Ando Prime/Legends

"If you like the cold, you'll love Ando Prime."

- Anakin Skywalker

Ando Prime was a planet in the Mid Rim. It was a snow-covered&mdash;yet hospitable&mdash;planet. It was the third planet in the Ando system.

History


For a long time, the only inhabitants on the planet were the native Talid and the ancient Order of Dai Bendu monks.

Sometime during the reign of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi would provide an exploration to find a Force nexus on Ando Prime that was detected by the Jedi Council. In later years, the planet had a population surge, following the establishment of several mining communities, including the capital Elesa. Giant water pipes were constructed to supply the growing towns and cities, and took years to finish.

Although the planet was covered with snow, it hosted many podraces during its history. Most of these courses were controlled and sponsored by the Desilijic Hutt clan. Some of these events were televised across the galaxy, even viewed by patrons of nightclubs and sports bars on cosmopolitan worlds like Coruscant. Ando Prime's podracing courses included:


 * Andobi Mountain Run
 * Ando Overland
 * Ando Prime Centrum
 * Beedo's Wild Ride
 * Howler Gorge

At some point before 27 BBY, aspiring Human crime lord Kaeline Ungasan attempted to wrest the criminal control of podraces in Ando Prime from the Hutts. He sponsored his own podracing event, the Ungasan Cross Country, whose course changed every time it was run. Ungasan secretly used the Cross Country as a cover for his illegal mining operation of vonium, which was present in Ando Prime. The Hutts sent the bounty hunter Davon Gitta to find Ungasan on Ando Prime. In 27 BBY, Ungasan's shady activities and his use of the Cross Country as a front were discovered, in what was the first of many controversies in podracing, leading to the ultimate criminalization of the sport.

Behind the scenes
The planet appeared on a viewscreen in the Outlander Club on Coruscant, hosting a podrace. The footage used as background was taken from surplus footage made during the production of The Empire Strikes Back.

In the 1999 video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer, the name of the planet was (rhyming with "cream") instead of the usual /ɑndəʊ praɪm/ (rhyming with "crime.")

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Episode I Racer
 * Star Wars: Anakin's Speedway
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Lost Legion
 * Outward Bound
 * Outward Bound