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"Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration. But don't worry—we will deal with your Rebel friends soon enough."
Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to Princess Leia Organa[20]

Dantooine (pronounced /'dæntuin/) was a pleasant world of grasslands, rivers and lakes. The planet was located in the Raioballo sector of the Outer Rim at an endpoint of Myto's Arrow, the other endpoint of which was in the Obtrexta sector, though Dantooine itself was still far removed from most galactic traffic. It hosted a small population spread amongst single-family settlements and small communities with large land holdings. Its sentient population consisted primarily of simple Human farmers, though Dantooine was also home to the primitive Dantari race. Native wildlife included the kath hound, the iriaz, the kinrath, and the graul. The planet had no industrial settlements or advanced technology by the time of the Galactic Civil War, save for a temporary Rebel base there.

Description[]

"I mean, look at this planet – majestic fields, rolling plains, wide open terra firma. Elbow room – that's what people want."
Crattis Yurkal[12]

A normal day on Dantooine lasted 25 standard hours, and a local year lasted 378 local days.

Dantooine SoR

A lone Rebel soldier speeds through the fields of Dantooine

Dantooine had several continents. There was an equatorial one that was connected to a larger northern one and a south polar one by slender land bridges, as well as a disconnected north-eastern continent.

An olive, blue, and brown colored world, Dantooine was remote from the bustle of the galactic trade routes. Two moons floated in the skies above the savannahs of lavender and yellow grasses.

Separated by forests of spiky blba trees, colonists maintained individual family estates largely isolated from each other.

One of the major continents of Dantooine was identified by its various geographical regions. To the southeast, there were the Rielig Steppes, with the Burad Hills at their southeastern corner. The Northeast section was identified as the Fields of Banir, which held the ruins of an ancient Jedi temple. To the Northwest, there were the Arissi Plains, with the Mosa Rishin region and Taikaha Hills connecting to the southwestern Darjani Plains.

History[]

Infinite Empire[]

The planet was one of the subject worlds of the Rakata, of the Infinite Empire. The Rakata built several structures on its surface; at least one of which housed a Star Map and several Rakata-made droids, and was still standing by the time of the Jedi Civil War.

A theory persisted that the native Dantari were descended from a colonization attempt during the earliest days of the Old Republic, but no studies bore this supposition out, and the Dantari were recorded as being present since the beginning of more recent settlements.[4]

Old Sith Wars[]

"Even the Sith would think twice before attacking Dantooine. There are many Jedi here, including several of the most powerful masters of the order. There is great strength within this place."
Bastila Shan[12]
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The Jedi Enclave

During the Old Sith Wars, the Galactic Republic began a full-scale colonization campaign on Dantooine. While the Republic by itself had virtually no military on the planet, the settlers were protected by the Jedi Order.[12]

By at least 3997 BBY, a Jedi training enclave was established by Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, although ruins of an even older Jedi structure could be found on the planet. Many great Jedi of the Great Sith War were trained on Dantooine. However, the Enclave on Dantooine was infamous for the number of its students who eventually fell to the dark side; among them were some of the greatest enemies of the Republic during that unstable period, such as Exar Kun, Revan, and Malak.[12]

Forty years later, in 3956 BBY, the leading instructors at the Dantooine Jedi Enclave were Masters Vrook Lamar, Zhar, Vandar Tokare, and Dorak. When Bastila Shan brought a mentally dead Revan before the Dantooine council, they decided to give Revan another chance to redeem himself. Revan was trained there for a second time.[12]

Just weeks after Revan completed his new training, the Enclave, along with many of Dantooine's other settlements, was destroyed by Darth Malak, who was obsessed with finding Revan and Bastila (Malak also took special care to bombard the ancient Rakatan temple to preserve the Star Forge's secrecy, but by then it was too late).[12] This attack sent the Dantooine farming community into decay, as the Republic, weakened by the war, could not offer its support to the remote world. Until the collapse of the Sith Empire a year later, Dantooine was occupied by the Sith, who executed almost all local leaders.[14]

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Local Defense Grid

From 3956 to 3951 BBY, the settlers, led by Administrator Terena Adare, began to rebuild their community by constructing the outpost of Khoonda. By then, Dantooine was populated by mercenaries and salvagers, the latter trying to make a living by finding Jedi relics from the ruined Enclave and selling them.[14]

In 3951 BBY, the Republic nearly lost Dantooine to the Exchange, which planned to use the world as an outpost in the Outer Rim Territories. Exchange mercenaries under the leadership of Azkul, who where supported by Czerka Arms under the leadership of Jana Lorso, made trouble for the settlers, eventually culminating in the Battle of Khoonda. Thanks to the efforts of Master Vrook and Meetra Surik, the meager Khoonda militia prevailed over Azkul's mercenaries and subsequently exiled the Exchange and Czerka Arms from the planet, and Dantooine remained in the Republic. The Republic eventually sent some of its forces to protect the battered planet.[14]

After the battle, the Enclave was rebuilt and briefly became the residence of the reformed Jedi Council (Master Vrook, Master Kavar, and Master Zez-Kai Ell), but it was abandoned shortly after, when the Council members were killed by Darth Traya.[14]

Around 3627 BBY, Dantooine was raided by the Nova Blades, a pirate group in the employ of the Sith Empire which felt threatened by the planet's proximity to its territory. The Empire used the Nova Blades as a distraction to infiltrate a small elite force in the surface and dispute the ground with Republic forces.[21]

Clone Wars[]

"Master Windu still fights on Dantooine."
―Palpatine[22]

During the Clone Wars, Mace Windu won a widely publicized victory at the Battle of Dantooine. Although he was without his lightsaber for much of the battle, Windu and a large clone trooper force defeated an army of B2 super battle droids and a massive seismic tank.[23][24]

The geneticist master Zeta Magnus held control over an accelerated GeNode facility on Dantooine during the Clone Wars.[25]

Galactic Empire[]

"X1 had killed Falon Grey, our genetic father, and left me for dead."
―X2[26]

At some time after the creation of the Empire, the Force-sensitive clone trooper X2 aided the escaped Jedi Knight Falon Grey in his battle against Imperial stormtroopers. While Grey fought with armed villagers, X2 moved around the Jedi Enclave. The two met in a mountain hangar, but X2's older brother X1 arrived with his troops. Falon Grey defeated X1 in combat, but while at the lightsaber's edge, X1 killed the Jedi and incapacitated X2. X2 then lived on the planet for many years.

Galactic Civil War[]

"Our scout ships have reached Dantooine. They have found the remains of a Rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time. They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems."
―Siward Cass — (audio) Listen (file info)[20]
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A winding path on Dantooine

Years later, after the Corellian Treaty was signed, the Alliance to Restore the Republic established Dantooine as their headquarters, establishing a prefabricated base near the ruins of the old Jedi Enclave. The planet was also used as a staging post for starfighter strikes—most famously, the Battle of Danuta, for the recovery of the Death Star plans.

In 2 BBY, the special operative Jan Ors directed the seventeen-year-old Tarrin Datch to pilot her freighter carrying a cargo of stolen Imperial fuel slugs to the sanctuary of the Dantooine base, the first command center of the Rebel Alliance. Once arriving there, Datch began training as a starfighter pilot and officially joined the Rebellion.[27] In 1 BBY, Darth Vader was captured by the Rebel Alliance on Kamino and was taken hostage on Dantooine's Rebel base, unaware that Fett was pursuing the Rebels and their valuable hostage in his ship. Not long after, the Dantooine base was deserted after Ryle Torsyn discovered an Imperial homing beacon there, possibly placed by Boba Fett.[28]

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Dantooine farms

After the Alliance's relocation to Yavin 4, Princess Leia Organa tried to fool Grand Moff Tarkin into believing that the main Rebel base was still located on Dantooine, attempting to spare her homeworld of Alderaan from the destructive power of the Empire's newest weapon. Tarkin replied that Dantooine was too remote to use as an effective demonstration of the Death Star (the deciding factor here seemed to be a political and social impact rather than military necessity). Alderaan was destroyed and subsequently, Imperials did indeed discover the abandoned Rebel base. As Tarkin realized that Leia would lie to him even under the most dire circumstances, he ordered her execution.

The Empire took over the vacated Alliance base and discovered the Jedi cloning facility in the ruins, and resumed carrying out the research to develop rapid cloning procedures.[4] They also established an Imperial outpost and a mining outpost.[7]

Ex-Imperial Officer Tycho Celchu also defected to the Rebel Alliance on this world. However, he was captured by the Imperial Storm Commando Corps. Before he was captured, he managed to send a panic-burst transmission to the orbiting members of Rogue Squadron who immediately began a rescue operation. Luke Skywalker piloted a captured Imperial speeder bike to the landing zone, where he used several E-Web repeating blasters to stop an Imperial APC which Tycho had been stored upon. After disabling the APC, Skywalker and Celchu used another two speeder bikes to escape from several waves of Probe droids, APCs, enemy speeders and TIE/sa starfighters. However, upon arriving at the rendezvous point with Sarkli, the Imperial forces had destroyed much of the Rebel task force, including several BTL Y-wing starfighters, leaving four T-65 X-wing starfighters, which the survivors used to escape. Upon reaching orbit, Celchu hemorrhaged information about trapped scientists on the planet Ralltiir.

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A view of Dantooine

At some point during the Galactic Civil War, a bounty hunter and kid faced off against a pirate at Dantooine. The kid wrestled the pirate out of a hatch, forcing the bounty hunter to rescue him using an ablative heatshield and a parachute. The bounty hunter dove from orbit using the equipment to reach the surface of the planet.[29]

After the Battle of Endor, Dantooine fell within the territory of the Pentastar Alignment.[4] A cloaked stealth fighter was later taken from a museum on Dantooine by the New Republic and used by Lando's Commandos during a mission to Radix.[30]

In the turbulent years following the reborn clone Emperor Palpatine's resurrection, the New Republic relocated several refugees from Eol Sha to Dantooine. The colonist refugees did not have a chance to meet the native Dantari, since Admiral Daala dispatched an Imperial force that massacred all the refugees.[31]

Yuuzhan Vong War[]

"The lesson of Dantooine is a terrifying one. The Yuuzhan Vong care more about doing their duty than worrying about death."
―Mara Jade Skywalker[32]
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Dantooine is assaulted by the Yuuzhan Vong

Two months after the start of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Mara Jade Skywalker had landed on Dantooine with Anakin Solo to try to give Mara some rest from the war and to recover from her sickness. There, the young Solo looked after his aunt, learned to rely on his physical strength rather than his power in the Force, and befriended a native Dantari man. However, the Yuuzhan Vong soon caught up with them, and New Republic Forces who were fleeing from Dubrillion, including Leia Organa, Jaina Solo, and Gavin Darklighter, landed in another mess. Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo had arrived just moments earlier, and helped rescue Jade Skywalker and Anakin, who were nearly overtaken in their flight from the Yuuzhan Vong. They proceeded to fight in the battle on the planet and aided in the Dubrillion refugees' escape.[33] The population of the native Dantari were almost wiped out in the battle as the Yuuzhan Vong proceeded to conquer the planet. Kyp Durron later witnessed a two-kilometer-wide pit filled with the bones of those sacrificed to the Yuuzhan Vong gods. The Galactic Alliance reclaimed Dantooine when the Yuuzhan Vong surrendered.

Post-Yuuzhan Vong War[]

During the Second Galactic Civil War, in 40 ABY, the planet had come under Imperial control once more and would presumably still be under Imperial jurisdiction, when the remnant was reorganized into the Fel Empire, four years later. After the rise of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire in 130 ABY, Dantooine was a member of the remnant of the Fel Empire, known as the Empire in exile. In 138 ABY, when the Empire-in-exile had emerged with the New Jedi Order and the Galactic Alliance Remnant, with the fall of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, Dantooine, presumably became a member of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate.

Fauna[]

Flora[]

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A blba tree in Dantooine's fields

Behind the scenes[]

The PC game Star Wars: Rebellion mistakenly places Dantooine in the Mayagil sector.

In the PSP game Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, Dantooine's landmasses are the island Ireland and part of Scotland repeated over the planet's sea.

Appearances[]

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Dantooine at the time of the the Eternal Empire

Non-canon appearances[]

Sources[]

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Flag of Dantooine

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  2. SWGamer-icon "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Anx" — Star Wars Gamer 7
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 The Essential Atlas
  5. Databank title Dantooine in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  9. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Tokare Garrison"
  10. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Imperial Outpost DNT-X004"
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  13. The Mandalorian Armor
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  15. Creatures of the Galaxy
  16. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
  17. Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Jedi Academy Training Manual
  19. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne — Codex: "Blba Tree"
  20. 20.0 20.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  21. SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne — The Marauders of Dantooine
  22. CloneWarsLogoMini Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 1"
  23. CloneWarsLogoMini Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 12"
  24. CloneWarsLogoMini Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 13"
  25. SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story
  26. Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
  27. Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
  28. Swccglogolg Star Wars Customizable Card GameSpecial Edition Limited (Card: Ryle Torsyn) (backup link)
  29. Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
  30. "Lando's Commandos: On Eagles' Wings" — Star Wars Tales 5
  31. Dark Apprentice
  32. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
  33. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught

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