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Ralltiir was a terrestrial planet located in the Core Worlds. During the Clone Wars, Lieutenant Commander Orson Krennic of the Galactic Republic financed a few weeks of vacation on the planet for the smuggler Has Obitt's former crew members as compensation for replacing them. Ralltiir later served as a safe world for Senator Mon Mothma's organized rebellion against the Galactic Empire, which was eventually formalized as the Rebel Alliance. In 1 BBY, the Empire began an extended occupation of the planet, often using violence against civilians. The planet was also the homeworld of General Pharl McQuarrie and the pilot Derek Klivian, who were human members of the Alliance.
Description[]
Ralltiir was a terrestrial[3] planet situated in the regions known as the Core Worlds[1] and the Interior.[2]
History[]
Rebel pilot Derek Klivian was a native of Ralltiir.
During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance, Republic Lieutenant Commander Orson Krennic replaced the crew of his operative, the smuggler Has Obitt, with a team of Republic Intelligence direct action operatives led by the former Judicial Matese on Ralltiir. After the exchange, Krennic financed a few standard weeks of rest and recuperation on the planet for Obitt's former crew members.[3] Also around that time period, the YT-1300 light freighter Stellar Envoy, which was owned by an obscure organization known as the Republic Group and allegedly linked to holding companies on the planets Coruscant and Corellia, was registered at Ralltiir.[6]
Later, Ralltiir allied itself with an organized rebellion against the Galactic Empire led by Senator Mon Mothma, serving as a safe world for the rebels. In 2 BBY,[7] the planet was highlighted as a rebel ally on a galactic map that was eventually collected by archivist Hendri Underholt in The Rebel Files, a top-secret dossier of sensitive information vital to the rebellion—later formalized as the Rebel Alliance.[1] Though Raltiir was a major financial hub by 1 BBY, the Empire then began a drawn-out occupation of the world, which included several strikes against civilian infrastructure.[8]
Ralltiir also shared its name with the Ralltiiri Light Freighter, one of the starship models present in the Citizens' Fleet[9] that assembled to oppose the Sith Eternal forces at the Battle of Exegol in the year 35 ABY.[10] The same year,[11] the historian Beaumont Kin mentioned the occupation of Ralltiir in[8] his[12] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire when writing on the Empire's use of violence. Ralltiir was mentioned in the file Communication Order 83324, which had been stored in the "Ralltiir Occupation" section of the Imperial Archives.[8]
Inhabitants[]
Ralltiir was the birth place[13] and homeworld of the human rebel pilot Derek "Hobbie" Klivian, who was an Imperial cadet before defecting to the Rebellion.[4] General Pharl McQuarrie of the Rebel Alliance was also a human hailng from the planet.[14] The Mon Calamari were another species found on Ralltiir.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
Ralltiir was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the 2015 reference book Ultimate Star Wars.[15] The planet was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in the 1981 Star Wars radio dramatization, adapted by Brian Daley and produced by National Public Radio.[16]
Appearances[]
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (Mentioned only)
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Ultimate Star Wars (First mentioned)
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 68 (Secrets of Spaceflight: Smuggling Bosses)- Star Wars Helmet Collection 33 (Databank A-Z: Admiral Kilian–Kowakian)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Topps Star Wars Living Set (Card: #246 - Derek "Hobbie" Klivian) (backup link)
- "The Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- Derek "Hobbie" Klivian in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files places Ralltiir in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Interior.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 68 (Secrets of Spaceflight: Smuggling Bosses)
- ↑ YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ In Star Wars: The Rebel Files, the galactic map featuring Ralltiir is set between the introduction of the TIE/d "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighter and the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance, which are both dated to 2 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ Every Ship in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (July 31, 2020) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire states that thirty years have passed since the end of the Galactic Civil War and months have passed since the Battle of Exegol. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the end of the war to 5 ABY and the Battle of Exegol to 35 ABY, the in-universe The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire must have been published in 35 ABY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Derek "Hobbie" Klivian in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars radio drama
