Kachirho

Kachirho was a coastal Wookiee city on Kashyyyk that became the site of the Battle of Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars.

Characteristics[]

Kachirho was located on the Wawaatt Archipelago on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk.^[3] Contrary to most of Wookiee cities built in the wroshyr tree canopy, Kachirho was located on the shore of the lagoon.^[2]

Although the city encompassed several inhabited wroshyr trees, including Tree Kachirho and Tree Vikkilynn,^[3] and buildings on the ground level,^[4] most of the settlement of Kachirho spiraled around the trunk of one massive 300-meter-tall wroshyr tree,^[2] known as the great tree.^[2] Kachirho also had a city hall located up the beach from the water. Two piers and docks extended out into the archipelago.^[7]

As Tree Vikkilynn was the home to the Claatuvac Guild, the city was the Wookiee center of hyperspace mapping.^[8]

History[]

"My home has changed a lot since I was last here. The Empire has exerted much tighter control... and while they've modernized much of Kachirho, they've also dragged their war along with them!"

―Chewbacca, to a spacer^[4]

The city of Kachirho was founded by members of the Kachirho clan.^[1]

The leader of the city at the time of the Clone Wars was the Wookiee Chieftain Tarfful, who had served for over a Human lifetime.^[2]

BoK-ROTS — The Battle of Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars.

In 19 BBY, at the end of the Clone Wars, Kachirho was chosen as the landing spot for the Separatists due to its wide-open land areas, as opposed to many other cities on the planet, covered by thick foliage.^[9] The Separatists established their beachhead^[6] on an island near the city.^[7] When the alarm was sounded that the city would be attacked, thousands from other cities came via land and sea to Kachirho to protect it.^[2] The Delta Squad of Republic commandos was inserted to beat back a large-scale Separatist assault on the Kachirho Bridge. The commandos fought through large market halls and Wookiee hangars containing "balloons," and used four two-barreled cannons located in Kachirho to fire at a Recusant-class light destroyer.^[5] The 501st Legion assisted by holding the beach against the Separatist Droid Army.^[10] Although Grand Master Yoda led the 41st Elite Corps into the city, the commando Sev was intercepted by battle droids and declared missing.^[5]

A few months later, a group of six Jedi who had escaped Order 66, led by Olee Starstone, came to Kashyyyk looking for Jedi who had been there when Order 66 was issued. Tarfful fought against the Imperials when they invaded Kashyyyk, but he was captured by the Empire and became a slave, destined to help build the first Death Star.^[11]

After the fall of the Republic, Kachirho was controlled by the Galactic Empire, where they operated the spaceport. However, the Empire only minimally garrisoned the city and did not totally control the Wookiee population.^[1] The Empire modernized the city, turned the spaceport into a small military base and built a communication tower. The Empire also allowed the Trandoshan slavers to operate in the city. During the Galactic Civil War, Imperial officers stationed there included Admiral Krieg, Commander Richards and Stren Colo.^[4]

Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Darth Vader stayed at the Imperial outpost, in the Kachirho spaceport. From here, he entrusted his old Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor to an Imperial agent to be used to repel a Rebel Alliance invasion force in the Kashyyyk system.^[4]