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- "Were you here for the fighting on Cartao?"
"I really just got here. I joined six months ago, off Phorsa Gedd."
"Doesn't matter. Keep us alive, and I'll tell you about Cartao after." - ―Hazram Namir and Vifra
Cartao was a terrestrial body[2] located in the Expansion Region[1] upon which an Imperial facility was built. When a group of dissidents stole the Imperial corvette Carrion Spike from Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and used it to attack Galidraan Station[2] in 14 BBY,[4] Cartao and its Imperial facility were considered as potential targets for the ship-jackers. They, along with Lantillies and Ice Station Beta on Anteevy, were listed as theorized targets by Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit of Naval Intelligence when he was questioned on the situation by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine.[2]
During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry fought on Cartao.[3] In 3 ABY,[5] when the company was stranded on the manufacturing planet Sullust, the tentative Captain Hazram Namir asked Vifra, the head of engineering, whether she had been present for the fighting on Cartao. Vifra replied that she had only joined six months prior, and so Namir told her that he'd tell her about Cartao if she helped keep the Sixty-First alive.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Cartao was first mentioned in the 2014 canon novel Tarkin, written by James Luceno.[2] In Star Wars Legends continuity, the planet Cartao first appeared in 
"Hero of Cartao" — Star Wars Insider 68–70, a serialized short story written by Timothy Zahn and released over issues 68, 69, and 70 of Star Wars Insider[6] on June 3,[7] July,[8] and early September of 2003 respectively.[9]
Appearances[]
- Tarkin (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Tarkin audiobook (First mentioned, simultaneous with print edition)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company (Mentioned only)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tarkin
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Tarkin to 14 BBY.
- ↑ The section of Battlefront: Twilight Company where the Siege of Inyusu Tor takes place is set twenty-two years after the Clone Wars, which ended in 19 BBY, according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. The siege must have therefore occurred in 3 ABY.
- ↑ "Hero of Cartao" — Star Wars Insider 68–70
- ↑
Zahn Returns in Insider #68 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Clone War Details in Insider #69 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Darth Maul reveals all in Insider #70 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
