Welcome to T. Rob’s Star Wars Guide
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Fourth Edition
(based on the third edition book by Bill Slavicsek, with additions
and revisions by T. Rob Brown -- now includes
information from all 11 Star Wars motion pictures, newer books, comics, games,
and d20 sourcebooks)
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- Y-4 Raptor transport: A military transport shuttle
used by Warlord Zsinj's elite commandos. Just under 30 meters long, it ferries
troops between starships and bases, and can carry a number of compact assault
vehicles for combat missions. [CPL, SWSB]
- "Yaa-yaah": The most universal intergalactic
greeting is derived from the ancient pre-Corellian salutation "yaa-yaah."
This sound is recognized by almost all air-breathing life-forms who vocalize
by bellowing air from their lungs through a resonant vocal cavity. This phrase
can be accompanied by a soft gesture of the right hand slightly extended with
open hand palm downward. Even strictly visual communicators and most telepathic
forms seem to understand this phrase when combined with the accompanying gesture.
Note, though, there is one known exception: Ugnaughts, common to Bespin and
other Tibanna gas mining planets, take this as a personal insult and often
respond by immediately hurling tools. Greet an Ugnaught by bowing silently,
then await a guttural purring sound as a positive response. Otherwise, get
ready to duck and roll. [GPB]
- Yaga Minor: This planet is the site of a major
Imperial shipyard. [DFR, LC, LCSB]
- Yag'Dhul: This planet is the homeworld of the
Givin. The system contains an Empress-class space station that was loyal to
Warlord Zsinj. [BW, GG4, KT]
- Yaka: A species of near-human cyborgs transformed
by superintelligent invaders from the planet Arkania. The Arkanians. []
- Yak Face: See Saelt-Marae.
- yammosk: This living creature was the war coordinator
of the first Yuuzhan Vong invasion force, the Praetorite Vong. The extragalactic
invasion force was unified by the telepathic willpower of the great yammosk,
which connected all of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors so they acted in unison and
were therefore vastly more effective. They were joined by something like the
Force, but was not the Force. The great creature established a base on the
fourth planet of the Helska system and prepared its defenses for an all-out
assault on the New Republic. It was even preparing to spawn when Luke Skywalker
and his companions led an attack on Helska 4. The yammosk died when the planet
was destroyed, thus ending the first Yuuzhan Vong invasion. [VP]
- Yang, Kar: Considered by some to be the second-most-skilled
bounty hunter in the galaxy, this vulture-headed humanoid was hired by Azool
to track down the human replica droid Guri after Prince Xizor's presumed death.
When Yang found her, Guri killed him. [SEE]
- "Yapa.": "What" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- Yar, Senator Tolik: An Oolid, he was a member
of the New Republic Senate Defense Council and one of Chief of State Leia
Organa Solo's champions during the Yevethan crisis. [BTS]
- Yavin: A gas giant planet located in a system
of the same name in the Outer Rim Territories. Of its dozens of moons, three
are capable of supporting humanoid life. These are designated Yavin 4, 8 and
13. Several kinds of creatures live within the gas giant including floating
gasbag creatures in the upper atmosphere and nearly two-dimensional crawlers
in the frozen liquids that surround the planet's metallic core. The pressures
near the core compress carbon and metallic hydrogen together to form quantum
crystals called Corusca gems. Nineteen years after the Battle of Endor, Lando
Calrissian established GemDiver Station in Yavin's atmosphere to
mine Corusca gems. [GG2, SW, SWN, YJK]
- Yavin, Battle of: The first major engagement
of the Galactic Civil War was also the first major tactical victory for the
Rebel Alliance. The battle occurred in the shadow of Yavin, near its fourth
moon. This was not a planned engagement. Instead, it was the result of the
actions of Rebel spies, the capture of Princess Leia Organa, and her eventual
escape from the original Death Star battle station. Rebel spies stole the
plans for the Death Star, the Empire's newest weapon of mass destruction,
barely escaping with their lives. They were chased across the galaxy, finally
transferring the stolen data to the consular ship carrying Princess Leia Organa
of Alderaan. The Princess had a twofold mission. She was to receive the stolen
data for transport back to Alderaan, where it could then be used by the Alliance
to discover the Death Star's vulnerabilities. On the way, she was to seek
out the reclusive Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi from his hiding place on Tatooine
and convince him to aid the growing Rebellion in its fight against the Empire.
Before she could complete either of these missions, the Empire intercepted
her ship as it entered orbit around Tatooine. The Imperials, under the command
of Lord Darth Vader, quickly overwhelmed the small contingent of soldiers
aboard the consular ship and began an intensive search for the stolen plans.
With time running out, Leia placed the technical readouts into the memory
banks of the astromech droid R2-D2. She gave him specific orders to get off
the ship and present himself to Obi-Wan Kenobi. The brave droid eluded capture
and, along with his counterpart C-3P0, used an escape od to reach the planet's
surface. Through a series of adventures that brought the droids into the possession
of Luke Skywalker and led to the dramatic rescue of Princess Leia, the secret
plans finally reached the Alliance base on Yavin's fourth moon, with the Death
Star close behind. Rebel technicians and tacticians quickly studied the technical
readouts and devised a plan for combating the battle station. The plan utilized
the limited number of starfighters the Alliance could muster. The Death Star
followed the Millennium Falcon to Yavin, and the Alliance quickly
threw every vessel it had into space and attacked. The Rebel forces had little
time, for once the Death Star cleared Yavin, the moon holding the secret base
would be exposed to the full power of the battle station's primary weapon.
There were only two possible outcomes: The survival or total destruction of
the Alliance. The success of the Rebel plan depended on the ability of a single
starfighter to navigate the trenches in the Death Star's surface while avoiding
laser tower fire and TIE fighters. Then the pilot had to target a small thermal
exhaust vent and score a direct hit with a proton torpedo. Anything less would
fail to cause the chain reaction needed to ignite the power core. After suffering
massive losses and demonstrating high levels of skill and bravery, the Rebels
seemed to be out of time. One chance remained, and it rested in the hands
of the farm boy from Tatooine who was strong in the Force -- Luke Skywalker.
Using the power of the Force, and aided by the timely intervention of Han
Solo and the Millennium Falcon, Luke fired the shot heard around
the galaxy. The Death Star, along with its crew of many of the most-talented
officers in the Empire, was destroyed in spectacular fashion. The Alliance
quickly grew because of this impressive victory, and Luke Skywalker and his
companions became known as the heroes of Yavin. [SW]
- Yavin 4: This moon orbiting the gas giant Yavin
is the site of ancient temples and ruins of the Massassi species. A jungle
moon teeming with animal and plant life, it once served as the primary base
for the Rebel Alliance. Underground tunnels connect almost all of the ruined
complexes and lead to the Lost City of the Jedi. More than 4,000 years before
the Galactic Civil War, the Sith magician Naga Sadow fled to Yavin 4 with
his followers. He created the Massassi warrior species, who were later enslaved
by the dark Jedi Exar Kun and forced to construct many of the temples. Seven
years after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker turned the Great Temple into
his Jedi Academy. The fourth moon of the gas giant Yavin in the galaxy’s Outer Rim, is a steamy jungle- and forest-covered word. Early in the Galactic Civil War, it hosts the principal Rebel base, from which the Rebellion launches the attack that destroys the first Death Star—a confrontation now known as the Battle of Yavin. LOCATIONS MOONS [COF, CSW, DA, DLS, GG2, ISWU, LCJ, PDS, SW, SWN,
TSW, YJK]
- Yavin 8: A tundra moon orbiting the gas giant
Yavin and inhabited by the intelligent amphibious humanoids called the Melodies.
Some 18 years after the Battle of Endor, Anakin Solo and and the Jedi trainee
Tahiri brought back a new Melodie child, Sannah, to be trained at the Jedi
academy on Yavin 4. [GG2, JJK]
- Yavin 13: A desert moon orbiting the gas giant
Yavin and inhabited by the two intelligent but primitive species, the rabbitlike
Gerbs and the serpentine Slinth. [GG2]
- Yavin system: This star system did not appear
on many astrogation charts until after the Rebel Alliance victory in the Battle
of Yavin during the Galactic Civil War. Three planets orbit the orange star:
Fiddanl, Stroiketcy, and Yavin. [GG2]
- yayax: a fierce, pantherlike beast that lives
on Endor's forest moon. [ETV]
- Yemm, Tarbolk: A Chadra-Fan, he was a reporter
for TriNebulon News stationed on Nim Drovis. He was a controversial figure
who had a bounty on his head because of his stories. He rescued C-3P0 and
R2-D2 while they were on Nim Drovis. [POT]
- Yevetha: The dominant species in the Koornacht
Cluster. These skeletal humanoids are from the planet N'zoth. Their six-fingered
hands have retractable claws beneath their wrists. The Yevetha believe their
world is the center of the universe. They colonized 11 nearby planets into
the Duskhan League with nothing more than sublight drive thrustships. The
Koornacht Cluster was restricted furing the Empire's reign, and its inhabitants
were forced to labor for their Imperial masters. Three years after the Battle
of Endor, when the last remnants of the Empire finally fled the region, the
Yevetha underwent a Second Birth. They settled a dozen more colony worlds
and took command of captured Imperial vessels. Twelve years after the Battle
of Endor, the Yevethan fleet eleminated all non-Yevethan colonies in the cluster
in a series of brutal attacks known as the Great Purge. This led to bitter
war with the New Republic, in which the Yevethans were defeated. [BTS,
SOL, TT]
- Yevethan Protectorate: The proper name of the
Duskhan League, an alliance of Yevethan worlds in the Koornacht Cluster. [BTS]
- "Yezzo.": "Afirmative" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Yfra, Ambassador: An ambassador from the Hapes
Cluster, she was a traitor who planned to have Queen Mother Ta'a Chume and
Tenel Ka assassinated. [YJK]
- Ylesia: This planet near Hutt space is the site
of a fantatic religious colony whose priests use religion as a cover for their
spice-processing business. The false religion is based on a belief in the
Oneness and the All, but the good feelings associated with it are the result
of low-grade empathy provided by the t'landa Til. Pilgrims come to the planet
to worship but end up working in the spice-processing plants to help fill
the Ylesian priests' coffers. [PS]
- Ylesian Dream: A droid freighter Han
Solo used to escape Trader's Luck when he was about 19. Later, he
earned a living piloting it for the Ylesian priests. [PS]
- Ynr, Rhysati: A gifted pilot from Bespin, she
became a member of Rogue Squadron. During training, she became friends with
Corran Horn and started a relationship with Nawara Ven. [BW, RS]
- Yoda, Jedi Master: A small, long-lived Jedi
Master, he trained Jedi Knights for more than 800 years. When the Empire began
its Jedi Purge, Yoda went into hiding on the swamp planet Dagobah. He used
the Force and the planet's own natural defenses to discourage visitors, but
maintained a watch over Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa through the Force.
After the Battle of Hoth, visions of Obi-Wan Kenobi sent Luke to Dagobah.
There, he encountered Yoda, who was almost 900 years old at the time. The
Jedi Master reluctantly agreed to train Skywalker, despite the young man's
reckless nature, age, and innate anger. Against Yoda's protests, Luke cut
his training short to go to the aid of his friends on Bespin. He returned
to Dagobah after rescuing Han Solo from Tatooine, only to find that Yoda was
dying. The Jedi Master revealed that Luke would have to confront Darth Vader
and the Emperor to complete his Jedi training. He also revealed to Luke that
there was another Skywalker. Then Yoda vanished, becoming one with the Force.
Back during the time of the Republic, Yoda was the head of the famed Jedi
Council. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin brought Anakin Skywalker before the council
to determine if young Skywalker could be trained as a Jedi. The council refused.
Later, after the death of Jin, Jin's apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi passed the
trials to become a full-fledged Jedi Knight and told Yoda he had promised
Jin he would teach Anakin. Yoda agreed that Anakin could become Kenobi's apprentice.
Years later, during the Clone Wars, Yoda rescued Obi-Wan and Anakin from Darth
Tyrannus, one of Yoda's former pupils who had turned to evil. Also during
the Clone Wars, Yoda travelled to Kashyyyk to lead the Republic's clone army
against Separatist forces attacking the Wookiee homeworld. After Chancellor
Palpatine, as Darth Sidious, brought Anakin over to the dark side of the Force,
Yoda faced Darth Sidious in a powerful battle in the Republic's Senate Chamber.
Yoda was unable to defeat the dark lord and was forced to retreat. After the
twins Luke and Leia were born, Yoda went into hiding. (Puppeteered and
voiced by Frank Oz.) [AOTC, ESB, GG5, RJ, ROTS, SWCG, SWSB, SWTPM]
- "Yolats.": "Them" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Yomm, Auren: R2-D2 and C-3P0 met the then 15-year-old
girl during the early days of the Empire. She lived in the Umboo colony of
Roon, where she demonstrated the skills and talents of an excellent athlete.
She often ted her competitive team, which included the sleek droid Bix, to
victory in the Colonial Games. Her parents were Nilz and Bola Yomm. [DTV]
- Yomm, Nilz: The father of Auren Yomm, he ran
a trading post during the early days of the Empire and was a very respected
physician in the Roon colonies. [DTV]
- Yowza, Joh: A Yuzzem, he head a deep, raspy
voice and served as the lead male singer for the Max Rebo Band. He performed
at the band's last engagement for Jabba the Hutt. [RJSE]
- "Yoya.": "Who" in the Bocce language.
[GPB]
- ysalamiri: Indigenous to the planet Myrkr, these small,
salamanderlike creatures have the unique ability to push back the Force. Furry
snakes with legs, they live in the branches of Myrkyr's metal-rich trees.
An ysalamiri's claws grow directly into the branches, making it difficult
to remove the creature from its perch without killing it. A single ysalamari
creates a 10-meter-radius bubble in which the Force does not exist. Those
who have studied the creatures theorize ysalamiri push the Force away from
themselves like a bubble of air pushes away water. Within this bubble, a Force
user cannot call on his or her powers or otherwise manipulate the Force. Grand
Admiral Thrawn's plans to destroy the New Republic included the use of the
docile ysalamiri. He ordered Imperial engineers to build frames of pipes to
support and nourish the creatures so they could be removed from their branches
and transported off planet. The nutrient frames were designed so Thrawn and
others could wear them as a mobile defense against Force users. The creatures
also figured prominently in Thrawn's plans to rapidly grow clones in the Spaarti
cloning cylinders he retrieved from the Emperor's storehouse on Wayland. [DFR,
HE, HESB, LC]
- Ysanna: Force-sensitive shaman-warriors who
lived on the planet Ossus. [DE2]
- "Yureh.": "Where" in the Bocce
language. [GPB]
- Yuuzhan Vong: An extragalactic humanoid species.
The Yuuzhan Vong despise technology, especially droids. Instead, they utilize
living organisms and biological agents to create a kind of living technology.
Yorik coral is grown in coralskippers and other fighting vessels. The Yuuzhan
Vong even cultivate creatures called dovin basals that can focus gravity.
While most reasoning species understand that death is inevitable, the Yuuzhan
Vong culture embraces it. Life is preparation for death, and how one dies
is the most important factor. Scars and tattoos mark each Yuuzhan Vong's rise
toward godhood, and to die in battle is among their highest honors. Through
advance scouts like Nom Anor, the Yuuzhan Vong breached the galactic boundary
-- how long ago is unknown -- and learned much about the Empire and the New
Republic. Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, the Yuuzhan Vong sent
a small war force to start their full-scale conquest of the galaxy, planning
to establish bases and spawn additional weapon-creatures one planet at a time.
Working with Nom Anor and other hidden agents wuch as Yomin Carr, the Yuuzhan
Vong arrived in a living worldship and established a base on the fourth planet
of the Helska system for their yammosk, the creature that was their war coordinator.
This first Yuuzhan Vong invasion force was defeated at Helska 4. Nom Anor,
however, continues to stir up chaos in the Core, ready to assist when the
next invasion force arrives. [VP]
- Yuzzem: These humanoids with long snouts, long
arms, and heavy fur have great strength and volatile, unpredictable tempers.
They were often found as slaves in Imperial labor camps or as hired hands
employed to handle physical activities like mining. A pair of Yuzzem aided
Princess Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker during their mission to the Circarpous
star system. [SME]
- Yuzzum: A round, fur-covered being with long,
thin legs, and a wide mouth full of sharp, protruding teeth. Yuzzum inhabit
the forest moon of Endor and are intelligent though somewhat barbaric. A few
have found their way off planet to seek fame and fortune, like Joh Yowza who
sang for the Max Rebo Band. [ETV, ISWU, RJSE]
- Y-wing starfighter: This twin-engine, 16-meter-long
starfighter is a multipurpose craft that can be used as an attack vessel or
as a bomber. This hyperdrive-equipped starfighter is armed with two forward-mounted
laser cannons, a rear-mounted twin ion cannon, twin proton torpedo launchers,
and a droid-interface socket. It has combat-rated defelector shields, and
its rugged construction allows it to take a considerable amount of damage
before its systems fail.Often overshadowed by the newer X-wing and A-wing, the Y-wing Starfighter served multiple generations of star pilots as a workhorse that can take a combat beating and still make it home. The Alliance Starfighters Corps fly Y-wings in both epic battles over the Empire’s Death Stars. Note: Though this may be the common thought pattern
regarding the Y-wing, there is indeed no "Y" in the Aurebesh alphabet
used throughout the galaxy. STARSHIPS STARFIGHTERS REBELLION [ESB, RJ, SW, SWSB, SWVG]
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