Phatrong

Phatrong was a planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories that was the homeworld of the Kyuzo species, whose dense muscle fibers and quick reflexes evolved in its heavy gravity. The Kyuzo bounty hunter Embo was from this world.

Description
Phatrong was located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories, in the vicinity of the planet Yavin and the Gordian Reach.

It was a terrestrial world, with vast oceans divided by thin, mountainous, roughly linear continents that stretched between the planet's poles. Some mountain ranges were bordered by wide plains and low hills, while others steeply rose out of the water, forming fjords and long inland canyons. Phatrong had heavier gravity than the galactic standard and an uncommon atmospheric makeup.

Inhabitants
Phatrong was the homeworld of the Kyuzo species, which evolved dense muscle fibers and fast reflexes in the planet's heavy gravity. Starting with early city-states, the natives developed societies that spanned considerable geographic areas of Phatrong. Kyuzo cities were scattered throughout the continents; most continents and major islands were their own political units and the majority of Kyuzos identified as members of a particular country or region, though they did form a loose confederation that elected the planet's senators in the Republic and later Imperial Senate. Separate from these governments were the clovocs, organizations of warriors and other combatants that had their own traditions and rules outside the political region they inhabited. All forms of Kyuzo government made deals with the clovocs to provide security and military forces. Though they weren't monolithic some regions had more traditional structures with integrated militaries clovocs were common in several of the largest nations. Further, because many Kyuzos who travel offworld were members of a clovoc, these warrior orders were one of the most recognized elements of Kyuzo culture by the galaxy at large, though many also sought simple lives as farmers and merchants, along with a number of other professions.

Following the Imperial Senate's dissolution, the office of the local Imperial governor replaced the confederation and oversaw Phatrong directly, maintaining control using their own forces and only dealing with the clovocs if absolutely necessary. Their reputation made the Empire cautious on Phatrong, and as long as taxes were paid on time, it generally exerted little direct influence over the world. Despite this, Kyuzo rebel sympathizers on Phatrong worked tirelessly to recruit like-minded individuals in hopes that they could bolster the Alliance to Restore the Republic at large and form the core of a major resistance force on their homeworld.

Embo, a male Kyuzo who worked as a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars, was from Phatrong.

Locations
Gorode was one of the larger countries on Phatrong; the Gyari clovoc held a contract with it for centuries and its ruling members had loyalties to the country's various houses. Another house, Ekaqume, settled the rebellion on the Kambey Plains in a single day. The Sulddo clooc operated in rugged, mountainous territory, and their foundational myth claimed their order hailed from the haunted Kwaidan Peaks of southern Phatrong, whose inhabitants originally designed the Kyuzo war helmet to protect travelers from torrential rains during monsoon season before it was transformed into a defensive weapon by the Sulddo warriors.

Behind the scenes
Phatrong was first mentioned in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, a 2010 Star Wars Legends reference book written by Jason Fry. The world was confirmed to be canon after it was referenced in Embo's entry in the now-discontinued Encyclopedia on StarWars.com. The entry was carried over to the Encyclopedia's replacement, the Databank, with its mention of Phatrong intact.

Appearances

 * "High Noon on Jakku"