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• 212th Attack Battalion: Clone Trooper forces led by Commander Cody during the Clone Wars. This battalion included the Parjai Squad, 2nd Airborne Company which descended on the droid armies at Utapau to decimate the Seperatist droid army and end the Clone Wars. [ROTS]
• 2-1B (TOO-ONEBEE): This medical droid in service to the Rebel Alliance was a skilled surgeon and field medic. The droid treated Luke Skywalker twice during the time of the Battle of Hoth, including performing an operation to replace Luke's severed hand with a mechanical replacement. [ESB]
• T-12: A service droid in a Jedi outpost on the planet Ossus some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. It packed Sith artifacts for shipment to the Jedi archives. [DLS]
• T-16 skyhopper: This high-speed pleasure craft has a distinctive tri-wing design that makes it amazingly maneuverable. Luke Skywalker owned a T-16 and often raced his friends through Beggar's Canyon on Tatooine. [SWN, SWSB, SWVG]
• T-47: See snowspeeder.
• Ta'a Chume, Queen Mother: Ruler of the 63 worlds of the Hapes Cluster. Her beauty matches her ruthlessness. She lacked a female heir and her first son seemed so weak she secretly had him assassinated. She demanded that her second son, Prince Isolder, take a superior wife to continue the Hapes dynasty. She murdered his first choice, then tried to have his second choice, Princess Leia Organa, killed as well. She eventually accepted Isolder's choice of Teneniel Djo of Dathomir. Years later, Ta'a Chume tried to stop her granddaughter, Tenel Ka, from enrolling in Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy. Despite Ta'a Chume's opinions, Tenel Ka and other young Jedi Knights saved the queen mother from Bartokk assassins. [CPL, YJK]
• Taa, Orn Free: A Twi'lek bureaucrat during the Clone Wars. [AotC]
• Taanab: This agrarian planet was the site of a small but significant battle against space pirates that earned gambler Lando Calrissian a reputation as a good military strategist. Pirates bothered the peaceful farmers of Taanab for millennia. Before Calrissian joined the Rebellion against the Empire or served as baron administrator of Cloud City, he was at Taanab's Pandath spaceport. Pirates from the planet Norulac seasonally raided Tannab for spoils. Lando Calrissian was refueling his ship when a Norulackian raid took place. Lando decided to aid the Taanabians because the pirates had damaged his ship, because they were taking advantage of defenseless farmers, but most because someone bet him he couldn't beat the Norulackians. With superior tactics, amazing flying, the help of the farmers, and a lot of luck, Lando managed to destroy the attacking space pirates and foil the raid. [DLS, RJ, RJN]
• "Tacker.": "Fighter" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• T'doshok: See Trandsoshans. [SWRPG3SE]
• Tafanda Bay: An Ithorian herd ship. It floats above the jungles of Ithor and is commanded by Momaw Nadon. [DA, GA, MTS, SWSB, SWVG, TMEC]
• Taggar, Lieutenant Rone: A member of the New Republic's 21st Recon Group, he piloted the recon-X fighter Jennie Lee. He revealed the size of the Yevethan fleet and then committed suicide as he was about to be taken captive by Yevethan forces. [SOL]
• Tagge, General: One of the senior Imperial officers serving under Grand Moff Tarkin on the original Death Star battle station. [SW]
• Tahiri: A Force-sensitive human, she was orphaned and raised by a tribe of Tusken Raiders on Tatooine. She was found by Jedi Tionne and brought to Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4. There, she became fast friends with young Anakin Solo, who saved her from drowning in a river -- just as she foresaw in a prophetic dream. [JJK]
• Taisden: A New Republic Intelligence officer, he accompanied Colonel Pakkpekatt on his private mission to rescue Lando Calrissian from the Teljkon vagabond. [SOL]
• Talasea: This planet located in the Morobe system was used as a staging area for Rogue Squadron's assault on Coruscant about three years after the Battle of Endor. [RS]
• Tal'dira: A giant Twi'lek warrior, he challenged Wedge Antilles to a vibroblade duel during Rogue Squadron's visit to Ryloth. He offered his squadron of Chir'daki fighters to help the Republic during the Bacta War and later accepted a position in Rogue Squadron. [BW]
• Tallon, Adar: A brilliant naval commander and military stategist of the Republic. Many of the space combat tactics he developed were still in use by both the Empire and the Alliance during the time of the Galactic Civil War. When the Republic gave way to the Empire, Tallon faked his own death and settled on Tatooine to hide. A group of Rebel agents found Tallon and convinced him to join the Alliance. [TM]
• Talsava: Akanah Norand Pell's real mother, she abandoned her 15-year-old child on Carratos. [SOL]
• Talus: One of five habitable planets in the Corellian system. It is the same size as its sister planet Tralus. [AC, AS, SAC]
• Talz: A large, strong species from Alzoc III, these white-furred beings stand about 2 meters tall and have four eyes. While they appear fierce, they have gentle personalities. [GG4]
• Tamban: This planet was once home to Emperor Preedu III. [BTS]
• Tampion: This New Republic shuttle was carrying Han Solo to his new command of the Fifth Fleet when it was captured by Yevethan forces. [TT]
• tank droid: This advanced Imperial combat droid (Arakyd XR-85), or sentient tank, combines the properties of an armored vehicle weapon with the intelligence and programming of a droid. These weapons played a significant role in the Imperial invasion to reclaim Imperial City that occurred six years after the Battle of Endor. [DE, DESB, SWVG]
• Tannath: A member of the Singing Mountain clan of the Witches of Dathomir. [CPL]
• Tantive IV: Princess Leia Organa's consular ship. It was owned by the Royal House of Alderaan and was used for Imperial Senate business, as well as covert Rebel Alliance activities. It was captured in the Tatooine star system after intercepting the technical plans for the original Death Star battle station. During the Clone Wars, the ship was owned and used by Leia's adopted father, Senator Bail Organa. Aboard it, Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, along with Bail, made their plans for the future of the twins, the galaxy, and the Jedi Order. An Alderaan cruiser made by the Corellian Engineering Corporation and used by both Bail Organa and Princess Leia Organa when serving the Galactic Senate and the Rebel Alliance. The Tantive IV has features like a blockade runner with powerful engines able to race past customs vehicles. STARSHIPS REPUBLIC REBELLION ALDERAAN CORELLIAN_ENGINEERING_CORP [ROTS, SWN, SWR]
• Targeter: Code name for Princess Leia Organa's top aide and friend Winter during her time of service with Alliance Procurement and Supply. Her mission profile was to enter Imperial installations, use her perfect memory to gather intelligence and create detailed maps, then pass the information along to Rebel agents so they could procure supplies for the Rebellion from Imperial stockpiles. [DFRSB, LC]
• targeting computer: A sophisticated device that acquires hostile targets for a ship's weapons systems. By calculating trajectories and attack and intercept courses, targeting computers help pilots and gunners track and fire at fast-moving enemy ships. [SWN]
• target remote: See remote.
• Tarkin, Grand Moff: The Imperial governor charged with overseeing a large section of the Outer Rim Territories. As one of the Emperor's most loyal administrators, Tarkin oversaw the construction of the first Death Star battle station. His concepts led to the Empire's doctrine of rule by fear and helped the Emperor disband the Imperial Senate. He was as ruthless as he was evil, and as the young governor of the Seswenna sector he fully supported Senator Palpatine's takeover of the Republic. He became the first grand moff. Although married, he took Daala as his mistress and put her in charge of the top secret weapons development project, the Maw Installation. He named her the first female admiral in the Imperial navy, and she helped oversee the construction of the Death Star. He took command of the Death Star on its maiden voyage, personally giving the order to destroy Alderaan when the captured Princess Leia refused to cooperate. He died in the Battle of Yavin after refusing the evacuate the Death Star prior to its destruction by Rebel forces. (Played by Peter Cushing). He was in charge of building the Death Star. The battle station fits perfectly into Tarkin’s philosophy of ”ruling through fear.” Tarkin believes that quelling rebellions and dissent through cold-blooded means and creating powerful fear throughout the galaxy will give the Empire strength. CHARACTERS EMPIRE HUMANS [COF, DSTC, GG1, SW, SWCG]
• Tarlen, Bentu Pall: Chief of the Imperial Center Construction Contracts Division, the ministry responsible for planning public works, military facilities, and other Imperial building projects on Coruscant. Tarlen used his position to help the Black Sun crime syndicate by providing information about competing contract bids to three of the syndicate's fronts: Core Construction, Durasteel Corporation, and Hightower Conglomerate. In addition to leaking bidding information, Tarlen supplements his income by passing along secret military and government construction plans and by allowing Black Sun to install surveillance devices during the construction process. [SESB, SOTE]
• Tarrik: One of Bail Organa's most trusted aides on the planet Alderaan, he later became an aide to Princess Leia. [SOL, SWR]
• Tascil, Moff Boren: The governor of Cilpar, he earned his post as reward for leading a TIE-fighter wing at the Battle of Derra IV. He was negotiating to turn his world over to the Alliance when word of the Emperor's death reached him and the Emperor's grand vizier, Sate Pestage, contacted him. Seeing more opportunity in the collapsing Empire, he threw in with Pestage. [XW]
• Taselda: Dirty and unkempt, she was rumored to be a Jedi living in the Ruby Gulch on Nam Chorios. Long ago, she competed with Beldorian the Hutt to rule the city Hweg Shul. Luke Skywalker revealed this insane woman to be a fraud, though she did manage to capture Callista for a brief period. [POT]
• Tatoo I, Tatoo II: The twin suns of the Tatooine system. They are binary stars. [SWN]
• Tatooine: This harsh desert planet in the Outer Rim was the childhood home of both Anakin Skywalker and later his son Luke Skywalker. The surface is littered with ancient starship wrecks, most half-buried by the fierce sandstorms that rage across the planet. Jawas and Tusken Raiders are native to Tatooine, and many life-forms live in the deserts, including banthas, dewbacks, womp rats, krayt dragons, rontos, and the terrible Sarlacc. Moisture-farm colonists have settled parts of the planet, though they struggle with both the Tusken Raiders and the elements in order to survive. Points of interest near where Luke grew up include the Dune Sea, the Jundland Wastes, Anchorhead, Motesta, Tosche Station, Bestine, Beggar's Canyon, and the Mos Eisley spaceport. The spaceport attracts all kinds of scum and villainy, from smugglers to pirates to underworld types of all descriptions. A number of religious orders have found their way to Tatooine, such as the Dim-U monks, who worship the bantha, and the B'omarr order, seeking enlightenment once they have been freed from the distractions of the flesh. Crimelord Jabba the Hutt controlled his vast criminal empire from the Tatooine deserts even prior to the Clone Wars and on into the Galactic Civil War until Princess Leia Organa killed him. Anakin grew up in Mos Espa spaceport on Tatooine. It was here that Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered the boy, son of a slave. Following nightmares involving the death of his mother, Jedi Padawan Anakin returned to Tatooine to find his mother had been freed from slavery and was married. He also learned she had been captured by the Tusken Raiders. While attempting to save her, she died from her injuries and in a fit of anger Anakin slew the entire encampment of Tuskens. Later, as a Jedi Master himself, Obi-Wan Kenobi brought the infant Luke Skywalker to the planet and placed him in the care of Owen and Beru Lars. Obi-Wan became known as "Ben" the old wizard hermit. Years later, a message from Princess Leia made Kenobi give up his life of hiding and reveal to Luke his heritage as a Jedi and the son of Anakin. [AOTC, GG7, ISWU, MTS, RJ, ROTS, SW, SWTPM]
• Tatooine: A New Republic cruiser destroyed in the Battle of Almania. [NR]
• tattletale: See TT-8L/Y7.
• tauntaun: This easily-domesticated creature is also called a snow lizard. Wild tauntauns roam the frozen wastes of Hoth, while the Alliance used trained tauntauns as mounts and pack animals during its stay on the ice planet. Thick gray fur protects tauntauns from the extreme temperatures, though they cannot survive Hoth's brutal nights without shelter. Herds of these swift and surefooted creatures can be seen running across the plains of snow and ice during the daylight hours. Easily domesticated now lizards that roam Hoth’s windswept snow plains. The Rebel Alliance uses tauntauns to patrol outside Echo Base, as the beasts are surefooted and adapted to chilling temperatures. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo find out the hard way that their innards are not exactly fragrant. CREATURES HOTH [ESB, ISWU, SWSB]
• Tavira, Moff Leonia: A human, she was 16 when she began an affair with the Imperial governor of Eiattu VI. She was as ambitious as she was beautiful, arranging the "accidental" death of the moff's wife and marrying him herself. She assumed his title and duties when he suffered from a stroke and then apparently killed himself, although she was eventually forced to flee the planet by Rogue Squadron. Seven years after the Battle of Endor, she turned up as the head of the Invids pirate crews. Using the ex-Imperial Star Destroyer Invidious as a base, she caused all kinds of trouble for the New Republic until Luke Skywalker and Corran Horn deprived her of her secret weapon -- the Jensaarai Force users. [IJ, XW]
• TC-14: TC-14 serves on a Lucrehulk-class Trade Federation battleship as a protocol droid. She provides a diplomatically-proper and calming presence that helps the Neimoidians deal with troublesome envoys, such as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, who arrive to negotiate an end to the blockade of Naboo prior to the Clone Wars. This protocol droid featured feminine programming and its weapon of choice was etiquette and diplomacy. [TPM]
• Tchiery: A Farnym, he was Leia Organa Solo's copilot aboard the Alderaan. [NR]
• TDL3.5: A nanny droid sent to replace C-3P0 as the caretaker of the three Solo children as part of a prank played by young Anakin Solo. [NR]
• Teebo: An Ewok with gray-striped fur, he was a leader in the tribe that befriended Princess Leia Organa on the forest moon of Endor. He wore a horned half skull decorated with feathers atop his head, and carried a stone hatchet. He was a dreamer and a poet who had a mystical ability to communicate with nature. [ETV, RJ]
• Teek: A scruffy, furry being with close-set eyes and buck teeth, he is very mischievous. His lightning-quick speed allows him to dart from place to place in the blink of an eye. He lives on Endor's forest moon. [BFE, ISWU]
• telesponder: A shipboard device that automatically broadcasts a ship's identification profile in response to signals sent by spaceports and military authorities. [HSE]
• Teljkon system: The star system where the second documented sighting of the ghost ship called the Teljkon vagabond occurred, giving the mysterious vessel its name. [BTS]
• Teljkon vagabond: A mysterious ghost ship, it kept jumping into hyperspace as other ships approached to investigate it. It was actually a key instrument in rebuilding the long-dead Qellan homeworld, a planet renamed Maltha Obex. The organic starship was programmed to return, thaw out the planet, and restore the Qella to life. Luke Skywalker discovered how to use the ship for its intended purpose. [TT]
• Tels, Seggor: A Quarren, he admitted to betraying his homeworld Mon Calamari by lowering the shields when the Empire invaded. He also helped organize his people to stand with the Calamarians to try to repel the invaders. Jealous of the Calamarians, he was also ashamed of his actions. He remained on his homeworld even while many of his fellow Quarren fled. [SWSB]
• Telti: This moon was the site of a collection of droid factories operated by failed Jedi academy student Brakiss. The droids were fitted with bombs and detonators at the behest of dark-sider Kueller to use in a campaign of terror against the New Republic. [NR]
• Temple of Fire: A Massassi temple on Yavin 4. [DLS]
• Temple of Pomojema: This temple on the planet Mimban is a shrine to the Mimbanite god Pomojema. The legendary Kaiburr Crystal was kept in his structure. [SME]
• Teradoc, High Admiral: One of 13 squabbling warlords, he was poisoned by Admiral Daala after they refused to join her in her campaign against the New Republic. [DS]
• Terak: A cruel and evil king, he led the Marauders who preyed upon the inhabitants of Endor's forest moon. [BFE, ISWU]
• teräs käsi: The Bunduki martial arts discipline known as teräs käsi, or steel hands, is the art of combat without weapons. It is taught by the Followers of Palawa on Bunduki, a world in the Pacanth Reach. [SESB, SOTE]
• Termagant: This Imperial Strike cruiser allied with Warlord Zsinj was reconfigured into a TIE-fighter carrier. Rogue Squadron tore the ship in half with a volley of proton torpedoes for its part in the destruction of a bacta convoy. [BW]
• Teroenza: A t'landa Til, he was the Most Exalted High Priest of Ylesia. He enjoyed collecting rare and expensive items from all over the galaxy. He was eventually killed by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. [PS, RD]
• Terpfen: A Mon Calamarian, he was Admiral Ackbar's chief mechanic. While an Imperial prisoner, part of his brain was replaced to compel him to carry out secret orders and report back to Imperial forces. He sabotaged Ackbar's B-wing fighter and provided Imperial Ambassador Furgan with the secret location of Anakin Solo. He eventually overcame his programming and helped defeat Furgan. [COF, DA]
• Terrik, Booster: A retired Corellian smuggler, he was a negotiator for Rogue Squadron and their manager of operations at the Yag'Dhul space station. [BW]
• Terrik, Mirax: The beautiful daughter of Booster Terrik, she took over her father's smuggling business when he retired. From her ship Pulsar Skate she maintained contacts throughout the galaxy. Wedge Antilles regarded Mirax as a sister. Although not officially allied with Rogue Squadron, she provides the team with help now and then. She ferried the squad to Coruscant for the covert mission prior to the Alliance invasion. She eventually married Corran Horn. [BW, KT, RS, WG]
• Tessek: A Quarren, he fled his homeworld Mon Calamari after the Imperial invasion and wound up as an accountant for Jabba the Hutt. Tessek despised Jabba and hoped to kill him and acquire his fortune. Tessek escaped the destruction of Jabba's sail barge but was ambushed at Jabba's palace by B'omarr monks, who placed his brain into a nutrient jar atop a spider droid. He is 1.83 meters tall. [RJ, SWCG, TJP]
• Teta, Empress: A long-lived warlord who lived millennia before the Galactic Civil War, she conquered and united the seven planets that became the Empress Teta system. [DLS]
• Teta system, Empress: This star system, named for the woman warlord who conquered it in the distant past, is located near the Kuar system. The system contains seven carbonite-mining worlds, including Kirrek and Koros Major. It was long ruled by the descendants of Empress Teta, who shared power with the leaders of the carbonite guild. According to the Jedi Holocron, terrible events involving the dark side of the Force occurred in this system approximately 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. [DE, DLS, ISWU, TSW]
• Teyr: A crowded bureaucratic world located at the crossroads of three highly-traveled hyperspace routes. [BTS, SOL]
• Thanas, Commander Pter: A native of Coruscant, he rose to the rank of commander in the Imperial military. He was stationed at Bakura, in charge of the Imperial forces there when the Ssi-ruuk attacked. During the initial invasion, Thanas demonstrated masterful starship tactics that held off the alien fleet until help could arrive. The tall, thin Thanas has a narrow face and sharp, angular nose. His sense of honor and dusty is tempered by ruthlessness; despite the truce, he destroyed the Alliance carrier Flurry after the alien threat was averted. Later, he surrendered his ship Dominant and defected to the Alliance. He was then placed in command of the newly-formed Bakuran Defense Militia. He married Gaeriel Captison, and they had a daughter named Malinza. [SWCG, TAB, TBSB]
• Tharen, Bria: A Corellian, she was one of the pilgrims on Ylesia who was forced to work in the spice-processing plant. She was skilled at processing glitterstim, but had been an archaeology student before arriving on Ylesia. Han Solo met her during his time on the planet, which occurred when he was about 19. Han convinced the priest Yeroenza to let Bria organize his art collection, getting her out of the glitterstim mines. She was Han Solo's first love. After leaving the Ylesian religion, she started working with the Rebellion, making contacts and leading new Rebels to the growing organization. After participating in a raid to free Ylesian pilgrims, she transferred to Rebel Intelligence and was assigned to work at the largest Imperial base on Corellia. First as a spy and later as Moff Sarn Shild's consort, she helped the fledgling Rebellion greatly. Bria eventually became a commander in the Corellian resistance. On Cloud City, she met with Alderaanian resistance leaders to urge them to form a Rebel Alliance. The year before, she had met with the Wookiee underground, the Quarrr-tellerrra, on Kashyyyk. Bria was killed during an attack on an Imperial comm center that was used to transmit the technical readouts of the Death Star battle station to Princess Leia Organa's consular ship. Han Solo learned of Bria's death the day before he met Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley cantina. Boba Fett told Solo because he had promised Bria he would make sure her father learned of her death. [HG, PS, RD]
• Tharen Wayfarer: A ship owned by the Pitareeze family. [D]
• Theed: This large, elegant city on Naboo serves as the capital for the land-dwelling species also known as the Naboo. The palace is located here. [SWTPM]
• Theelin: An extinct, near-human species. Shug Ninx of Nar Shaddaa has Theelin blood. His mother was one of the last of that species. [DE]
• thermal cape: A lightweight poncho made of a metal-foil and spider-silk composite. It retains the wearer's body heat to provide protection from the cold. [SME]
• thermal detonator: This small, metal ball is a powerful explosive that is activated when pressure is removed from the trigger. When activated, a fusion reaction causes an explosion. Princess Leia Organa, disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh, threatened Jabba the Hutt's court with a thermal detonator to demonstrate Boushh's nerve and impress the crimelord. [ISB, RJ]
• Thistleborn, Grand Moff: This authoritative grand moff had bushy eyebrows that framed his dark, penetrating eyes. His loyalty to the Empire's Central Committee of Grand Moffs was absolute and above question. [GDV]
• Thon, Master: A Jedi Master who trained students on the planet Ambria, he was a fearsome, armor-plated quadruped who lived approximately 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. As the teachings of the Krath sect were gaining prominence, Master Thon addressed a great assembly of 10,000 Jedi who had gathered on Mount Meru on the desert world Deneba. He spoke eloquently against straying from the light side, hoping to convince his peers about the dangers of the Krath philosophy. [DE]
• Thpffftht: A Bith consular ship. [CPL]
• Thrawn, Grand Admiral: A Chiss, he was the only nonhuman to be named one of the 12 grand admirals who served as the Emperor's military commanders. Thrawn was a tall man of regal bearing with shimmering blue-black hair, pale blue skin, and glowing red eyes. His real name was Mitth'raw'nuruodo, and he was discovered by Victory Star Destroyer Captain Voss Parck alone on an uninhabited world on the edge of Imperial space. After a time in the Emperor's court, Thrawn was supposedly exiled to the Unknown Regions, but he was actually sent there on a mission for the Emperor. He spent much of his career in the Uknown Regions, earning the right to wear the white uniform of a grand admiral. Like the other grand admirals, Thrawn was a military genius. He had a habit of pulling stunning victories out of certain defeat. His passion for art was more than a simple diversion, for he believed that by studying an opponent's art he could discover a way to defeat him. Five years afer the Battle of Endor, at a time w hen the New Republic thought all of these leaders were destroyed, Thrawn returned from his extended mission in the Unknown Regions to discover the Emperor was dead and the Imperial fleet was in ruins. He rallied the remnants of the empire and set in motion a plant to destroy the New Republic, which he refused to call anything other than the Rebellion. The plan included the use of Force-inhibiting ysalamiri, a dark Jedi Master, and two items from the Emperor's hidden storehouse in Mount Tantiss -- a working cloaking device and a set of Spaarti cloning cylinders. Through the use of hit-and-run attacks, political schemes, spies, and superior planning, Thrawn almost destroyed the New Republic. But its heroes rallied, and Thrawn's personal bodyguard Rukh betrayed him, ending the grand admiral's threat. Ten years later, an imposter tried to convince the galaxy that Thrawn had returned. The imposter was eventually revealed by Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. However, at a secret base called the Hand of Thrawn in the Nirauan system, the grand admiral's clone was almost ready to step out of its Spaarti cylinder. Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade destroyed the cloning chamber while they were trying to escape the secret base, forever ending any hope of Thrawn's return from the dead. [DFR, DFRSB, HE, HESB, LC, SP, VF]
• Thrella Well: Any of a series of shafts that lead from the surface of Circarpous V to the network of caves deep within the planet's crust. These wells are located all over the planet's surface and are believed to be the work of the legendary species, the Thrella. [SME]
• Thrumble, Massad: A onetime Imperial captain, he worked in a droid production center and was the creator of the human replica droid Guri. After the Battle of Endor, he operated a small cantina on Hurd's Moon in the Qont system. Guri sought him out, and he helped perform the neural restructuring needed to remove her criminal programming while leaving her martial skills intact. [SEE]
• Thyferra: This planet is homeworld to the mantislike Vratix and the center of the galaxy's bacta industry. [BW, KT, RS, WG]
• Thyfonian: A Lambda-class shuttle destroyed by Rogue Squadron as it attempted to flee into hyperspace during the Bacta War. Ysanne Isard was believed to be on board. [BW]
• Ti, Kirana: One of the Witches of Dathomir, she helped Luke Skywalker uncover an ancient wrecked space station that held records of Jedi training. Later, she joined Skywalker's Jedi academy and aided other students in the defeat of the spirit of Dark Lord Exar Kun. She was a skilled warrior and an expert in the physical aspects of the Force. [COF, DA, JAL]
• Ti, Jedi Master Shaak: This Jedi Master sat on the Jedi Council during the Trade Federation blockade of Naboo. She fought during the Clone Wars. [AOTC, SWTPM]
• Tibanna gas: A rare gas extracted from Bespin's atomsphere and processed at Cloud City. Hot air sucked through Cloud City's unipod captures a variety of gases, including Tabanna gas. It is processed and spin-sealed in carbonite for transport off planet. Tibanna gas produces four times the energy output when cohesive light passes through it. In this way, blasters and other energy weapons produce greater energy yields -- and therefore greater amounts of damage -- when Tibanna gas is used as a conducting agent. Personal weapons cannot tolerate this extra power, but ship-mounted blasters benefit greatly from the use of Tibanna gas. [GG2, ISWU]
• Tibannopolis: The abandoned city on Bespin where Luke Skywalker found Streen, one of his Jedi candidates. [ISWU, JS]
• Tibor: A vicious Barabel bounty hunter, he frequented the Mos Eisley cantina and was an employee of Zorba the Hutt. [ZHR]
• Tibrin: This planet is the home of the alien Ishi Tib species. The planet's cities are built atop carefully-cultivated coral reefs. [GG2, GG4, POT]
• TIE/Advanced fighter: The prototype used by Darth Vader during the Battle of Yavin. Its best designs were later incorporated into the TIE interceptor and TIE Advanced. [HE, SWSB, SWVG]
• TIE bomber: An Imperial assault bomber. It has a double pod to hold ordinance and targeting systems. Manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems, this heavy assault starship had laser cannons, proton bombs, and thermal detonators. Using the standard TIE fighter as a starting point, Imperial engineers designed the TIE bomber to be a formidable light space comber capable of delivering explosive payloads through bombardment. [ISB, SWSB, SWVG]
• TIE crawler: A cheap, expendable ground-assault vehicle modeled after the TIE fighter. It has huge tread wheels instead of solar-panel wings. [DE, SWVG]
• TIE defender: A prototype Imperial fighter developed shortly before the Battle of Endor. It featured three sets of solar collector panels and multiple heavy-weapons systems. [SWVG, TT]
• TIE fighter: The standard starfighter used by the Empire. It was named for the twin ion engines that propel it through space. With a single-pilot command pod housed between a pair of hexagonal solar array wings, it is a maneuverable, fast, short-range ship. It has no hyperdrive, operating out of cruisers or from a planetary base. Sienar Fleet Systems produced a series of different TIEs to handle different Imperial missions, including the TIE/rc, a sensor and communications reconnaissance filter; the TIE-fc, which provided fire control for long-range navy artillery; and the fully robotic TIE/D fighter, introduced six years after the Battle of Endor. Bane of the Rebel Alliance, TIE fighters are the signature Starfighter of the Imperial fleet during the Galactic Civil War. The single-pilot vehicles are carried aboard Star Destroyers and battle stations to win quick dogfights with small Rebel ships. For maximum maneuverability, TIE fighters lack deflector shields and hyperdrives. STARSHIPS STARFIGHTERS EMPIRE FIRST_ORDER [ESB, RJ, SW, SWSB, SWVG, R1, FA, LJ]
• TIE interceptor: Faster and more maneuverable than the standard TIE fighter, it was developed from Darth Vader's TIE/Advanced prototype. The dagger-shaped solar panels made the interceptor more intimidating, and it was almost as fast as the A-wing starfighter. Grand Admiral Thrawn began arming some interceptors with shields to better protect these exceptional starfighters. [HESB, SWSB, SWVG]
• TIE interceptor, Royal Guard: Yet another iteration of the highly-effective and dangerous TIE interceptor, this distinctive Imperial starfighter is designed to take full advantage of the unique skills of the Emperor's Royal Guard. These ships fly most often as escorts and guardians of the Emperor's personal spacecraft and its decoys. They rival even Rogue Squadron as one of the most-effective fighter wings in the galaxy. Though they boast small hyperdrive engines and enhanced weapons and shields, their true advantage lies in that their pilots' own skills are sometimes enhanced by the Force abilities of the Emperor himself. These ships were manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems as escort interceptors, 9.6 meters long, with laser cannons, based on the TIE Advanced X1 starfighter. [RJ]
• TIE silencer: Reminiscent in design of the Empire’s TIE interceptor and Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced, Kylo Ren’s TIE silencer is an angular fighter equipped with laser cannons and missile launchers. There is no other First Order craft like the TIE silencer and it is an effective tool in Ren’s mission to destroy the Resistance. STARSHIPS STARFIGHTERS FIRST_ORDER [LJ, RoS]
• Tierce, Major Grodin: A Royal Guardsman, he appeared 16 years after the Battle of Endor to help Moff Disra and the con artist Flim pull off the illusion of Grand Admiral Thrawn's return. Tierce was actually a clone of one of the finest combat stormtroopers ever to serve the Empire. The real Tierce died in combat in Thrawn's campaign against Generis. The cloned Tierce was the first of what was to be a new breed of warlords -- combining the loyalty and combat abilities of a stormtrooper with the tactical genius of Thrawn. The experiment was a failure, however. While Thrawn believed in order and stability, the cloned Tierce wanted only vengeance. Thrawn wanted a tactically-brilliant leader. What he got was a tactically-brilliant stormtrooper -- a manipulator with no vision, just a thirst for revenge. The Mistryl Shadow Guard Shada D'akul killed him when he was revealed and attacked Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. [SP, VF]
• Tigris: The son of two parents who were both strong in the Force, he has no Force powers of his own. He is the son of Lord Hethrir and the healer Rillao, students of Lord Darth Vader. When Rillao rejected the dark side, she fled her planet's destruction with her unborn child. Tigris grew up on a remote planet with no knowledge of his father. When Hethrir found them, he imprisoned Rillao and made Tigris his personal slave. Hethrir led the Empire Reborn organization and convinced Tigris to despise his mother. Hethrir, meanwhile, kidnapped children from dozens of worlds and imprisoned them aboard his worldcraft. If the children showed Force talents, he tried to currupt them to the dark side. If not, he sold them to slavers. Tigris, gentle and compassionate, sneaked food to the captives and tried to comfort them. When the Solo children were kidnapped, Tigris grew especially fond of Anakin. Tigris eventually learned the truth about his father and helped save Anakin from the Waru, which instead swallowed Hathrir. Tigris and his mother then left to start a new life on Coruscant. [CS]
• Tiin, Jedi Master Saesee: A Jedi master and member of the Jedi Council. [SWTPM]
• Tikkes, Ambassador: A Quarren ambassador from Mon Calamari in the Republic. Jedi Hunter Aurra Sing attempted to assassinate the ambassador. [DHSWC]
• "Timax.": "Time" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• time-stream: A method used by the H'drachi, a species whose homeworld is M'haeli, to interpret the Force, especially to foresee events. [ROC]
• Tin-Tin Dwarf: An intelligent rodentlike species whose members are bipedal and stand less than a meter tall. [SWR]
• Tion, Lord: An Imperial noble and soldier, he served the Emperor as a task force commander. He was charged with identifying and eradicating all Alliance personnel and Rebel sympathizers on the planet Ralltiir. Lord Tion played an instrumental role in providing the location of the plans for the original Death Star battle station to Bail Organa. He was killed in a scuffle with Princess Leia. [SWR]
• Tion Hegemony: A remote cluster of 27 star systems near Corporate Sector space, far from the hevily-populated Core Worlds. [HLL, HSR]
• Tionne: One of Luke Skywalker's first Jedi students, she found her true calling in teaching other Jedi initiates. She also loves to turn Jedi history into haunting and evocative ballads. Her studies of history provided the other students with an edge when they battled the spirit of Exar Kun. Years later, Skywalker entrusted the academy to Tionne when he left for a mission. She used parables and songs to communicate even more effectively than Skywalker and became a regular instructor, specializing in helping students find their own kills in the Force. She gives Luke the perspective he needs to understand the challenges facing his Jedi Knights in the context of thousands of years of Jedi history. [COF, DA, DS, JAL, JASB, SWCG, YJK]
• Tiree: See Gold Two.
• "Tirez meez canto ripit?": "May I have a receipt?" in Huttese. [GPB]
• t'landa Til: A long-lived species native to Nal Hutta and related to Hutts. Its members are large with broad faces and bulbous, protruding eyes. They have leathery gray-tan skin, a large blunt horn above nostril slits, a wide lipless mouth, and a head attached to a short, humped neck. They walk on four tree-trunk-like legs. They possess the unique ability to create physical and emotional pleasure in others by humming. The effect is addictive, and only those with the strongest willpower can resist. The t'landa Til used this low-grade empathy to form the Ylesian religion. [PS]
• Toda, Lord: Ruler of a major portion of the planet Tammuz-an during the early days of the Empire. He called himself the "overlord of the outer territories." He was gruff and surly. He dressed like his warrior tribesmates, wearing a combination of rough canvas and organic armor. [DTV]
• Togorian: A humanoid feline species from the planet Togoria in the Thanos star system. These tall, slender beings are covered with fur and have long, thin muscles of great strength. To outsiders, they appear aloof and very suspicious. [GG4]
• Toklar: A Mon Calamari philosopher, he was an inspiration to Admiral Ackbar. [SOL]
• Tokmia: This planet was one of three where Imperial probe droids searched for the new Rebel Alliance base after the Battle of Yavin. The other planets were Allyuen and Hoth. [ESBR]
• Tonnika, Brea and Senni: Identical twins and con artists, they used their natural charms to manipulate people and earn credits. Often, only one sister would appear at a time, using the name Bresenni to pull off intrigues. Han Solo convinced them to pull such a trick on Lando Calrissian once long before the two sisters joined the Alliance. [GG1, SWCG, TMEC]
• Toola: A planet in the Outer Rim where Commander Keller hunted down two fugitive Jedi who survived Order 66 just after the Clone Wars. The planet's surface is covered in deep snow. A key location on Toola is Ithaqua Station. [DHSWRC]
• Toprawa: This planet served as the Alliance's initial hiding place for the Death Star's technical readouts. From the Toprawa Relay Station, the plans were transmitted to Princess Leia Organa's ship, the Tantive IV. [DS, RS, SWR]
• Toq, Qrrl: A Nazzar prince, he lived some 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. He was a fearless Jedi who designed and built Jedi armor. [DLS, FNU, TSW]
• Torlock, Frija: Daughter of Governor Torlock of Corulag, she worked with Admiral Droon to frame her father, accusing him of preparing to defect to the Rebel Alliance, so they could take control of the planet. [SS]
• torpedo sphere: A dedicated siege platform designed to knock out planetary shields prior to an Imperial attack. The mssive 1,900-meter diameter torpedo sphere was the forefunner to the Death Star battle station. It was covered with thousands of dedicated energy receptors designed to analyze shield emissions to find weak points in the shields. With 500 proton torpedo tubes arranged in an inverted conical formation, the torpedo sphere could rain a massive salvo onto a weak point. The resulting hole that opened for a few microseconds provided a window through which the sphere's turbolasers could target the shield generators. [ISB]
• Torve, Fynn: A human member of Talon Karrde's smuggling organization, he was among the best of Karrde's freighter pilots. While not as flashy as Han Solo or as sophisticated as Lando Calrissian, Torve usually handled the most important and difficult runs for his boss. [DFR, HE, LC]
• Tos, Ganar: An old Zisian, and Teroenza's majordomo, he wanted to marry Bria Tharen. [PS]
• Tosche Station: A power and distribution station located near the town Anchorhead on the planet Tatooine. It serves as a gathering place for Anchorhead's young people. Luke Skywalker and his friends frequented the place during his youth. [SWN]
• Towani, Catarine: The mother of Mace and Cindel Towani, she and her family were marooned on Endor's forest moon for a time. Wicket W. Warrick and his Ewok tribe befriended them. [BFE, EA]
• Towani, Cindel: The youngest of the Towani children, she and her family were marooned on the forest moon of Endor. After her parents, Jeremitt and Catarine, were captured by a creature called a Borra and imprisoned in the lair of the giant Gorax, Cindel and her brother, Mace, were forced to forage for food. When Cindel became ill, the pair were rescued by Deej the Ewok, who took them back to his village. After she recovered, Cindel became friends with Deej's son, Wicket W. Warrick. The Ewoks helped rescue Cindel's parents from the Gorax. Several months later, humanoid Marauders who had also been stranded on Endor's forest moon attacked the Ewok village. Cindel's mother and brother were killed, but Cindel escaped. Her father was then killed by the Marauder king Terak and the witch Charal. With the help of Teek and his human master Noa, Cindel and Wicket helped neutralize the Maurauders. She left Endor's forest moon with Noa, promising to someday return to visit Wicket. Cindel grew up to become an idealistic journalist on Coruscant. She received the Plat Mallar tapes from Admiral Hiram Drayson and leaked a story designed to gain sympathy from the public and the senate. [BFE, EA, TT]
• Towani, Jeremitt: Husband of Catarine and father of Mace and Cindel, he and his family were shipwrecked on Endor's forest moon. [BFE, EA]
• Towani, Mace: A young teenage boy, he was among a human faily that became shipwrecked on Endor's forest moon. His sister, Cindel, watched as Marauders killed Mace and their mother, Catarine. [BFE, EA]
• tractor beam: A modified force field that immobolizes and moves objects caught within its influence. An emitting tower, called a tractor beam projector, produces the beams, though range and strength are determined by the power source. Tractor beams serve a number of important functions. In spaceports and docking bays, tractor beams help guide ships to a safe landing. Salvage vessels, cargo haulers, emergency craft, and engineering ventures all employ tractor beams to assist in their jobs. On military ships, tractor beams are used to capture enemy vessels or simply hold them in place while offensive weaponry is brought to bear. [ESB, RJ, SW]
• Trade Federation: A commercial organization headed by the species known as the Neimoidians. In the pursuit of profit, the Trade Federation maintained a large droid army, making it capable of attaining by force that which it could not buy. About 32 years before the start of the Galactic Civil War, the Trade Federation blockaded the planet Naboo. The blockade, led by Nute Gunray and his lieutenant Rune Haako, was subtly arranged by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Though the blockade was ultimately dispersed, it first drove Naboo's queen -- Amidala -- to seek aid from the Republic Senate on Coruscant. When the senate became mired in endless political discussions, Amidala initiated a vote of no confidence against the supreme chancellor, allowing Naboo's Senator Palpatine to ascend to the chancellorship. During the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation joined the Geonosians and several other worlds in succeeding from the Republic to form the Seperatists. The forces of the Seperatists battled the clone and Jedi forces of the Republic until the war ended as the Sith gained control of the galaxy. At the end of the Clone Wars and on his trip to Mustafar, the dark side Anakin Skywalker -- now known as Darth Vader -- killed the Seperatist leaders, including the Trade Federation's Gunray and Haako. [AOTC, ROTS, SWTPM]
• Trade Federation battleships: The enormous Trade Federation battleships look like flattened discs with a central sphere that holds the ship’s bridge and reactor assemblies. Each battleship, formerly a cargo freighter, is 2 miles (3 kilometers) in diameter and can carry 500 MTTs, 6,250 AATs, 1,500 troop carriers, 50 landing craft, and 1,500 droid Starfighters. STARSHIPS CAPITAL_SHIPS SEPARATISTS TRADE_FEDERATION [PM]
• Trader's Luck: This ancient troopship, formerly called the Guardian of the Republic, was a relic of the Clone Wars. Garris Shrike turned this Liberator-class vessel into the headquarters for his nomadic band of space criminals that operated in the Corellian sector. Han Solo grew up on this vessel, a virtual slave to the cruel Shrike. [PS]
• Trade Spine: Also called the Corellian Trade Spine, this region of space is located near the Ison Corridor. [DA, GG2, LC]
• Tragett, Bogo: Leader of excavation Team Alpha, he was assigned to Maltha Obex by the Obroan Institute for Archaeology. [TF]
• Tralus: One of five habitable planets in the Corellian system, it is the same size as its sister world Talus. A planetary repulsor located deep within the world was used in ancient times to move Tralus to its current orbit. [AC, AS, SAC]
• Trandosha: Homeworld of the Trandoshans. [SWRPG3SE]
• Trandoshans: Large humanoid reptiles from the planet Trandosha. This warlike species allied early with the Empire. Trandoshans value hunting above all else and worship a deity known as the Scorekeeper. The bounty hunter Bossk was a member of this species. They are known for their great strength and warlike natures. Many of these beings dedicate themselves to martial training, and some follow the path of the hunter on their native world. A few have even become renowned (or infamous) bounty hunters in galactic society. Trandoshans have a long-standing enmity with Wookiees, and the two species have fought often over the centuries. Trandoshans (who refer to themselves as "T'doshok") have supersensitive eyes that can see into the infrared range. They shed their skin several times in the span of their lives and can even regenerate lost limbs, but their clawed hands have difficulty with fine manipulation of objects. Violent, brutal, and driven, Trandoshans love to compete but can show compassion and mercy as the situation warrants. They range from 1.8 to 2.1 meters tall. Their scaly hides offer additional defense against attacks. Their homeworld is Trandosha. They speak, read, and write Dosh and Basic. Example names include: Bossk, Fusset, Krussk, Ssuurg, and Tusserk. A Trandoshan adventurer craves the thrill of battle. Some leave Trandosha to become bodyguards or mercenaries. Others set out to find new places to hunt and explore. A few use their warrior traditions to become soldiers, some even developing into bounty hunters as time goes by. Powerful, but lacking agility, Trandoshans are rugged, resilient, and can see in total darkness but cannot perceive colors when in total darkness. [COF, GG3, SWRPG3SE, TBH]
• transfer register: An electro-optical device that records the sale or trade of merchandise and property. [SWR]
• transparisteel: A malleable metal that can be pressed and formed into thin, transparent sheets that retain nearly all of the metal's strength and durability. This see-through metal is used in place of glass on starships and other structures that require both visibility and protection. [HSE]
• transport, Rebel: The Rebel Alliance used a number of different types of ships to supply food, ammunition, and other ordnance to its troops. Converted passenger liners, small freighters, and other older ships were used as transports. The transports used in the evacuation of Hoth were Gallofree Yards Medium Transports. About 90 meters long, they could carry 19,000 metric tons. An outer hull protected the cargo containers and passenger pods that were fastened to the inner hull. These vessels carried little or no armament, relying instead upon escort ships and starfighters to protect them. They were equipped with hyperdrives, howerver. The command crew of a Rebel transport operated out of a small, cramped pod located toward the rear of the vessel and atop the outer hull. [ESB, RSB, SWSB, SWVG]
• Treadwell: See WED Treadwell droid.
• "Treb.": "Three" in the Bocce language. [GPB]
• Tree of Light: A mystical tree on Endor's forest moon. It is surrounded by a bright, beautiful glow that keeps the Night Spirit from using its powers during the day. According to tradition, a group of young Ewoks must periodically travel to the tree and feed it the sacred dust that rejuvinates its strength. [ETV]
• Tregga: An old acquaintance of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee, he was captured in the act of smuggling contraband and sentenced to life imprisonment in the planet Akrit'tar's penal colony. [HSR]
• Trell, Poas: The executive aide to New Republic First Administrator Nanaod Engh. [BTS]
• Tremayne: The Imperial high inquisitor, he hunted down those who displayed any Force aptitude. He wore cybernetic reconstruction components on the right side of his face due to an old lightsaber wound. [GG9]
• Trevagg, Feltipern: A bounty hunter posing as a tax collector at the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine during the time of the Rebellion. He fell in love with M'llyoom Onith, a female H'nemthe with a knife-shaped tongue used in a deadly mating ritual. [SW, TMEC]
• Trianii: This intelligent, spacefaring species of humanoid felines from the planet Trian established many off-world colonies. The Corporate Sector Authority claimed many of the older Trianii colony worlds even before its charter over that sector of space was granted. The Trianii on thse worlds were forced to leave, though some were retained to labor for the Authority. [HSE]
• Trianii Ranger: An elite member of Trian's law enforcement legion. [HSE]
• Triclops: The true son of Emperor Palpatine, he was a three-eyed mutant. The Empire considered Triclops insane, and most officials feared disaster would result should he become Emperor. Few outside the Imperial leaders knew of Triclops' existence, as he spent most of his life hidden in an Imperial insane asylum. Despite the shock-treatment scards that marred his temples, Triclops always looked serene and peaceful. He possessed a quiet, iron determination. Though he professed to believe in peace, his subconscious mind invented terrible weapons of destruction while he slept. Triclops was the father of the Jedi Prince Ken. [LCJ, MMY, PDS, QE, SWCG]
• tri-fighter: A custom-designed starfighter used by the Invids pirate crews. It is constructed around the ball cockpit and ion engine assembly of Sienar Fleet System's basic TIE fighter and married to a trio of angular blades set 120 degrees apart. Tri-fighters are equipped with basic shields and have side viewports cut into them to give the pilots more visibility. [IJ]
• Trioculus: The supreme slavelord of the spice mines of Kessel. He came forward after the Emperor's death to claim he was Palpatine's banished son. He was a handsome human with a third eye on his forehead. He became Emperor for a time due to the support of the Central Committee of Grand Moffs, though his claim was false. [GDV, MMY, PDS, ZHR]
• Trodd, Puggles: A 1-meter-tall rodentlike alien, he is a bounty hunter who often teams up with Jod Kast and Zardra to complete difficult contracts. He fears the other bounty hunters, but he realizes that together they can make more credits than if they work alone. Pessimistic, unpleasant, and brooding, he loves to watch things explode. [TM]
• Troujow, Hasti: A young, beautiful ex-mining-camp laborer, she helped Han Solo and Badure reach the secret treasure vaults of Xim the Despot. This expedition took place shortly before Solo became involved in the Galactic Civil War. [HLL]
• Troujow, Lanni: The sister of Hasti Troujow, she was killed after she discovered a log recorder from the legendary starship Queen of Ranroon. With the information stored in the recorder, and the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee, Hasti ws able to locate the ancient ship's lost treasure. [HLL]
• Tsayv, Liat: A Sullustan, he was a crew member aboard Mirax Terrik's Pulsar Skate. [RS]
• Tschel, Lieutenant: A young officer aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer Chimaera, he served as a member of the bridge crew under Captain Gilad Pellaeon and Grand Admiral Thrawn during Thrawn's campaign to destroy the New Republic five years after the Battle of Endor. [DFR, HE, LC]
• tsil: This crystal formation on the planet Nam Chorios is a sentient creature and the source of Force-sensitivity on the planet. Tsils prevented the drochs from spreading the Death Seed plague throughout the galaxy. [POT]
• Tsoss Beacon: An automated beacon station built by droids and suicide crews, located on a desolate planetoid in the Deep Galactic Core. Imperial Admiral Daala met with an murdered the remaining Imperial warlords here eight years after the Battle of Endor. [DS]
• TT-8L/Y7: Manufactured by Serv-O-Droid, Inc., the TT-8L/Y7—better known as the tattletale—is a power-mad eye-stalk security droid. Known for becoming increasingly obnoxious, the TT-8L/Y7 droid is usually installed in entryways to scan for weapons and screen visitors. Jabba the Hutt has a tattletale in service at his palace. DROIDS SERV-O-DROID_INC [RJ]
• Tulgah: A rare species of troll-like beings on the forest moon of Endor. They have an extensive knowledge of magic. Some Tulgah are great healers. Others, like Morag, twist their knowledge to evil and wield powers of black magic. [ETV]
• tumnor: A flying creature that lives in the upper atmosphere of Da Soocha and its moons. These predators stalk Ixlls, hunting the intelligent species for food. [DE]
• Tund: A remote planet, rumored to be the home of the powerful Sorcerers of Tund. Rokur Gepta, a snail-like Croke, learned the secrets of the Sorcerers and then murdered his teachers and turned the lush paradise into a blasted wasteland. [LCS]
• Tuomi, Senator: A New Republic senator from Drannik, he opposed Chief of State Leia Organa Solo during the Yevethan crisis. He challenged her by attacking her credentials, claiming that the destruction of Alderaan had disqualified her from senate membership since there was no legitimate territory for her to represent. [SOL]
• turbolaser: A weapon that fires supercharged bolts of energy, usually from the deck of a capital ship or a surface-based defense installation. Turbolasers are more powerful than regular laser cannons, discharging hotter and more concentrated energy bolts. [SW, SWSB]
• Tusken: Language of the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine. [GPB]
• Tusken Raider: Also called the Sand People of Tatooine, Tusken Raiders are nomadic marauders. To protect themselves from the harsh desert environment, Sand People were heavy robes and strips of cloth, breath masks, and eye protectors. Very aggressive, they hold an uneasy peace with Tatooine's moisture farmers. They have been known to attack settlements from time to time. Traveling atop their banthas, these nomads are experts at desert survival. Their traditional weapon is the gaderffii stick. [ISWU, SW, SWSB]
• "Tuz de ju mugee hyperspaaze?": "Will we be jumping to hyperspace?" in the Boccee language. [GPB]
• twi'janii: The Rylothan grant of hospitality to travelers. When twi'janii is invoked, the people of Ryloth are obliged to offer their guests sustenance and entertainment. [BW]
• Twi'leks: This humanoid species with twin head tentacles, called lekku, comes from the dry, rocky world of Ryloth in the Outer Rim. The Twi'lek language combines verbal components with subtle head-tail movements. With the undercurrents provided by the head-tail movements, Twi'leks can carry on private conversations in the midst of other species. Twi'leks are omnivorous. On their homeworld, they cultivate edible molds and fungi, and raise cowlike rycrits for meat and hides. These beings are nonviolent, preferring to use cunning and slyness instead of force. Twi'leks live in vast city complexes located on their planet's dark side. Each complex is autonomous, governed by a head clan of five Twi'leks who jointly control production, trade, and other endeavors. These leaders are born into their positions, and they serve until one of their number dies. At this time, the remaining members of the head clan are driven from their complex to die in the Bright Lands of the planet's light side. This makes room for the head clan of the next generation. As the technology level of Ryloth does not support spacefaring capabilities, the Twi'leks depend on neighboring systems, such as Tatooine, and on pirates, smugglers, and merchants for their contact with the rest of the galaxy. They attract these ships with their chief export, ryll. The mineral ryll has legitimate medicinal uses, but it is also a popular and dangerously-addictive spice used in the Corporate Sector. One hazard the Twi'leks face on a regular basis is slavers, who come to their world to fill their ships with Twi'lek slaves. Bib Fortuna and the dancing girl Oola were Twi'leks. These tall, thin humanoids include a variety of distinct subraces, but are all instantly recognizable by the tentacular "head-tails" (called lekku) that protrude from the backs of their heads. Sly, calculating beings, Twi'leks prefer to avoid trouble and stick to the shadows until an opportunity to act without undue danger to themselves presents itself. Their entrepreneurial spirit frequently leads them to positions of influence, and Twi'lek corporate executives and ambassadors are no less common than unscrupulous Twi'lek freighter captains and crime lords. They have a calculating, pragmatic, and charismatic personality. Generally, they try to avoid being swept up in open conflict, preferring instead to duck into the shadows where they can observe, plan, and prepare to profit from the outcome. They are humanoids with long, head-tails and average 1.6 to 2 meters tall. Skin tones include white, green, blue, red, and orange, among others. They speak, read, and write Ryl and Basic. They can also communicate with one another using their lekku (a form of sign language). Some also learn Huttese. Example names include: Bib Fortuna, Deel Surool, Firith Olan, Koyi Komad, Lyn Me, Oola, and Tott Doneeta. Twi'lek adventurers generally prefer to work behind the scenes, letting others stand in the full light of day. Many wind up in business (whether legal or illegal), performing as entertainers, or even serving as diplomats. They make convincing diplomats but are relatively weak-willed. They are deceptive and have a natural gift for manipulation. Also, they have great fortitude, resistant to toxins and illness, and have low-light vision. [SWRPG3SE, SWSB]
• "Two Tubes": "Two Tubes" is a nickname given to eggmates Benthic and Edrioc, mercenary pilots. They share the nickname derived from the breathing apparatus that allows Tognath physiology to process oxygen atmosopheres. Their native world of Yar Togna was conquered and occupied by the Empire. With a desire to strike back, Benthic and Edrioc have allied with Saw Gerrera. CHARACTERS FRINGE REBELLION YAR_TONGA TOGNATH [R1]
• "Twoos pa reeta bah flootah.": Huttese for "May your juices stay fresh." [GPB]
• Tydirium: This Lambda-class Imperial shuttle was used by Han Solo's Rebel strike team to covertly reach the surface of Endor's forest moon. The shuttle had been captured by the Alliance prior to the Battle of Endor mission. Also see Lambda-class shuttle. [RJ]
• Tymmo: The consort of the Duchess Mistal of Dargul. His real name was Dack. [JS]
• Tynna: This cold, arboreal world was the home planet of the skip tracer named Spray. [HSR]
• Tyrann: The Supreme Master of the Serpent Masters. [CSW]
• Tyranus, Darth: Sith Lord and apprentice to Darth Sidious during the Clone Wars. Once a Jedi Knight and student of Jedi Master Yoda, Count Dooku fell to the dark side of the Force. Later, he would train with Sidious to learn advanced dark side powers such as Force Lightning. Tyranus led the Separatist forces on behalf of Sidious. His first major confrontation was against Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Tyranus defeated the two Jedi and might have killed them but Yoda intervened. Tyranus escaped in the process. Later, Tyranus would face the pair again when they attempted to rescue the captured Chancellor Palpatine (which was part of a greater ruse). Wisely, Tyranus separated the two Jedi so he could confront Anakin alone. Since their last confrontation, Anakin's power had increased greatly and he was now a full-fledged Jedi Knight. Anakin cut off both of Tyranus' hands in combat and he was defeated. Palpatine egged Anakin on to finish off Tyranus and finally Anakin gave in to his anger and cut off the Sith Lord's head. Tyranus preferred the dueling-style lightsaber and often duel-wielded them. (Played by Christopher Lee.) Once a Jedi Master, Count Dooku was taught by Yoda and later trained Qui-Gon Jinn. He eventually succumbed to the dark side, becoming an apprentice to Chancellor Palpatine and taking the name Darth Tyranus. Dooku is a formidable fighter, his particular style illustrated by his curved lightsaber hilt. CHARACTERS SITH SEPARATISTS HUMANS [AotC, RotS]
• Tyrius: A star system in the Mid Rim, home to the planet Rodia, which in turn is the home of the Rodian people. [SWRPG3SE]

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