Biitu was the Biituian homeworld in the Cassandran Worlds region.
Description[]
Biitu was an agriworld in the Cassander sector of the Outer Rim Territories.[8] It was home to several species of plants, including a fruit tree that produced an orange-colored, edible fruit, and a green-stalked plant that produced a yellow, cylindrical crop. Both of these species were cultivated by the native Biituians. The planet was also home to an orange-plumed, flight-capable bird, a yellow, burrowing reptile,[2] and the timid Biituian fen-hare.[4] Mungo Baobab, a visitor to the planet, rode a rockhopper while scouting out on the planet's surface.[2]
History[]
Biitu was a low-tech agriworld. During the Outer Rim Sieges of the Clone Wars, Jedi General Traavis led clone forces to war against the CIS on this planet.[5] When Mungo Baobab discovered a valuable fuel source on Biitu, the Galactic Empire dispatched a gigantic evil droid called the "Great Heep" to capture Mungo and take control of the planet and turn it into a wasteland. With the aid of a small boy named Fidge and his pet, Chubb, the R2-D2 and C-3PO devised a daring scheme to free Mungo, defeat the forces of the Empire and liberate Biitu from the Great Heep.[2] During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance kept a small outpost on Biitu from where they could launch supply shuttles to nearby systems, since it was a planet the Galactic Empire had generally ignored after the incident with the Great Heep[source?].
From 4 ABY to 12 ABY, the planet became part of the Pentastar Alignment until the death of Ardus Kaine. It would soon become part of the Imperial Remnant.[6]
Appearances[]
- "A Small Scrappy War!" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.33
- Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "The Great Heep" (First appearance)
- Slave Ship (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
- George Lucas: The Creative Impulse
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- "Sound Advice" — Star Wars Insider 26
- "Galactic Bazaar: Collectors' Comlink" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 9
- "Caravan of Courage: Star Wars on Television" — Star Wars Insider 32
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- "Order 66: Destroy All Jedi" — Star Wars Insider 87
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- The Unknown Regions
- Screed, Admiral in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Tzizvvt in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "The Great Heep"
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Slave Ship, chapter 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Order 66: Destroy All Jedi" — Star Wars Insider 87
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ "A Small Scrappy War!" — Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.33
- ↑ Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds, p. 51