Ganathan

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Ganathans were humanoid sapients indigenous to Ganath.

Contents 1 Biology and appearance 2 Society and culture 3 History 4 Behind the scenes 5 Appearances 6 Sources 7 Notes and references

[edit] Biology and appearance

The Ganathans were a sentient Near-Human species.^[1]

[edit] Society and culture

The Ganathans had limited space travel capabilities, using steam-powered spacecraft capable of slow, inter-system travel. They were ignorant of the hyperdrive, as well as many other modern developments, but were quite advanced in some areas, notably electronics, constructing, among other things, Empatojayos Brand's cyborg suit and the infamous Lightning gun weapons system. They had also apparently developed protocols for the handling of alien visitations.

[edit] History

The Ganathans evolved on the planet Ganath, located with the Oktos Nebula, a largely uncharted cloud of gases within Hutt Space.^[1] Cut off from the rest of the galaxy by the uncharted and unexplored clouds of highly-irradiated interstellar gases that surround their pocket of space, the Ganathans' technology remained at an archaic level. The Ganathans' existence might never have been revealed to the rest of the galaxy if the severely damaged Millennium Falcon had not flown into the gas clouds in 10 ABY, making Han and Leia Organa Solo, Chewbacca and Vima-Da-Boda the first outside visitors since Empatojayos Brand had been rescued from his stricken craft at the end of the Clone Wars.

His ship too damaged to travel, and nothing to return to if he could, the severely wounded Jedi Brand had remained among the Ganathans, who combined their technology with his own to create the repulsorlift sphere that housed Brand's body and kept him alive. Eventually Brand came to be the Ganathans' leader, and ruled through the Jedi creed of justice.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Much of Ganathan technology and design seems to be modeled on their out of universe 19th century equivalents, giving them a "steampunk" appearance.

[edit] Appearances

• Dark Empire II (First appearance)

[edit] Sources

• Handbook 3: Dark Empire
• The Essential Atlas

[edit] Notes and references