Kothlis/Legends

Kothlis was a Bothan colony located in the Kothlis system. It was the fourth of seven planets in the system, and was orbited by three small moons and an asteroid field. It had a distinctive surface smell of moldy cheese.

During the Galactic Civil War, Kothlis was the site of the decoding of the plans for the Death Star II. The plans were decoded in a safe house in Tal'cara. Luke Skywalker and Koth Melan observed the decoding but in the midst of it a bunch of bounty hunters looking for Luke burst in. The data was saved by a Bothan tech who ran out a back exit but Melan was killed and Luke was captured. The surviving techs beamed the data up to the waiting blocade runner the Razor, but it was caught by the Star Destroyer Motivator. Rogue Squadron was sent to rescue the Alliance blockade runner the Razor from the Motivator. The Rogues successfully downed the Empire's warship, but not before it regained the Death Star plans, and so Wedge Antilles and his wingmen were forced down onto the surface to retrieve the plans from the Star Destroyer wreckage.

Once the wreckage had been located, Crix Madine led a small strike force of Rebel commandos, who were to infiltrate the Star Destroyer and retrieve the plans. Although most of the ship's critical systems were down, surviving commaders were still able to launch AT-AT and AT-PT battalions, along with air support from nearby Imperial garrisons.

After Rogue Squadron successfully breached the hull using Y-wing bombing runs, the commandos were able to retrieve the plans and send them to Rebel Alliance High Command.

Soon after the battle of Endor, Kothlis was attacked in retribution against the Bothans who had taken and decoded the data.

It was represented in the New Republic Senate by Borsk Fey'lya, who happened to have been born at Kothlis.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Heir to the Empire
 * The ''Hand of Thrawn Duology
 * The New Jedi Order Series