Champala
Astrographical
Region	Inner Rim[1]
System	Chagri system[2]
Suns	1: Chagri
Moons	3[3]
Grid coordinates	L-8[1]
Trade routes	Hydian Way[4]
Rotation period	27 standard hours[3]
Orbital period	318 local days[3]
Physical
Climate	Temperate[3]
Gravity	Standard[3]
Primary terrain	Oceans[2] Rainforests Plateaus
Points of interest	Logue Rock
Societal
Native species	Chagrians[2]
Primary language(s)	Chagri language
Government	Democracy[3]
Population	3.5 billion 99% Chagrian[3] 1% Other species[3]
Major cities	Tidros (capital)[3]
Major imports	Technology[3]
Major exports	Luxury goods[3]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic[4] Galactic Empire Alliance of Free Planets[2] New Republic[2] Galactic Federation of Free Alliances[2] Revan's Sith Empire Sith Empire

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Champala, also called "Chagria," was a planet in the Inner Rim. Most of its starports were high and dry on plateaus, but its cities were submerged at high tide. It was a popular resort world.

GeographyEdit

Champala was considered a water world, though it possessed several small continents covered in jungles and rainforests, with the occasional high plateau. The tidal zones of Champala consisted of long, thin strips of land.

HistoryEdit

Civilization on Champala originated in these long strips of coastline, where sea levels fluctuated wildly with the tides. Buildings in these ancient cities were entirely submerged at high tide, and Chagrians swam between them. Some multi-story buildings were not equipped with staircases or elevators at all; inhabitants simply waited until high tide, then swam to higher floors. Once the Chagrians made contact with other species, they constructed starports and trade cities on high plateaus accessible by aircar.

Champala joined the Galactic Republic early in its history, sometime between 25,000 BBY and 22,000 BBY.^[4]

C. 529 BBY, a number of needy Chagrian locals were approached by recruiters sent by Hugo Bartyn. Bartyn wanted amphibian fishermen to settle a new city in Lamaredd and tempted these poverty-stricken individuals with promises of untouched seas in a new frontier. Once they arrived, however, they became slave laborers.^[5]

Champala would come to be represented in the Galactic Senate; eventually Mas Amedda would be elected senator in the final years of the Republic.

Champala was heavily polluted during the rule of the Galactic Empire after a series of mining accidents. The Chagrians played a part in liberating Mon Calamari from the Empire, and their planet was an initial member of the Alliance of Free Planets, remaining part of both the New Republic and the Galactic Alliance.

At the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Battle of Champala was fought there.

SourcesEdit

• Alien Anthology
• Ultimate Alien Anthology
• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
•  "Bartyn's Landing"—Star Wars Gamer 7
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Legacy Era Campaign Guide
• The Essential Atlas
• The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

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