Wookieepedia:Featured articles/History/2005

This is a list of all featured articles showcased on Wookieepedia's Main Page throughout 2005.

December 25, 2005 – Kyle Katarn
Kyle Katarn was a soldier, mercenary and Jedi Master during the Skywalker epoch. A former Imperial stormtrooper, Katarn left the service to become a mercenary alongside Jan Ors. In that capacity he completed several key missions for the Rebellion. After discovering his latent Force-sensitivity, he defeated Jerec and formed the New Republic's Katarn Commandos. Katarn at first declined formal Force education, fearing the dark side, but soon capitulated first through a Concordance of Fealty with Mara Jade and later at the Jedi Praxeum.

After defeating Desann and his Reborn, Katarn was declared a Master and settled into the role of instructor at the academy. Having faced his own darkness, Katarn became a respected member of the Masters' council and played a key role in the Jedi's strategy during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

December 18, 2005 – Mandalorian
The Mandalorians were a clan-based people whose culture revolved around battle. Led by a mighty "Mandalore", the Mandalorians fought across the millennia on thousands of worlds, fighting alongside and against both the Sith and the Jedi. Later, through Jango Fett, Mandalorians played a major role in the foundation and shaping of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Originally, the Mandalorians were a gray-skinned warrior race descended from the Taungs of Coruscant. Later, members of other species joined their ranks, until humans made up the majority of their ranks. In later years, species as diverse as Togorians, Kerestians, and Mandallian Giants also joined the Mandalorians. Their warriors wore distinctive armor and helmets with T-shaped visors that concealed their faces.

December 11, 2005 – Ewok
Ewoks were sentient furred bipeds native to Endor who helped the Rebel Alliance defeat the forces of the Galactic Empire in the Battle of Endor.

Ewoks had large, bright eyes, small black noses, and hands that possessed two fingers and an opposable thumb. Although extremely skilled in forest survival and the construction of primitive technology like hang gliders, battle wagons, and bordoks, the Ewoks had yet to progress past stone-level technology when discovered by the Empire. Some Ewoks were removed from their planet and taken as pets or slaves. Others left voluntarily out of a sense of curiosity, especially when the Battle of Endor led to the establishment of New Republic trading posts on the forest moon.

December 4, 2005 – The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) was a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the Star Wars galaxy. In it, Chewbacca and Han Solo visit Kashyyyk, Chewbacca's home world, to celebrate Life Day. Along the way, they are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire who are searching for rebels on the planet. The special introduces three members of Chewbacca's family: his father, Itchy, his wife, Malla, and his son Lumpy.

The program also features cameos (although the cameo actors are listed as stars) by other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, and Leia Organa. Despite disagreements over its quality, this film is considered the first canonical sequel to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

November 27, 2005 – Darth Vader
Darth Vader (41.9 BBY–4 ABY; born Anakin Skywalker) was a Sith Lord in the service of Emperor Palpatine. Darth Vader was the Sith title bestowed upon Anakin Skywalker by then-Supreme Chancellor Palpatine after he embraced the dark side in 19 BBY, giving in to its grip against which he had struggled for several years. Palpatine lured Anakin to the dark side when he promised to protect his wife, Padmé Amidala, from the death Skywalker had foreseen for her in his dreams. Vader became the Executor of the Galactic Empire, and thus one of the most powerful figures in the Galaxy. He was killed in 4 ABY aboard the Death Star II orbiting Endor by his Master, Palpatine, when he betrayed him and sided with his son, Luke.

November 20, 2005 – Dooku
Count Dooku of Serenno (102 BBY–19 BBY) was a Jedi Master who fell to the dark side of the Force and became Darth Tyranus, the apprentice of Darth Sidious. Under Sidious's orders, he formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems and was the political leader of the Separatist movement. He was a master of lightsaber combat, training General Grievous in the ways of the lightsaber. He met his end at the hands of Anakin Skywalker on the Invisible Hand during the Second Battle of Coruscant.

November 13, 2005 – Leia Organa Solo
Princess Leia Organa Solo of Alderaan was among the most important figures in the Galactic Civil War and the New Republic. The adopted daughter of Bail Organa and Queen Breha of Alderaan, and younger twin sister of Luke Skywalker, she was the youngest Senator to ever serve in the Imperial Senate and an important leader of the Rebel Alliance. Following the foundation of the New Republic, she served as its first Minister of State and second Chief of State. In 8 ABY she wed Han Solo and went on to mother three children: Jacen, Jaina and Anakin. The Yuuzhan Vong War brought the deaths of Chewbacca and Anakin, prompting her to bury herself in the work of SELCORE. Following the resolution of the conflict, she chose to complete her Jedi training under Saba Sebatyne.

November 6, 2005 – Revan
Revan, a fallen Jedi and easily one of the strongest Sith Lords that ever lived, sought what many considered to be the complete annihilation of the Galactic Republic, a tendency later followed on by his apprentice Darth Malak.

Having begun his path down the dark side during the Mandalorian Wars, where he discovered the Trayus Academy on Malachor V and was corrupted by the teachings of the Sith, Revan eventually returned to the light side by the combined efforts of the Jedi Council and defeated his treacherous ex-apprentice Malak, then the Dark Lord, in the Battle of Rakata Prime.

October 30, 2005 – Boba Fett
Silent, mysterious and deadly, Boba Fett was the most famed and feared bounty hunter in the Galaxy, and later leader of the Mandalorians. His Mandalorian armor and formidable reputation struck fear in the hearts of fugitives across the Galaxy.

An unaltered clone of Jango Fett, Boba Fett was raised as the Mandalorian's son and followed in his footsteps. Boba Fett's career involved a number of plots, intrigues and missions, although none as famous as his capture of Han Solo for Darth Vader and subsequent delivery of the smuggler to Jabba the Hutt.

October 23, 2005 – Clone trooper
Clone troopers made up an army of clones, created by the cloners of Kamino to serve as the infantry units in the Republic Army. The clones were highly trained, and were unquestioningly loyal to the Republic and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

The army was ordered by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas in 32 BBY and was continually produced across the Clone Wars. Under the leadership of Clone Commanders and Jedi Generals, the Clone troopers battled the Separatist droid army across the galaxy. Following the Clone Wars, the Clone troopers formed the core of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps.

October 16, 2005 – SuperShadow
SuperShadow is the Internet alias of Mickey Suttle, a Star Wars fan, who posts Star Wars news, images and FAQs on his website,. His claims, most notably that he is friends with George Lucas and that he possesses advance copies of screenplays, has made him a controversial figure among Internet Star Wars fans. The only biographical details on his website are as follows: "As you would expect, all information regarding SuperShadow is above top secret (classified at the highest level). Currently, nothing is known about SuperShadow except that SS is very close, personal friends with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars."

October 9, 2005 – Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi was a legendary Jedi Master who taught both Anakin and Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force, and an important General for the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars. He was also notable for being the first Jedi in approximately 1,000 years to kill a Sith, one of the last members of the Jedi Council and one of the few Jedi to survive the Great Jedi Purge. In many ways, he represented the strength of the old Jedi Order: steadfast, selfless, and modest.

October 2, 2005 – Palpatine
Emperor Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious, was the last Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and the self-declared Emperor of the Galactic Empire, which he founded in 19 BBY by means of orchestrating a full-scale galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars. He was the only Sith Lord in 1,000 years to achieve the ultimate goal of the Sith: to overthrow the Jedi Order, and to bring the Galaxy under the rule of the Sith, a feat he achieved through political machinations, his mastery of the Force, and the help of several powerful apprentices, including Darth Vader.

Unofficial – Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy was the military arm of the Galactic Empire charged with maintaining security in Imperial space. At its peak, it fielded thousands of Star Destroyers and support craft to fulfill the Galactic Emperor's will throughout the Galaxy. Specific responsibilities of the Starfleet included defending Imperial citizens from space-based threats such as pirates, smugglers and other armed governments, enforcing Imperial law, and overseeing commerce through customs and blockade operations. After the Battle of Endor, the Galactic Empire fell into warlordism, and the Starfleet splintered along with it. Several subsequent commanders reunited remnants of the Starfleet, but it failed to regain the cohesiveness and prestige of the Palpatine era.