Wookieepedia:Featured article queue

This is the queue for featured articles scheduled to appear on the Main Page. The dates listed indicate when they will be showcased. For a list of articles already featured on the main page, see History and History 2005.

November 5, 2006 – Battle of Nar Shaddaa
The Battle of Nar Shaddaa was a conflict between a task force of the Galactic Empire and a rag-tag collection of smugglers and pirates attempting to defend their homes on Nar Shaddaa, which occurred a few years before the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War. It was fought in orbit above the Smuggler's Moon, in the Y'Toub system.

Despite the fact that they were up against a well trained Imperial strike group, the small group of smugglers were able not only to stand up to the Imperials, but force them out of the area around Nar Shaddaa.

This battle featured both Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, who fought to protect Nar Shaddaa. These two would later become heroes of the Rebel Alliance, and would become a permanent thorn in the side of the Empire.

November 12, 2006 – Second Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars)
The Second Battle of Coruscant during the Clone Wars, usually referred to as the Battle of Coruscant, was an attempt by the Confederacy of Independent Systems to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and take the Republic capital.

Palpatine, knowing that the Jedi were close to discovering his dual identity of Darth Sidious, secretly arranged for his kidnapping and the subsequent battle to get him off Coruscant. After a first rescue attempt by Jedi had failed, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker succeeded in rescuing the Chancellor, with Skywalker killing Count Dooku in the process.

November 19, 2006 – Han Solo
Han Solo was a cocky Corellian with a wry wit, dry humor, a reckless disposition, and technological savvy, who began his career as a smuggler circa 10 BBY. He went through several employers, had a short military career, met and befriended Chewbacca, and upset enough sentients to have several bounties placed on his head before being swept up into the Galactic Civil War against his wishes. He later became a general in the Rebel Alliance and eventually married Leia Organa, who became the mother of his three children, Jaina, Jacen and Anakin.

November 26, 2006 – Jensaarai
The Jensaarai were an order of Force-users from the Suarbi system that arose during the Clone Wars. Their name was Sithese for "hidden followers of truth." Their philosophy and methodology was a blend of Sith and Jedi teachings.

Their hierarchy loosely resembled that of the Jedi Order. During its creation and early years the Jensaarai were opposed to the Jedi, due to ignorance and the loss of one woman. After the fall of the Galactic Empire, the Jensaarai made peace with the Jedi, and even sent students to learn at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4.

December 3, 2006 – Gamorrean
Gamorreans were porcine humanoids from the lush jungle Outer Rim planet of Gamorr. They also colonized the planet Pzob in the K749 system. Gamorreans were typically green-skinned with a large powerful physique and were known to be fierce warriors prized for their great strength and brutality in combat. They were organized into clans headed by a Council of Matrons. In Gamorrean society female sows perform all the productive work while the male boars concentrated on training for and fighting wars. They spoke Gamorrese (also called Gamorrean). One of their favorite weapons was a vibro-ax called arg'garok.

December 10, 2006 – Jedi apparel
Jedi apparel is the term given to the attire of members of both the Old Jedi Order and New Jedi Order. Traditionally, Jedi wore clothes that befitted their monastic and attachment-free lifestyle, but variations on the theme were common, particularly after the rebirth of the Order after the Galactic Civil War.

Sworn to a life of modesty and humility, Jedi were raised their entire lives without possessions. Given what they needed and their desires controlled, most Jedi wore the traditional yet simple Jedi robes and did not feel the need for fancy and outstanding outfits. The simplicity of the Jedi apparel was in many ways symbolic of the selfless compassion that characterized the Jedi order.

December 17, 2006 – Jedi
The Old Jedi Order was an ancient and noble monastic peacekeeping organization unified by its belief and observance of the Force. Throughout the Galaxy the Jedi were the most famous of the various organizations that relied on the Force for their power. The Jedi Order, with its long, involved history, saw its members come to be the protectors of the Galactic Republic over the millennia in which that democratic union rose to prominence. Sworn enemies of the Sith, the Jedi Order was virtually destroyed by them during the Great Jedi Purge, but rebuilt as the New Jedi Order during the New Republic era.

December 24, 2006 – Second Battle of Borleias (Yuuzhan Vong War)
The Second and Third Battles of Borleias were last stand actions by the New Republic forces after the Fall of Coruscant that started with the New Republic retaking Borleias from a Yuuzhan Vong occupation force. While the Yuuzhan Vong successfully retook Borleias from the New Republic garrison led by Wedge Antilles, they suffered heavy losses, including the death of Czulkang Lah and the loss of a Koros-Strohna worldship. As a result of heroes such as Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu, Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, Jaina Solo, Kyp Durron, and Jagged Fel, the New Republic was able to buy some breathing room from the relentless Yuuzhan Vong invasion, which eventually allowed the election of Cal Omas and the formation of the Galactic Alliance.

December 31, 2006 – The Force


The Force was a metaphysical and binding, ubiquitous power that was the object of the Jedi and Sith monastic orders.

Described by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi as "an energy field created by all living things," some thought of the Force as a sentient entity that might be capable of intelligent thought&mdash;almost as if it were a sort of god&mdash;while others simply considered it something that could be manipulated and used as though it were a tool.

The Force was apparently measured in sentient creatures by a midichlorian count. While both the Jedi and the Sith used the Force to gain their power, there were as many different groups of users and views of the Force as uses of the Force itself.

January 7, 2007 – Talon Karrde
Talon Karrde was a Human smuggler and information broker, and founder of the Smuggler's Alliance. Karrde created his organization from the remains of Jorj Car'das's group and also absorbed some of Booster Terrik's organization while Terrik was on Kessel. His organization eventually grew enough that Karrde often knew more Imperial and New Republic secrets than either party knew about or would have wanted him to know. Karrde was determined to remain neutral in the Galactic Civil War, but circumstances and his own sense of honor eventually pushed him into the New Republic camp. Karrde had a deep trust in his employees and tried to personally know as many of them as he could. Some of his associates included Mara Jade, Zakarisz Ghent, and Moranda Savich. He was friends with Booster Terrik and his daughter Mirax Terrik. Karrde's flagship was the freighter Wild Karrde. Karrde's group would greatly aid both the New Republic and the New Jedi Order during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

January 14, 2007 – Ebenn Q3 Baobab
Ebenn Q3 Baobab, or EQ3, as he was sometimes called, was a Human male most notable for his contributions to intergalactic communications through such publications as his Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide. For a total of forty-five seasons, EQ3 traveled with the Baobab Merchant Fleet, visiting 1,300 distinct culture units and losing the tip of his left foot and some hair along the way. He also served for a time as Chief Philologist and head of the Baobab Archives, a vast repository of knowledge that rivaled any contemporaneous research center.

As a member of the prestigious Baobab family, EQ3 counted among his relatives the intrepid explorer Mungo Baobab. Somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades, he held many different professions and experienced an unending variety of adventures throughout his life as an artist and art collector, teacher, best-selling writer, poet, doctor, merchant, philosopher, spacer, scientist, linguist and philologist. Baobab was even a war hero, serving valiantly in the Koong Wars, the Aerial Plankton Uprising, and the Mora Infantry. Ebenn Q3 Baobab was, in a word, a true polymath.

January 21, 2007 – Carnor Jax
Carnor Jax was a Royal Guard and aspiring Sith Lord who made a bid for the vacant Imperial throne. Jax was the second apprentice to the self-proclaimed Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya and served her after the deaths of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. Jax and Lumiya were responsible for the extermination of the last of the Prophets of the Dark Side on Bosthirda.

After Palpatine returned in the form of several clone bodies, Carnor Jax succeeded in ensuring the demise of the last of Palpatine's clones, opening a path to the throne. Jax was also responsible for the destruction of the Royal Guard, and had all but one of them killed off in a surprise attack on the planetYinchorr. The remaining member, Kir Kanos became a fugitive, forcing Jax to concentrate his efforts on capturing the man. The chase led Jax to capturing the Rebel leader Mirith Sinn and subjecting her to torture.

However, in an unfortunate series of events, the actions of Kanos helped Sinn to escape, and Jax and Kanos found themselves in a final showdown on Yinchorr. The exacting battle was evenly matched, but the unexpected arrival of Sinn threw off the balance and Jax was killed. Carnor Jax's death left Lumiya without an apprentice for almost 30 years.

January 28, 2007 – Ossus
Ossus was the third planet in the Adega system in the Auril Sector. Originally a rich, lush world, Ossus was ravaged into an arid and toxic planet with the destruction of the Cron Cluster, and later restored by Yuuzhan Vong terraformers in the Ossus Project.

Ossus was an important Jedi site for over twenty-five millennia, serving as a repository of knowledge and a center for learning for the Old and New Jedi Orders alike. In the latter years of the Old Republic and beyond, it was home to the tribal Ysanna, descendents of Jedi who had survived the Cron supernova. The planet came under attack by the Sith twice, once in 3,996 BBY and once in 130 ABY.

February 4, 2007 – Brenn Tantor
Brenn Tantor was a young man from Garos IV who dreamed of becoming one of the stormtroopers who kept the peace on his world. After his graduation from the Academy of Carida, however, he became much more when he was recruited out of the stormtrooper corps and made an officer in the Imperial Army as part of an elite project. Supervised by Grand General Malcor Brashin, he rose rapidly through the ranks, becoming a prominent general. Tantor reached his height as an Imperial general in 3 ABY when he directed the Battle of Hoth and shortly after that captured Luke Skywalker on Abridon.

When Tantor's brother Dellis, an Imperial Intelligence officer, revealed that the Empire had killed their father, Brenn had a crisis of conscience. After refusing an order to massacre civilians and being told that Dellis had been killed, Tantor finally defected to the Rebel Alliance. After gaining the trust of General Tyr Taskeen, Tantor took a pivotal role in the Rebellion and the New Republic, commanding such engagements as the Battle of Endor and the Liberation of Coruscant. In the latter, Tantor discovered that Dellis had not been killed but was kept in Imperial custody instead &mdash; custody from which he was freed, finally reuniting him with his brother.

February 11, 2007 – Rune Haako
Rune Haako was the Settlement Officer of the Trade Federation, as well as the Neimoidian lieutenant to Viceroy Nute Gunray in the years before and up to the end of the Clone Wars.

He was Gunray's advisor during the Blockade of Naboo, and often offered sage and cautious advice to the Viceroy. Despite being arrested shortly after the Battle of Naboo, Haako was, like Gunray, found "not guilty" of the charges laid against him, and continued to serve the Trade Federation, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems throughout the Clone Wars. His death occurred mere hours before the war ended.

Haako was significantly more paranoid than Gunray, and almost twice as pessimistic, but he provided sound advice to the often panic-stricken Viceroy, and often prevented a bad situation becoming worse.

February 18, 2007 – Nagai-Tof War
The Nagai-Tof War was a conflict between the newly formed Alliance of Free Planets, the Galactic Empire, and the extragalactic invaders of the Nagai and later the Tof species. The actions of the Nagai very nearly stopped the formation of a new Galactic government in the Alliance of Free Planets and marked the first widespread appearance of the new Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya.

The conflict started with small infiltration units of Nagai ordered to disrupt the workings of the Alliance to pave the way for the Nagai Main Fleet. Commander Ozrei N'takkilomandrife, the most talented of these Nagai agents, almost succeeded in restarting the Wookiee slave trade. The arrival of the Nagai Fleet, allied with the Galactic Empire, resulted in all out war; however, the arrival of the Nagai's mortal enemies, the Tof resulted in the Nagai and Empire allying with the Alliance to stop this new threat.

The war also marked the first time Luke Skywalker was defeated in a duel after the death of Darth Vader. The Dark Lady Lumiya defeated the Jedi with a lightwhip on Kinooine. The war concluded with the capture of the Tof leader Sereno and the brutal maiming of Lumiya. The end of the war was the last time Lumiya was seen publicly for over 35 years.