Yavin IV

[Star Wars Galaxies RPG] - Planetary Information: Yavin

Yavin
Grid Location:	P-6
Terrain:	Jungle, rain forest
Diameter:	10,200 km
Length of Day:	24 standard hours
Length of Year:	4,818 standard days
Population:	No permanent population
Sentient Species:	None
Species Mix:	Not applicable
Language:	None
Government:	None
Major Exports:	None
Major Imports:	None
System/Star:	Yavin/Yavin

Planets in the Yavin System

Planet	Type	Moons
Fiddanl	Searing rock	0
Stroiketcy	Captured comet	0
Yavin	Gas giant	26

Description

Yavin 4 is a jungle moon in an unremarkable system far from busy space lanes. Yet if the Force has a will, Yavin 4 must be one of its favorite fulcrums. Several events on or near Yavin 4 have shaken the galaxy: a climactic battle between the Jedi and the Sith; the Rebel raid that destroyed the first Death Star; the birthplace of a new Jedi Order to support the reborn Republic; and the founding of a heavy that would one day help defeat the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.

If not for its history, Yavin 4 would be of interest chiefly for its abundance of life. The moon is covered with Massassi trees, which feature huge crowns and upsweeping branches. These great trees support climbing ferns and nebula orchids, and their bark and leaves create thick mulch that nourishes blueleaf shrubs. Woolamanders, whisper birds, stintarils, anglers, piranha-beetles, and runyips live here, along with strange creatures descended from ancient Sith experiments.

Yavin 4 was first settled by the Sith Lord Naga Sadow and his minions, among them the Sith warriors known as the Massassi. At the end of the Sith War, the Jedi chased the renegade Exar Kun to Yavin 4 and burned off much of its jungle cover in an orbital bombardment, later reversing some of the damage by establishing a subterranean terraforming station. The Jedi also expunged all record of the moon—then beyond the galactic frontier—in an effort to end its evil legacy. Hyperspace scouts from the Hylian Way discovered the system, which was the site of a brief rush on Corus succone found in the depths of the gas giant Yavin. During the Galactic Civil War, Rebels abandoning Dantooine established a new base in the abandoned Great Temple of the Massassi. They were tracked there by the Death Star, but Luke Skywalker destroyed the battle station with a well-placed shot from his X-wing starfighter.

Yavin 4 was soon abandoned. It remained little-visited for more than a decade, until Skywalker returned to establish a Jedi academy on the jungle moon. The academy endured for more than ten years. Then the Yuuzhan Vong established it as a colony for their Shaper caste. While trapped on Yavin 4, the Jedi Anakin Solo helped redeem a Yuuzhan Vong Shamed One, inadvertently giving rise to a freedom cult that would one day undermine the invaders' beliefs.

History

Yavin 4 is a jungle moon in an unremarkable system.

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