Ch'Gang Hool

Ch'Gang Hool

Ch'Gang Hool was theMaster Shaper in charge of theworldshaping ofYuuzhan'tar. He was tasked with growing the thirteendhuryams, and supervising which one would become theWorld Brain.

Biography[]

Ch'Gang Hool was arrogant and proud, confident of the superiority of theshaper caste and his own skills.High PrefectYoog Skell, however, felt Hool's talents were considerably less than his ego, and always suspected that Hool was responsible for the failed escalation of one of his subordinates,Fal Tivvik.

In charge of theSeedship and theworldshaping ofYuuzhan'tar, he lorded himself over his fellows. Initially he was reluctant to allowJacen Solo onto aslave detail for one of the thirteendhuryams but he was persuaded byVergere andNom Anor, who were conductingtheir own project involving the capturedJedi. His fear was justified when Solo armed himself withamphistaffs and butchered the other eleven dhuryams, along with hundreds ofwarriors. Solo then set free the slaves on the surface of Hool's subject planet.

Hool orderedExecutor Nom Anor to track down Solo and put an end to him. Thousands of warriors were airdropped over the fleeingJedi, although Solo escaped, much to the horror of the Shaper.

Ch'Gang Hool was later present at theDuel at the Well of the World Brain, whereJedi KnightGanner Rhysode held off hundreds of warriors sent to stop Solo's sabotaging of theWorld Brain. It was too late, however, and with Rhysode's sacrifice theheretic movement picked up strength and the World Brain was corrupted due to Solo's influence.

The Master Shaper was quickly out of his depth with the renegade dhuryam, as it engineered faults across the captured Coruscant, albeit minor ones. This only fueled the heresy spreading through the bowels of the planet; that the Yuuzhan Vong had been abandoned by theirgods. When theSupreme Overlord himself,Shimrra Jamaane, arrived on Yuuzhan'tar, Hool was present at the huge ceremony held to welcome theDread Lord. When asked of his progress in bioforming the planet, Ch'Gang Hool watered down his report, remarking offhandedly that the only noticeable problem was anitching plague, and that any high caste Yuuzhan Vong was capable of enduring it.

Unfortunately for Hool, Shimrra had noticed him scratching his itch throughout the ceremony, and revealed himself to be more informed of the problems than Hool had realized. The crowd was whipped into a frenzy, clamoring for the scapegoat'sdeath. Shimrra delivered his judgment and Ch'Gang Hool was dragged away to his death.

Appearances[]

• The New Jedi Order: Traitor(First appearance)
• The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
• The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force(Mentioned only)

Sources[]

• The Official Star Wars Fact File 120COR 41-42: Coruscant – Destruction
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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