Rutan
Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories
Sector	Atravis sector
System	Rutan system
Moons	Senali
Grid coordinates	L-20
Physical
Primary terrain	Plains
Societal
Native species	Rutanians Kudana
Immigrated species	Hud
Primary language(s)	Galactic Basic Standard
Major cities	Testa (capital)
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Galactic Empire Yuuzhan Vong

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Rutan was a planet in the Outer Rim Territories, on the Hydian Way.

A Rutanian tradition was to go hunting most days of the week and after the hunts the Rutanians would have a huge meat feast.

History

The tradition on the planet was for the son or daughter of both leaders to travel to the other world at the age of seven, and live there until they turned 16, to prevent an attack from the corresponding planet. The two worlds were almost thrown into war once when Rutan's King Frane's firstborn son Leed, chose to stay on Senali instead of return to his birthplace on Rutan. King Frane, convinced his son was being brainwashed, threatened to declare war on Meenon, leader of Senali. Instead, he called upon two Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to come and return his son to him. The two Jedi eventually found a way to avoid another battle and Leed's younger brother Taroon turned out to have a wish to rule, despite his father's ignorance. He became King after Frane. Pirate raids on the trade route were stopped by the Galactic Empire by 18 BBY.

The planet was attacked by Nagai invaders in 4 ABY.

The rivalry between the Rutanians and their offshoot race the Senalis, on Rutan's moon Senali, was provoked into open warfare by the Yuuzhan Vong, leaving both the planet and its moon weakened and vulnerable to invasion.

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Behind the scenes

It is possible that this planet's name is a reference to famed aerospace engineer Burt Rutan.

Appearances

• Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
• Force Heretic I: Remnant (Mentioned only)

Sources

• The Official Star Wars Fact File 56
• Ultimate Adversaries
• The New Essential Chronology
• The Essential Atlas
• Galaxy at War
• The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
•  Lumiya in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)