Talk:Korriban

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Article milestones Date Process Result 13 December 2006 Good article nomination Success 9 March 2007 Good article 30 March 2007 Featured article candidate Failure 21 May 2007 Failed featured article candidate December 22, 2008 Good article review Removed January 18, 2009 Former good article
Current status: Former good article

Contents 1 Image 2 Massassi 3 Population 4 Incomplete 5 Genocide 6 A Thought 7 First Appearance 8 New Pic 9 Naga Sadow 10 Second look at population 11 Exports 12 Jedi Academy BS 13 CRYING MOUNTAIN 14 Ajunta Pall arrives on Korriban

[edit] Image

A new image is needed - the current one only shows the interior of some sort of temple/ruin/brick monster. --Imperialles 22:30, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

• Why? -- Riffsyphon1024 01:03, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

• Because the current one just shows a tiny glimpse of Korriban through a window? Either an image of the planet from space, or one of the Valley of the Dark Lords should suffice.Imperialles 12:25, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Feel free to find and add one.--Eion 12:35, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

• Done. Imperialles 12:54, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

• Oooh, nice image. I like. --SparqMan 18:16, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Ok I see what you meant now. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:57, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Not to pose a stupid question, but what exactly was Korriban's significance in the Infinite Empire? I've read the entire entry and there's nothing in there about it. (Unsigned comment by User:216.227.96.165)

• It is not revealed, as I know. The Rakata used the Selkath of Manaan as slaves, so presumably Korriban was also a source of slaves, most likely ancient Sith. - Sikon 02:20, 16 Aug 2005 (UTC)
  • Yep. It seems the Sith species were enslaved twice - once by the Rakata, and then again by the Dark Jedi who would become the Dark Lords of the Sith. QuentinGeorge 05:55, 16 Aug 2005 (UTC)
    • Why does this planet keep saying Corporate Sector? Korriban is not and never was in Corporate Sector. All maps show it well outside.
      • The Wizards article places Korriban in the Corporate Sector. - Sikon [Talk] 07:03, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Massassi

The Massassi are simply a caste of the Sith species, not a separate species.

No, according to The Essential Guide to Alien Species, they originated on Ziost, a member of the Sith Empire and its capital. However, both have red skin. Yet, there are differences, the Massassi are also more burly in appearance while the Sith are more humanoid. --222.152.170.17

• Quote from Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire:

In times long past, the Sith race proved malleable... splitting into a meek and servile slave class... ...an intelligent and nimble engineer class... ...others interbred with the early exiled Jedi--like the ancestors of Ludo Kressh--watering down powerful bloodlines... ...but most useful of all were members of the vicious Massassi class. MarcK 04:16, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)

• The Dark Side Sourcebook also indicates that the Massassi were simply a caste of the "true Sith" species.

I'd just like to note that there wasn't only one Sith academy on Korriban. There were several. One did not simply originate to fit the Dreshdae colony later (in Revan's time). There were several academy's located throughout and used by Dark Jedi. These were in the times when Korriban was uncolonised.

- Ty

[edit] Population

Under the Sith Empire, Korriban had 6 billion people. However, by the time that Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War takes place, there are only a few hundred thousand. What happens to its inhabitants? Perhaps the Sith butchered each other in a civil war after the events of Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire or they got exterminated by Empress Teta's fleet. Also, much of the population of Korriban and the Sith Empire might have been killed during the conflict that followed Marka Ragnos's death.

Zainal

[edit] Incomplete

In KotOR 2 how is Korriban incomplete? Dylankidwell 17:39, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

• It is incomplete in the way that it is small compared to other KOTOR II planets and to KOTOR I Korriban. Basically, Obsidian was running out of time and needed a replacement for M4-78 (and somewhere to place the Exile's visions about the past), so they took BioWare's Korriban levels and made those they didn't have time to finish simply inaccessible. Besides, there are a few bugs on this planet, especially in the Secret Tomb. - Sikon [Talk] 11:44, 2 Oct 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Genocide

Excuse me, but genocide is by no means NPOV. - Sikon [Talk] 06:38, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

• • Who are you talking to and what does NPOV stand for?JustinGann 08:37, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
• NPOV stands for Neutral Point of View. What's wrong with genocide? Doesn't it explain what happened to the Sith species? - MyNz 21:45, 30th Oct 2005 (utc)

[edit] A Thought

Is it possible that Korriban may have suffered the same fate as Tatooine during the Infinite Empire's reign? User:RushinSundaws

• Even if it's possible, speculations are not encyclopedic. - Sikon [Talk] 14:46, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)

[edit] First Appearance

Did Korriban first appear in Empire's End or Tales of the Jedi? -- SFH 05:57, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

• Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith is the first appearance, as it was published before Empire's End. Korriban appeared in the last issue, which features the duel between Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma and the appearance of Ragnos' spirit. - Sikon [Talk] 06:42, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Pic

Hey, I don't like the EaW pic too much, so how about this shot from KotOR? It looks more realistic, is bigger and even has a glimpse of some of the moons. What does everyone think? - Odintheking 17:45, 18 Mar 2006

[edit] Naga Sadow

Naga Sadow was not buried on Korriban. His is the only tomb without a corpse, instead he has a "memorial". It's quite clear that the tomb was built during his reign, and as he fled to Yavin IV, he never used it.(Ulicus 22:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Second look at population

isn't it that the massive drain in the population is due to the fact that the sith renamed ziost their imperial capitol, so all the sith moved to ziost leaving korriban as a holy world for their tombs?

[edit] Exports

We need to fix the section that says the major export is evil. We could say the major export is Sith teachings--72.241.196.78 01:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

• Agreed. Another example could be the fauna there, since it somehow tends to go "off planet." Oh, and does anyone else know if there is any fauna whatsoever on Korriban?--03:39, April 2009 (UTC)

• Hssiss, tukata, shyracks, that's all I know.

[edit] Jedi Academy BS

Should we really include the stuff from Jedi Academy as canon? It's a blatant, unoriginal rip-off of Egyptian culture and the Valley of the Dark Lords as depicted in KOTOR should be considered the canon version. Jedi Academy was a horrible game anyways. I suggest taking the picture down. —Unsigned comment by 96.48.35.147 (talk • contribs).

• Canon isn't based on whether you like or dislike something. -- I need a name (Complain here) 11:58, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
  • It still needs to be resolved though. The Valley looks completely different in the two games.

[edit] CRYING MOUNTAIN

For some reason, wehn i read this article, part way down is filled with about 7 pictures of a crying mountain with writing around it!! Is that meant to be there or what? Anomaly Master 98 13:49, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

• Fixed now. -- Reignfire 14:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ajunta Pall arrives on Korriban

So according to my calculations and with Star Wars Old Republic Timeline as a source, wouldn't the first Sith Lord, Ajunta Pall have arrived in 6900 bby? I don't want to add this information to any articles because it would likely be removed, although I think it is useful information.