Yavin 13

Astrographical information

Grid square

P-6^[2]

Trade routes

Rotation period

19 standard hours^[1]

Orbital period

4,818 standard days^[1]

Physical information

Class

Terrestrial^[1]

Diameter

6,794 Kilometers^[1]

Atmosphere

Type I (breathable)^[1]

Climate

Dry^[1]
Hot^[1]

Gravity

0.8 standard

Terrain

Desert^[1]
Rocky plains^[1]
Cacti forests^[1]

Points of interest

None

Societal information

Native species

Gerbs^[1]
Slith^[1]

Other species

None

Primary language(s)

Population

Modern: None^[4]

Historic: 43 million^[1]

53% Gerbs^[1]
47% Slith^[1]

Major cities

None

Affiliation

Yuuzhan Vong empire

Yavin 13 was one of the three habitable moons of Yavin Prime.

Geography[]

Yavin 13 had a hot and arid climate, and was mainly covered in deserts, rocky plains and cacti forests. However, the moon also had grassy plains and much of its southern hemisphere was covered by open, shallow seas which spread what little moisture there was on the moon into the atmosphere.

Yavin 13's surface also resembled Byss cheese from space. Yavin 13's two sentient species were the rodentlike Gerbs and the serpentine Slith species.

Society and history[]

Yavin 13 had no planetary government and was instead governed by separate tribes. Due to its remote location in the Outer Rim, Yavin 13 had no allegiance to any galactic government though it was occasionally visited by treasure hunters including the Rodian Suz Tanwa, who became a famed xenoarchaeologist in the New Republic era.

The Slith had a nomadic hunter-gatherer society and were mainly concentrated on the moon's rocky regions while the Gerbs lived in tiny communities in underground warrens and farmed the moon's grasslands. The two separate species were able to live in peace and often left each other alone. Both species also knew nothing or little about offworld affairs and technology since none had left Yavin 13.

Following the capture of the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 by the Peace Brigade and the Yuuzhan Vong in 26 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong exterminated all life on Yavin 13, wiping out both the Gerbs and Sliths.^[4]