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Kalist VI, also known simply as Kalist, was a barren rocky planet located in the Kalist system of the Deep Core. It was the homeworld of rebel pilot Dak Ralter, who joined Rogue Squadron of the Rebel Alliance. During the Imperial Era, Kalist VI housed a high-surveillance Galactic Empire penal colony.

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Kalist VI,[6] also known simply as Kalist,[7] was a barren and rocky planet located in the dregs of the Deep Core,[4] in the Kalist system.[3] It was situated in grid square K-12 of the Standard Galactic Grid[1] and also constituted a part of the Interior.[2]

History[]

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Rebel pilot, Dak Ralter, who was born on Kalist VI

During the Imperial Era, the Galactic Empire maintained a high-surveillance penal colony on the planet,[5] although there were no judges or courts present. Prisoners on the planet received only life sentences. Imperial guards would beat prisoners with steel and, for the sake of humor, force them to serve on firing squads, watching inmates beg their friends and family members not to shoot.[4]

Kalist VI was the homeworld of the rebel pilot Dak Ralter, who was born to a family of human political prisoners[5] in the planet's Scargon region.[4] Ralter escaped the world with bright ambitions,[5] joining Rogue Squadron of the Alliance to Restore the Republic[8] with the goal of bringing about the downfall of the Empire;[9] however, he was killed in the Battle of Hoth[5] in 3 ABY.[10]

In 34 ABY,[11] Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon passed by Kalist VI on a cruise from the Core Worlds' Chandrila system to the Outer Rim Territories. Several screens aboard the starship displayed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated Kalist VI's position.[12]

Behind the scenes[]

SW Card Trader

Star Wars: Card Trader marked Kalist VI's first introduction to the current canon.

In the current Star Wars canon, Kalist VI was first mentioned in the 2015 mobile application Star Wars: Card Trader.[6] It was subsequently given its shorter designation of "Kalist" by the "Guide to the Galaxy" section of the thirty-sixth issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine,[13] published around September 5, 2015[14] and written by Mark Newbold.[15] Kalist VI made its first in-universe appearance in the form of depiction on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at the Walt Disney World Resort hotel in Florida[12] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022,[16] and had its final voyage from September 28 to 30, 2023.[17]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Kalist VI was first mentioned in the 1989 West End Games' sourcebook Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, written by Michael Stern.[18] It first appeared in the thirty-sixth issue of the Star Wars: Empire comic series,[19] written by Randy Stradley[20] under the Welles Hartley pseudonym, illustrated by Davidé Fabbri, and released by Dark Horse Comics[19] on October 12, 2005.[20]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game places Kalist VI in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Interior.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Against All Odds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1, Card: Dak Ralter - Snowspeeder Gunner
  7. ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 36 Guide to the Galaxy: The Deep Core
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  9. ↑ "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  11. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to 34 ABY.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 36 Guide to the Galaxy: The Deep Core
  14. ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (backup link archived on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 36 was published around September 9, 2015.
  15. ↑ Direct message from Mark Newbold — Used with permission
  16. ↑ StarWars.com 31 Things We Learned in an Exclusive Preview of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  17. ↑ Disney.com Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on Disney's official website (backup link)
  18. ↑ Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Empire 36
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Star Wars: Empire (2002) #36 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
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