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- "Greetings, young Jedi. What brings you to our remote sanctuary?"
"Unfortunately, the war."
"There's no war here. Unless you brought it with you." - ―Tion Medon and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Utapau was a remote planet in the Outer Rim Territories' Utapau system that was filled with enormous sinkholes. Its native inhabitants were the Pau'ans and the Utai, while tribes of Amani also immigrated to the world. It was the location of the Battle of Utapau during the Clone Wars.
History
- "Utapau has long been a target of the Separatists. Dooku and Grievous haven't been able to make inroads with the Pau'ans or the Utai, but if they can enlist the Amani to revolt from within, that could cause dangerous civil unrest."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi
Hundreds of years before the Clone Wars, the native Pau'ans lived on Utapau's surface while the Utai colonists lived underground. Eventually, worsening hyperwind storms forced the Pau'ans to move underground with the Utai, building combined cities into the ledges of giant sinkholes. Stripped of trees by the violent winds of the surface, the new cities were built with numerous animal bones, eventually resembling giant animal skeletons to the casual observer. With the planets groundwater having slowly drained into a giant ocean underneath the planets surface long ago, fresh water was extracted from machines that purified the seawater and also separated any valuable minerals from the ocean.[2]
During the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi were sent to investigate the death of Jedi Master Tu-Anh.[7] This led them to locate a massive kyber crystal that the Confederacy of Independent Systems was attempting to acquire. They were able to destroy the crystal before it could fall into Separatist hands.[13]
During the final days of the Clone Wars, a number of key Separatist leaders were stationed on the planet, but were moved to a fortified bunker on Mustafar prior to the battle on the orders of Darth Sidious. General Grievous remained on Utapau to oversee the battle, but met his end at the hands of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.[4]
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "In Search of the Crystal"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crystal Crisis"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Big Bang"
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare (Mentioned only)
- Tarkin (Mentioned only)
- Rise of the Rebels (Mentioned only)
Sources
- Boga in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Utapau in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- Ultimate Sticker Collection: Star Wars Rebels
- SWCA: The Untold Clone Wars Panel Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Rogue One
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Boga in the Databank (backup link)
- Clone Commander Cody Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link); images #20, 21 (of 21)
- Dactillion in the Databank (backup link)
- General Grievous’ TSMEU-6 Wheel Bike in the Databank (backup link)
- Tion Medon in the Databank (backup link)
- Utai in the Databank (backup link)
- Utapau in the Databank (backup link)
- Varactyl in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Utapau in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Dactillion in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crystal Crisis"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
- ↑ Varactyl in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Tion Medon in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Utai in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Big Bang"