Colla IV

Colla IV, or simply Colla, was an Inner Rim Territories planet that was home to the sentient insectoid Colicoids, a violent warrior species. While the Galactic Republic failed to maintain a diplomatic relationship with the world, the Trade Federation corporation successfully negotiated with the resident Colicoid Creation Nest manufacturing company, contracting them to create army droids for them. The Colicoids subsequently created the droideka heavy duty combat droid in their own image and went on to make other droids and starships that would be used by the Separatist Alliance against the Republic during the Clone Wars.

Description

Colla IV,^[2] known also simply as Colla,^[5] was a terrestrial planet^[4] located in the fourth orbital position^[2] of the Colla system in the Inner Rim Territories, situated in grid square N-9 of the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] The toothspike raptor was a creature native to the world.^[3]

History

The Galactic Republic initially sent representatives, including Jedi Knights, to Colla IV. However, the native Colicoids' hostility towards outsiders prompted the Republic to quickly stop its efforts in order to end the protests against the species' excesses. Eventually, the Trade Federation corporation, looking for weapons manufacturers that could create it a droid army, successfully negotiated with the resident Colicoid Creation Nest, a manufacturing company ran by the Colicoids, and awarded it a contract to create army droids.^[6]

The Colicoids subsequently designed the heavy-duty destroying machine known as the droideka in their own image, naming the model by combining the word "droid" and their language's word for "mindless drone." The Trade Federation paid them in fifty transports' worth of exotic meats, mostly still-living creatures. With a satisfactory arrangement for them, the Colicoids subsequently manufactured and sold the droidekas. The droideka designs were autonomous, which went against the Trade Federation's desires, as stated in their contract, for them to be controlled by a central computer. Nevertheless, the Colicoids did not expect the corporation to give much protest to that.^[6]

The Trade Federation became a key part of the Separatist Alliance, which was founded following the Raxus Address^[3] in 24 BBY.^[7] Beside the droidekas,^[4] the Colicoid Creation Nest produced additional droids and vehicles for the Separatists,^[4][6][8] including the Droideka Sharpshooter,^[6] Pistoeka sabotage droids,^[4] and the Trident-class assault ships. The Colicoids designed the Droch-class boarding ships with a hull loosely based on their homeworld's toothspike raptor.^[3] They additionally manufactured the droid tri-fighter in cooperation with Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries, with the starfighter's three-armed design mimicking the skull features of one of Colla IV's most ferocious predators.^[2] Those droids and vehicles saw use by the Separatists against the Republic in the Clone Wars^[4][2][6][8] of 22 BBY to 19 BBY.^[9]

Inhabitants

Colla IV was home to the Colicoids, a sentient insectoid species known for having completely unfeeling and murderous ways.^[4] The two-meter warrior beings, who were covered in a dense chitinous upper shell and had a diet that included meat, were violent among themselves but displayed particular hostility toward offworlders.^[6]

Behind the scenes

Colla IV was first introduced into the current Star Wars canon when it was mentioned in Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace, an iOS mobile game^[10] that was released on April 22, 2014.^[11] Colla IV originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, being first mentioned in the 1999 reference book Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary, written by David West Reynolds.^[12]

Appearances

• Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace (First mentioned)
• Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 52 Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Neimoidia
• Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Imperial Ground Crew Databank A-Z: Tractor Beams–Tri-Fighters (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
• Rise of the Separatists
• Collapse of the Republic
• The High Republic Free Digital Sampler (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s); based on correspondence between the map and maps in other sources)
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• "Battle Droids and Other Droids of War" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Galaxy Map poster (also published on StarWars.com) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))

Notes and references