Gorse

"Messy work might have been good enough for the Republic&mdash;but the Empire is order from chaos. What we do here&mdash;and in thousands of systems just like this one&mdash;brings us closer to our ultimate goal."

- Denetrius Vidian

Gorse was a tidally-locked planet located on the Inner Rim. It had one moon called Cynda, which was rich in thorilide crystals. During the Age of the Empire, Gorse had seemingly exhausted its thorilide reserves and had become a major refinery for thorilide exports from Cynda, which had been opened up to thorilide mining. The planet later became the site of a conflict between the Galactic Empire and a small rebel cell led by Hera Syndulla. Following the Gorse conflict, thorilide mining was established in Gorse's sunward side while Cynda was restored to its former status as a nature reserve.

Description
Closely orbiting its nearby star, Gorse was a rare example of a tidally locked planet. Gravitational forces of its star and its moon, Cynda, caused one side of the planet to permanently face its sun while the opposite side of the planet was stuck in perpetual darkness. As a result, the hemisphere of Gorse that baked in constant daylight experienced temperatures hot enough to melt droids. Only the humid night side of the planet was habitable. The planet suffered from constant groundquakes due to its strange gravitational state.

Cities covered much of the dark side of Gorse. There, thorilide crystals imported from Cynda were refined and processed for use in shielding starships from turbolaser cannons. Many of those working in this industry were housed at Crispus Commons, an apartment building for veterans of the Clone Wars. Gorse had several urban settlements including Gorse City, Shaketown, and Highground.

History
Gorse served as the location of a conflict between the Galactic Empire and a band of resistance fighters. Hera Syndulla and former Jedi Padawan Kanan Jarrus fought on Gorse on the side of the revolutionaries.

Behind the scenes
Gorse first appeared in A New Dawn, a canon novel written by John Jackson Miller. The author chose the name "Gorse" for its rhyme with "coarse."

Appearances

 * Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare
 * A New Dawn