Pelekotan

Pelekotan is the word used by the Korunnai people of Haruun Kal to describe the Force. Loosely translated as "world-power," Its literal meaning is "jungle mind." Since the Korunnai are a Force-sensitive race, pelekotan serves as the equivalent spiritual power and focus that the light side of the Force is for the Jedi.

It is unknown if pelekotan is rooted in any form of organized religion among the Korun people, save for a prominent figure known as the lor pelek (which means "jungle master"). The lor pelek is a shaman who embodies the power of pelekotan, described as a person of great power and great peril, as unpredictable as the jungle. This figure is known to have healing powers, and can often be a fierce warrior. Kar Vastor, the lor pelek at the beginning of the Clone Wars, fit these attributes perfectly.

The Korunnai interact with pelekotan as a means of surviving the danger-ridden jungles of their homeworld, in order to preserve their herds and tribes. Pelekotan itself is described as a mystical entity, a dark power that rules the darkness of the Korunnai's environment, perhaps meant to represent the jungle itself. It demands a struggle from those who use it in order to survive the horrors of the jungle (an example being that Kar Vastor lost the ability to speak any comprehensible language in exchange for the greater Force powers he needed to survive).

Vastor explains pelekotan thus: "Pelekotan brings us waking dreams of our desires and our fears. When we desire what we fear and fear what we desire, pelekotan always answers... Only pelekotan is real. Everything else is forms and shadows: less even than a cloud, or a memory. We are pelekotan's dream."