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The Velmoc species were sentient, humanoid insectoids indigenous to the planet Velmor. Their distinctive physiology included powerful limbs, compound eyes, two antennae, and prominent crests that jutted from the arms. The species inhabited the mountains of their homeworld, sorting themselves into tribes. They were renowned for their warrior culture by some of the Humans who colonized Velmor; other Humans reviled them as primitives. Despite the sometime animosity between the two species, some Velmoc integrated into Human Velmorian society and worked as servants. The insectoids spoke Galactic Basic Standard as a primary language.

By the time of the Galactic Empire, the Velmoc were nearing extinction on Velmor. After a coup d'état destabilized the Velmorian civilization and ushered in a period of puppet rule under the aegis of the Empire, the Velmoc faced their potential extermination by the Imperial Captain Zeta Traal. During an uprising that upended the Velmorian monarchy, the crown prince, Denid, escaped the planet with the help of his Velmoc aide, Jedidiah, a one-time Jedi hopeful who had turned down an offer of Jedi training to serve the royal family. With the help of Rebel Alliance operatives, Denid and Jedidiah returned to Velmor, a homecoming that eventually prompted a confrontation between Jedidiah and Traal. The encounter resulted in Jedidiah's death, but it also removed Traal from her position of influence, thus freeing Denid to become the king of the Velmorians. (Read more…)

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Noori was a terrestrial planet in the Noori system within the galaxy's southeast quadrant. It was located in an area of the Expansion Region overlapping with the Slice, a part of space between Corellian Run and Perlemian Trade Route. The Galactic Republic began scouting the region during the Great Manifest Period, resulting in widespread colonization in the following millennia. Noori was the homeworld of the Noorians, a sentient humanoid species with striped eyes. Tahl, a Noorian Jedi Master who lived during the last decades of the Republic, hailed from the planet. (Read more…)

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