- "He [Nahdonnis Praji] was an old-fashioned military man and while he viewed the AT walkers as graceless brutes he had to admit they were effective, particularly in subduing the unruly Leffingites in the Battle of Almak."
- ―Doctor Gabrel Treon, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji: A Cartel of Genes"
Almak was a terrestrial[3] world[4] located in the Almak system, a part of the Mid Rim's Almak sector.[1] It was the homeworld of[4] the sentient Leffingite species[5] and shared its name with the fruit known as the Almakian apple.[6]
The Leffingite Magaloof hailed from Almak. He traveled to[5] the Core Worlds planet[7] Coruscant[5] by 22 BBY[8] and started a criminal career there. Eventually, Magaloof was imprisoned, and after serving a three-year sentence, he returned home to Almak to start over his life.[5]
At some point between 19 BBY and 1 BBY,[9] the forces of the Galactic Empire subdued the Leffingites, who were resisting that government, during the Battle of Almak. Doctor Gabrel Treon later mentioned the battle in the 104 ABY article "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji: A Cartel of Genes," published in the Byblos Journal of Historical Science.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Magaloof's homeworld, Almak, is just random letters that sounded good together."
- ―Gregory Walker
Almak was developed as part of the backstory for Magaloof,[5] a character appearing in the 2002 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[11] Gregory Walker, writing as "NarbFlick,"[6] submitted an entry for Magaloof[5] through the StarWars.com Hyperspace feature "What's The Story?," and it was added to the site's Databank on August 12, 2005.[12]
Walker later claimed that Almak's name was simply derived from "random letters that sounded good together."[10] The author also expressed his intention for Almak to be located in the vicinity of the planet Luptoom,[13] which had also been created by Walker via "What's The Story?".[14] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Almak system, and therefore Almak itself, in grid square J-17, while placing the Luptoom system in the Outer Rim Territories, grid square M-18.[7]
Sources[]
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Magaloof in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Almak system
- ↑ The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Almak system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 24 ("Almak")
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Magaloof in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dining at Dex's on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ The events described in Magaloof in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) begin concurrently with those of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 22 BBY.
- ↑ Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable) establishes that the forces of the Galactic Empire fought in the Battle of Almak at some point by 1 BBY. Since The New Essential Chronology dates the foundation of the Empire to 19 BBY, the battle must have been fought between those two dates.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Magaloof: The Story Behind the Story" — Narb Flick Created Leffingites — Gregory Walker's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Hyperspace Presents: What's the Story, Round 1 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ "Nar Hida: The Story Behind the Story" — Narb Flick Created Leffingites — Gregory Walker's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- ↑ Hida, Nar in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- "Magaloof: The Story Behind the Story" — Narb Flick Created Leffingites — Gregory Walker's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- "Nar Hida: The Story Behind the Story" — Narb Flick Created Leffingites — Gregory Walker's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)