Kothlis

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Kothlis was a Bothan colony world located in the Kothlis system of the Bothan sector in the Mid Rim. It was the fourth of seven planets in the system, and was orbited by three small moons and an asteroid field.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 Notes and references

[edit] Geography

The planet was largely oceanic with many scenic islands, covered in palm trees and dotted with beaches. Many of these islands were grouped together in atolls. The water in some places was shallow enough for AT-ATs to wade through.

The planet's atmosphere was rich in oxygen, making it beneficial to most Humanoids. While on Kothlis in 3 ABY, Luke Skywalker noted to himself that the daytime air smelled of warm and moldy cheese.^[2]

[edit] History

During the Galactic Civil War, Kothlis was the site of the Battle of Kothlis, a battle in a sequence of several in the Rebel Alliance's attempt to steal the plans to the second Death Star. The plans were decoded in a safe house in Tal'cara. Luke Skywalker and Koth Melan observed the decoding but in the midst of it a bunch of bounty hunters looking for Luke burst in. The data was saved by a Bothan tech who ran out a back exit but Melan was killed and Luke captured. The surviving techs beamed the data up to the waiting blockade runner Razor, but it was caught by the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger.

Rogue Squadron was sent to rescue the Alliance blockade runner, the Razor, from the Avenger. The Rogues successfully downed the Imperial warship, but not before it regained the Death Star plans, and so Wedge Antilles and his wingmen were forced down onto the surface to retrieve the plans from the Star Destroyer wreckage.

Once the wreckage had been located, Crix Madine led a small strike force of Rebel commandos, who were to infiltrate the Star Destroyer and retrieve the plans. Although most of the ship's critical systems were down, surviving commanders were still able to launch AT-AT and AT-PT battalions, along with air support from nearby Imperial garrisons. However, the Rogues managed to bring down the heavy walkers in T-47 airspeeders.

After Rogue Squadron successfully breached the hull using Y-wing bombing runs, the commandos were able to retrieve the plans and send them to Rebel Alliance High Command.

Soon after the Battle of Endor, Kothlis was attacked in retribution against the Bothans who had taken and decoded the data.

It was represented in the New Republic Senate by Kothlis-born Borsk Fey'lya.

A Bothan owned droid component manufacturer called Compart Corporation was based on Kothlis

[edit] Behind the scenes

The PC game Star Wars: Rebellion mistakenly places Kothlis in the Sluis sector of the Galactic Core. The Sluis sector is actually located in the Outer Rim Territories.

[edit] Appearances

•  Coruscant Eliminated in Galactic Cup Opening Round—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 3: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan
• The Hutt Gambit (Mentioned only)
•  "Fair Prey" - Star Wars Gamer 1 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Rebellion
• Shadows of the Empire comic
• Shadows of the Empire novel
•  "Hasty Exit" - Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
• Dark Force Rising (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (Mentioned only)
• Vision of the Future (Mentioned only)
• Star by Star (Mentioned only)
• The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 19 (MID2, Planets of the Mid Rim)
• The Essential Atlas

[edit] Notes and references