Ithor/Legends

Ithor was a planet located in the Mid Rim. It was a planet full of lush life, and the planet's surface had not a touch of civilization on it. The Ithorians themselves, otherwise known as "Hammerheads", built huge floating cities that didn't harm the surface. Entry upon the surface was forbidden, unless one stayed there permanently. Some Ithorians such as the Oracle were compelled to go down to the planet surface however, as they "heard the call" of Mother Jungle, the Ithorian religion's personification of Ithor's world-spanning jungle. The surface of the planet of Ithor played host to numerous plants, including the bafforr tree, which possessed telepathic capabilities.

Ithor joined the Republic prior to 8,000 BBY. 439 BBY, scientists attempted to bond the telepathic capablities of the bafforr tree with another, more vicious tree on the planet surface. The result was a new parasitic life form named "Spore", but its parasitic hostility forced the Ithorians to lock it away in an asteroid 300 BBY. It was long afterwards discovered by miners. The planet was represented in the Galactic Senate by Oraltor and Tendau Bendon. Following the Battle of Yavin, the planet was occupied by the Galactic Empire, whom attempted to employ the native biotech for military applications. The Empire was ousted from the planet by Momaw Nadon with the help of the Rebel Alliance. Umwaw Moolis represented the planet in the New Republic Senate.

In later years, the planet Ithor was no longer so lush. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jedi Knight Corran Horn dueled Shedao Shai, the leader of the Yuuzhan Vong forces, with the planet Ithor at stake. Corran won and killed the commander, but the second-in-command, Deign Lian, was ordered by a higher authority to unleash a deadly Vong toxin upon the planet. The result:  Ithor was turned into a barren wasteland.

As of 35 ABY, the Ithorians were attempting to relocate to Borao. However, considering the Ithorians skills in ecology, Ithor might one day be reinhabited. It may become lush once more.

Appearances

 * Dark Apprentice
 * ''Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Han Solo's Rescue Mission