- "There's an ocean planet… home to Nautolans. Glee Anselm?"
- ―Mace Windu
Glee Anselm was an ocean planet located in the Jalor system of the galaxy's Mid Rim that was the homeworld of the Anselmi and Nautolan species. Star Tours, a tour company, offered vacation tours of Glee Anselm during the Clone Wars. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, senators representing the planet in the Imperial Senate were fiercely loyal to the Empire. Glee Anselm was also the homeworld of the criminal Tobias Beckett and the Jedi Master Kit Fisto.
Description[]
Glee Anselm was a planet[5] located in the Jalor system[3] within the galaxy's Mid Rim.[1] The planet's surface was covered in water, and it had no major landmasses.[3] No light reached the depths of the world's oceans, making the Nautolan people evolve to have dark eyes that could see details in the oceans' darkness.[7] The small islands dotting its oceans held jungles, mountains,[4] beaches, and grassy fields.[3]
History[]
According to legend, Glee Anselm used to have a continent with life until it sank to the seabed thousands of years before the fall of the Galactic Republic.[3]
Prior to the start of the Clone Wars, Grand Master Yoda of the Jedi Order helped to organize a test for Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, which involved the pair searching for him on Glee Anselm.[3]
In 3 BBY, Glee Anselm was one of only forty worlds that still sent representatives to the Apprentice Legislature. Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan owned a bed made from Glee Anselm hardwoods.[10]
Inhabitants[]
- "On my home planet of Glee Anselm, there is a large amphibious beast called the wooriid--a slow moving carnivore gifted with massive jaws full of razor-sharp teeth."
- ―Kit Fisto
Glee Anselm was the home to two sentient species, the Anselmi and Nautolan. The Anselmi lived on land while the Nautolans lived in the water. The Anselmi resented their aquatic cousins, whom the Anselmi referred to as "gill heads," and sought to dominate.[3] The planet was also inhabited by humans[9] and creatures including lizard-gulls, whales,[3] and the wooriid.[8]
Behind the scenes[]
Glee Anselm was first mentioned in the Star Wars Legends novelization and junior novelization of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, which were written by R. A. Salvatore and Patricia C. Wrede, respectively, and were both released in 2003. The world was confirmed to be canon in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Children of the Force," in which it was mentioned by Mace Windu and later was shown in hologram in the Xanadu Blood's fuel computer.
The Clone Wars team had considered showing Glee Anselm in physical form in the episode: concept art was drawn depicting the Nautolans living in cities on the backs of enormous turtles that surface for breath every few centuries.[12]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Creatures and Peoples of the Galaxy
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021
- Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
- "Home-grown, home-brewed, self-destroyed" — Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin 100
- Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
- Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- Glee Anselm in the Databank (backup link)
- Kit Fisto in the Databank (backup link)
- Tobias Beckett in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Jango Fett 1
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Coruscant Billboard from The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Glee Anselm in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bounty Hunters 5
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 5
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Leia, Princess of Alderaan
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Children of the Force"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Four - The Battle of Mon Cala