Haruun Kal/Legends

Haruun Kal (Above the clouds in Basic) was the homeworld of the famed Jedi Master Mace Windu. Its capital was Pelek Baw. It was on the Gevarno Loop.

The first and only world in the Al'Har system, Haruun Kal appeared to be an oceanic world from space. However, this "ocean" was in fact a sea of toxic gases brought to the surface by volcanic activity, and broken by mountains and plateaus. Only the landmasses that reached into the atmosphere could support life, and thus it was high in these mountains and plateaus where native life evolved. The planet was first colonized by sapients 17,522 BBY.

Native humans of the world, known as Korunnai (Uplanders) were all Force-sensitive. There were many theories explaining this remarkable phenomenon. The most popular, held by the Jedi Council, explained that during the Great Sith War a starship transporting Jedi Knights crashed on the planet, and that the marooned survivors were the ancestors of the Korunnai.

During the reign of the Republic, war between the native Koruun tribes and immigrants, whom the natives named Balawai, meaning "Downfolk", divided the population of Haruun Kal. These Summertime Wars lasted from 51 BBY until 22 BBY. Mace Windu brought an end to the war when he returned to his homeworld during the Clone Wars; however, in the process he watched his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, who had been on the planet supposedly leading missions for the Republic, fall to the dark side.

The planet had a rotation rate of 25.5 standard hours, and a year length of 383 local days. Its diameter was 10,120 km, and had .98 standard gravity.

The fauna on Haruun Kal included akk dogs, fever wasps (cause of Wasp Fever, and grassers.

Behind the scenes
The short story Equipment by Matthew Stover indicates that Haruun Kal was not the only world in the Al'Har System; instead, it states that several gas giants were located beyond the system's asteroid belt.

Appearances

 * Shatterpoint