Mammon Hoole was a Shi'ido scientist from Lao-mon during the reign of the Galactic Empire. After the destruction of Alderaan, Hoole fostered the children Zak and Tash Arranda.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 4.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

During his early years, Hoole attended and graduated from the Chandrilan Academy of Sciences in the same class as Borborygmus Gog. With the onset of the Clone Wars, Hoole participated in the Grand Army of the Republic's campaigns as a scientist for the Galactic Senate alongside Gog, working to counter the CIS clone-killing bioweapons.

When the war ended, both scientists retained their positions amongst the Galactic Empire, charged by the Emperor himself with Project Starscream. When their experiments began having negative effects on their base planet of Kiva, Hoole voiced his concerns to Gog, who lied and said that the Emperor demanded their continued work. When the Kivans were wiped out, Hoole fled Imperial service and went to Tatooine.

Hoole became the caregiver of Zak and Tash shortly after the destruction of Alderaan; the planet had been the two children's home prior to the Imperial Death Star's attack. Hoole kept the kids on his starship, the Lightrunner, where he and DV-9 taught the children as Hoole attended to different parts of the galaxy for his studies.

During most of his years as an anthropologist, Hoole usually worked alone, or with his custom made research assistant, DV-9. Only when studying species that he could not mimic did he take on an assistant. Sadly, some of these assistants were eaten by Arachnors on Arzid. One such assistant to meet this fate was Chlar Kotchmin. However, when Alderaan was destroyed by the first Death Star, he was forced into the role of surrogate parent when he adopted his niece and nephew, Tash and Zak Arranda. He continued his work until the trio angered key representatives of the Galactic Empire by meddling in the affairs of Borborygmus Gog's Project Starscream, and a bounty was put on their heads. Unable to continue their research, the three settled into a home in an undisclosed location, possibly New Alderaan.

At his home-based laboratory, Hoole began compiling the notes and data he had collected into a book. With the threat of Imperial discovery easing, Tash and Zak went off to college. When the data was compiled, Hoole sent it to professional writer Ann Margaret Lewis who, after completing the text, sent it to a publisher on Coruscant. Realizing the importance of such a book, the publisher immediately published it, and the reference book, entitled The Essential Guide to Alien Species, became available on most planets.

Behind the scenesEdit

Mammon Hoole is the in-universe author of the Tatooine chapter of The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, as well as both editions of The Essential Guide to Alien Species.

Mammon is a biblical term describing greed, often personified as a deity.

AppearancesEdit

• Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive
• Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead
• Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
• Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine
• Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
• Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror (First identified as Mammon)
• Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd
• Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders
• Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm
• Galaxy of Fear: Spore
• Galaxy of Fear: The Doomsday Ship
• Galaxy of Fear: Clones
• Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger

SourcesEdit

• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (First appearance)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series"—Star Wars Gamer 1
• The Essential Guide to Alien Species
• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 63 (JAW8, Jawas)
• Aliens in the Empire, Part 1: Hierarchy of Power on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia