Zeitooine

Zeitooine
Astrographical information
Region	Inner Rim Territories
Physical information
Class	Terrestrial
Atmosphere	Type I (breathable)
Climate	Cold
Terrain	Jungle
Points of interest	A spaceport A tavern
Flora	Trees
Societal information
Government	Zeit royalty
Demonym	Zeit
Major cities	A city
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

"Of all the places you could've gone. Even Zeitooine—"
"Zeitooine was endless petty bickering and plotting with next to no action. At least after the first months, once we'd quieted some of the unrest. Once that was over, I didn't do anything of real significance. On the frontier there's a chance to act."

―Reath Silas and Dez Rydan

Zeitooine was a jungle planet that was located in the Inner Rim and was ruled by a monarchy. At some point by the time of the High Republic Era, several Jedi fell during the Zeitooine Schism. In 232 BBY, it was the site of a mission carried out by members of the Jedi Order, including Jedi Knight Dez Rydan. The mission helped manage some of the unrest the planet was experiencing, but the effect of the Jedi presence stalled over time. In 228 BBY, a group of Nihil visited a tavern on Zeitooine after their failed raid on the planet Baori Minor.

Centuries later, the planet was part of the Galactic Empire and was visited by Imperial defector Thane Kyrell, who hoped to buy a power cell for the light freighter Mighty Oak Apocalypse. However, he failed because he was distracted by the arresting of a local family.

Description

Zeitooine was a jungle planet located in the Inner Rim. Although the planet was not afflicted by a constant winter, it was relatively cold. The surface of the planet was covered by jungles of deciduous trees that became covered in hard frost and lost their leaves in the winter. Zeitooine had a Type I atmosphere breathable to several species.

History

High Republic

"Soon after reaching knighthood, Dez embraced every mission he was given by the Council, and perhaps a few that weren't. Word spread quickly throughout the Order of his exploits on Zeitooine and Christophsis"

―Chronicles of the Jedi by Harli Cogra

Dez Rydan went on a mission to Zeitooine but later left to avoid giving into his anger at their lack of progress.

At some point by the time of the High Republic Era, several Jedi died during the Zeitooine Schism on Zeitooine. In 232 BBY, the Jedi Order carried out a mission on Zeitooine, to which Jedi Knight Dez Rydan was assigned. During his time on the planet, Rydan learned much about poisons, which were used regularly by the various houses of Zeit royalty. The knowledge he gained on the mission later allowed him to recognize the symptoms suffered by pilot Affie Hollow after she was scraped by a poisonous vine during a skirmish aboard the Amaxine Station.

The Jedi mission was able to quell some of the unrest on the planet, but within a few months, Rydan and the others were no longer doing anything of significance. Instead, they spent their time dealing with plotting and bickering without any real action. Rydan eventually requested a transfer from Zeitooine to the Starlight Beacon space station, both in order to find more excitement and because he secretly feared he was in danger of giving in to his anger if he stayed any longer. After the Zeitooine mission, Rydan's former master, Jora Malli, told her new Padawan, Reath Silas, that she had helped both of her students to find balance. However, Malli mentally noted that after hearing about Rydan's exploits on Zeitooine and the planet Christophsis, she was no longer sure her statement was true. The mission to Zeitooine was later mentioned in the sixth chapter of Chronicles of the Jedi, a book written by the Jedi Master Harli Cogra in 229 BBY.

Nihil conflict

"So we lit it out of there as fast as we could. Nobody understands how that stuff spreads, so every single scrap we could've taken had to be treated as a contaminant, plus we had to scour ourselves down like we were sanding wood. Made the whole raid for nothing. Nothing!"

―Marlem Glay after a failed raid, in a Zeitooine tavern

After encountering the blight (effects pictured), Marlem Glay and her Cloud recouped on Zeitooine.

In the time following, a galaxy-wide conflict erupted in which the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic opposed the Nihil marauders. In 228 BBY, Rydan asked Silas—by then a Jedi Knight—when the Jedi Order had last sustained such heavy losses due to a conflict. Silas listed off several events in which Jedi had fallen, including the Zeitooine Schism, but noted that none had taken as high of a toll as their current struggle against the Nihil.

Not long after, when the Nihil Marlem Glay led her Cloud on a raid on the planet Baori Minor, she quickly ordered her Nihil to flee after they discovered the blight—an affliction that had been spreading across the galaxy—was eroding the warehouses they had intended to steal from. Immediately afterward, they headed to a tavern on Zeitoone to discuss their failed raid and encounter with the blight. Glay and one of her Strikes, a Koorivar, discussed their burgeoning resentment with the actions of the Nihil's leader—Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro.

Imperial Era

"When we dock at Zeitooine, we've got to pick up a better power cell."

―Thane Kyrell, speaking to Lohgarra

Thane Kyrell visited Zeitooine while working aboard the Mighty Oak Apocalypse.

Zeitooine became part of the Galactic Empire at some point by seven months after the Battle of Yavin, between 0 ABY and 1 ABY. During this time, Thane Kyrell, a former TIE fighter pilot and deserter from the Empire, visited the planet while working as a navigator and co-pilot aboard the light freighter Mighty Oak Apocalypse. During the journey there, Kyrell noted to his captain, the Wookiee Lohgarra, that the power cell for the ship's aft sensor array could only be charged up to sixty percent of its capacity and suggested buying a better one on Zeitooine. Lohgarra reminded Kyrell that the crew had few available funds but did eventually grant him a budget to buy a new power cell, albeit not without noting that such an item could be expensive on Zeitooine. Kyrell agreed, stating that higher prices were ordinary in Zeitooine's area of space and that products in the Outer Rim Territories would be much cheaper.

The spaceport at which the freighter had landed was located at the edge of a Zeit city. When Kyrell stepped off the Mighty Oak Apocalypse onto Zeitooine's surface, his breath formed clouds in the cool air. At the same time, he was uneasy about being on Zeitooine, feeling it had too heavy of an Imperial presence due to its location in the Inner Rim. He was reminded by Lohgarra, however, that because there were few cities on the planet and it was not an active trading center, he was unlikely to be caught. While the rest of the crew delivered several constructor droids, Kyrell searched for a seller of secondhand parts. Although he learned that the nearest seller was a ten minutes' walk away—farther than he had hoped—he decided to go there anyway.

On the way, Kyrell reached the city square, where a large crowd was watching Imperial stormtroopers arrest a local family indefinitely for violating a prohibition on independent publications. Horrified, Kyrell returned to the freighter, claiming that he had found nothing within his price range. Afterward, the Mighty Oak Apocalypse and its crew left the planet. In 35 ABY, the historian Beaumont Kin mentioned Zeitooine in his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire. In the work, Kin discussed Kyrell witnessing the imprisonment of civilians for releasing independent publications not permitted by the Empire following the Battle of Yavin while commenting on censorship of news throughout Imperial space, attributing his thoughts to a file about Kyrell in the "Defections & Debriefings" section of the Rebel Alliance Archives.

Inhabitants

"The ex-Imperial TIE fighter pilot Thane Kyrell witnessed stormtroopers imprisoning civilians indefinitely on Zeitooine for the crime of creating independent publications in the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin."

―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire

Zeitooine's inhabitants were known as Zeit. The Zeit were ruled by a royalty that was composed of multiple opposing houses, members of which regularly backstabbed and attempted to assassinate one another. Assassination methods were elaborate and included adding powders to wineglasses and smearing venom on pillowcases. During the Imperial Era, at least one family of civilians resided on Zeitooine.

Locations

By the time of the High Republic Era, a tavern operated on Zeitooine. A small number of Zeit cities dotted Zeitooine's surface, including one that contained the spaceport visited by Thane Kyrell and the Mighty Oak Apocalypse during the Imperial Era.

Behind the scenes

Zeitooine first appeared in the 2015 novel Lost Stars, written by Claudia Gray.

Appearances

• The High Republic: Into the Dark (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook)
• Lost Stars (and audiobook) (First appearance)

Sources

• Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
• Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire

Notes and references

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