Taral V

Taral V was a planet controlled by the Sith Empire during and prior to the Cold War. During the Cold War a Republic Strike team was sent to Taral V to retrieve information on a missing Jedi

Geographic Features
Taral V had a very tropical environment. Taral V's landscape was covered in tall grass, and mountains. Taral V also had many dangerous native species including jungle crawlers, jagoren river lurkers jungle skin flayers, and vine cats all of which were very aggressive and dangerous to even a highly armed strike. Taral V also had frequent lightning strikes. These strike were powerful enough to bring down an imperial shuttle

History
A Republic strike team was sent here by Jedi Master Oteg to assault a heavily guarded Imperial compound in order to gain access to an ancient computer and to find information about the location of a prison somewhere in the Maelstrom Nebula where a Jedi Master was held prisoner. During the mission the strike team encountered many of the native animals and imperials. The team then went on to fight Captain Shivenek and his pet ripper defeating them and then taking down the bases security system.

Behind the Scenes
Taral V is to be one of the planets featured in the upcoming LucasArts Video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. It will be the location for the Flash Point Taral V.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic