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- "Vice Admiral Rancit is convinced that the dissidents intend to attack the Imperial academy at Carida, martyring themselves in the process."
- ―Darth Vader informs Wilhuff Tarkin of Rancit's plan
Carida was a mountainous planet located in the Carida system within the Colonies region of the galaxy. During the Clone Wars, the Valor space station orbited the planet, while the era of the Galactic Empire saw Carida as home to an Imperial academy and a naval docking facility.
Description[edit | edit source]

Carida's barren landscape filled with mountains.
Carida was a planet[6] located in the Carida system within the galaxy's Colonies.[1] Carida was mostly covered in barren landscapes filled with mountains. The planet had an atmosphere breathable to oxygen-breathers, such as humans. The planet was also heavily populated with humans.[3]
History[edit | edit source]

A Venator I-class Star Destroyer patrols near Carida
During the Clone Wars, Galactic Republic strategists held a conference aboard the Valor space station orbiting Carida. Through the efforts of D-Squad, the droid task force led by Colonel Meebur Gascon, Valor narrowly avoided destruction by an unmanned, rhydonium-filled cruiser which the Confederacy of Independent Systems intended to use as an unassuming bomb.[2]
In 14 BBY,[7] during the reign of the Galactic Empire, Carida's Imperial academy became a target for an attack by rebels. After stealing Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's personal corvette, the Carrion Spike, Berch Teller's rebel cell, secretly aided by Imperial Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit, planned to attack the Imperial facility. Meaning to betray his rebel allies, so as to claim glory among his Imperial peers, Rancit gathered a fleet above the planet and laid in wait for the Spike's arrival. Suspecting the vice admiral's treachery, the cell sent the corvette to Carida on auto-pilot and escaped. Upon his arrival in Carida space, the Sith Lord Darth Vader boarded Rancit's Secutor-class Star Destroyer Conquest and, revealing that Vice Admiral's plot had come to light, ordered that Rancit be ejected in an escape pod and shot down.[4]
Shortly before the Battle of Hoth, Captain Tabor Seitaron of the Carida Academy was pulled back into active duty by Prelate Verge and his Imperial-class Star Destroyer Herald in an effort to hunt down Imperial defector Everi Chalis.[8]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Carida first appeared in Star Wars canon in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Point of No Return." The subtitles for that episode on the show's fifth season Blu-ray incorrectly spell the planet's name as "Corrida."[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Carida sported a barren, mountainous terrain
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Sources[edit | edit source]
"Point of No Return" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Admiral Ozzel - Imperial Officer - Base Series 1)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
Star Wars Helmet Collection 9 (Databank A-Z: C-21–Chandrila)
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 30 (Starfighter Aces: Han Solo – Scrumrat to Fighter Pilot)
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition – TIE/rb Heavy Expansion Pack (Card: Carida Academy Cadet)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Point of No Return"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Tarkin
- ↑
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Admiral Ozzel - Imperial Officer - Base Series 1)
- ↑ Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- ↑ The events of Tarkin take place five years after the rise of the Galactic Empire, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 19 BBY. Therefore, Tarkin must be set in 14 BBY.
- ↑ Battlefront: Twilight Company