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- "A parasite. Native to Ringo Vinda. Probably in the canteen of water they both shared. It did cause the inhibitors to decay, once the parasite had taken hold."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine's "official" explanation of the erratic behaviors of CT-5555 and CT-5385
Ringo Vinda was a planet located in the galaxy's Mid Rim,[1] along the Perlemian Trade Route.[4] It was encircled by a massive civilian graving dock.[6][9] The Ringo Vindans, a human cultural group, spoke Galactic Basic Standard with a distinctive accent. In the waning decades of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Knight Rael Averross hailed from Ringo Vinda and retained his accent despite growing up on the planet Coruscant.[7]
During the Clone Wars, Ringo Vinda was captured by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which resulted in an extended campaign to retake the planet[8] in the year 19 BBY.[11] However, Republic forces withdrew from Ringo Vinda when 501st Legion clone trooper CT-5385 "Tup" executed Jedi Master Tiplar when Protocol 66 was accidentally triggered in his inhibitor chip, leaving the world under Separatist control.[6] Officially, Tup's mental instability was said to be caused by a parasitic infection native to Ringo Vinda that caused his inhibitor to decay, and a vaccine was prepared to inoculate the other clones and prevent similar incidents in the future, hiding the true nature of Order 66. The same excuse was used to discredit the ARC trooper CT-5555 "Fives," who had been killed attempting to reveal the truth about the chips to the Jedi.[10]
After the war, Ringo Vinda fell under the control of the Galactic Empire, and its space station was converted into an enormous construction facility that churned out Imperial-class Star Destroyers for the Imperial Navy.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Battle for Ringo Vinda! Republic forces are locked in heated combat with the droid armada on a massive space station that encircles an entire planet."
- ―Ringo Vinda identified in the opening newsreel for "The Unknown"
Ringo Vinda first appeared in "The Unknown,"[6] the first episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' sixth season,[12] which originally aired in Germany on February 15, 2014.[13][14] While unidentified in the episode itself, it was named in the opening newsreel.[6] The planet's design was derived from early concept art[15] of Cato Neimoidia[16] developed by Ryan Church during the concept design phase of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.[15]
Appearances[]
- Master & Apprentice (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Unknown" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Conspiracy" (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Orders" (In flashback(s))
- Darth Vader (2020) 35
- Darth Vader (2020) 36
- Darth Vader (2020) 50 (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Kashyyyk and Other Planets in the Mid Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Ringo Vinda system
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars Galaxy Map poster
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 35
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Unknown"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Master & Apprentice
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ringo Vinda in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Orders"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ "The Unknown" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season Six Launching 15th February In Germany by Mark Newbold on Jedi News (bad argument #2 to 'formatDate': invalid timestamp '2014-01-16, 11:31 AM, BST') (backup link archived on April 25, 2017)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars Staffel 6, Folge 1: Zustand unbekannt (German) on fernsehserian.de (backup link) ({{{1}}})
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "The Unknown" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 1)
- ↑ Cato Neimoidia in the Databank (original site is defunct)
