them in the table's interference field, which blocks the pulses and stops the card-chips from changing. To win at sabacc, a player needs a "pure sabacc" that totals exactly 23, or an "idot's array" that consists of an idiot face card (value zero), a two-value card, and a three-value card -- a literal 23. Some players cheat by using a skifter, a card-chip rigged to change its value when the player presses the corner of the card. Lando Calrissian and Han Solo are both fond of sabacc. In fact, they traded the Millennium Falcon back and forth several times over games of sabacc, and each has won and lost control of cities and planets in this manner. A game of chance. [CCC, ESB, HESB, SWRPG3SE]
• Sabodor: The owner of an exotic pet store on the planet Etti IV, he was born on the planet Rakrir. Sabodor had a short, segmented, tubular body, five pairs of limbs, two eyestalks, an olfactory cluster, and a vocal organ located in the center of his midsection. [HSE]
• Sacorria: A planet located in one of the Outlier systems of the Corellian sector. It is a pleasant but secretive world with strict regulations. The Triad, a secretive council of dictators consisting of a human, a Drall, and a Selonian, ruled the planet. Fourteen years after the Battle of Endor, the Triad set in motion a plan to force the New Republic to acknowledge the Corellian sector as an independent state. The Triad was eventually stopped by the New Republic and a Bakuran task force. [AC, AS, SAC]
• Sacul, Commander Jorg: A Rebel X-wing pilot renowned for his inner strength, his ability to remain calm under fire, and his mentoring of younger squadron members. Once a reckless dreamer, his life changed course after a near-fatal crash in his T-16 Skyhopper on his homeworld of Tatooine. He went off to the Academy and emerged as the top pilot in his class and a natural leader. A visionary storyteller, he entertains the pilots in his command with far-flung tales of distant galaxies thousands of years before the Republic. Rumored to be Force sensitive, many say Sacul would have become a great Jedi... if only he had been born in a different time. [SW]
• Sadow, Naga: A Dark Lord of the Sith, he lived 5,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. He was a member of an elite priesthood of pure Sith blood, a group that practiced the dark magic of the Sith. From his private stronghold on the moon Khar Shian, he planned to expand the Sith empire and become the new Dark Lord. He led a Sith fleet attack on Old Republic worlds, using illusions to boost the strength and apparent size of his fleet. Afterwards, Sadow was exiled from his homeworld for rebelling against the reigning Dark Lord and was marked as a criminal by the Old Republic. He eventually ended up on Yavin 4, where he conducted genetic experiments that caused the primitive Massassi warriors to mutate into horrific creatures. [DLS, FSE, GAS, TSW]
• Saelt-Marae: This mysterious being, also called Yak Face, was a member of Jabba the Hutt's court. He sold information concerning Jabba's henchmen to the Hutt himself. Saelt-Marae might have been a Yarkora, a species of similar appearance that has been sighted in the Outer Rim Territories. [GG5, RJ]
• Saheelindeel: A planet in the Tion Hegemony, it is home to an intelligent simianlike species. The world is technologically slow and backward, ruled by a queen who seeks to modernize her society. [HLL]
• sail barge: A huge repulsorlift vehicle that operates over any flat terrain, including water, sand, and ice. [RJ, SWSB, SWVG]
• Salculd: A Selonian, she was a member of the Hunchuzuc Den. The rebel group opposed the Overden, Selonia's central power. She jury-rigged a ship to transport Han Solo from Corellia to Selonia. [AS]
• Salis D'aar: The capital city of the planet Bakura. [TAB]
• Salm, Horton: A human general from Norval II, he was charged with rebuilding Rogue Squadron. Although often at odds with Rogue Leader Wedge Antilles, Salm was honorable. [RS]
• Salporin: Chewbacca's childhood friend, he was one of two Wookiees charged with protecting Princess Leia Organa Solo during her stay on Kashyyyk while Grand Admiral Thrawn's Noghri Death Commandos were searching for her. He was a master of the ryyyk blade, often wielding two of the wicked-looking knives simultaneously. Salporin remained on Kashyyyk after the wanderlust gripped Chewbacca and sent him traveling across the stars. Salporin fell in love with the Wookiee maiden Gorrlyn, and the two started a life together high in Kashyyyk's trees. Unfortunately, this left him on the planet when the Imperial troops arrived. He was forced into slavery, toiling for many long years until Alliance special forces set up secret bases in the lower jungles. Salporin escaped his chains and joined the freedom fighters. With his help, and the help of other escaped Wookiees, the Alliance was able to set Kashyyyk free. Salporin died protecting Princess Leia during a Noghri attack. [HE, HESB]
• Sal-Solo, Thrackan: Han Solo's first cousin, he is about six years older than Han and looks a lot like him except for his beard. Thracken is a demanding, vindictive, and sadistic individual. When Han escaped from the Trader's Luck as a teen-ager, Thrackan returned Han to Garris Shrike. Presumed dead by the time of the New Republic, Thrackan surfaced as the Hidden Leader of the antialien Human League. He declared the Corellian sector an independent region. He was captured by a New Republic-Bakuran task force, and his Human League was defeated. [AC, PS]
• Sanctuary Moon: One of the names given to the forest moon of Endor. [RJ]
• sandcrawler: A huge, multistoried land vehicle that travels on giant treads. Sandcrawlers were originally brought to Tatooine long ago. When the mining venture that owned them failed, the sandcrawlers were abandoned. The Jawas, scavengers who collect all kinds of mechanical equipment and specialize in rebuilding droids, quickly claimed the vehicles. Nearly 20 meters high, each sandcrawler houses a full Jawa clan numbering as many as several hundred individuals. The interior of each is warrenlike, a maze of sleeping and eating alcoves otherwise filled with salvaged junk, machinery, spare parts, and droids. This steam-powered vehicle, originally a mobile smelter, was manufactured by Corellia Mining. Some have been reported to be as large as 36.8 meters long. It contains a smelting reactor and a magnetic suction tube. These gigantic vehicles were originally brought to Tatooine by Corellian prospectors hoping to mine the desert sands for saleable metals, only to be abandoned when the planet's depths proved as barren as its surface. They have since been repurposed by the native Jawas, who often live and travel by the hundreds in the vast, warren-like interior. These desert scavengers use their sandcrawlers as traveling market-places, hunting lodges, and -- if the situation demands it -- fortresses. [GG7, MTS, SWN, SWSB]
• Sand People: See Tusken Raider.
• sand skimmer: A one-person repulsorlift vehicle that consists of a disk to stand on and a large sail that extends from the rear. [DTV]
• sandtrooper: A stormtrooper trained in desert tactics and outfitted with desert equipment. They are humans from various worlds specialized as Imperial Stormtroopers. Their weapons of choice are blaster pistols and blaster rifles. One squad of sandtroopers asked Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi about the two droids he had with him in a landspeeder. Obi-Wan tricked them into concluding, "These aren't the droids we're looking for," by using a Jedi mind trick. [GG1, ISB, SW, SWN]
• sandwhirl: A type of desert storm that occasionally ravages Tatooine. [SWN]
• Sarcophagus: The moon of Sacorria, it is a vast graveyard. Only those burying their dead ever visit the moon. [AC]
• Sarlacc: An omnivorous, multitentacled beast with needle-sharp teeth and a large beak. It lives at the botton of a deep sand pit called the Great Pit of Carkoon, in the wastes of Tatooine's Dune Sea. It prefers life food, using its tentacles to snatch passing creatures and drag them into its mucus-coated maw. Local belief states that victimes caught in the Sarlacc's gut die slow, painful deaths, as the digestive juices require 1,000 years to break down food. Jabba the Hutt often used the Sarlacc as a means of eliminating opponents. The bounty hunter Boba Fett, along with a few of Jabba's henchmen, fell into the Sarlacc's pit while attempting to feed Han Solo and Luke Skywalker to the creature. Boba Fett escaped from the Great Pit of Carkoon to show up on Nar Shaddaa six years after the Battle of Endor. He claimed the Sarlacc found him to be "somewhat indigestible." [DE, GG5, RJ, SWCG]
• Sauropteroid: These intelligent aquatic reptiles from the planet Dellalt range in size from 10 to 15 meters long. They constantly swim Dellalt's oceans, keeping their heads held above the water on long, muscular necks. Their humanoid heads feature blowholes, and their hides range from light gray in color to greenish black. [HLL]
• scan grid: A device used to measure and analyze the magnetic and thermal properties. []
• scarab droid: A small, beetlelike droid that can be used to poison an enemy. The cloned Emperor attempted to kill Luke Skywalker with scarab droids while his dark-side knights went to New Alderaan to kidnap Jaina and Jacen Solo. [DE2]
• Scardia: See Space Station Scardia.
• Scardia Voyager: A golden starship used exclusively by the Prophets of the Dark Side. [MMY, PDS]
• Scav: A junk trader who gathered wares from battlefields, often looting while the combat was in progress. Scavs employed armored, wheeled transports, nek battle dogs, and weapons droids to protect themselves. [DE]
• Scimitar assault bomber: One of the first ships constructed under the orders of Grand Admiral Thrawn, it combined the best features of the TIE interceptor, the TIE bomber, and Alliance starfighters to create a dedicated assault bomber. With an ion-thrust sublight engine and two interlocked repulsorlift generators, the Scimitar is a very fast, very maneuverable atmospheric craft. It carries twin racks of concussion missles beneath its wings and has two laser cannons for additional defense. [DFR, DFRSB, SWVG]
• scomp link access: A computer connection access port used mainly by droids to plug into database networks and locate information or perform diagnostics and maintenance. [DSTC]
• Sconn, Lieutenant Davith: An Imperial officer aboard the Star Destroyer Forger, he was captured by the New Republic and imprisoned at the Jagg Island Detention Center. He provided Chief of State Leia Organa Solo with crucial information concerning the Yevetha. [SOL]
• Scorch, Republic Commando: One of the key types of Republic Commandos utilized by Republic forces during the Clone Wars. [ROTS]
• scoundrels: Basically they are rogues -- good, bad, and neutral -- who either live outside the law or fight against it in order to get the upper hand. They can come from any world or regions of the galaxy. Most use their intelligence and dexterity to accomplish tasks, and many rely on charisma as a fallback when all else fails. The scoundrel gets by with bravado, cunning, duplicity, and trickery. They live by their wits, lying cheating, stealing, and even fighting when the need arises. Many scoundrels live a life of adventure for the excitement it provides. Others go adventuring to advance their illicit careers. Some are good-hearted rogues in it for the trhill or to right a wrong done to them or those they love. Others are despicable knaves who serve only one master -- the greed that swells inside them. More often, adventurous scoundrels fall somewhere in the middle, changing allegiance and attitudes as the political climate changes, until something larger than themselves sets them on a particular course through the galaxy. Adventurous scoundrels call themselves smugglers, pirates, outlaws, gamblers, slicers, con artists, thieves, rogues, and spies. They have a knack for getting into and out of trouble as well as an instinct for self-preservation that keeps them alive, but it's usually tempered with a need to experience the thrills their profession has to offer, and many adventurous scoundrels are also saddled with a sense of honor that sometimes makes them go against their natural inclinations. Scoundrels don't often start out seeking to defy authority and break the law. Some are thrust into the profession as a means of rebellion. Others wind up on the wrong side of the law due to bad luck, poor decisions, or circumstances beyond their control. The skills they pick up along the way make them great members of any mission team. Examples of soundrels: Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Dash Rendar, Dexter Jettster, Ghent, and Watto. Scoundrels should have quick reflexes and a sharp wit to survive. Wise scoundrels can spot trouble before it finds them. Many scoundrels like to gamble with destiny, putting everything on the line and trusting fate (or the Force) to bring them fortune, fame, and success. Some can move like a ghost through the HoloNet and can hack into enemy mainframes and computer systems with astonishing grace. Others prowl the space lanes seeking wealth, fame, adventure, or something more -- also pretty good with vehicles in general. [SWRPG3SE]
• scouts: Natural explorers and adventurers, full of curiosity and trained to handle the out-of-the-way locations where they often operate. They tend to be independent, signing on when the credits are good and their skills are best utilized and tested. Scouts understand the lay of the land and the orbit of the stars. They know how to recognize danger and locate the basic necessities for survival. The scout seeks knowledge, tries to solve mysteries, and wants to be the first to see something new and different. The scout learns to find a path through the wild regions, often becoming a decent pilot along the way, and usually learns how to protect himself from whatever hides over the next hill or beyond the most distant nebula. Many scouts become adventurers to see what's in the next star system. They pick up skills that make them excellent members of any team. They are usually the best trackers, trailblazers, and survivalists the galaxy has to offer. Some scouts are scientists and researchers who learn the skills of the profession so they don't have to rely on others. Some sell their services to the highest bidder. More often, the adventurous scout has a good heart, a sense of honor, and a burning desire to embrace the wild regions of the galaxy and learn to conquer them -- either figuratively or literally. Adventurous scouts call themselves rangers, outriders, hunters, explorers, guides, adventurous scholars, and vanguards. Scouts temper insatiable curiosity with excellent survival instincts. They make use of dexterity and intelligence, as well as wisdom, to spot and avoid dangers. The scout has an undying faith in himself and his abilities that sometimes allows the scout to call upon reserves and an inner strength to get out of tough situations. Scouts like to be the first to reach any location, although they also want to reach it in one piece. They can be gruff or silent, jovial or talkative. They are confident and brave, and they often appreciate the wonders that the galaxy has to offer. Scouts come to their profession in search of something, usually knowledge or secrets or the answers to the mysteries of the ages. Scholars, while possibly associated with an institute of learning or a particular government, often forsake the halls of academe for the pure research of working in the field. Pathfinders and explorers may work for a government or a military institution, or they may take on freelance contracts from anyone willing to pay for their services. Many scouts develop into bounty hunters, especially those who combine military skills with their tracking and searching abilities. Every group of adventurers benefits from having a scout in the party. Examples of scouts: Chewbacca, Wicket the Ewok, and Captain Tarpals. Most scouts are exceptionally good at noticing things and avoiding perilous situations. Some learn quickly how to blend in with their environment, some are skilled at "getting by" on backwater worlds, and some are explorers of dangerous places, trained to react to danger swiftly and adroitly, as well as navigate difficult terrain and reduce damage. [SWRPG3SE]
• scout trooper: See stormtrooper.
• scout walker: See All Terrain Scout Transport.
• Scraf, Arvid: A human about six years younger than Luke Skywalker, he was the first inhabitant of Nam Chorios Skywalker met when he landed on the planet. [POT]
• Screed, Admiral: This Imperial officer was the Emperor's right-hand man during the early days of the Empire. He was a no-nonsense military man, easily recognizable due to the electronic patch he wore over his left eye. The droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 had various encounters with Screed during this period. [DTV]
• Scuppa: A starship pilot who worked for Jabba the Hutt. Scuppa betrayed his boss when they were both trapped aboard Princess Nampi's ship. He played up to the princess, agreeing to become her mate, but instead she ate him. Jabba then detonated an implant he had placed within Scuppa years before, releasing super acid that dissolved the revolting princess. [JAB]
• scurrier: Scavengers found in Mos Eisley and other settlements, they scuttle from one pile of garbage to another in search of food. Small creatures, scurriers are good at finding hiding places aboard starships and can thus be found in most spaceports. [SW, SWSE]
• Scy'rrep, Evet: A legendary space bandit reputed to have robbed 15 luxury starliners over the course of his fanciful career. Supposedly, Scy'rrep garnered millions of credits in jewels and money before he was eventually apprehended. He reportedly claimed to rob luxury ships because "that's where the credits are." Luke Skywalker's dreams of adventures among the stars were fire, in part, by an old holofilm of Scy'rrep's infamous deeds -- Galactic Bandits. [SOTE]
• seafah jewel: The source of great wealth on the planet Pydyr. Seafah jewels are formed deep in the ocean within the shells of microscopic creatures. [NR]
• 2nd Airborne Company: See Clone Troopers, Airborne.
• Second Imperium: The name given to an attempt to reestablish control of the Empire some 19 years after the Battle of Endor. The attempt was led by four of Emperor Palpatine's most-loyal personal guards. They set up a Shadow Academy wherein Dark Jedi Brakiss trained new legions of Dark Jedi and stormtroopers. They tricked many into believing a clone of the Emperor was the Great Leader of the Second Imperium. [YJK]
• sector: A cluster of star systems banded together for economic and political reasons. The Old Republic originally began the practice of combining linked star systems into sectors. At first, a sector was made up of as many star systems as it took to give it approximately 50 habitable, or already inhabited, planets. This definition became less binding as the Republic continued, and in its later days most sectors were vast and unmanageable. When the Emperor introduced his New Order, he reinvented sectors to better control and administer to his Empire. Under the Empire, a moff controlled a sector. All of the planetary governors within the sector answered to the moff, who also served as a governor of a favorite world. Each moff had a military sector group under his command, using these forces to secure the hundreds of systems within the sector. To deal with rebellious or otherwise difficult systems, the Emperor appointed grand moffs to oversee priority sectors. [ISB]
• Secura, Nat: The last descendant of the planet Ryloth's great Twi'lek house, he sold many of his own people into slavery. He was controlled by Bib Fortuna, who eventually brought him to Tatooine and had his brain removed by B'omarr monks. [TJP]
• Sedri: This planet covered by warm, shallow seas is home to the aquatic Sedrians and a communal intelligence of tiny polyps known as Golden Sun. Golden Sun is attuned to the Force and provides power, healing, and other benefits to the Sedrians. The Sedrians worship Golden Sun as the center of their society. Golden Sun's use of the Force creates gravitational disturbances that interfere with hyperspace travel through the region. [BGS, GG4]
• Sedrian: Sleek aquatic mammals about 3 meters in length with a fine slick fur that covers them from head to fluke. These humanoid seals inhabit the water planet Sedri. While they can breathe air and live outside of water for brief periods of time, they prefer the water and live in underwater cities. These peaceful, reflective beings worship the living coral called Golden Sun, which also provides them with a unique source of power. [BGS, GG4]
• Sedriss: Emperor Palpatine's dark-side executor, he commanded the dark-side elite warriors after the death of the first clone of the Emperor. On the planet Byss, he discovered the Emperor had been reborn into another clone body. He was ordered to go to Ossus to capture Luke Skywalker, but the executor was destroyed by the power of an ancient Jedi, Ood Bnar. [DE2]
• See-Threepio: See C-3P0.
• "Seepana.": "Scope" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Sei'lar, Asyr: A graduate of the Bothan Martial Academy, she was on a mission to Coruscant when she first encountered Gavin Darklighter and Rogue Squadron. She was working with the Alien Combine, and she believed Darklighter's nervousness and his refusal to dance with her were signs he was bigoted. Darklighter and the Rogues were brought before the Combine, but during an attack by Imperials the Rogues demonstrated they were no friends of the Empire. Sei'lar helped them escape. She later joined forces with the Rogues and helped them disable Coruscant's defense shield system. After the liberation of the planet, she accepted a position in Rogue Squadron and developed a serious relationship with Darklighter. [BW, KT, WG]
• Selab: This planet in the Hapes Cluster is home to the trees of wisdom. The fruit of the trees is believed to greatly enhance the intelligence of those in their old age. [CPL]
• Selaggis: A planet whose colony was obliterated by Warlord Zsinj's Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist. [CPL]
• Selestrine: Leader of the Icarii, she had the gift of prophecy. Abal Karda had her decapitated for foretelling he would die in agony, then carried her head in a jeweled box. Boba Fett and Darth Vader fought over possession of her head, and Vader emerged victorious. She foretold the possible futures that stretched before the Dark Lord, then he had her totally destroyed so the Emperor could not use her gift. [BFEE]
• Selonia: One of the five inhabited worlds of the Corellian system, it is home to a hive species with thick tails, sleek fur, long faces, and needle-sharp teeth. An ancient planetary repulsor is located deep beneath the world's surface. It was used in ancient times to move the planet to its current location. [AC, AS, SAC]
• Seluss: A Sullustan, he often teamed with the smuggler Jarril aboard the ship Spicy Lady. [NR]
• Semtin, Captain Marl: An Imperial officer, he commanded the Harrow, a Victory-class Star Destroyer. He was vaporized by his own troops for acts of cowardice. [XW]
• Sendo, General Harid: An aging Imperial Intelligence officer, he agreed to betray the Empire for the lucrative credits offered by the Black Sun criminal organization. He was but one of hundreds of bureaucrats on Prince Xizor's payroll. [SESB, SOTE]
• Senesca, Zev: A Rebel Alliance snowspeeder pilot, he was among the defenders of Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth. He rescued Luke Skywalker and Han Solo after they spent a night on the frozen tundra. His comm-unit designation was Rogue Two. He was killed when his snowspeeder was shot down during the Battle of Hoth. [ESB, GG3]
• Senex sector: A region of space ruled by an elite group of aristocratic Ancient Houses. It was mostly left alone by Palpatine's Empire, and the New Republic has had very little success influencing its leaders. [COJ]
• sensor: A device that analyzes an area, gathers information, and displays its findings. Passive-mode sensors gather information from the immediate area around a ship. Scan-mode sensors send out pulses in all directions, actively gathering information in a much-wider range. Search-mode sensors actively seek out information in a specific direction. Focus-mode sensors closely examine a specific portion of space. [SWRPG2]
• sensor suite: All of the major systems and subsystems, both hardware and software, associated with complex sensor arrays. [HSE]
• sensory plug-in: Devices that allow astromechs and other droids to interface with computers, sensors, monitors, and data systems via a direct connection. They are similar to scomp links. [SME]
• sentient tank: See tank droid.
• Sentinel: A cruiser in the Bakuran task force. [AS]
• Sentinel: A massive guard employed to protect the reborn Emperor's citadel on the planet Byss. Their origin is unknown, but some believe they were giant cyborgs or droids. [DE, DESB]
• Separatists: The combined forces of the Trade Federation, Geonosians, InterGalactic Banking Clan, and others during the Clone Wars. This group, secretly led by Darth Sidious, was openly commanded by Darth Tyranus and General Grievous. The Separatists chose to break away from the Republic because they believed the government had become corrupt and weak. The entire thing was a ruse by Sidious to split the galaxy in half so he could more easily take over. Also known as the Confederacy. [AotC, CW1, CW2, RotS]
• Serenity, Celestial: An enhanced human gambler on Crseih Research Station. [CS]
• Sernpidal: The third planet in the Julevian system and the most-heavily populated world of the sector. The Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the world through the use of a dovin basal, a living creature capable of focusing gravity. It pulled the smaller of the planet's two moons out of orbit and sent it crashing into the surface. Chewbacca died on this world, saving Anakin Solo and hurling him into the Millennium Falcon just before the moon struck. [VP]
• Serpent Masters: These slavers rode winged serpents controlled by ultrasonic signals emitted from a medallion worn by the Supreme Master. R2-D2 was able to duplicate the ultrasonic signals so Luke Skywalker could ride a serpent and defeat the Serpent Masters, freeing Tanith Shire's people from slavery. [CSW]
• servodriver: A powered hand tool used to tighten and loosen bolts, screws, and fasteners. It produces motion when it receives signals from a controller. [SWN]
• Seswenna sector: This region of space contains the planet Eriadu. Grand Moff Tarkin developed the Tarkin Doctrine of rule by fear while he governed the Outer Rim Territories from the Seswenna sector. [DSTC, MTS]
• Sette, Urlor: A large man, he helped Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn escape from the top-secret prison Lusankya. [KT]
• Seventh Legion: See 7th Legion.
• S-foil: The wing section assembly of an X-wing starfighter. The double-layered wings spread apart for attack, forming the X that gives the craft its name. Each wing section is connected to the diagonal wing section opposite it. Note: Though this may be the common thought pattern regarding the X-wing's S-foils, there is indeed no "X" in the Aurebesh alphabet used throughout the galaxy. [RJ, SW, SWSB]
• Shaalas, Ma'Kis': A Nikto Jedi during the Clone Wars who survived Order 66. He was shortly after killled by Darth Vader on Kessel during a Jedi get-together. [SWDHC]
• Shadday, Jedi Master: A human Jedi Master during the Clone Wars who survived Order 66. She was shortly after killled by Darth Vader on Kessel during a Jedi get-together. She was the one who leaked information on the whereabouts of the meeting, which also indicated Obi-Wan Kenobi would be there, in order to lure Darth Vader. [SWDHC]
• Shadow Academy: This torus-shaped space station located near the Galactic Core was built by the Second Imperium to house a training center for Dark Jedi. Covered with weaponry and concealed by a powerful cloaking device, the Shadow Academy was capable of hyperspace travel. Luke Skywalker's former student Brakiss lead the academy, with help from the Nightsister Tamith Kai. When the leaders of the Second Imperium grew displeased with Brakiss' progress, they destroyed the station and killed the academy's leader. [YJK]
• Shadow Chaser: A spacecraft owned by the Nightsister Garowyn, it was covered in powerful quantum armor. Luke Skywalker used the ship to escape from the Shadow Academy after he rescued Jaina and Jacen Solo and Lowbacca. [YJK]
• shadow droid: Imperial attack fighters built by the reborn cloned Emperor, they were constructed around the brains of fallen Imperial fighter aces. The brains were hardwired to tactical computers and empowered by the dark side of the Force. [DE2]
• shadow stormtrooper: Designed for espionage and high-risk reconnaissance missions, shadow stormtroopers are a specialized division of elite troopers utilized at the sole discretion of Imperial Intelligence. Where standard stormtroopers overwhelm with numbers and firepower, the shadow stormtrooper moves in stealth and silence, never exposing his presence until he strikes. His stygium-triprismatic armor is laced with sensor-jammers and sound dampners, making him all but undetectable. Even his weapon -- a DC-19 "Stealth" carbine with built-in suppressor -- does not betray him. His is truly a shadow army, an enemy never seen and never heard until it is too late. [ANH, ESB, ROTJ]
• Shallamar: A Barabel, she tried to kill Han Solo after accusing him of cheating at sabacc. Chewbacca stopped her. [HG]
• Shana: A Mistryl Shadow Guard, she accompanied Mara Jade to Kessel to liberate the planet. [COF]
• Shannador's Revenge: This Invincible-class capital ship operated under the banner of the Corporate Sector Authority. [HSE]
• "Shastartaz.": "Ignition" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Shawti: A planet that serves as a homeworld to some Klatooinians. [RJ]
• Shayoto: A Jedi, he attended the great Jedi assembly at Mount Meru some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS]
• Shazeen: A Sauropteroid, he helped Han Solo and his party on the planet Dellalt during their quest for the lost treasures of Xim the Despot. A veteran of many conflicts, Shazeen has a nearly-black hide, notched and bitten flippers, and only one eye. [HLL]
• "Shepe oop.": "Lift off" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Shiel, Riv: A Shistavanen from Uvena III, he was a member of Rogue Squadron. While on a mission to hijack a bacta convoy during the Bacta War, he was killed when his ship was destroyed by the Corrupter. [BW, KT, RS, WG]
• Shield: This assault carrier in the New Republic's Fifth Fleet participated in the blockade of Doornik-319. [SOL]
• shield: See deflector shield.
• shield generator: A device that produces the power needed to create and maintain deflector shields. These shields can be focused around almost any object -- a ship, building, or even parts of an entire parent -- to protect it from attack. [RJ]
• shieldship: This custom-designed escort vessel was built to protect ships traveling to Nkllon in the Athega system from the heat of the system's superhot sun. The mining operation Land Calrissian set up on the planet Nkllon, the closest world to Athega's sun, required transports to bring in supplies and take mined ore off to market. He presented his design for the shieldship to the newly-created Republic Engineering Corporation and commissioned it to build the vessels he envisioned. A shieldship resembles a massive flying umbrella. A curved, 800-meter-wide dish provides protection against Athega's intense rays, while its underside contains tubes, fins, and cooling apparatus to keep the dish from melting during the trip in-system. A cylindrical, 400-meter-long pylon stretches beneath the dish. A tug at its center drives the massive shieldship. Shieldships require constant maintenance, and coolant and cooling gear must be replaced after every trip. [HE, HESB, LC]
• Shi'ido: A humanoid species from the planet Sh'shuun. Its members have light gray skin and extremely-long fingers. They are shapeshifters, capable of transforming into other creatures. [GF]
• Shild, Sarn: A tall, pale sector moff before the start of the Galactic Civil War. The Hutts of Nar Shaddaa paid him to ignore their illegal operations. Bria Tharen, working for the fledgling Rebellion, traveled with him as his supposed concubine, but Shild's sexual preferences did not extend to human females. He had a secret ambition to break away from the Empire and form his own independent sector. When the ill-fated attack on the Y'Toub system failed, he was called back to face the Emperor at Imperial Center. Instead of facing Palpatine's punishment, Shild decided to escape by committing suicide. [HG]
• Shire, Tanith: A supply tug operator at the starship yards of Fondor, she stole drone barges and sent them crashing to the planet's surface. The stolen barges were then salvaged by the Serpent Masters, slavers who controlled Shire's people. Luke Skywalker defeated the Serpent Masters and freed Shire's people. [CSW]
• Shistavanen: An intelligent, violent species whose members are fur-covered humanoid wolves with powerful claws, sharp teeth, and glowing eyes. Hunters by nature, they are popularly called the Shistavanen Wolfmen. [GG1, GG2]
• Sh'ner-class planetary assault carrier: Ovoid ships nearly 750 meters long, they carry Ssi-ruuvi Imperium invasion forces. Closer to transports than to combat vessels, they have weak shields, are relatively slow, and have little weaponry. They depend on Fw'Sen picket ships to protect them. When a target city is neutralized, the carrier lands to gather subjects for its entechment labs. The invasion fleet at Bakura contained three Sh'ner carriers. [SWVG, TAB]
• shock-ball: An outdoor team sport whose object is for one team to stun the other into unconsciousness by employing a charged orb. Team members use insulated mitts to handle the orb, and scoops to fling and catch it. After the specified game length expires, the team with the most conscious members wins the match. [HLL]
• Shooting Star: An Alliance frigate destroyed in a collision with another Alliance frigate, the Endor. [BTS]
• Shoran: A Wookiee, he was a cousin of Chewbacca who died during the rescue of Han Solo from the Pride of Yevetha. [TT]
• short-term memory enhancement: Through the use of this Force control technique, a Jedi Knight can replay recent events in his or her mind to carefully examine images and peripheral happenings. This allows the Jedi to recall a particular detail that was observed but not consciously remembered. [DFRSB]
• Showolter, Captain: A member of New Republic Intelligence, he greeted Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian when they returned to Coruscant with disturbing news from the Corellian sector. [AS]
• Shreeftut, His Potency the: The supreme leader of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. [TAB]
• Shrike, Garris: The leader of a nomadic band of space criminals who traveled the Corellian sector aboard the Trader's Luck, he was a strict taskmaster. He started as a bounty hunter but wasn't patient enough for the job. He had a warped sense of humor, enjoyed gambling, and was fast on the draw. He collected orphans and trained them to steal, beg, and pick pockets to pay their way. Han Solo was one such orphan who was raised aboard the Trader's Luck. [PS]
• Shriwirr: One of the largest of the Ssi-ruuvi customized battle cruisers, it was the lead ship in the assault on the planet Bakura. The 900-meter-long ovoid ship was under the command of Admiral Ivpikkis. Luke Skywalker single-handedly captured the vessel after the Ssi-ruuk evactuated rather than face his Force abilities in battle. [SWVG, TAB, TBSB]
• Shroud: This ship once belonged to Dr. Evazan. Mammon Hoole purchased it to replace his lost Lightrunner. [GF]
• Sh'tk'ith, Elder (BLUESCALE): The leader of the Ssi-ruuvi invasion force at Bakura, he was nicknamed Bluescale as an honorific reference to his unusual bright-blue coloration. Young Dev Sibwarra killed the Elder, but he was mortally wounded in the fight. [TAB, TBSB]
• shuttle, Imperial: See Lambda-class shuttle.
• Shyriiwook: Language of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk. Consisting of complex grunts and growls, the language's name translates as "tongue of the tree people." Sometimes called Wookiee-speak. [SWRPG3SE, TBH]
• Sibwarra, Dev: The young man used by the Ssi-ruuk to locate humans. While still a young boy, Dev Sibwarra and his mother fled their homeworld Chandrila to escape the Emperor's frequent Jedi purges. Dev's mother was an apprentice Jedi, and Dev himself inherited her sensitivity to the Force. While hiding on the planet G'rho, Dev and his mother were caught up in a Ssi-ruuk raid. His mother was killed in the raid, but Dev was captured and taken to Lwhekk to serve the warlike Ssi-ruuk. When his latent Force powers began to manifest, Dev was brainwashed into helping the Ssi-ruuk; he scouted the galaxy for humans -- especially Force-sensitive humans -- to use in the Ssi-ruuk entechment process. Dev was placed in the service of Firwirrung, an entechment master, who cajoled the youth into assisting in raids on human settlements. Firwirrung promised to personally entech Dev as a reward for his service, freeing him from fear and pain. Luke Skywalker released Dev from his servitude and broke the Ssi-ruuk hold on his mind. Later, Dev returned the favor by helping Luke escape from the Ssi-ruuk. Dev was mortally wounded in the final battle with the Ssi-ruuk over the planet Bakura. [TAB, TBSB]
• Sidious, Darth: A robed Dark Jedi of the Sith during the time of the Naboo blockade, he was the influence behind the Trade Federation assault on that planet and their attempt to kill the Jedi Knights who had been sent to end the hostilities. When the Jedi eluded him, he sent his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt them down. He often communicated with his Trade Federation pawns, Nute Gunray and Rune Haako, by means of an advanced holographic projector. Following Darth Maul's death at the hands of Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sidious took on a new apprentice -- Darth Tyranus, also known as Count Dooku, a fallen Jedi. Sidious who secretly was also Senator Palpatine, took over the Republic senate on one side while orchestrating the Trade Federation from the other. Thus began the Clone Wars. All-in-all, it was also a plot to gain Anakin Skywalker as his new apprentice. As Palpatine, he befriended Anakin. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Sidious had himself (as Palpatine) captured by General Grevious, leader of the Trade Federation forces, where a duel resulted between Anakin and Tyranus in which Anakin killed Tyranus. Sidious then tricked and seduced Anakin into accepting the ways of the dark side and following him by promising to save Anakin's wife, Padmé Amidalla. Though still uncertain, Anakin reported the knowledge of Palpatine's true identity to Jedi Master Mace Windu. Windu and several other Jedi Council members confronted Sidious. During the battle, Sidious quickly killed all of the council members, save Windu, who was about to defeat Sidious when Anakin betrayed him. Sidious called the clones to follow Order 66 and they turned on their Jedi commanders. When all was said and done, only Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda were known to have survived the assault. Yoda and Sidious confronted each other in an epic battle in the Republic's Senate chamber. Yoda was unable to defeat Sidious and fled for his life. Later, Sidious would declare himself as Emperor Palpatine. See Palpatine, Emperor. (Played by Ian McDiarmid.) [AOTC, CW1, CW2, ROTS, SWTPM]
• Sidrona: The leader of the Old Republic Senate at the time of the Sith War some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [TSW]
• Sienar Fleet Systems: The company that manufactured the Empire's various TIE fighters and other craft. It was once Republic Sienar Systems. [SWSB]
• Sienn'rha: A young Twi'lek, she was stolen from her family by Bib Fortuna, instructed in the art of dance, and then presented as a gift to Jabba the Hutt along with Oola. In gratitude for being rescued and returned to her family by Luke Skywalker, she gave a spectacular performance for Rogue Squadron when they visited Ryloth. She offered Wedge Antilles a private dance, but he declined. [BW]
• Sileen: A Mistryl Shadow Guard, she was involved in the failed transport of the Hammertong device to the Empire. [TMEC]
• Silencer-7: One of the reborn cloned Emperor's Imperial World Devastators, it led the attack on Mon Calamari. It was 3,200 meters long, 1,500 meters tall, and had a crew of 25,000. The Emperor had a system built into the Devastators that allowed him to seize control of the ships. Luke Skywalker gave the control codes to R2-D2, and the droid shut down the ships during the Battle of Calamari so that New Republic forces could destroy them. [DE, DESB]
• Silver Egg: Smuggling kingpin Nandreeson's private ship, it was specially outfitted for an amphibian species' needs. [NR]
• Silver Speeder: The sleek racing landspeeder once owned by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. The speeder was loaded with nasty gadgets for eliminating opponents -- cutting lasers, magnetic harpoons, and a terrible chain-saw shredder. [DTV]
• Simoom: A great desert land on the far side of Endor's forest moon. It is inhabited by the Phlogs. [ETV]
• Sing, Aurra: Female bounty hunter with a long pony-tail. Force sensitive. Normally carries a large rifle and sometimes seen with a yellow lightsaber and sometimes with a red one. Once a promising if headstrong padawan, Sing now trades in dark professions: Pirate, assassin, and bounty hunter. She specializes in hunting down Jedi under the mistaken belief that they abandoned and betrayed her, and she brandishes the lightsabers of her victims as prized trophies. During the Clone Wars, her quest for Vengeance once took her to Bespin, where she met a young Boba Fett. She was trained by Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi for a while and possibly also by the Dark Woman. She also has a skull-implanted sensor for an unusual accessory. [DHSWC, SWTPM]
• Singing Mountain clan: A group of the Witches of Dathomir. Its members follow the light side of the Force. [CPL]
• Sinidic: An aide to Drom Guldi, baron administrator of the Kelrodo-Ai gelatin mines. Sinidic was a small, nervous man with wrinkled skin. He was with his boss on a big-game hunting expedition on Hoth when the entire party was killed by the creatures they were hunting -- wampa ice creatures. [DS]
• Sinn, Mirith: A New Republic commander. The day the Imperials killed her husband for refusing to provide them with supplies, she swore she would fight the Empire until she died. She led the Rebel cell on Phaeda and offered Kir Kanos sanctuary with her troops. She hoped to capture Carnor Jax before Kanos could kill him, but instead she watched as Kanos killed the Imperial warlord and her second in command. She vowed to hunt Kanos down and destroy him. Soon after, she infiltrated Grappa the Hutt's organization to find evidence that he was hijacking New Republic supply ships. Her mission was discovered and Grappa gave her to the Zanibar. She was taken to their homeworld as a sacrifice, but Kanos rescued her. She later returned the favor, then joined him in a raid on the Imperial Interim Ruling Council headquarters. She was attracted to the ex-guardsman and hoped to turn him from his vengeance quest. Only time will tell if she succeeded. [CE]
• Sirrakuk: A Wookiee, she is Chewbacca's niece and Lowbacca's younger sister. [YJK]
• Sith: An ancient people, they were conquered by powerful dark-side magic. Throughout their 100,000-year history, they came close to vanquishing the Jedi several times. Some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War, they battled the Jedi in a conflict known as the Sith War. They maintained an unbroken line of chief practitioners known as Dark Lords of the Sith. Since an internal conflict 2,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Sith were reduced to just two members -- a master and an apprentice. [DLS, TSW]
• Sith Holocron: The Dark Holocron, it contains the teachings and histories of the Sith Dark Lords. Only a Dark Lord of the Sith can access the information. [DLS, TSW]
• Sith Infiltrator: A Sith ship that streaks silently and invisibly through space to its destination. Hidden beneath the side panels and mounted on the wings are launchers that fire probe droids or missiles, depending on whether the craft's pilot is on a mission to seek or destroy the intended quarry. The wings flare open, greatly increasing the craft's speed and attack maneuverability. Darth Maul flies a Sith Infiltrator to the planet Tatooine during his quest to find Queen Amidala. [SWTPM]
• Sith Starfighter: A Galactic Empire ship created by Kuat Systems Engineering, model ETA-2, 5.47 meters long, with laser and ion cannons. Darth Vader flew one of these ships which were modeled after the newest Jedi Starfighter models used in the later part of the Clone Wars. The ship also required the use of a modified astromech droid -- typically an R4 unit. As the Hand of the new Emperor, Darth Vader had at his personal disposal a small fleet of identical black starfighters, formerly belonging to the Jedi Order he destroyed. As his reputation for ruthlessness spread across the galaxy, it was the shadowy silhouette of this starship for which the inhabitants of Rebel worlds began to scan their skies, rather than the threat of a fleet of Star Destroyers. The arrival of the Imperial fleet meant only danger, the arrival of one of these dark ships meant total destruction. [ROTS]
• Sith War: A great conflict that occurred some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War, it pitted Jedi Knights against Exar Kun's dark-side forces. It ended when Kun's spirit was trapped in the ruins of Yavin 4. [TSW]
• Sivrak, Lak: A hunter and scout for the Empire, he was a Shistavanen Wolfman who refused to reveal the location of a colony of Rebel sympathizers and was in turn targeted for elimination. He fled to Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine and eventually joined the Alliance. He died when his X-wing crashed onto the surface of Endor's forest moon during the battle against the second Death Star. [GG1, TMEC]
• Sivron, Tol: One of the members of a Twi'lek head clan that was sent into the desert to die, he killed the other members of his clan and went to work for Moff Tarkin. He was set up as chief scientist and director of the Maw Installation. [COF, JS]
• Skahtul: A Barabel, she led the bounty hunters who captured Luke Skywalker on the planet Kothlis. [SOTE]
• Skidder, Wurth: A Jedi, he is a stubborn and fun-loving pilot with a hotshot attitude. Leia Organa Solo believes SKidder is a hair trigger, a Jedi who only wants to add kill markers to the side of his X-wing. His intervention against the Osarians 21 years after the Battle of Endor cost the New Republic a year of diplomatic missions to repair the damage. [VP]
• skiff: A surface utility vehicle that uses repulsors to float and move about. A single driver operates a skiff, guiding it through the use of two directional steering vanes. [RJ, SWSB]
• skimmer: See landspeeder.
• Skipray blastboat: Assault gunships used by the Empire. The most-popular model was the Sienar Fleet Systems GAT series. Blastboats operate equally well in atmosphere and deep space. While it was designed for point missions and patrol assignments for the Imperial fleet, it never replaced the TIE fighter. Consequently, the blastboats were dumped on the open market and found their way into local defense fleets, smuggler camps, and mercenary forces. With hyperdrives and power-boosted armaments, blastboats are formidable ships. They are considered to be capital ships not because of their size, a mere 25 meters long, but because of the power rating of their weapons systems. Its weapons include three medium ion cannons, one twin laser cannon turret, one proton torpedo launcher, and one concussion missile launcher. [HE, HESB, ISB]
• skirtopanol: A truth serum used to interrogate prisoners. [RS]
• Skorr: A bounty hunter, he nearly captured Han Solo on the planet Ord Mantell shortly after the Battle of Yavin. He died in a final battle with Han Solo when he fatally shot himself during their struggle. [CSW]
• Skreej, Tamtel: The name Lando Calrissian assumed when he worked undercover in Jabba the Hutt's palace as part of the plan to free Han Solo. [TJP]
• Skritch: A gorm-worm, it was used to kill Jedi Andur Sunrider about 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [TOJ]
• Skyclaw: A ship used by the Mistryl Shadow Guards during the Hammertong mission. [TMEC]
• Skyhook: The code name used to identify the secret Alliance operation that sent the Tantive IV to retrieve the technical readouts of the original Death Star battle station. [SWR]
• skyhook: A space station in low orbit, tethered to a planetary surface. The tether is used to ferry supplies and passengers to and from the station via transport tubes. Skyhooks became a symbol of wealth and power in the skies over Imperial Center during Emperor Palpatine's reign. [SOTE]
• skyhopper: See T-16 skyhopper.
• Skynx: An insectoid scholar from the planet Ruuria, he accompanied Han Solo on the quest to find the lost treasures of the Queen of Ranroon. [HLL]
• Skywalker, Anakin: Son of a slave named Shmi Skywalker, Anakin would father Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and become a hero of the Clone Wars and one of its youngest warriors. When the Jedi Master known as Qui-Gon Jinn first encountered the young boy on Tatooine, Anakin demonstrated an unusually high level of flying and fighting talent due to his innate ability to tap the Force. Later, as a student of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin honed his use of the Force to near perfection, fighting alongside Kenobi and the rest of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. During the Clone Wars he was promoted to commander in the Grand Army of the Republic. Near the end of the Clone Wars, he was promoted (at Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's request) to the Jedi Council. Unfortunately and shortly after, the young Jedi Knight was lured to the dark side by Darth Sidious (also known as Palpatine) and transformed into the evil Darth Vader. As Vader, he was Emperor Palpatine's right hand and apprentice, committing many great evils (including hunting down and killing or converting the last of the Jedi). At the end of his life he reclaimed his original identity to save his son's life. He then became one with the Force. As the Rebels celebrated their victory over the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the spirit of Anakin Skywalker appears to his son, Luke. But instead of the ravaged Darth Vader he became, it is Anakin who appears, restored to the Jedi he once was. (Played by Jake Lloyd (as a child), Hayden Christensen (as a teenager, young adult, and as Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith, plus as the Force ghost of Anakin in the DVD edition of Return of the Jedi), David Prowse (as Darth Vader), James Earl Jones (as Vader's voice), and Sebastian Shaw (as the unmasked Vader and Force ghost of Anakin).) [AOTC, ESB, RJ, RJN, ROTS, SW, SWTPM]
• Skywalker, Luke: Raised on the backwater world Tatooine by Owen and Beru Lars, Luke Skywalker was in his late teens when he discovered he was the son of Anakin Skywalker, the man who became Darth Vader, that Princess Leia was his twin sister, and that a crazy old man named Ben Kenobi was really a Jedi Knight. Obi-Wan Kenbobi had taken Luke as an infant and given him to Owen and Beru Lars to raise. Kenobi was fearful that Luke's innate Force powers would be corrupted by the boy's father. But Luke passed through a mostly-uneventful childhood, working on his foster parents' moisture farm and becoming a skilled T-16 skyhopper pilot. He raced through the canyons and shot womp rats with good friends such as Biggs Darklighter. He hoped to enter the Academy with Biggs, but Owen kept asking him to stay "for just one more season." When Luke was 18, everything changed with the arrival of two droids -- R2-D2 and C-3P0. R2-D2 had come to Tatooine to locate Obi-Wan Kenobi and present him with an important message, a hologram of a beautiful princess from Alderaan who appeared to be in terrible trouble. Luke knew Obi-Wan as Old Ben, but at Ben's house Luke learned some astounding secrets -- that Obi-Wan and Luke's father had been Jedi Knights, and Luke's father had been betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader. Ben gave Luke his father's lightsaber and explained to him the basic concepts of the Force. This seemed all too much for Luke, and he was ready to abandon the old man and the princess to whatever trouble they were in. But when Luke returned home to find his aunt and uncle dead, murdered by Imperial stormtroopers, he vowed to become a Jedi Knight. With the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee, Luke, Obi-Wan, and the droids escaped from Tatooine and rescued Princess Leia from the Death Star, though Obi-Wan was killed by Darth Vader during the campaign. With the help of technical readouts that had been hidden within R2-D2, Luke Skywalker used the Force and fired the shot that destroyed the Death Star and ended the Battle of Yavin. Over the next three years, Luke became a prominent member of the Rebel Alliance. He achieved the rank of commander and took charge of the X-wing Rogue Squadron. He helped stave off an Imperial attack on Hoth long enough for the base personnel to escape, then followed a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi to the swamp planet Dagobah. There, he met a Jedi Master named Yoda. Luke learned much from the wizened old Yoda, but he cut his training short to help Leia and Han at Cloud City. This was the site of Luke's first confrontation with Darth Vader. He lost three things in this meeting: His right hand, lost to Vader's lightsaber; his own lightsaber, which had followed the severed hand into the bowels of Cloud City; and his innocence. For Vader told him that Kenobi lied. Vader had not killed Luke's father -- he was Luke's father. With the help of Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian, Luke barely escaped with his life. After being fitted for a prosthetic hand, Luke had to fend off assassination attempts by Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun criminal organization. Once Xixor was defeated, Luke traveled to Tatooine to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt. Jabba refused to hand over Solo and let them all go free, so Luke was forced to destroy the crimelord and his entire operation. He then returned to Dagobah to finish his training and discover the truth of Vader's words. He found a dying Yoda, who confirmed his worst fears. "Your father he is," Yoda explained. The Jedi Master told Luke his training was complete. All he had to do to become a full Jedi was to confront Vader a second time. Luke also learned, from Ben Kenobi's spirit form, that Leia was his sister. At Endor, Luke decided to meet Vader not in battle, but to free the good in his father and return him from the dark side. Even as the Emperor worked to corrupt Luke, Luke managed to reach the small spark of good buried deep within the armor of Vader. Anakin reemerged and sacrificed his own life to save Luke. Both Vader and the Emperor died aboard the second Death Star. Luke Skywalker went on to play a major role in forging the New Republic from the Rebel Alliance. He helped fight the Ssi-ruuk invaders at Bakura right after the Battle of Endor. Five years later, Luke was instrumental in putting a stop to Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to destroy the New Republic through the use of cloned warriors and the mad Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth. During this period, Luke withstood the threats of Mara Jade and eventually convinced her to join the New Republic and allow him to help her learn to use her Force abilities. One year later, Luke decided the best way to defeat the reborn Emperor and resolve the latest galactic conflict was by learning the Emperor's darkest secrets as his protégé. In the end, Luke was forced to fight a young close of the Emperor, filled with the undying evil of the ancient Palpatine. The Emperor defeated Luke in lightsaber combat, but Leia came to her brother's aid. Together they destroyed the clone. As time went on, Luke discovered others who were strong in the Force. He founded a new Jedi academy in the Great Temple of the Massassi on Yavin 4. This led to a confrontation with the spirit of an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith, Exar Kun, who killed one trainee and corrupted another before he was defeated by the combined powers of Luke's students. More than ever, Luke Skywalker dedicated himself to the ideals of the New Republic and the rebirth of the Jedi Knights. Fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker went to the Nirauan system to rescue Mara Jade. The two discovered a secret base on a planet in the system that turned out to be Grand Admiral Thrawn's hidden headquarters -- the Hand of Thrawn. While on the planet, Jade helped Skywalker come to a realization: The Force isn't just about power, it is also about guidance. The more Skywalker tapped into it for new power, the less he was able to hear its guidance over the noise of his own activity. It was all part of the lingering effects of his brush with the dark side. He also discovered the true feelings they shared for one another. Not only did they make a good team, they loved each other. Luke asked Mara to marry him, and she said yes. They planned to slowly turn the Jedi academy into a pre-Jedi school, from which students would graduate to train in personal one-on-one relationships with more experienced Jedi. Luke and Mara planned to travel around the New Republic with their more advanced students, teaching, mediating, and helping where they were needed. Six years later, Luke considered reestablishing the Jedi Council to help him collect the scattering of Jedi Knights and coordinate their activities. He is one of only a few Jedi with two apprentices -- he has continued instructing Jace and Anakin Solo in the ways of the Force. Later, he and Mara would have a son and name him Ben in honor of Luke's first Jedi Master. During his days as a Tatooine farmer, Luke knew water was a precious commodity. He helped his aunt and uncle earn their living by extracting water from the air to use or resell. Though, Luke was never happy with the life of a moisture farmer and dreamed of leaving home to attend the Imperial Space Academy and become a pilot. (Played by Mark Hamill.) [DE, DFR, ESB, HE, LC, RJ, SP, SW, VF, VP, etc.]
• Skywalker, Luuke: A clone of Luke Skywalker created from the cells taken from the hand Luke lost in his lightsaber duel with Darth Vader at Cloud City. The Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth, himself a clone, ordered the creation of Luuke from the Emperor's prized souvenir: Sample B-2332-54. He wanted a Jedi student of his own, and if it could not be the real Luke Skywalker, he would settle for the specialy-created clone. Using Luke's lost lightsaber, the one Obi-Wan Kenobi gave him back on Tatooine, which Luke lost along with his hand, the clone nearly destroyed the true Skywalker during their confrontation on Wayland. Mara Jade killed Luuke Skywalker during the fray, fulfilling the powerful last command thrust upon her years before by the dying Emperor. [LC]
• Skywalker, Mara Jade: Once the Emperor's Hand, an extension of the Emperor's will who would go anywhere in the galaxy to advance his evil, this beautiful woman with the dancer's figure, green eyes, and red-gold hair was consumed by deep hatred for Luke Skywalker and bounded by a blood oath to assassinate him. Ironically, she was destined to become one of the New Republic's ablest friends. Palpatine, learning of Darth Vader's invitation to Skywalker to join him in ruling the Empire, secretly ordered Jade to kill Skywalker. As "Arica," she went undercover in Jabba the Hutt's palace but was unable to complete her mission, and Skywalker went on to help destroy the Emperor. Nonetheless, she vowed to carry out the Emperor's last command. She possessed limited Force abilities that diminished after the Emperor's death. Captured and interrogated by Ysanne Isard, director of Imperial Intelligence, she eventually escaped. For a time she hid on Phorliss where she worked as a waitress and bouncer. When bar owner Gorb Drig was killed by enforcers for Dequc and the Black Nebula, Mara decided to fulfill an earlier mission and kill Dequc. She became an outcast, eventually ending up in the employ of smuggler Talon Karrde and rising to a post as his second in command. She and Karrde were drawn into the New Republic's battle with Grand Admiral Thrawn. When the mad Jedi clone Joruus C'baoth called Skywalker and Jade to his side, Jade killed Skywalker's clone, Luuke, and C'baoth himself, with help from Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo. Thus she freed herself from the Emperor's will. In the years that followed, Jade helped Karrde form the Smugglers' Alliance guild. She ran Karrde's operations for a time and even briefly attended Luke's Jedi academy. She left to go back to the guild and to challenge the threat posed by Imperial Admiral Daala. While undertaking daring missions with Han Solo and Land Calrissian, it seemed she had become romantically involved with Calrissian. This was just part of the scam, as the pair wer actually on a long-term mission for Talon Karrde. During the battle with the dark-sider Kueller, she and Karrde brought several Force-inhibiting ysalamiri to the planet Almania to help Luke and Leia defeat the dark-sider. Fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, she helped Luke Skywalker find the hidden base Hand of Thrawn. During that mission, Jade became a Jedi and the two settled their past differences, discovering they had true feelings for one another. Skywalker proposed marriage, and Jade accepted. Six years later, she had adopted the role of Jaina Solo's master, instructing her in the ways of the Jedi. She also contracted a mysterious disease secretly created by Nom Anor's genetically-manipulated spores. Though it weakened her, the disease did not stop Mara from fighting and defeating the Yuuzhan Vong warrior Yomin Carr. [DA, DFR, DFRSB, DS, HE, HESB, LC, MJ, NR, SP, SWCG, VF, VP]
• Skywalker, Shmi: A slave on Tatooine, owned by the merchant Watto, she was the mother of young Anakin Skywalker. When the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn was able to bargain for Anakin's freedom, he sought to do the same for Shmi, but did not succeed. [SWTPM]
• Slave I: A modified Firespray-class patrol and attack ship owned and operated by the feared bounty hunter Boba Fett during the Galactic Civil War. The ship is equipped with several hidden weapons systems, interior prisoner cages, and reinforced armor plating. The previous owner was Jango Fett, who Boba believed was his father. Actually, Boba was an unaltered clone of Jango Fett. Jango Fett used Slave I to battle Obi-Wan Kenobi in a Jedi Starfighter through an asteroid belt near the water world of Kamino. While Jango had Slave I, it had special sonic charges. [AOTC, DE2, DESB, ESB, MTS, SWSB]
• Slave II: When Boba Fett escaped from the Sarlacc and discovered his vessel had been impounded, he selected a Pursuer-class patrol ship used by the Mandalorian police. Slave II was severely damaged above the planet Byss when Fett tried to follow the Millennium Falcon and smashed into a planetary shield. He left the heavy patrol cruiser in dry dock and reclaimed his original Slave I. [DE, DESB]
• slave circuit: A mechanism that allows remote control of a starship, usually by a spaceport control tower to assist with landing, or by the ship's owner to remotely power up the ship. Fully-rigged slave circuits create totally-controlled vessels that require few crew members and sometimes only a single pilot. [DFR, HE, LC]
• slicer: A computer hacker. [DFR, HE, LC]
• Sliven: A Tusken Raider leader. His tribe raised the young Force-sensitive human named Tahiri. [JJK]
• Sluis sector: This region of space contains the planets Dagobah, Bpfassh, Praesitlyn, and Sluis Van. [HE, ISWU]
• Sluissi: A technologically-advanced species from the planet Sluis Van, its members appear as humanoids from the waist up, though their lower bodies end in a snakelike tail, They are renowned for their expertise with starships, and the Sluis Van shipyards are considered one of the best places to go for repairs or maintenance. A longtime member of the Republic, the Sluissi people readily joined the New Republic after the Battle of Endor. Nothing ever seems to excite or disturb a Sluissi, for they are even-tempered and very calm. They consider themselves to be mechanical artists, and they believe great art should not be rushed. [DFRSB]
• Sluis Van: The primary planet and central star system in the Sluis sector, it contains an extensive deep-space shipyard facility considered to be the best and largest in the area. The facilities consist of dozens upon dozens of orbit docks. Shuttles constantly travel from the docks to Sluis Van and back again, ferrying spacers throughout the shipyards and to the planet it orbits. Huge armored defense platforms protect the shipyards from pirate raids and smugglers, but larger forces require the intervention of the New Republic fleet. Grand Admiral Thrawn's first real strike against the New Republic occurred in the Sluis Van shipyards. In response to the Empire's attack on the Bpfassh system and its neighbors in the Sluis sector, the New Republic was forced to send combat starships to the area to help with relief efforts. As the ships gathered around Sluis Van, Thrawn and his armada arrived. The grand admiral hoped to capture the warships intact to crease the size of his fleet. The plan would have worked if not for the intervention of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Lando Calrissian. [HE, HESB]
• Smarteel: This planet was the home of Cabrool Nuum, a business associate of Jabba the Hutt. Jabba visited Nuum to sell him a captured freighter but wound up killing the crim boss, his son, and his daughter. [JAB]
• smokies: These crystals, sometimes called spooks, are illegally exported from Nam Chorios to the Loronar Corporation, The Force-sensitive crystals are used as receivers in synthdroids and Needle missiles. [POT]
• Smuggler's Run: This asteroid belt located near the planet Wrea serves as a hideout for hundreds of smugglers. Han Solo and Lando Calrissian spent time in Smuggler's Run early in their careers. [NR]
• Snit: See McCool, Droopy.
• Snitkin, Pote: A Nikto, he worked as a helmsman for Jabba the Hutt. He piloted one of Jabba's skiffs and was among those killed during Luke Skywalker's rescue of Han Solo and Princess Leia from the Hutt's vile clutches. [GG12, RJ]
• Snootles, Sy: The lead singer for Max Rebo's jizz-wailing band, she had long, spindly limbs and a mouth that protrudes on a snout from her face. She and the band performed for Jabba the Hutt's court just before the crimelord died. [GG5, RJ, TJP]
• Snoova: Perhaps the most vicious of the few Wookiees practicing the bounty hunter trade, he carries a death mark from his own people due to his tendency to use his climbing claws in combat. Snoova often takes on Imperial contracts and performs services for various underworld organizations. In addition to his legendary anger and bloodthirsty rage, the Wookiee is easily recognized due to the patches of black in his fur and the spacer's shirt flattop haircut. Chewbacca took on the identity of the infamous Wookiee bounty hunter to avoid arrest while in Imperial City as part of a plan to rescue Princess Leia Organa from Prince Xizor. [SESB, SOTE]
• snowspeeder: Incom T-47 airspeeders specially adapted to the hostile environment of the ice planet Hoth. These small, wedge-shaped airspeeders are heavily armored and highly maneuverable, redesigned to provide air protection to the Rebel base on Hoth. A forward-sitting pilot and rear-facing gunner crew each snowspeeder, employing two forward heavy laser cannons and a rear-mounted harpoon cannon. Utilizing avionics based on the Y-wing fighter, these 5.3-meter-long assault and patrol ships feature laser cannons as well as a harpoon and tow cable and are in service to the Rebel Alliance. Incredibly fast and maneuverable -- especially considering they are essentially civilian craft jury-rigged with combat modifications -- the Alliance T-47 airspeeder is nearly unmatched in aerial combat effectiveness within the three-dimensional constraints of atmospheric flight. Heavy armor supplements an already-rugged airframe; two elements especially important to Luke Skywalker, who took a solid hit from an AT-AT turbolaser and then plowed into the glacial permafrost at near top speed. Luke's snowspeeder was designated Rogue Leader. [ESB, ESBN, RSB, SWSB]
• snowtrooper: A specialized stormtrooper trained and equipped to operate in frozen conditions. [SWSB]
• snubfighter: See X-wing starfighter.
• Snunb, Captain Syub: The Sullustan commander of the New Republic escort frigate Antares Six. [DE]
• soldiers: They combine discipline with martial skills to become the best pure warriors in the galaxy. Soldiers can be stalwart defenders of those in need, cruel marauders, or brave adventurers. They can be hired guns, noble champions, or cold-hearted killers. They fight for glory, for honor, to right wrongs, to gain power, to acquire wealth, or simply for the thrill of battle. Many soldiers see adventures, raids on enemy strongholds, and dangerous missions as their jobs. Some want to defend those who can't defend themselves; others seek to use their muscle to carve their own place of importance in the galaxy. Whatever their initial motivation, most soldiers wind up living for the thrill of combat and the excitement of adventure. Adventuring soldiers call themselves guards, bodyguards, champions, enforcers, mercenaries, warriors, soldiers of fortune, or simply adventurers. Soldiers have the best all-around fighting abilities, and an individual soldier develops styles and techniques that set him apart from his peers. A given soldier might be especially capable with certain weapons, another trained to execute specific combat maneuvers. As soldiers gain experience, they get more opportunities to develop their fighting skills. Most soldiers come to the profession after receiving at least some amount of formal training from a military organization, local militia, or private army. Some attend formal academies; others are self-taught and well tested. A soldier may have taken up his weapon to escape a mundane life. Another may be following a proud family tradition. Soldiers in a particular unit share a certain camaraderie, but most have nothing in common except battle prowess and the desire to apply it to a given situation. Examples of soldiers: Admiral Ackbar, Corran Horn, Captain Panaka, Captain Typho, General Crix Madine, Kyle Katarn, Wedge Antilles, and Zam Wesell. Most combat in the galaxy uses blasters and other ranged weapons, therefore, a soldier should be well trained in them as well as the use of armor. Some specialize in armor and learn to maximize the benefits of wearing armor while reducing or eliminating some of its drawbacks. Others like to get "up close and personal" with their enemies and engage them in melee combat. Some use advanced combat tactics to take down enemies quickly, shield their comrades, adn endure whatever challenges are thrown their way. Many are highly trained at using specific weapons. [SWRPG3SE]
• Solo, Anakin: The youngest son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo. Like his mother, siblings, and uncle Luke Skywalker, Anakin is strong in the Force. He was born approximately six years after the Battle of Endor, during the events surrounding the rebirth of the Emperor. Anakin grew up on Coruscant with his older brother and sister, the twins Jacen and Jaina. Leia's assistant Winter, C-3P0, or Chewbacca watched over the children whenever the business of the New Republic called their parents away. Anakin has always been more intense and quieter than the twins. At the age of five he began to demonstrate a gift for mechanics when he took apart and reassembled computers. He started attending Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy when he was only 11 years old. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, when Anakin was 15, he became one of Luke Skywalker's two apprentices (the other is Jacen). During the Yuuzhon Vong attack on Dubrillion, Anakin served as the focal point for a complete mental joining that allowed him and his siblings, Jaina and Jacen, to act as one within the Force. This proved to be the key to defeating the extragalactic invaders in that battle. Later, he came up with the idea that also destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong's primary base on Helska 4. [CS, DE, DE2, JJK, SWCG, VP, YJK]
• Solo, Berethon: A Corellian, he introduced democracy to Corellia some 300 years before the Galactic Civil War. [PS]
• Solo, Dalla: A Corellian who was also known as Dalla Suul or Dalla the Black, he was an infamous murderer, kidnapper, and pirate. [PS]
• Solo, Han: Many tags can be applied to the Corellian-born Han Solo: Starship pilot, smuggler, pirate, Rebel hero, and "first husband" of the New Republic. Han grew up in the Corellian star system aboard Garris Shrike's Trader's Luck, where he was befriended by the Wookiee known as Dewlanna. Han enrolled in the Imperial Academy, graduated with honors, became a lieutenant, and was on his way to a brilliant career in the Imperial Navy when his conscience got in the way. He was disillusioned with the Empire's treatment of nonhumans, and when he witnesses an Imperial officer use a force whip on a Wookiee, Han decided to rescue the Wookie before he could be hurt or before he killed the officer. This earned Han a dishonorable discharge, a ban from piloting ships on Coruscant, and the lifelong gratitude of the Wookiee. After being discharged, Solo wandered the galaxy. He took on a number of unsavory jobs, and Chewbacca remained at his side -- even when Han tried repeatedly to get him to leave. A Wookiee's life debt is not something taken lightly, and Chewbacca stayed until Han finally accepted his presence. They became partners and then fast friends. Han participated in a high-stakes sbacc game on Cloud City, where he won a stock light freighter, the Millennium Falcon, from Lando Calrissian. He went on to modify the vessel, adding armor plating, hidden compartments, and more. Han became involved in the Galactic Civil War when he took on a simple transport job for two strangers in a cantina in Tatooine's Mos Eisley spaceport. Han needed to raise enough credits to repay a debt owed the crimelord Jabba the Hutt. For 17,000 credits, he agreed to ferry Ben Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and two droids to Alderaan in the Millennium Falcon. In the adventures that followed, Solo helped rescue Princess Leia Organa from the depths of the Death Star and then provided covering fire for Luke's shot that destroyed the huge battle station. He became one of the heroes of Yavin and spent the next three years helping the Alliance avoid the growing number of Imperial hunters searching for the Rebel leaders. Solo received more than enough credits from Princess Leia to pay off Jabba, but he and his longtime partner, Chewbacca, became embroiled in the Rebellion, and the debt to Jabba remained unpaid. When Solo finally decided the time was right to return to Tatooine, Jabba had already put a death mark on the Corellian's head. Bounty hunters from all over the galaxy were stalking Solo, his ship, and his Wookiee companion. On Ord Mantell, a pair of hunters came close to collecting the bounty, but Solo managed to evade them. As the finishing touches were being made to the new Rebel base on Hoth, Solo made ready to depart, but before he could get away, the Empire again caught up with the Rebels. One notorious hunter, Boba Fett, tracked Solo to Bespin and led the Empire right to him. Encasing Solo in carbonite, Darth Vader turned the frozen hero over to Boba Fett for delivery to Jabba. Solo's friends would not give him up so easily, however, and they launched a rescue mission that destroyed Jabba and his criminal organization, and Boba Fett was lost to the Sarlacc. On his return, Solo agreed to lead the Alliance strike team to Endor's forest moon as the prelude to the Battle of Endor. Solo possesses great skills as a pilot and sharpshooter. His reputation among other smugglers is almost as large as his own ego, and he loves to add his own boastful tales to those already in circulation. He is arrogant, extremely lucky, and graced with a sharp wit and biting sense of humor. A natural gambler, Solo is brave to a fault, impulsive, and willing to risk everything to win. Before Tatooine, Chewbacca and the Millennium Falcon were the only contants in his life, but he found he had gained a group to belong to, and a cause worthy of his talents. Luke Skywalker became the younger brother he never had. Princess Leia Organa became the love of his life, and their affection for each other grew over the course of their adventures. Lando Calrissian, h is old friend and business associate, returned to round out the group. During the six years following the Battle of Endor, Han Solo married Princess Leia and became the father of three children who are powerful in the Force -- the twins Jacen and Jaina, and Anakin. He continued to take on missions for the New Republic in the years beyond that time. He accepted the rank of commodore and remained at the center of the action as the New Republic grew and matured. More recent events, however, have challenged Solo's resolve -- perhaps more than anything he has experienced in his colorful career. Chewbacca was killed in the Yuuzhan Vong assault on Sernpidal, and his death left a void in Han's life. It remains to be seen how he weill deal with the loss. He is very stubborn, fiercely independent, and uncomfortable with authority. His weapon of choice is a heavy blaster pistol. (Played by Harrison Ford.) [CPL, DE, DFR, ESB, HE, HG, HLL, HSE, HSR, LC, NR, PS, RD, RJ, SW, SWSB, etc.]
• Solo, Jacen: The elder son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo, he is strong in the Force -- like his mother and uncle, Luke Skywalker. He and his twin sister Jaina were born approximately five yars after the Battle of Endor, during the events surrounding the return of the Empire's Grand Admiral Thrawn. He was raised in hiding, first on New Alderaan and then on the planet Anoth under the guidance of Leia's trusted aide Winter. When the twins were two, they were brought back to their parents to live on Coruscant and were cared for mostly be C-3P0 and Chewbacca. Jacen loves nature and has kept a variety of pets and plants. His Force powers manifested win strong communication abilities, particularly with other Jedi and animals. He became a student at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4 when he entered his teenage years. There, he became friends with Chewbacca's nephew, Lowbacca, and Tenel Ka, daughter of a Dathomir Witch and the prince of Hapes. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, when Jacen was 16 years old, he became one of Luke Skywalker's two apprentices. The other is Jacen's brother, Anakin, and the two have often found themselves strongly disagreeing on the role they envisioned for the Jedi. Jacen helped turn the tide of the Yuuzhon Vong extragalactic invasion, going so far as to infiltrate the enemy base on Helska 4, and rescue Danni Quee. [COF, DFR, HE, JS, NR, VP, YJK, etc.]
• Solo, Jaina: The daughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo, she is older than her twin brother Jacen by five minutes. Like her brother, she is strong in the Force. Jaina takes after her father and demonstrated a mechanical aptitude at an early age. By the time she was nine, she was helping her father repair the Millennium Falcon. Her impulsiveness, spirit, and self-confidence often get her into trouble -- much like her father. Jaina and her brother Jacen became students at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy when they entered their teenage years. Along with her brother and their friends, Lowbacca and Tenel Ka, Jaina participated in many adventures as she studied to become a Jedi Knight. When she was 16, she requested to become Mara Jade Skywalker's apprentice and was accepted by the older woman. She helped turn the tide of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, using her considerable piloting skills and Jedi powers to help defeat the first waves of the extragalactic menace. [COF, DFR, HE, JS, LC, NR, VP, YJK, etc.]
• Solo, Princess Leia Organa: While she believes she retains some memories of her natural mother, Leia Organa Solo was raised by viceroy and first chairman of the planet Alderaan, Bail Organa. She grew up to become a princess of Alderaan's Royal House, the youngest senator in galactic history, a Jedi Knight, chief of state of the New Republic, and a loving mother. Raised as Bail Organa's daughter, she only found out many years later she was in fact the twin sister of Luke Skywalker and the daughter of Darth Vader. In her days as an Imperial senator, she publicly fought for reforms and privately performed secret missions for the Rebel Alliance. On one such mission, she was sent to Tatooine to recruit Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Rebellion's cause and to deliver an important cargo. The Star Destroyer Devastator captured Leia and her ship, Tantive IV, but not before she stored the stolen technical plans for the Death Star battle station in R2-D2 and sent the droid in search of Kenobi. As a prisoner of Vader, Leia underwent terrible interrogation sessions as the Imperials sought to discover the location of the main Rebel base and the whereabouts of the stolen technical plans. She withstood every torture they used, and when Grand Moff Tarkin threatened to destroy Alderaan if she didn't reveal the base's location, she named an abandoned base, Dantooine. But Tarkin ordered the destruction of Alderaan anyway. Leia watched in horror as the Death Star destroyed her adopted planet. Shortly thereafter, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo rescued her from the battle station and ferried her -- and the technical plans -- to the real Rebel base on Yavin 4. Through Leia's efforts and the help of her new companions, the first Death Star was destroyed. But the victory included losses -- Obi-Wan Kenobi was killed while fighting Darth Vader. With Alderaan gone, Luke, Han, and Chewbacca became Leia's new family, and she threw herself into her work with the Alliance. During the three years that followed the Battle of Yavin, Leia grew to love her companions. The group had numerous adventures, becoming heroes and the source of inspiration for the struggling Alliance. When Han Solo was captured and turned over to bounty hunter Boba Fett, Leia was among the small team that went to rescue him. To facilitate the rescue attempt, Leia contacted Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun criminal organization, but Xizor proved more enemy than ally, and Leia and her companions had to battle and defeat him. Months later, she pretended to be the Ubese bounty hunter Boushh in order to infiltrate Jabba the Hutt's stronghold. Her identity was discovered, however, and Leia had to endure the humiliation of becoming Jabba's slave, for a time. But she paid back the crimelord, strangling him with the very chain that held her captive. Han was rescued and Jabba's organization was ruined. Leia and Han led the strike team that went to the forest moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator that protected the second Death Star. Her diplomatic skills helped her convince the native Ewoks to aid the Rebellion, thus speeding the end to the Galactic Civil War. During the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker revealed to Leia that she was his twin sister. The two had been separated at birth and placed in hiding by the decision of Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi with Senator Bail Organa to keep the infants safe from Vader and Emperor Palpatine. It was believed the twins, with their latent abilities in the Force, would be the last hope for the galaxy, provided they could be kept secret from the Emperor and Vader long enough to realize their potential. Leia became the Alliance's -- and then the New Republic's -- foremost ambassador. The day after the victory at Endor, she accompanied a force sent to the besieged planet Bakura. She became a member of the Provisional Council formed to establish a second Galactic Republic, and she served on the smaller Inner Council that ran the government on a day-to-day basis. Leia had to resolve her relationship with Han Solo when Prince Isolder of Hapes proposed marriage. She decided she truly loved Han, and the two were married. While pregnant with twins, she helped foil the plans of Grand Admiral Thrawn and convinced the Noghri to renounce the Empire and join the New Republic. Between the battles, she gave birth to Jacen and Jaina, both of whom proved strong in the Force. Shortly, thereafter, pregnant again, Leia faced the crisis of the cloned Emperor and Luke's slide toward the dark side. Leia and Luke were able to overcome the clone's dark-side powers, and they gained the Jedi Holocron in the process. Leia's third child was born, and she named him Anakin. When Luke left to start his Jedi academy, Leia agreed to become minister of state for the New Republic. Then, when Mon Mothma grew increasingly ill, she urged Leia to replace her as chief of state. Even after Mon Mothma was healed, Leia remained in place as leader of the New Republic, a position she held until she could no longer deal with the political infighting. Even after leaving office, though, Leia continued to act as one of the New Republic's most influential representatives, a position that led to her encounter the charismatic Yuuzhan Vong leader Nom Anor and continues to place her on the front lines of conflict. (Played by Carrie Fisher). [CPL, DE, DFR, ESB, HE, LC, RJ, SOTE, SW, TAB, etc.]
• Solusar, Kam: Apprenticed to his father, the great Jedi Master Ranik Solusar, Kam Solusar was a hard-edged man who fled the Empire after his father was slaughtered in Darth Vader's Jedi Purge. When Kam returned from his period of isolation, he was captured by dark-side Jedi and turned to the dark side of the Force. Luke Skywalker met Solusar on Nespis VIII and persuaded him to renounce the dark side. Solusar then joined Skywalker's Jedi students in defeating the spirit of Exar Kun. [DA, DE2, DS]
• Song of War: Prince Isolder's Hapan Battle Dragon spacecraft. [CPL]
• Sonniod: A former smuggler and bootlegger, he was an acquaintance of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee. When Solo last met up with the compact, gray-haired little man, Sonniod was running a legitimate holofeature loan service. [HSR]
• Sonsen, Jenica: The chief operations officer at Centerpoint Station, she was left in command after the chief executive ordered a complete evacuation. [SAC]
• Sookcool, Avaro: A Rodian, he was Lando Calrissian's contact in the Black Sun criminal organization. He manages the modest Flip of the Credit Casino in Equator City on the planet Rodia. The casino is a front for Black Sun. Sookcool coordinates most Black Sun operations on the planet. He reported directly to Vigo Clezo, but he also maintained direct ties to Prince Xizor. Sookcool, the uncle of the late bounty hunter Greedo, agreed to set up a meeting between Princess Leia and Black Sun -- despite the fact it was Han Solo who put an end to his nephew. [SESB, SOTE]
• Sorannan, Major Sil: A former officer in the Imperial Black Sword Command, he betrayed Nil Spaar and the Yevethan fleet, helping the New Republic emerge victorious. [TT]
• SoroSuub: The Sullustan manufacturing company, one of the largest non-Human-owned interstellar corporations in the galaxy. The company is so powerful that it became the official government of Sullust. More than half of the planet's population is on its payroll. [SWRPG3SE]
• Soul Tree: Special trees planted at the time an Ewok baby is born. Ewoks feel a great kinship toward their individual Soul Tree. They care for it throughout their lives. When an Ewok dies, a hood is tied around the trunk of his or her Soul Tree to signify the sad event. [ETV]
• Sovereign: A Star Destroyer in Warlord Zsinj's fleet. [CPL]
• Sovereign Protectors: See Imperial Sovereign Protectors.
• Spaar, Nil: A tall, slender humanoid with a mandrill-like face and concealed claws on each wrist, he was a bigoted Yevethan and the viceroy of the Duskhan League. He pretended to engage in diplomatic relations with Chief of State Leia Organa Solo, but all the while he planned to declare war on the New Republic. Xenophobic, he began the Yevethan purge to wipe out alien "vermin" and secure new places to start Yevethan colonies. He destroyed the Koornacht Cluster settlements of New Brigia and Polneye, slaughtering their inhabitants. Spaar attacked New Republic forces when they attempted to blockade the Yevethan staging area of Doornik-319. Spaar kidnapped Han Solo when he arrrived to take command of the New Republic Fifth Fleet and almost killed him. After the Yevethan defeat at the Battle of N'zoth, Spaar was killed by former members of the Black Sword Command. They sabotaged his ships and helped the New Republic's fleet defeat the Yevethan forces. [BTS, SOL, TT]
• Spaarti cloning cylinder: A device used to grow human clones, it was a remnant of the terrible Clone Wars. Clones grown in less than a year's time usually suffered from clone madness. The Emperor kept a large number of Spaarti cloning cylinders hidden in his private storehouses scattered around the galaxy. Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered one storehouse on the planet Wayland, and he used the cylinders to grow clone soldiers and crews to fill his forces. By using the ysalamiri to form bubbles devoid of the Force around the Spaarti cylinders, Thrawn was able to grow perfect clones in as little as 20 days. [DFR, HE, LC]
• "Spaaze.": "Space" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Spaaze zoomer.": "Spacecraft" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Spaaze forme.": "Space station" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• "Spaaze gomix.": "Spacesuit" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• space barge: A heavy-duty short-range vessel with a powerful engine and large cargo bays. Space barges move goods quickly and efficiently among larger hyperdrive-equipped cargo ships, orbiting storage holds, and planetary spaceports. They are also used to unload massive container ships that cannot make planetary landings. [SWSB]
• spacer: Someone who makes a living by traveling the space lanes. [SWN]
• Spacers' Garage: A huge starship repair facility on Nar Shaddaa, owned and operated by Shug Ninx, an old friend of Han Solo. [DE]
• space slug: A colossal wormlike creature that lives within asteroids. Its metabolism allows it to survive in airless vacuums and subsist on minerals. This strange creature grows to lengths as great as 900 meters. Like mynocks, space slugs are silicon-based lifeforms. They prey upon mynocks, as well as anything else moving around asteroids. Space slug flesh has a number of commercial uses, and some spacers make a living hunting these creatures. They reproduce through fission, splitting into two separate creatures. [ESB, ISWU, SWSB]
• Space Station Kwenn: Considered to be the last fuel and supply stop before entering the Outer Rim Territories, the citylike station features everything the weary spacer might need after a long voyage. The station was built atop an extensive docking platform consisting of scores of modular space docks and docking bays. Still farther below the station is the massive dry-dock gridwork, used for parking, overhauling, refitting, or otherwise repairing capital-class starships. Jabba the Hutt acquired Salacious Crumb at the station's Royal K. Casino. [SF, TM]
• Space Station Scardia: The cube-shaped headquarters for the Prophets of the Dark Side. [LCJ, PDS]
• Spacetrooper: An Imperial stormtrooper in zero-gravity armor. The ability of spacetroopers to operate exclusively in space made them a valuable asset to the warlord, Grand Admiral Thrawn five years after the Battle of Endor. These heavily-armed stormtroopers wear full-bdy armor and have equipment that enables them to function as personal space-capable assault vehicles. [HE]
• spacing: A form of execution that consists of casting the victim into space without any protective gear. [HLL]
• speeder: See airspeeder; landspeeder; snowspeeder.
• speeder bike: A small, one-person repulsor land vehicle. Speeder bikes move at incredible rates of speed, making them perfect for use as scout and reconnaissance craft. Four directional steering vanes extend from the front of a speeder bike on twin outriggers, providing a high degree of maneuverability. The pilot directs the bike with elevation and maneuver controls located in the handgrips. Two rocker-pivoted foot pads regulate speed, while controls at the forward end of the saddle handle parking, weaponry, communications, and energy recharging. Military speeder bikes, like those used by the Empire's scout troopers, have armor plating and are armed with blaster cannons. [ISB, RJ, SWSB, SWVG]
• speeder transport: Large shuttlecraft used by the New Republic to move V-wing airspeeders from capital ships to launch points in a planet's atmosphere. [DE]
• Spero: Once the chief gardener of the Royal House of Alderaan and a friend of Princess Leia Organa, this ancient Ho'Din supplied her with information about Black Sun and Prince Xizor. Spero owned a plant shop in the Southern Underground section of Imperial Center. He earned the title of master gardener for developing a strain of yellow fungus used throughout the galaxy as a decoration and to convert noxious fumes into oxygen. [SESB, SOTE]
• spice: Any of a variety of drugs, in particular the glitterstim spice mined on the planet Kessel. It is a highly-taxed and controlled substance, and a popular commodity for smugglers. Spice has a number of legitimate applications, but it is also dangerous and highly addictive. [JS, SW, SWSB, TBH]
• Spicy Lady: This distinctive ship is a cross between a stock light freighter and an A-wing fighter. It was owned by the smuggler Jarril. Lando Calrissian found Jarril murdered aboard the drifting vessel. [NR]
• Spince, Mako: A grizzled Corellian smuggler about 10 years older than Han Solo. He met Han at the Imperial Academy at Carida. The son of an Imperial senator, Spince just wanted to have fun at the Academy. He was expelled after accidentally blowing up Carida's moon when a prank got out of hand. He prospered for a while as a smuggler, but eventually settled down as a traffic controller at the spaceport moon Nar Shaddaa. [DE, HG]
• Spirit Tree: Considered to be the original tree of the forest on Endor's forest moon. The Ewoks believe all life started with this tree, and that all life must eventually return to it. [ETV]
• Spore: A gene-splicing sentient creation of the Ithorians, it was made from vesuvague and bafforr trees. The creature turned evil, and the Ithorians buried it in an asteroid belt. It was able to possess bodies and send out tentacles from a possessed body to take control of even more. It was stopped when the Star Destroyer carrying it was exposed to vacuum by space slugs. [GF]
• Sprax: A Nalroni Vigo, he controlled a number of criminal businesses dealing with galactic trade for the Black Sun organization. His shipping network stretched from the Outer Rim Territories to the Core Worlds and consisted of loosely-connected bands of smugglers, black-market dealers, and shipjackers. During the time of the Galactic Civil War, Sprax made a small fortune trading in weapons, medical supplies, and much-needed spare parts, often favoring Alliance over the Empire -- on Prince Xizor's orders. [SESB, SOTE]
• Spray of Tynna: The name used by a short, bipedal skip tracer employed by Interstellar Collections Ltd. A member of a species of intelligent sea otters, Spray was actually Odumin, a powerful and influential territorial sector manager for the Corporate Sector Authority. [HSR]
• Spuma: This planet is where New Republic Intelligence first noticed increased trooper recruitment by Imperial warlord Grand Admiral Harrsk's fleet about eight years after the Battle of Endor. [COJ]
• Squab: The star orbited by Skor II, home planet of the Squibs. [GG4]
• Squeak: A Tin-Tin Dwarf, he worked for Big Bunji as a messenger and gofer. [HSE]
• Squib: Small, furry bipeds with tufted ears, large eyes, short muzzles, and black noses. Their fur ranges in color from deep red to brilliant blue. From the world of Skor II, these fearless nomads roam the galaxy in reclamation ships, using tractor beams to salvage junk --which they consider treasure. The Squibs have an intense rivalry with the Ugors, as both try to claim salvage before the other. Squibs are overconfident and curious, sometimes even overbearing and uppity. They love to haggle, a practice they have turned into an art form. The more complicated and convoluted a deal a Squib can strike, the better they like it. [GG4, SH]
• Squid Head: See Quarren.
• Ssi-ruuk: A species of warm-blooded saurians from beyond the Empire's borders. Adult Ssi-ruuk average about 2 meters tall. Huge, muscular tails extend from their massive bodies, and short, well-muscled upper limbs end in three-clawed, prehensile digits that allow them to make use of tools and weapons. Their beaked muzzles contain knife-sharp teeth. The patterns and colors of scales differ greatly from individual to individual, though one color often dominates a single Ssi-ruuk's body. The Ssi-ruuk wear no clothing -- they find the concept amusing -- but do wear pouches and belts to carry necessary equipment. Their language consists of a complex series of honks, whistles, and musical notes. The Bakurans call the saurians Fluties because of the musical sounds they emit. A rigid code of honor helped shape Ssi-ruuk society. An ancient pictograph known as the G'nnoch described the Ssi-ruuk's place in the universe. It streesed they were superior to all other beings. Others were considered little better than cattle: Useful, but not equal to the Ssi-ruuk. Even among the Ssi-ruuk, not all are created equal. A caste system determines the status of each Ssi-ruuk clan. Those with sapphire-blue scales are of the highest caste, holding the most positions on the Elders' Council. Gold-scaled Ssi-ruuk make up the religious caste. The emerald-green scales deonte the lowest caste in Ssi-ruuk society -- the lowest level to still possess any measure of honor and prestige. Dark-brown Ssi-ruuk are considred soiled and are thus shunned, while the rare black-scaled saurians are trained as assassins and bodyguards for the Ssi-ruuk leaders. As resources dwindled on the Ssi-ruuk homeworld Lwhekk, the saurians developed a process called entechment to tap the life energy of the P'w'eck as a power source. The P'w'eck, another saurian species that also developed on Lwhekk, were dominated by the Ssi-ruuk and turned into "energy slaves." Some years before the Battle of Endor, the Ssi-ruuk began an expansionist policy and eventually reached the limits of Imperial space. Emperor Palpatine made contact with the Ssi-ruuk during a Force meditation exercise. He craved their entechment technology and was willing to sacrifice his subjects to possess it. So when the Ssi-ruuk began to raid human settlements for energy slaves, the Emperor blamed the raids on the Rebels. As the Battle of Endor drew to a close, the Ssi-ruuk attacked the Empire-controlled world Bakura. The Imperial forces stationed in the region were able to repel the invaders' initial assualt, but they knew they could not hold off the aliens forever. A distress call was sent out, and the Alliance decided to send help. The Alliance task force, under the command of Luke Skywalker, established a truce with the Imperial representatives and eventually helped defeat the invaders. [TAB, TBSB]
• ST 321: The comm-unit designation for Darth Vader's personal Lambda-class shuttle. [RJ]
• Stalwart: This New Republic cruiser was part of the Fifth Fleet that blockaded Doornik-319. [SOL]
• Standard Time Part: The basic unit used to measure time throughout the Empire. [SWN]
• stang: An Alderaanian expletive. [SME]
• Stanz, Captain: A Bothan, he owned and operated the freighter Freebird. [BTS]
• star cruiser: A class of capital ship. [ESB, RJ, SW]
• Star Destroyer: This colossal, wedge-shaped capital starship was the core of the Imperial Navy. There are four classes of Star Destroyers from the Galactic Civil War: The earlier Victory-class, the versatile Imperial-class, the Super-class, and the Eclipse-class. The Imperial-class Star Destroyer is 1.6 kilometers long and bristles with offensive weaponry. Turbolasers and ion cannon batteries create wide-ranging fields of fire around the wedge, and a full wing of 72 TIE starfighters are carried within its docking bays. Defensive shield generators, tractor beam projectors, and sophisticated sensor arrays are standard, and they carry drop ships, landing barges, shuttles, repair vessels, deep-space probes, an assortment of specialized droids, field artillery weapons, walkers, ground assault vehicles, modular building units, soldiers, and Imperial stormtroopers. Lira Wessex, daughter of famed engineer Walex Blissex, was the designer of the Imperial model. The Super-class Star Destroyer is 8 kilometers long and is primarily used as a command ship, guiding fleets and serving as headquarters from which to conduct planetary assaults and space battles. The more powerful Eclipse-clas Star Destroyer was built to serve as the reborn Emperor's flagship six years after the Battle of Endor. This solid-black model is 16 kilometers long and covered with weapons and defenses. The Empire built more than 25,000 Star Destroyers. Half of them were kept in reserve in the Galactic Core to protect key military and industrial sites, though they could be deployed anywhere at short notice. [DE, DESB, ISB, SWN, SWSB, SWVG]
• Starflare, Wynssa: A holodrama star on Imperial Center, her true name was Syal Antilles, sister to Rogue Squadron member Wedge Antilles. She met and fell in love with Soontir Fel, and the two were married. When she disappeared, Fel joined the New Republic in a belief that Rogue Squadron could help him find her. [XW]
• Star Galleon: A 300-meter-long Imperial vessel designed to combine the cargo space of a bulk freighter with the armament of a combat starship. The interior hampers boarding parties, with fortress-like emplacements in the corridors, 300 troopers, force fields, and heavy blast doors, and it takes a much-larger force to physically take over the ship. The cargo hold pod, located in the very center of the ship, has an added level of protection. It can be jettisoned from the vessel, its computers automatically activating a small hyperdrive to send it to a prearranged lightspeed jump. [DFRSB, ISB]
• Star Home: A unique transport vessel designed more than 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War for the queen mother of the Hapes Cluster. It was a duplicate of the queen mother's castle on the planet Hapes. This spaceworthy vessel featured towers capped crystal domes that looked out into space, and great gardens filled the upper courtyard levels. [CPL, SWVG]
• Starlight Intruder: A hot-rod transport built for smuggling runs by Salla Zend and equipped with a hyperdrive and immense cargo holds. [DE, DESB, SWVG]
• Star Runner: A star cruiser owned and operated by Kea Moll. [DTV]
• Starry Ice: This freighter owned by Talon Karrde was used to carry weapons and munitions for Rogue Squadron to a rendezvous point at the Graveyard of Alderaan. [BW]
• Star Saber: An experimental attack vessel built 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. It was equipped with wing cannons. [DLS]
• Stars' End: A secret Corporate Sector Authority penal colony on the planet Mytus VII. Its name refers to the location of the Mytus star system, which sits at the end of a faint wisp of stars at the edge of Corporate Sector space. [HSE]
• Star Skiff: Though the characteristic chrome spacecraft of Naboo were typically reserved only for the elected royalty of the planet, Senator Padmé Amidala was so revered by her people that she was loaned this elegant vehicle for her personal use during her time on Coruscant. Though the craft was relatively small, it was spacious enough for two or three people, and Amidala rarely traveled with a larger entourage. When she flew to Mustafar in a last-ditch effort to bring Anakin back from the brink of the dark side of the Force, she thought she travelled alone but for her loyal droid C-3P0. This ship was manufactured by Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering, was equipped with laser cannons, was 29.2 meters long, was affiliated with the Republic, had special Jedi-sized storage compartments, and was a personal spaceship type. [ROTS]
• Starstorm I: The starship that Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kum used to escape with ancient scrolls given to him by the spirit of Freedon Nadd some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DLS, TOJ, TSW]
• Startide: A Mon Calamari battle cruiser. [DA]
• Steadfast: A New Republic vessel commanded by Capatain Oolas. It surveyed the wreckage of the Imperial Star Destroyer Gnisnal. [BTS]
• Stenness Node: A group of three star systems containing seven mining worlds. They were discovered 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. Twenty-five humanoid species collectiely referred to as Nessies inhabit the region. At the time of the Sith War, the node was controlled by Great Bogga the Hutt. Mageye the Hutt controlled the area during the Galactic Civil War until he was killed by the bounty hunter Zardra. [DE, TMEC, TOJ]
• stim-shot: A major component of a medpac, it is a stimulant administered by a pneumatic dispenser. [ESBR]
• Stinger: This modified Surronian asault ship was a sleek craft given to Guri by her master, Prince Xizor. The vessel featured powerful engines and impressive weapon emplacements both fore and amidships. [SESB, SOTE, SWVG]
• stock light freighter: This Corellian-built vessel is among the most common small trading ships operating in the known galaxy. At one time, this class of ship was the backbone of intergalactic trade, but many companies turned to larger bulk freighters and container ships to move their wares. While these vessels come in a variety of shapes and sizes, all are built around the basic design of a command pod, storage holds, and engines. The Millennium Falcon is a modified stock light freighter, a model YT-1300 Corellian transport. [SWSB]
• Stokkli spray stick: This long-rage stun weapon was developed by the Stokhli species of the planet Manress. It releases a fine, electrically-charged mist up to 200 meters from the nozzle atop the stick. Originally developed as a tool for hunters, Stokhli spray sticks gained popularity as both defensive and offensive personal weapons. [HE, HESB]
• Stone Needle: A rocky spire in Beggar's Canyon on Tatooine. It has an oval hole near the top and serves as an obstacle during speeder and swoop races. [SWR, TJP]
• Stonn, Li: A named used by Luke Skywalker during his travels on Teyr and Atzerri. [SOL]
• Stopa, Kroddok: An Obroan Institute archaeologist, he headed up the expedition to Qella to recover biological samples. He was killed in an avalanche on Maltha Obex. [SOL]
• Storm: The personal starfighter of Prince Isolder of Hapes. It was just more than 7 meters long. [CPL, SWVG]
• stormtrooper: A member of the Imperial elite shock troops totally loyal to the Emperor. Stormtroopers wore white-and-black armored spacesuits over black body gloves. These suits were the next evolutionary step in personal armor modeled after the clone troopers from the Clone Wars. The armored spacesuits provided limited protection against blaster fire. The 18 pieces that made up the outer shell created an enclosed, self-sustaining environment. Stormtroopers deployed to neutralize resistance to the New Order rode aboard Imperial vessels to serve as first-strike forces and to make sure lower officers remained loyal to the Emperor. Stormtroopers could not be bribed, seduced, or blackmailed into betraying their Emperor. They lived in a totally-disciplined, totally-militaristic world where obedience was paramount and the wall of the Emperor was absolute. In addition to the main stormtrooper legions, a number of special units were assembled to operate on the varied worlds of the Empire. To deal with problems on ice-covered worlds, cold assault troopers, or snowtroopers, were equipped with terrain-grip boots and breath masks. Second only to the Royal Guard, the elite zero-g s