Pyn'gani

The Pyn'gani were a Near-Human sentient species from the Outer Rim planet Polus. To protect them from the extreme cold of their homeworld, their cities were shielded by heat generators. The Pyn'gani played a major role in creating carbon freezing, and mining produced a large proportion of the income for Polus. One Pyn'gani was the reclusive Jedi Master Anno Wen-Chii, who lived around 1,000 BBY.

Biology and appereances
The Pyn'gani were a Near-Human species &mdash;a classification for species very similar to Humans, but which through any number of factors evolved unique adaptations to their environment. As such, the Pyn'gani were bipedal and closely resembled Humans, but had brown skin pigmentation. They had adapted to tolerate the extreme cold of their homeworld.

Society and culture
The Pyn'gani were a reclusive species, who lived on the planet Polus, in the Outer Rim's Oricho sector. Polus was an arctic, mostly mountainous planet with one massive frozen ocean. The average daytime temperature was 50 degrees below freezing with frequent blizzards and ice storms raging on the planet's surface. Pyn'gani lived in iglu-like huts, and as masters of thermal dynamics, they shielded their cities and habitats with a network of heat generators protecting them from the extreme climate.

When the Pyn'gani ventured outside, they wore woolen coats&mdash;binding up their coat sleeves&mdash;with large hoods to protect them from the cold.

History
The Pyn'gani were native to Polus, a planet with contact with the wider galaxy from around 995 BBY. At this time, the Pyn'gani Anno Wen-Chii was a member of the Jedi Order, and had attained the rank of Jedi Master. The reclusive Master brought his Padawan Nalia Adollu back to Polus that year, where he resided for a time hoping to learn more about how life evolved in the galaxy.

In 0 BBY Polus was controlled by the Alliance to Restore the Republic and by 3 ABY the Zann Consortium raided the planet and enslaved the Pyn'gani.

By the period of the Galactic Empire, the Pyn'gani had played a major role in developing the carbonite freezing process used to store goods for long-term shipment. Mining the valuable metal was a major source of income for them by 0 BBY.

Behind the scenes
The Pyn'gani first appeared in the game Star Wars: Empire at War in 2006; later appearing as well in the expansion, Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption. The species was also mentioned in the corresponding guides and later received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. The first Pyn'gani character to be mentioned was Anno-Wen Chii in the 2007 novel Darth Bane: Rule of Two.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption

Notes and references
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