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- "Anyway, this sector blockade—it's made moving goods a real pain. Even getting off Burnin Konn means more authorization checks than it used to."
- ―"Happy" Dapp
Burnin Konn was a planet in the Anoat sector that served as a mining colony for chromium and other ores. The surface was almost entirely uninhabitable, with the planet's population being contained to areas like the Konn-Nevos Spaceport, Longstar Marketplace, and the Carbon Score Cantina. Imperial Governor Ubrik Adelhard's Iron Blockade of the Anoat sector forced the citizenry of Burnin Konn to resort to acquiring much-needed goods from local crime bosses. Three months after the Battle of Endor, Burnin Konn was one of dozens of worlds targeted by the remnants of the Empire during Operation: Cinder.
Description[]
Burnin Konn was a rocky mining world.
Although it originally had a flora of its own, Burnin Konn had become a mostly uninhabitable and entirely inhospitable wasteland by the time of the Galactic Civil War. Its rocky surface was replete with deep crags containing ore-rich deposits, and was constantly buffeted by deadly winds charged with clouds of carbon dust.[1]
In the central company town of Arcis, off-world immigrants lived within deep crags lit by harsh slices of sunlight.[1] There existed at least one other city, Ashheap.[3]
The planet had a significant volcanic activity. The cities across its surface were almost entirely powered by geothermal reactors that helped harvest energy from the various magma shifts.[4]
History[]
A planet devoid of native sentient lifeforms, Burnin Konn was settled several centuries before the Galactic Civil War as a mining colony for chromium, dolovite, and other rare ores. In time, it became one of the four Mining Worlds of the Anoat sector. Eventually, chromium and dolovite mining operations ended up destroying the planet's indigenous flora, transforming Burnin Konn into a nearly uninhabitable wasteland.[1]
During the end of the rein of the Galactic Empire, Burnin Konn was one of the worlds subjected to Operation: Cinder. To punish that world General Valin Hess's forces planted bombs on the geothermal reactors within the cities which generated power from the planet's magma shifts. At Chakonnis[4] the inhabitants of the city resisted and fought fiercely to defend their homes. Undaunted, Hess ordered the entire city wiped out whilst his Imperial division was there.[5] The detonations destabilized the planet's plate tectonics, with a series of volcanic eruptions[4] immediately destroying Chakonnis and exterminating around 5,000-10,000 soldiers in addition to the civilians.[5] Other cities fell too, collapsing in on themselves as their streets flooded with lava.[4] One of the few survivors of the atrocity was Migs Mayfeld,[5] who had been serving as a sniper[6] in the division and was left traumatized by his experience. Hess himself survived the ultimate fall of the Empire and joined the remnants based on the planet Morak, where he oversaw a refinery for producing rhydonium to perpetuate acts of destruction even worse than Burnin Konn. When Mayfeld, who was part of an infiltration of the refinery, encountered his former commanding officer, he confronted him over the massacre on Burnin Konn and, when Hess proved unrepentant and unsympathetic towards his comrades' deaths, shot him dead.[5]
Inhabitants[]
All of Burnin Konn's inhabitants were originally off-world immigrants, mostly humans and Nothoiins.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
In the Star Wars canon, Burnin Konn first appeared in the 2015 mobile game Star Wars: Uprising.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Burnin Konn was first mentioned in Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin, a 2004 supplement for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game.[7]
Appearances[]
- The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem (Mentioned only)
- "Laina" — From a Certain Point of View (Mentioned only)
- "Laina" — From a Certain Point of View audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Age of Rebellion - Lando Calrissian 1
- Bounty Hunters 1
- Doctor Aphra (2020) 6 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Bounty Hunters 18
- Star Wars: Uprising (First appearance)
- Shattered Empire 4 (Mentioned only)
- The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (Mentioned only)
- The Mandalorian – The Graphic Novel of Season 2 (Mentioned only)
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 15: The Believer" (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 160
- The End of the Beginning in Star Wars: Shattered Empire #4 — Exclusive Preview! on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars: Uprising
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- "Boba Fett and Other Characters of the Underworld" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Jedi Master's Quiz" — Star Wars Insider 203
- "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Timelines
- "After Endor" — Star Wars Insider 222
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Star Wars: Uprising
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Uprising—Crew Run: "Exfiltration"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 15: The Believer"
- ↑ The Mandalorian — "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
- ↑ "Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
