Kintan
Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories[1]
Sector	Hutt Space (Si'Klaata Cluster)
System	Kintan system[1]
Suns	1: Kintan[1]
Moons	3[1]
Grid coordinates	S-9
Rotation period	32 standard hours[1]
Orbital period	412 standard days[1]
Physical
Class	Terrestrial[1]
Diameter	12,054 km[1]
Atmosphere	Type I (Breathable)[1]
Climate	Temperate[1]
Gravity	Standard[1]
Primary terrain	Rocky wastelands[1] Archipelagos[1] Forests[1] Swamps[1] Magma fields[1]
Points of interest	Basin of Torturous Flame Canyon of Despair Burning Moon Range River of Fire Glussa Island Gluss'elta Archipelago Gluss'elta Sea Fortress Kh'aris Wannschok Desert
Societal
Native species	Nikto[1] Kintan crusher[2] Historic: Kintan strider
Primary language(s)	Huttese Nikto language[1]
Government	Hutt Clan of the Ancients[1]
Population	12 million (100% Nikto)[1]
Major imports	High tech[1]
Major exports	None[1]
Affiliation	Hutt Empire Galactic Republic Galactic Empire Yuuzhan Vong Empire Confederation

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Kintan was the home world of the Nikto. After a supernova explosion near the system, evolution of the Nikto divided into five subspecies. Kintan was located within the Si'Klaata Cluster, on the Ac'fren Spur.

Kintan striders, also found around the galaxy as pets of Hutts, were originally from Kintan. However, they were driven to extinction on the planet itself.

HistoryEdit

In 26,000 BBY, the Cult of M'dweshuu formed on Kintan. This violent cult worshiped the nearby M'dweshuu supernova. Around 25,130 BBY, the Cult came to power, and the planet was plunged into four civil wars. In 25,100 BBY, under the terms of the Treaty of Vontor, the Niktos were permanently indentured to the Hutts. The Cult did briefly drive the Hutts offworld about 1,000 BBY. Kintan apparently did join the Galactic Republic at least two decades before the Clone Wars, having direct Senate representation, but the Senators were merely mouthpieces for the Niktos' Hutt masters. A new wave of Cult violence broke out in 22 BBY, making travel on the Sisar Run dangerous.

The Morgukai warrior tradition arose on the planet, elite and isolated from other Nikto. In 30 BBY, exiled Twi'lek Kh'aris Fenn took up residence in Fortress Kh'aris on Kintan, guarded by the last two Morgukai, Tsyr and Bok. The two Morgukai kidnapped the Twi'lek heir Nat Secura and brought him to the fortress, but the Jedi saved Nat and slew Tsyr. Bok died on Saleucami during the Outer Rim Sieges in 19 BBY, along with an army of his clones.

The planet was later taken over by the Yuuzhan Vong in 26 ABY. During the occupation, 75% of the Nikto population was either enslaved or killed, while the rest either fled Kintan or went into hiding in the planets most inhospitable areas. In the years following the war's end, the population slowly returned to its former levels.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Republic: Rite of Passage
•  Nikto Cultists Plague Sisar Run—HoloNet News Vol. 531 45 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• Secrets of the Sisar Run
• Ultimate Alien Anthology
• Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 125 (NIK1-2, Nikto)
• The New Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
•  "University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Nikto"—Star Wars Gamer 6
•  "Race for the Tessent"—Star Wars Gamer 9
• Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part I) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 37
• The Unknown Regions
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded

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