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- "Who'd want to go to Geonosis? It's nothing but a bug's nest!"
- ―Chal Tozr
Geonosis was the home planet of the Geonosians, the Confederacy's first capital, and a major droid foundry.
Geology and geography
Separatist vessels traversing typical Geonosian terrain.
Geonosis had a large diameter but light gravity and dense atmosphere. With a weak magnetic field, harsh solar radiation storms were common, and on occasion mass extinctions occurred. The most persistent surface organisms were humble red rock algae while the semi-insectoid Geonosians were driven underground. It consisted of a diminutive molten core with a rocky mantle forming a rocky, desert world subject to flash floods that carved great highland canyons. Water made up 5% of the surface.
During the time of the Geonosian rule, much of the planet's architecture was similar in appearance to termite mounds, consisting of domes and buildings built into caverns and rock spires. Therefore, one could easily mistake Geonosian buildings for natural formations and the planet uninhabited, a great asset during war.
History
Early history
In the distant past, Geonosis's largest moon was hit by a rogue comet, sending out a massive debris field that hammered the surface into ruin, before settling into a ring of orbiting rock. This event killed off more than 99% of Geonosis's native species.
Over millions of years, the few creatures who survived the devastation slowly reclaimed the planet. Random meteor impacts constantly weeded out the weaker species, leaving only the truly cunning, hardy, and ruthless species alive. The Geonosians, the dominant life form on the planet, constituted all three.
After the technical-minded Geonosians made contact with the galaxy, the Baktoid Armor Workshop moved several droid and weapon foundries to the planet.
Great Galactic War
- "In the arenas of Geonosis a young gladiator had risen to prominence, calling himself the new Mandalore, a title unclaimed for centuries, a title reserved for the greatest warrior in the galaxy, a warrior worthy to lead the Mandalorians."
- ―Gnost-Dural
During the time of the Great Galactic War, Geonosis was famous for the gladiatorial games held on the planet. Many of the combatants were Mandalorians, among them a young fighter. He rose to fame, eventually declaring himself the new Mandalore. He allied the Mandalorians with the Sith Empire, striking against the Galactic Republic.
Years later, after his eventual death at the hands of another Mandalorian, it was revealed that Imperial Intelligence had been infiltrating the gladiatorial arenas around the galaxy as sponsors, managers and gladiators. They had chosen the young Mandalorian as their champion, rigging his fights, using tactics such as drugging the opponent.
Clone Wars
- "More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been revealed."
- ―Yoda
In 24 BBY, during the reign of Archduke Poggle the Lesser, Geonosis became a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which used the planet's factories to build its droid army. Two years later, in 22 BBY, Poggle scheduled a private meeting of the Confederacy leaders on Geonosis. It was expected that during this meeting the organizations that formed the backbone of the Separatist movement would put their resources at the disposal of Count Dooku, the Head of State of the Confederacy.
Slave I approaching Geonosis.
Unbeknownst to the Separatists, their plans of waging war against the Galactic Republic were heard by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had followed Jango Fett, a bounty hunter employed by Dooku, to Geonosis. Kenobi managed to transmit his discoveries to his Padawan Anakin Skywalker, who was at that time located on Tatooine, before being caught by the Separatists. After retransmitting the information to the Jedi Council, Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, the Senator of Naboo, decided to rescue Kenobi, but ended up imprisoned themselves.
Eventually, Kenobi, Skywalker and Amidala were taken to the Geonosian execution arena and were faced against an Acklay, a Reek and a Nexu respectively, but managed to free themselves. The Separatists, in turn, introduced battle droids to the arena, triggering the Battle of Geonosis, the first battle of the Clone Wars, as Jedi reinforcements, led by Master Mace Windu, revealed themselves among the public and entered the arena to confront the droids.
After a long battle between the droids and the Jedi, Grand Master Yoda arrived with the newly-formed Republic army and rescued the defeated Jedi forces. Following the Confederacy's subsequent defeat on the planet, Geonosis was occupied by the Republic. Jedi Knight Barriss Offee was working on Geonosis during the Clone Wars.[2]
Post-Clone Wars
The desolate surface of Geonosis.
As the Clone Wars ended and the Republic restructured into the Galactic Empire, Geonosis remained under Imperial control. Geonosian scientists played a role in the construction of the first Death Star. In 3 ABY While chasing an Imperial carrier that had interfered with the Rebel Alliance's raid on the Empire's operations on Bakura, Wedge Antilles visited Geonosis and found several completely operational B1 battle droids left over from the war, as well as a Jedi starfighter, which he used to escape the planet. Soon after, the Droid operations where put down by the Galactic Empire, which ultimately brought an official end to the Separatist holdouts. After the death of Emperor Palpatine, Geonosis established an isolationist policy.
The planet was spared by the Yuuzhan Vong during their invasion.
Several years after the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Boba Fett returned to Geonosis to exhume his father's remains and bury them next to his daughter, Ailyn Vel, on Mandalore.
Behind the scenes
Geonosis is the only planet featured in the Star Wars films to have a natural ring system.
Appearances
Sources
A Geonosian.
Geonosis in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)- Geonosis droid factory in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 23 (GEO1-4, Geonosis)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 66 (GEO13-16, Geonosis - Asteroid Rings)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 108 (GEO22, Geonosis - Landscape)
- The New Essential Chronology
- "Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" — Star Wars Insider 84
- Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous
- Order 66: Destroy All Jedi
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
- Template:LFC (Mentioned only)
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- Battlefront II: Prima Official Game Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- Timeline 3: The Return of the Mandalorians
- Timeline 4: The Empire Changes Strategy
Notes and references
External links
- Dooku's Exit on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
