- "Recently arrived from Old Mankoo, out by the Outer Rim. […] Her planet's impoverished—although she seems to live well enough."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, on Princess Tsian
Old Mankoo was a planet[3] located in the Old Mankoo system, a part of the Quess sector[1] in the Trailing Sectors portion of[2] the Mid Rim.[1] The planet was impoverished,[4] and by 23 BBY,[5] the royal family of Old Mankoo had been overthrown.[6]
Although the[6] Human[3] Princess Tsian, a part of the royal family, continued to live well, due to the political situation on her homeworld, the princess no longer had access to the funds she previously had. As a result, Tsian became an assassin for hire. She had the Psicom 1260 interface,[6] which allowed her to control assassin droids with her thoughts,[3] cybernetically implanted into her brain[6] and then used her diplomatic status as a princess to carry out political assassinations off-world.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Old Mankoo was first mentioned in Honor and Duty, Part 2, the forty-seventh issue of the Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: Republic comic-book series. The issue was written by John Ostrander[3] and published on December 11, 2002.[7]
The entry for Old Mankoo in the 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia placed the planet in the Outer Rim Territories,[4] contradicting Republic 47, which placed it in that region's vicinity instead.[3] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently placed the Old Mankoo system, and therefore the planet itself, in grid square N-17 as part of the Mid Rim,[2] and the StarWars.com Online Companion to that book later specified that the Old Mankoo system was situated in the Quess sector, which formed a part of the Mid Rim's border with the Outer Rim Territories.[8]
Appearances[]
- Republic 47 (First mentioned)
- Republic 48 (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Old Mankoo system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Old Mankoo system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Republic 47
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 407 ("Old Mankoo")
- ↑ Star Wars: The Comics Companion dates the events of the Honor and Duty story arc of the Star Wars: Republic comic-book series to twenty-three years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 23 BBY, according to The New Essential Chronology.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Republic 48
- ↑
Star Wars: Republic (2002) #47 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Essential Atlas Extra: Sectors of the Mid Rim on StarWars.com (backup link)