Utapau/Legends

The world of Utapau, located on the Outer Rim, is a sinkhole planet inhabited by the gaunt Pau'ans and the stocky Utai. It became a battleground during the Clone Wars, as the armies of the Republic and the forces of General Grievous clashed on the plains.



Utapau is a brown-green world orbited by many moons. The surface is largely covered by unremarkable scrubland and vast plains. The only notable features of Utapau's terrain are its plummeting sinkholes, vast natural pits that pockmark the landscape. The native Utai made their homes in these sinkholes, lining the inner rims with entire cities and societies. After a planetary climate change, the Pau'ans followed suit, and both species came to co-exist in the sinkhole cities. The Pau'ans quickly became a prominent presence in Utapau's cities, despite having a much smaller population than the Utai.

Named after its leaders, Pau City serves as the planet's spaceport, and is overseen by the long-standing Port Administrator, Tion Medon. Despite his unsettling appearance, Tion is gracious and welcoming to his guests. Unfortunately, not all of his guests repay the Port Administrator's kindness.

Towards the end of the Clone Wars, General Grievous forced Tion Medon to accomodate his Separatist forces on Utapau. Tion had no choice but to accept, and soon a Confederate presence was established on the planet. Utapau had attempted to remain neutral in the Clone Wars, though now Grievous had forced Tion to become part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Fortunately for the citizens of Utapau, help arrived in the form of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, sent by the Jedi Council to hunt down the cyborg General. Although Grievous had threatened to destroy his city were Tion to call the Republic for help, the Administrator aided Obi-Wan in any way he could during the Jedi Master's search.

War erupted on Utapau as the forces of Grievous and Kenobi battled amid the sinkholes. Eventually, Grievous was destroyed, and Utapau was free of the yoke of the Separatists. Sadly, tragedy struck when Emperor Palpatine turned his clone troopers against the Jedi Knights. Obi-Wan was forced to battle his own men, and fled Utapau. Many of the natives suffered greatly in the battle, and even local veractyl were not spared from the wrath of the Empire.

Interestingly, ancient Jedi texts shed new light on the forgotten world of Utapau. According to these sources, Utapau may once have been the homeworld of some of the first Jedi Knights, millennia ago. The history of this legendary planet seems to travel deeper than any sinkhole.