Kashyyyk

"It is settled then. Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookiees on Kashyyyk."

- Jedi Master Mace Windu

Kashyyyk (occasionally spelled Kashyk) was a wroshyr tree-covered planet located in the southwestern quadrant of the galaxy and the homeworld of the Wookiee species. It was a member of the Galactic Republic and after the Clone Wars endured enslavement under the Galactic Empire.

Description
Kashyyyk was a temperate jungle planet orbiting around a single star located in the Mytaranor sector of the Mid Rim, and had a complement of three moons. Covered in wroshyr trees, it served as homeworld to the Wookiee species. Native fauna such as Can-cells would influence the design of starships by the Wookiee inhabitants, while great cities such as Kachirho would be built into the planet's trees.

Strategic interest
In the years following the Invasion of Naboo, the rogue Jedi Count Dooku fermented political turmoil on the planet. Due of its status as a major navigational point, Kashyyyk was of prime strategic importance to the Galactic Republic, which led the Confederacy of Independent Systems to attack the planet toward the end of the Clone Wars.

With the help of Yoda, the Grand Master of the Jedi Order, the Grand Army of the Republic managed to get the upper hand over the Separatists. However, shortly after that victory, the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Sheev Palpatine unilaterally transformed the government into the First Galactic Empire.

Imperial repression
Despite Kashyyyk's loyalty to the Republic, the self-appointed Emperor had the Wookiees enslaved, and their planet itself was blockaded. Used as slave labor, the Empire would utilize the Wookiees to cut down the planet's native wroshyr trees for lumber and farm food to feed the Imperial Army as well as send them off to labor camps and construction jobs such as building the first Death Star, or for science and bio-weapon experiments. At some point during the reign of Palpatine, the natives of Kashyyyk attempted to revolt against the Empire. However, General Kahdah and the Imperial 212th Attack Battalion managed to quell the insurrection.

At some point before the Battle of Endor, a massacre occurred on the planet under the command of the Galactic Empire. Also at some point Wookiee Survivalists would be active on the planet.

Grip of the Empire
In the months following the Battle of Endor and the death of the Galactic Empire's totalitarian ruler, the New Order would be thrown into a fractured and volatile state, putting Kashyyyk on lockdown as supply lines and convoys fell victim to the newly formed New Republic. With the Republic unwilling to divert resources towards the planet, Han Solo and Chewbacca would undertake a mission on the world with various other Wookiee refugees turned mercenaries after intelligence from Imra reported that Imperial redeployments would reduce the planets garrison, if only for a few days.

Appearances

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 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Tarkin
 * Lost Stars
 * Rise of the Rebels
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Star Wars Rebels: Ghost Raid
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca, Part I
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca, Part II
 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Aftermath
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca, Part I
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca, Part II
 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Aftermath