Solanus was a planet^[2] in the Solanus system, located within the Outer Rim's Dominus sector.^[1] The world was notable for the sentient ocean that covered it, a murky sea so rich in chemicals that it could perform billions of thought processes within its depths, which classified it as a super-brain. However, like other super-brains, the ocean was too large to move around independently and kept to itself, often contemplating its own existence. It refrained from participating in galactic affairs, instead preferring to spend its time playing with itself by shaping and reforming intricate crystal structures. By 0 BBY, Luke Skywalker, a young man from Tatooine, had seen pictures of Solanus's "thinking" ocean, believing it to be one of the strangest of the super-brains.^[2]

Behind the scenesEdit

Solanus and its thinking ocean were created by John Chesterman for Cantina Communications, a one-page vignette included in Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 16, published in 1979 by Paradise Press. In this printing of Cantina Communications, the name "Solanus" is not bolded, unlike the surrounding text. "Solanus" was later listed as a system in the 2009 Essential Atlas and its online appendix, the latter of which established the system's, and thereby the planet's, location in the Dominus sector of the Outer Rim Territories.

Solanus shares similarities with Solaris, a planet covered in a sentient ocean from Stanisław Lem's science fiction novel of the same name, which was later adapted into a film by Andrei Tarkovsky.

AppearancesEdit

• Cantina Communications – Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 16 (Mentioned only)

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