Nelvaan

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Nelvaan was an icy planet in the Koobi system in the Outer Rim Territories and the homeworld of the Nelvaanian people.

Contents 1 Geographic features 2 History 3 Fauna 4 Behind the scenes 5 Appearances 6 Sources 7 Notes and references

[edit] Geographic features

A planet in the Koobi star system, Nelvaan is a primitive world of low gravity experiencing the onset of an ice age. Three moons orbit Nelvaan. It was in close proximity to Tythe. A world without a terrible amount of gravity, it was home to several massive life forms, including the vicious Horax.

Nelvaan is also dominated by a landscape of precarious mesas that would have fallen in standard gravity worlds. These mesas are home to the primitive Nelvaanians—blue-furred ursine humanoids. Lacking a planetary government and holding no allegiance to either the Separatists or Republic, it was a rarely visited world useful only to Bothans, who regularly siphoned water from the glacial fields, a practice that did not concern the Nelvaanians.

[edit] History

During the Clone Wars, it was home to a Techno Union laboratory that experimented on the warriors of the Nelvaanian tribes, unhappy with the progress of the Confederacy droid army and in awe of the prowess of General Grievous. Their experiments, based around a siphon generator that drained thermal energy from the surrounding area, resulted in the endless winter experienced all over the planet. The base was destroyed by Anakin Skywalker and freed the mutated yet liberated Nelvaanian warriors in the Battle of Nelvaan.

It was on this planet that Anakin Skywalker experienced visions inside a cave, symbolically depicting his corruption by the dark side of the Force. These visions came true as Darth Sidious transformed Anakin into his new apprentice, Darth Vader.

Later, before the Battle of Coruscant, Count Dooku, having fled Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tythe, made a brief stop at Nelvaan in order to discourage pursuit by Republic forces.

Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi may have visited the planet, assuming Obi-Wan's remark about he and Jinn traveling together and learning about Nelvaanians is true.

[edit] Fauna

• Nelvaan cat
• Nelvaan riding beast
• Nelvaan rodent
• Nelvaan squirrel
• Nelvaan wolf
• Giant Nelvaan bird
• Nelvaan bird
• Horax

[edit] Behind the scenes

The planet gets its name from Nelvana, the animation company that made the animated segment in The Star Wars Holiday Special, and produced the Ewoks and Droids animated series.

[edit] Appearances

• Labyrinth of Evil (First appearance)
• Clone Wars Chapter 22
• Clone Wars Chapter 23
• Clone Wars Chapter 24
• Clone Wars Chapter 25
• The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

•  Nelvaan in the Databank
• Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 (First mentioned)
• The New Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
• Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous

[edit] Notes and references