Mount Tantiss
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- "The Emperor had a private storehouse. It was where he kept all of his private mementos and souvenirs and odd bits of technology he thought might be useful someday. One of the artificial caverns held a complete cloning facility."
- ―Mara Jade
Mount Tantiss was a mountain on the planet Wayland that housed one of Emperor Palpatine's secret storehouses.
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History
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Imperial secret storehouseEdit
- "A private rat's nest. Sounds like him."
- ―Han Solo
Mount Tantiss was originally the site of an Old Republic fort that was reactivated by Palpatine during the Clone Wars.[3] The storehouse contained objects and both trinkets of unspeakable evil and mementos from the conquests of the Empire. His most private treasures were hidden in a massive labyrinth designed by Garrbo V'Droz in the mountain's bottom chamber.
The mountain and its storehouse were guarded by a Dark Jedi referred to as "the Guardian" until he was (presumably) killed by the insane clone Joruus C'baoth.[1]
The mountain also held the twenty-thousand Spaarti cloning cylinders which were used by Grand Admiral Thrawn to create a crew of clones for his new Katana fleet Dreadnaughts, and the schematics for the cloaking devices that he would install on those very same ships and would make their way into much of the Imperial Fleet as time went by.[4]
Destruction of the storehousesEdit
- "The mountain is under attack, sir. Two different forces of natives, plus some Rebel saboteurs. And a group of Noghri..."
- ―Captain Pellaeon to Grand Admiral Thrawn just before Thrawn's death.
The storehouse was destroyed at the end of Thrawn campaign by Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, Lando Calrissian, Talon Karrde, Chewbacca, and Han Solo after Luke and Mara Jade killed the clones Luuke Skywalker and Joruus C'baoth.[4]
Later historyEdit
- "This alien was discovered near Mount Tantiss by one of the cleansing teams. He had been digging through the soil in the fault line area and had found six datacards."
- ―Cakhmaim to Leia Organa Solo
After the Thrawn campaign, Wayland joined the New Republic and some Noghri set up their settlement near the mountain. The Myneyrshi were in charge of the protection of the storehouse's ruins.[2]
Ten years later, an edited version of the Caamas Document was found there by Information broker Lak Jit. Leia Organa Solo managed to catch him with the assistance of Talon Karrde. She recovered the document but this didn't prevent the Caamas Document Crisis.[2]
Behind the scenesEdit
Mount Tantiss was created by the author Timothy Zahn and first appeared in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. The name "Tantiss" was intended by Zahn as a reference to Tantalus, a figure from Greek mythology who abused the privileges of the gods.[5]
AppearancesEdit
- Hero of Cartao (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- "The Emperor's Trophy" — Star Wars Galaxy 11
- Heir to the Empire (First appearance)
- Dark Force Rising (Mentioned only)
- The Last Command
- Chewbacca and the Life-Debt (Mentioned only)
- Children of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
- Rebel Jedi on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links on Archive.org) (Mentioned only)
- Specter of the Past
- Vision of the Future (Mentioned only)
- Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
- Emissary of the Void
- "An Apology" (Non-canonical mention)
SourcesEdit
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- "ComicScan: Taken By Force" — Star Wars Galaxy 8
- "ISB Intercepts"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Anakin Skywalker: The Story of Darth Vader
- The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
- "Star Wars Q&A"—Star Wars Insider 67
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Wayland in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
