Haidoral Prime

Haidoral Prime
Astrographical information
Region	Mid Rim Territories The Slice
Sector	Kontahr sector
Grid square	R-10
Physical information
Class	Terrestrial
Atmosphere	Type I (breathable)
Terrain	Crystalline mountains
Points of interest	Governor's mansion
Societal information
Other species	Felinx Human
Major cities	Haidoral Administrative Center One
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

"I was spared out of acknowledgment for my past contributions, and because I had enough sense to limit my involvement with the battle station. Exile to Haidoral Prime was the best I could hope for under the circumstances."

―Everi Chalis reflects on her appointment as Haidoral's governor to Micha Evon and his cohorts

Haidoral Prime, or simply Haidoral, was a backwater planet located in the Kontahr sector of the Mid Rim Territories and the Slice regions. It was governed by the Galactic Empire by the time of the Galactic Civil War, and Everi Chalis, an emissary to the Imperial Ruling Council, was appointed governor of the world as punishment after Emperor Palpatine blamed her and other Imperial higher-ups for the loss of the Death Star superweapon.

The Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, also known as Twilight Company, attacked Haidoral Prime in 3 ABY, overcoming its Imperial defenses and raiding the planet. During the conflict, rebel First Sergeant Hazram Namir and his squad fought Imperial fire teams before meeting other rebel units at the central plaza of Haidoral's capital city, where a recruitment drive was held by Twilight Company.

Chalis, believing her Imperial career was over, planned to defect to the company and sent a secret message claiming there were rebel captives in her mansion. As a result, Namir's squad was sent to investigate. The unit infiltrated the mansion and killed a number of guards before finding a makeshift tactical center with Imperial officers. There, Chalis arrived and helped kill the officers before offering to defect to Twilight Company. The governor was subsequently stunned and taken back to the rest of the company, which left Haidoral Prime after.

Description

Haidoral Prime, also referred to as simply Haidoral, was a terrestrial backwater planet located in the Kontahr sector within an intersecting portion of the Mid Rim Territories and the Slice regions. It was situated in square R-10 of the Standard Galactic Grid and was linked by a hyperspace route to the Mid Rim celestial bodies Ubrikkia and Kwenn. Haidoral Prime's weather included rain that smelled like vinegar and coated skin like sweat. The planet was also home to crystalline mountains. The world's Type I atmosphere was breathable to humans and felinx.

History

Changes in power

"I'm not saying that to be insulting. But if you think Haidoral Prime was anything more than a backwater, you're operating under dearly mistaken assumptions. My appointment there was a punishment, not an elevation."

―Chalis, to Evon and his colleagues

Everi Chalis (pictured) was appointed governor of Haidoral Prime as a punishment.

By the time of the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire, Haidoral Prime was under an Imperial-aligned government. Around 1 ABY, Everi Chalis, an emissary to the Imperial Ruling Council and honorary Grand Architect of the New Order, was appointed as governor of Haidoral. Her new position came as a punishment after Emperor Palpatine blamed incompetence among the highest echelons of the Galactic Empire for the destruction of the Death Star superweapon in 0 BBY.

During her time as governor, Chalis ruled from a mansion in the outskirts of Haidoral's capital city, Haidoral Administrative Center One. She believed that too many felinx were turning feral and hindering the city's reputation. Therefore, she ordered a culling of the creatures. One resident named Corbo lost his felinx under Chalis's orders. However, the Emperor eventually chose to replace Chalis's staff with a number of Imperial Army officers, who policed the governor for months. Around that time, a Haidoral resident named Roach was put into an Imperial detention center, the reasons largely involving her spice addiction. The sentence led her to have a grudge against Chalis and the Empire.

Rebels attack

"My reputation was already blemished. The moment your ship arrived in orbit, my life in the Empire ended."

―Chalis, on Twilight Company's attack, to Evon and his cohorts

Haidoral Prime was attacked by the 61st Mobile Infantry (patch pictured), nicknamed Twilight Company.

In 3 ABY, the Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, better known as Twilight Company, attacked Haidoral Prime. With just a single legion of stormtroopers spread out between three continents, Chalis feared that her career in the Empire was over. The governor's Imperial defenses on the planet failed, and Haidoral Administrative Center One was raided by Twilight Company, who stole supplies and locked down Chalis's mansion with half a dozen squads. Imperial defenders struggled to keep control of some civilians, choosing to shoot them as a result.

On the final day of Twilight Company's attack, rebel First Sergeant Hazram Namir and two of his squad surveyed some streets in the capital, finding a number of dead civilians on a road. After they inspected the bodies, the trio was attacked by a fire team of four stormtroopers. Following a short skirmish, the three rebels killed their attackers before making their way to the city's central plaza where other squads were regrouping. The fourth member of Namir's squad, Brand, met them there, having dealt with another Imperial fire team that Namir had missed.

With a scheduled eight hours left on Haidoral, Twilight Company began a recruitment drive, with one squad hijacking the capital's public address system to promote the open recruit to civilians. While a number of locals came to join the company, one man begged for the rebels to leave, and others asked for the company to stay and continue fighting the Empire; the latter group was sent away with weapons that the rebels could spare. The recruits were assessed by Namir for the recruiting officer of that occasion, Quartermaster Hober. When three civilians began fighting, the first sergeant broke up the scuffle and gave the trio a warning.

The governor's defection

"Why did you need our attention?"
"Thanks to the Rebellion, my days with the Empire are numbered. I understand you're recruiting. I want to join your company in return for asylum."

―Namir and Chalis

Meanwhile, Chalis was under the custody of the Imperial officers at a makeshift tactical center established in her mansion's dining hall. Fearing punishment for Twilight Company's attack on Haidoral, she planned to defect to the rebels. The governor sent an MSE-6 series repair droid to the rebels surrounding her mansion with an anonymous message claiming that there were captured rebels being held inside the residence, specifically the room where she was based. After confirming the droid was not bomb-rigged, the rebel Sergeant Fektrin passed the message along to Captain Micha Evon, Twilight Company's commanding officer. Although all of the company's personnel was accounted for, the captain feared that there might be captured civilians inside the mansion, and tasked Namir's squad with investigating.

Namir and his squad were subsequently called to the residence, where Fektrin briefed the first sergeant on their mission, much to the latter's distaste. The squad infiltrated Chalis's mansion via a neighboring rooftop garden—the house's occupants complied when Namir gunned down their custodial droid—and used a magnetic grappling gun to slide down to a mansion. The Besalisk rebel Gadren stayed at the garden as the grappling line did not support his mass. The other three made their way inside Chalis's residence, killing a number of guards on their way to the room where there were allegedly captives.

Namir and his two soldiers stormed into the dining hall–turned–tactical center, finding Imperial officers rather than any prisoners. While the colonel in charge was confused about the claim of captives, Chalis entered the room herself and proclaimed herself as the prisoner. The governor shot the colonel, and the rebels promptly joined her in killing the other officers. After tending to one of his soldier's injuries, Namir questioned Chalis, who revealed herself as the governor and made her offer to join Twilight Company. While Namir took aim at the governor with his blaster rifle, Gadren arrived and stunned her. The first sergeant chose to take Chalis back to the rest of Twilight Company, and the squad made their way back to the company.

Post–rebel attack

"The Mid Rim too, Trandosha and Naboo, and Bothawui, Naator, Phorsa Gedd, Ithor, Coyerti, Haidoral […] All these, young Luke, await the last attack."

―Obi Wan Kenobi, to Luke Skywalker

Twilight Company departed from Haidoral Prime on its starships, the CR90 corvette Thunderstrike and its escort, the Braha'tok-class gunship Apailana's Promise, once all of the supplies seized on the planet were distributed among the battle group. Evon reported Chalis's defection on Haidoral Prime to Alliance High Command, with General Carlist Rieekan informing the Alliance's leader, Mon Mothma, of the matter in an official document.

On Dagobah, the Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker that the fate of Haidoral Prime and many other planets lay on Skywalker confronting Darth Vader for a final time.

In a journal entry reflecting on Twilight Company's Operation Ringbreaker campaign, which took place later in 3 ABY, Mothma considered the Haidoral Prime defection to be an example of how the Alliance could put itself on equal footing with the Empire when leaning on diplomacy and subterfuge. The document and journal entry were included in The Rebel Files, an archive of non-electric documents compiled by archivist Hendri Underholt.

In 4 ABY, the aspiring Jedi Luke Skywalker spoke with the Force ghost of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi while visiting the swamp planet Dagobah. Kenobi told Skywalker that the fate of Haidoral and many other planets relied on a final confrontation between the latter and the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Inhabitants

"But the captain's worried the governor might have grabbed some locals. Wants it checked out."

―Fektrin, to Namir

Haidoral Prime was populated by many humans. Some residents kept felinx as pets.

Locations

"I could argue I worked miracles, holding your men off with a legion of stormtroopers spread across three continents; I could argue Haidoral was the obvious target months before I even arrived, and that I did all I could to shore up its defenses."

―Everi Chalis, to Evon and his colleagues

Haidoral Prime had at least three continents and a capital city that the Empire named Haidoral Administrative Center One, while the local populous named it "Glitter" after the crystal mountains that lined the horizon.

Behind the scenes

Haidoral Prime first appeared in the 2015 novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, written by Alexander Freed.

Appearances

• The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem (Mentioned only)
• Battlefront: Twilight Company (First appearance, simultaneous with Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook)
• Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook

Sources

• Star Wars: The Rebel Files
• Star Wars Galaxy Map
• SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)

Notes and references

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