The Star Wars galaxy is chock full of amazing planets offering a different view than what is experienced here on Earth. While some have been made famous by the movies within the franchise, such as Coruscant and Tatooine, others are only familiar to fans of Star Wars games. In fact, some of the most fascinating planets in the galaxy far, far away have only been seen in games.
The Star Wars galaxy is a fantastic place for developers and writers to create interesting new worlds for players to discover and that adds to Star Wars’ already rich galaxy map and lore. Not all the planets listed here originated in Star Wars games, and some have been seen in animated form. However, none of these planets have been seen in live-action Star Wars, and the best way to explore these worlds is through the games they appear in.
Dantooine Is Often Talked About But Rarely Seen In Star Wars
Dantooine is a planet that is often mentioned in Star Wars but rarely seen. The planet made its first appearance in Star Wars in the comic Star Wars 3-D 3: The Dark Side of Dantooine in 1988. Since then, it has only been seen briefly in Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars Resistance.
However, players get to explore Dantooine in essential Star Wars games such as Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, as well as Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Star Wars: Empire at War. Located in the Outer Rim, Dantooine is a mostly agricultural world full of grasslands, lakes, and rivers. Due to its location, the planet is not on any major trade routes making it the perfect place for Jedi Enclaves or Rebel bases.
Balmorra Is A Strategic Factory World In Star Wars
Balmorra is located close to the Core Worlds and was well known throughout its history for its manufacturing industry. There was a time in Star Wars history when the best droids and starships were built on Balmorra, making it a strategic location whenever conflict arose in the galaxy. Balmorra has featured little in the new Star Wars canon timeline, with only a brief mention in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode “Shadow of Malevolence.”
However, this factory world features heavily in Legends media, such as comics and games. Balmorra was first introduced in the comic Star Wars: Dark Empire 2 in 1995 before going on to appear in games such as 1998’s Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars: Rebellion. However, if fans really want to experience and properly explore Balmorra, Star Wars: The Old Republic offers the best chance, as both Empire and Republic characters have storylines on this planet.
Bogano Was Created For Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Located in the Outer Rim, the mysterious planet of Bogano made its debut in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Bogano was home to a vault created by the ancient Zeffo people, which Jedi Master Eno Cordova, before Order 66 in Fallen Order, used to hide a holocron containing the names of Force-sensitive children. After Cal Kestis explored Bogano in Jedi: Fallen Order, it was visited by Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa in the comic The Princess and the Bog, A Twin Tale, Part 1 and Part 2.
Wetlands, broken up by mesas, covered the planet’s surface, along with sinkholes and cave systems. Bogano was mostly uninhabited and, as a result, had some interesting and unique wildlife. YouTuber Star Wars Explained took a brilliant in-depth look at these unique creatures found nowhere else in the Star Wars galaxy.
Star Wars’ Icy Prison World Of Belsavis
Belsavis is a Legends planet that recently rejoined canon after it was briefly mentioned in the Disney+ series Andor and The High Republic novel Light of the Jedi. A great planet for Cal to visit in future Star Wars Jedi games, Belsavis, which is also sometimes called Plawal, was first introduced in the 1995 novel Children of the Jedi before going on to be mentioned in a handful of other novels. However, for Star Wars fans who want to see the planet in-game, its only appearance is in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Belsavis is a fascinating planet that was once part of the Rakata Infinite Empire. The Rakata built vaults deep inside the world capable of keeping their most dangerous foes imprisoned for several millennia. 4,000 years before the Clone Wars, the Republic used Belsavis as a prison world as well, keeping powerful Sith such as the Dread Masters in stasis. Belsavis is uniquely suited to being a prison planet as it was mostly covered in ice and rock, with only small pockets of jungle dotting the planet’s surface, which players can explore during Star Wars: The Old Republic class questlines.
Mon Mothma’s Star Wars Homeworld Of Chandrila
Chandrila is a planet Star Wars fans mostly closely associate with Senator Mon Mothma, who represented her homeworld in the Galactic Senate for both the Republic and the Empire. Although it has recently been spoken about on Andor, the planet has never been seen in live action. However, Chandrila has been seen in numerous Star Wars games, with it first appearing in the real-time strategy game Star Wars: Rebellion.
Since then, the important Core World has been featured in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. Chandrila was one of the first members of the Galactic Republic and was primarily an agricultural world. Until Andor explores more of Mon Mothma’s culture, fans can only visit Chandrila in these classic Star Wars games.
Star Wars’ Dromund Kaas Was The Sith Empire’s Capital
Dromund Kaas is a planet covered in thick jungles, only broken up by treacherous swamps, and home to many predatory species. A constant storm rages due to the planet’s charged atmosphere meaning that Dromund Kaas’ skies are always dark. It was the seat of power for the Sith Empire 4,000 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga, and during the time the terrifying Dark Temple was built to bury powerful Sith, which became a strong nexus for the dark side of the Force.
Dromund Kaas first appeared in Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, the expansion pack for Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, in 1998. Since then, Dromund Kaas has gone on to appear prominently in Star Wars: The Old Republic as the Sith Empire’s capital world. The planet has yet to make the leap to the new Star Wars canon or appear in any movies or series.
The Vast, Oceanic Star Wars World of Manaan
Located in the Inner Rim, Manaan is an ocean world home to the Selkath species. Manaan was famous throughout the Star Wars galaxy for the production of kolto, a liquid with healing properties that was later replaced with the less expensive bacta. Manaan has yet to be mentioned in canon, but Selkath bounty hunters have been seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series.
However, the planet has appeared in several Star Wars games; in fact, it was specifically created for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and luckily escaped being cut from the final KOTOR game. Manaan and its kolto facilities featured in Star Wars: Empire at War and has since gone on to appear in Star Wars: The Old Republic. A lot of the details surrounding Manaan come from the Wizards of the Coast 2004 Star War Roleplaying Game and its supplement Manaan: Depths of History.
Players Can Explore Ancient Zeffo Vaults In Jedi: Fallen Order
Created for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Zeffo is a planet located in the Outer Rim. Zeffo has unique electromagnetic storms that cover vast areas of the planet’s surface. These storms rendered a lot of technology useless on Zeffo, which made for a unique experience when visiting the planet.
The ancient Zeffo people incorporated the winds from these storms into their temples and tombs, requiring those exploring them to complete puzzles using the Force to delve deeper. Solving these puzzles helps Cal and the player learn who and what the Zeffo were in Jedi: Fallen Order. Zeffo was close to an Earth-like planet, with its varied terrain including rocky mountains, ice caves, and grassland areas. When players visit Zeffo with Cal Kestis, the settlement of archeologists and researchers has unfortunately been “redistributed” by Stormtroopers.
Nar Shaddaa Is Star Wars’ Real Hive Of Scum And Villainy
With the nickname the Smuggler’s Moon and being the homeworld of the Hutts, Nar Shaddaa has a rather notorious reputation. Nar Shaddaa has been mentioned in a lot of canon Star Wars media, such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order but has yet to make an appearance on screen either in animation or live-action. However, in Legends games, players can visit Nar Shaddaa in several different forms.
Nar Shaddaa has appeared in many classic Star Wars games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, and Star Wars: Empire at War. In each of these games, players can visit the dangerous criminal underworld of Nar Shaddaa. The planet is one large city like Coruscant, filled with factories, laboratories, docks, and plenty of casinos.
Taris Remains One Of The Best Star Wars Planets Seen In Games
Taris holds a special place in the heart of many Star Wars video game players. Taris was created for and first appeared in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, where its destruction at the hands of Darth Malak remains one of the cruelest tricks in KOTOR. It has since been brought into canon in the 2014 novel Tarkin by Jame Luceno.
Taris, in both Legends and canon, was located in the Outer Rim and was made up of cities that entirely covered the planet’s surface. As a result, Taris was heavily polluted with a hard divide between its citizens of the surface, who tended to be human and wealthy, and its poorer alien inhabitants. Players can visit the ruins of Taris in Star Wars: The Old Republic, while by the time of Star Wars: Empire at War, much of the planet has been resettled. Due to its history in KOTOR and its role in the creation of the Rakghoul Plague, Taris is one of the best planets in Star Wars never to grace the big screen.
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