Kachirho

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Kachirho was a coastal Wookiee city on Kashyyyk that became the site of the Battle of Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars.

Characteristics

Kachirho was located on the Wawaatt Archipelago on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk.^[2]

The city spiraled around the trunk of a 984-foot high wroshyr tree that sat in front of a large blue fresh-water lagoon. At the gates of the tree city, a carved archway read in Wookiee script -- Come in peace to our Home Tree Vikkilynn.

Kachiro had a city hall located up the beach from the water. Two piers and docks extended out into the archipelago.^[3]

As the home to the Claatuvac Guild, it was the Wookiee center of hyperspace mapping.^[4]

History

KachirhoSpaceport — The Imperial-controlled spaceport in Kachirho during the time of the Galactic Civil War

The leader of the city at the time of the Clone Wars was the Wookiee Tarfful, who had served for over a Human lifetime, roughly 100 years. The Claatuvac Guild was also based here.

In 19 BBY, the Delta Squad of Republic commandos was inserted to beat back a large scale Separatists assault on the bridge. The commandos fought through large market halls and Wookiee hangars containing "balloons", and used four two-barreled cannons located in Kachirho to fire at a Recusant-class light destroyer.^[5] The 501st Legion assisted by holding the beach against the Separatist Droid Army.^[6] Although Grand Master Yoda led the 41st Elite Corps into the city, the commando RC-1207 was intercepted by battle droids and declared missing.^[5]

Kachirho was chosen as the landing spot for the Separatists due to its wide open land areas, as opposed to many other cities on the planet, covered by thick foliage. When the alarm was sounded that the city would be attacked, thousands from other cities came via land and sea to Kachirho to protect it.

The Separatists established their beachhead^[1] on an island near the city.^[3]

A few months later, a group of six Jedi who had escaped Order 66, led by Olee Starstone, came to Kashyyyk looking for Jedi who had been there when Order 66 was issued.^[7] Tarfful fought against the Imperials when they invaded Kashyyyk, but he was captured by the Empire and became a slave, destined to help build the first Death Star.

During the Galactic Civil War, Kachirho was controlled by the Galactic Empire, where they operated a spaceport. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Darth Vader stayed at the Kachirho spaceport. From here, he entrusted his old Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor to an Imperial agent to be used to repel a Rebel Alliance invasion force in the Kashyyyk System.^[8]