Shola

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Shola was a volcanic planet (much like Mustafar), with constant groundquakes and corrosive air. Its core was a chamber of icy gas while the outside was searing hot. The planet was also almost impossible to explore, with falling volcanic ash and dangerous mining shafts.

Due to a few ancient ruins, many scientists believed that a civilization once resided on Shola, but were all killed in a massive cataclysm that left the planet in its present state. Shola may have possibly been captured and occupied by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. If this is true, than the means of the eventual transfer to the control of the Hutt Cartel remains unexplained. During this period, the Zann Consortium established racketeering operations on the planet.

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[edit] Behind the scenes

The fiery climate of Shola could be described as "hellish." Thus, it is most likely the planet's name was inspired by "Sheol," the Hebrew name of Hades (the underworld). Alternately, some fans believe the name was inspired by "Shiloh," the name of two famous places associated with war: 1) the Biblical Shiloh in Israel, a site where the Israelites gathered for war against two of their own tribes; 2) a battle site in the American civil war, named after the Biblical city.

Unused information in MasterTextFile.dat in Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption indicate that Shola was originally planned to be where Tyber Zann hid Jabba's Sith artifact, and that there would be a mission to smuggle it off-planet, but this was removed for unknown reasons, possibly because some graphic cards and/or computers will not support lava or ice Maps.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Empire at War (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption