Galara was a planet[3] located in the Roche sector's Galara system, within the Mid Rim Territories[1] and the Slice.[2] It was situated in grid square Q-8 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] Galara shared its name with galara tealeaf, a type of warm beverage[4] originating from the same star system.[5]
By the time of the Imperial Era, Galara was considered a reasonably wealthy world. While infiltrating the Hammers criminal syndicate on the planet Thorum[3] around 13 BBY,[6] the Crimson Dawn operative Qi'ra—using the name of Elesa Norre—posed as a grain buyer from Galara. Her falsified background and its details were created by a slicer working for the operation's leader, a Mizi. The Hammers's leader—Dennet Clyde—believed the ruse, offering Qi'ra a contract for delweed grain.[3]
Behind the scenes
Galara was mentioned in Crimson Climb, a 2023 young-adult novel written by E. K. Johnston.[3]
Appearances
- Crimson Climb (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Galara system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) places the Galara system, and therefore Galara itself, in the area of space Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) establishes to be part of what Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Slice.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Crimson Climb
- ↑ Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas and a number of maps in the current Star Wars canon (see a list here), stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for Galara tealeaf in relation to Galara system.
- ↑ The chapter of Crimson Climb mentioning Galara takes place a few months after Han escaped Corellia, which equates to around 13 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines.
