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- "We know how the Kuat household runs Kuat Drive Yards; your family has kept this world one of the richest in the galaxy for generations. It did so under the old Republic, and it continues to do so under Emperor Palpatine."
- ―Kodir of Kuhlvult[6]
Kuat was aplanet located in theCore Worlds and one of the earliest members of theGalactic Republic. It was best known as the home ofKuat Drive Yards. These famousshipyards, used to build ships for both theGalactic Republic and later theGalactic Empire,circled the planet for thousands of kilometers.
Description[]
- "Unlike other worlds, holding Kuat's ground is largely meaningless. It's holding the shipyards that matter."
- ―Military analystDasken Hobiv[7]
Kuat was located near Balmorra and Neimoidia.
Kuat was the fourthplanet from thestarKuat, located in theKuat system[3] of theKuat sector in theCore Worlds region ofthe galaxy.[1] Situated on ahyperlane that connected it toRaxxa[4] andBalmorra[8] and less than sixparsecs away fromNeimoidia,[7] it was agreen terrestrial worldorbited by twomoons namedBador andRonay.[3] A day on Kuat was 20 standard hours in length, and a year lasted 322 local days.[4] Kuat had standardgravity and a breathableatmosphere, and at 10,000kilometers in diameter, it was considered a small planet.[3]
The surface of Kuat featured three continents and scattered islands, and most of the world's terrain consisted of lush forests, rolling green plains, and carefully-groomed gardens. The planet had a temperate climate with a cool, wet winter and a warm, dry summer. Hostile animal life was nonexistent on Kuat, as terraformers had stocked the planet with inoffensive herbivores such asdrebin,[3] which provided compost for the world's gardens.[5] The introducedspecies did not overrun the planet due to short life spans and the presence of predators.[3]
An industrial world[8] and center of manufacturing[4] that played a significant role in galactic shipbuilding,[3] Kuat was the home ofKuat Drive Yards,[4] whoseshipyards and construction facilities were the most prominent feature of Kuat, encircling the planet in the shape of a large ring.[3] Kuat was considered one of the most efficient shipyards in the galaxy, and its defenses were formidable, with protection provided by theKuati Sector Forces and designs used for self-defense by Kuat Drive Yards.[8] Kuat had an aristocratic government and exported luxury goods,alcohol, art, and food while importing electronics, machinery, and raw materials.[3]
History[]
Early history[]
CoruscantiHumans settled on Kuat in asleeper ship expedition in27,500 BBY. An aristocracy formed on the world as wealthy families placed hereditary claims on the growingstarshipwright industry, and by26,000 BBY, Kuat had built its own colonization arks and sent its Humans toAxum,Tepasi, andHumbarine. Kuat was apolitical power by25,000 BBY, when it became afounding member of theGalactic Republic, and a consortium of the wealthiest merchant families, known asThe Ten, eventually came to rule Kuat.[4]
Galactic Republic[]
Kuati mesas during the Old Republic era.
The Ten allied with the goal of forming the largest and most influential shipbuilding concern in the galaxy and hired terraformers, ecologists, and animal breeders to transform Kuat, then a barren, uninhabited world, into a paradise. Over a period of 20 years, the project changed Kuat into a lush planet with an artificial ecosystem. At the same time, engineers and construction personnel began to construct the first six shipyards of what would become the Kuat Drive Yards.[3]
Kuat was located on a Republic-controlled hyperlane during theAlsakan Conflicts that occurred from roughly17,000 BBY to12,000 BBY[8] and was withinspace controlled by the Galactic Republic during the final years of theNew Sith Wars.[4] By the final years of the Galactic Republic, Kuat's delegates in theGalactic Senate were selected by theKuat family, who ensured that their chosen representatives always benefited Kuat Drive Yards and, by extension, the Kuat family itself.[9] By22 BBY,[10]Risi Lenoan served as theSenator of Kuat. Lenoan was later removed from office, andOnara Kuat, the leading member of the Kuat family and the principal director of Kuat Drive Yards, appointedGiddean Danu as her replacement.[9]
During theOld Sith Wars andNew Sith Wars, Kuat's ship production facilities produced fleets of warships for the Republic.[9] In the centuries before theClone Wars, they also constructed large ships for the protection of their sector[11] and collaborated with theTechno Union, of which their ship-production company was a member, in creating even larger designs.[12]
Clone Wars[]
- "Whenever a campaign to capture Coruscant happens—and it will happen—there will be a need to silence Kuat first."
- ―ATrade Federation official during the Clone Wars[7]
Defended by threeStar Dreadnoughts by the time of theClone Wars,[8] Kuat remained loyal to the Galactic Republic during the conflict, producing troopships and other war materiel for the Republic'sclone army,[4] and fell within territory defended by theFourth Outer Rim Army during the war's early campaigns in 22 BBY.[8] Being the site of foundries and shipyards that produced a large portion of the Republic's military hardware, Kuat enjoyed economic and political benefits from the Clone Wars, and many members of Kuat's upper administrative echelons, having won the favor ofSupreme ChancellorPalpatine, pursued agendas that encouraged the conflict. Senator Giddean Danu was seemingly alone in opposition to the war, causing the Kuati electorate to nearly recall him from office twice.[13]
An attempt by Onara Kuat to remove Senator Danu from office failed due to the belief of other members of the Kuat family that Danu was an effective advocate for Kuat's independence.[9] When Balmorra seceded from the Republic, Kuat abandoned its assets on the factory world, which consisted mostly of ground-basedwalkers and heavy vehicles. By21 BBY, orbital screens had been erected around Kuat's most heavily-guarded shipyards in an effort to dissuade long-range intelligence gathering, and Kuat had attempted to infiltrate Neimoidia with modifiedworker droids equipped with concealed spyware.[7] Early in the Confederacy of Independent Systems'sassault onDuro later in 21 BBY, Confederacy forces were believed to be positioning to cut off possible Republic reinforcements from Kuat.[14]
Imperial Period[]
Kuat in the form of a globe
When theGalactic Empire was formed, Kuat was among the first worlds to be secured under Imperial control,[3] making a smooth transition to rule under the new government.[4]MoffThichis Kuras, a native Kuati and a member of the world's lesser nobility, governed the entire Kuat system, and Senator Giddean Danu served as Kuat's delegate to theImperial Senate.[15]CaptainAnton Kale served as the commander of Imperial forces on Kuat, having lobbied to be assigned to the world due to his passion for engineering and ship design.[3] Under Imperial rule, theBureau of Ships and Services restricted access to Kuat and its orbital shipyards. Most of the Kuati shipyards fell under military jurisdiction and operated with varying degrees of supervision and regulation,[15] but they were still considered to be civilian-operated in4 ABY, shortly before theBattle of Endor.[8]
The military buildup that occurred under the reign ofEmperor Palpatine made the merchant houses of Kuat astonishingly wealthy and notoriously insular. A duplicate of theSuper Star DestroyerExecutor was built at Kuat before being rechristenedLusankya and moved to Coruscant, the stardocks at Kuat were the primary builders ofStar Destroyers for the Empire,[5] and Kuat was the site of facilities that producedAT-ATs.[8] During the Imperial supervision, Kuat could only be accessed via three ports within the mainKuat Traffic Zone, which was along theHydian Way; apassenger port, afreight port, and aImperial transfer post. Accessible to the passenger port were the systems ofRedrish,Drurish,Ulion, andKidir. Accessible to the freight port were the systems ofMonadin,Renegg,Venir, andHorthav. Information on the Imperial port was classified.[16]
In2 BBY, aRebel fleet led by theSundered Heart attacked the shipyards. This led to theStar DestroyerTyranny overFresia rushing to protect Kuat, leaving Fresia vulnerable to a Rebel raid that resulted in the acquisition of the firstX-wings.[17] In3 ABY, the Rebels, having recently lost much equipment in asteroid collisions (probably during the evacuation ofHoth), in a daring heist with inside help, stole aColony Class 23669 power generator fromKuat Freight Port.[18]
In 4 ABY, concurrent to theBattle of Endor, the Alliance occupied the shipyards. In an attempt to prevent either the Alliance or the Empire from taking over,Kuat of Kuat attempted to blow the yards up, although he was only partially successful, the fullexplosion being halted byBoba Fett.[19] The Empire soon regained control of the yards and the planet, andBevel Lemelisk came thither to join the design team working on theEclipse. A large Imperial fleet was soon garrisoned at the planet.[20] After the Battle of Endor, the Empire drastically increased security at Kuat's shipyards while loosening its control over the planet itself. Rebel operatives were active on Kuat around this time and learned that every stardock and vessel under construction had been rigged to explode in preparation for a possible scuttling of the shipyards.[21]
Kuat under attack during theGalactic Civil War.
Very soon after,Tyber Zannattacked the shipyards in order to steal the unfinishedEclipse and gained information about Imperial vaults from its computers. During this time, a rebel attack force led by GeneralHan Solo invaded the sector chasing the retreating fleets from Endor. Zann was successful in taking theEclipse, forcing out the Rebels, and decimating the Imperial fleet guardingKuat Drive Yards, but decided that theEclipse would be too big of a target and left with the vault's contents.[22]
In7 ABY, it was the site ofBattle of Kuat betweenWarlordZsinj, loyal Imperials, and theNew Republic. At this time, Kuat's planetary defense forces were considered roughly equal to those ofCoruscant. Kuat was at the time Imperial; Zsinj's forces hijacked theRazor's Kiss from the shipyards with the help of an Imperial who preferred it was in his hands than the New Republic's, but GeneralHan Solo's fleet prevented Zsinj from taking it out of the system.[23]
New Republic and beyond[]
In8 ABY, Kuat was one of a remaining handful offortress worlds held by the Galactic Empire. By that time, most of the Imperial warships that guarded Kuat had departed for theNew Territories, leaving the planet dependent on its own defenses; at the time, these included the Star DreadnoughtAurora, thebattlecruisersEvent Horizon,Stellar Halo, andLuminous, and more than twelveStar Destroyers. TheNew Republiccaptured Kuat in 8 ABY in a scheme conceived byWedge Antilles,Airen Cracken, andRal'Rai Muvunc, with Muvunc and three other Kuat Drive Yards board members, who held a majority of KDY's shares, voting in favor of Kuat's surrender to the New Republic.[8] While Kuat joined the New Republic, the senior design engineers of Kuat Drive Yards fled the planet for theDeep Core.[3]
With the acquisition of Kuat and its subsidiary systems, the New Republic controlled three-fourths of the settled galaxy and gained access to the Kuat system's shipbuilding docks.[24] The New Republic maintained a small embassy inKuat City and a smaller subembassy in the orbital array.[3] Kuat was a stronghold of the New Republic during theThrawn campaign in9 ABY and was later one of the manufacturing centers targeted by ImperialExecutorSedriss QL duringOperation Shadow Hand.[4] Kuat's powerful shipbuilding capabilities served the new galactic government well. Many of the first units designed under theNew Class program were built at Kuat.
Viqi Shesh, a Kuati aristocrat who collaborated with theYuuzhan Vong.
About21 ABY,Viqi Shesh was elected Senator of Kuat.[25] She was added to theNew Republic Advisory Council in 25 ABY, but eventually betrayed the New Republic to theYuuzhan Vong.
During theYuuzhan Vong War, Kuat hosted briefings held byNew Republic Defense Forcecommanders[3] and continued to supply warships to theNew Republic Navy. Following the loss ofFondor, additional warships were dispatched to the planet to safeguard it and its extensive shipyards. After theBattle of Coruscant, SenatorPwoe, who declared himselfChief of State with the death ofBorsk Fey'lya, began moving the command structure of theDefense Force to Kuat, but he was expelled from the planet when theSenate dismissed Pwoe. Kuat itself was eventually conquered by theYuuzhan Vong, but the Kuati returned to the planet after theBattle of Yuuzhan'tar.
During the early stages of theSecond Galactic Civil War, a space station orbiting Kuat's moonRonay,Toryaz Station, served as a negotiation place betweenPrime MinisterAidel Saxan ofCorellia andSupreme CommanderGilad Pellaeon.[26] Later in the war, a large scale spacebattle took place over the planet. Hoping to catch the Alliance off guard, the Confederation launched an attack on Kuat to gain a foothold for the assault on Coruscant.Nek Bwua'tu set a trap for the Confederation with theFirst Fleet,Fourth Fleet,Seventh Fleet,Fifth Fleet, and the Hapan Home Fleet which proved successful until the Jedi (betraying Caedus for what he had become) left forKashyyyk. The battle dragged on for over a week with both sides sustaining heavy casualties every day. When the Bothans learned of the attack on Kashyyyk by Caedus, they broke out of the battle to go to its defense. The battle was essentially a draw.[27]
Over 100 years after the Battle of Endor, Kuat produced new warships for theFel Empire and later theGalactic Empire ofDarth Krayt.[28] By137 ABY, Kuat was within theCore Worlds Security Zone, a region ofspace controlled by Krayt's empire.[4]
Locations[]
The surface of Kuat.
Kuat City, which hosted many shops, hotels, restaurants, and places of general merchant business, lacked a groundsidespaceport and was accessible byshuttles.[3] TheGardens of Tralala were located on Kuat.[5]
Inhabitants[]
Main article:Kuati
TheKuati were a proud, class-conscious people who considered the ability to trace one's ancestry back to The Ten a trait worthy of pride. Humans comprised 80% of Kuat's population of 3.6 billionsentient beings.[3] Hundreds of millions of workers lived in the Kuat Drive Yards orbital stardocks,[4] and while most Kuati citizens lived in apartment complexes built into the array, upper-class Kuati resided in vast estates on the planet. Kuati beings who did not live on their world's surface could only access the countryside through Kuat City, while non-Kuati were required to obtain numerous costly permits to visit the surface. Furthermore, the Kuati police reserved the right to refuse entry into the lands to anyone, even those who were able to pay the appropriate fees. Many visitors from offworld remained in the orbital array throughout their trip to the planet.Galactic Basic Standard andKuat were languages spoken on the planet.[3] TheJediBultar Swan was a native of Kuat.[29]
Behind the scenes[]
Kuat has relatively few actual appearances inStar Wars works; however, due to all the vehicles built there, it has been mentioned numerous times.
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