Ghorman Front Headquarters

The Ghorman Front Headquarters was the operations center for the Ghorman Front, a rebel group operating on the planet Ghorman in order to resist the oppression of the Galactic Empire.

Description

The Ghorman Front Headquarters^[1] was located in the basement of a twillery^[3] in the capital city Palmo on the planet Ghorman.^[2] While the group fashioned it into a bunker^[1] it still contained pieces of old machinery used to make fabric from Ghorman silk.^[3] It was not far from Palmo Plaza^[4] the location of the Tarkin Massacre^[5] and later the Ghorman Massacre.^[6] The headquarters consisted of a large meeting space, makeshift bunks and equipment used for communication and surveillance.^[1]

History

Surveilance hub

Originally the basement of an old twillery^[3] by 3 BBY, members of the Front surveilled persons of interest from it using listening devices which broadcast to their headquarters.^[1] One such person of interest was Syril Karn, the Division Chief for the Imperial Bureau of Standards field office. After listening to and sharing an exchange between Karn and his mother with Carro Rylanz, the leader of the Front, the group decided to try to recruit Karn.^[2] Later that year the Imperial Security Bureau conduced a searched of the field office however Leeza an member of the Front was able to send a warning signal to the headquarters which allowed the group deactivated the connection to the office listening device and prevent the ISB from tracing it back to the headquarters.^[5]

Striking back

Vel Sartha, Cinta Kaz, and members of the Ghorman front standing around a table in the headquarters planning the theft of an Imperial weapons shipment

During the same year, two members of a different rebel network, Vel Sartha and Cinta Kaz, visited the headquarters during which they helped the group plan and execute a heist of Imperial weapons from an Imperial transport carrier.^[4] During the following year the membership of the Ghorman Front expanded but the group still operated out of the headquarters. Wilmon Paak, another member of the same outside rebel network as Sartha, operated with the group. In 2 BBY, a heated argument erupted at the headquarters, with Carro arguing the group should focus more on peaceful resistance with the other members arguing for a more aggressive approach. A member of the group named Lezine interrupted the argument and reminded the members they were all Ghormans and can't let the Empire divide them. Later that year, Cassian Andor traveled to Ghorman to assassinate Dedra Meero, an ISB Supervisor operating on the planet. Paak provided support for the assassination attempt from the headquarters.^[7]

End of a movement

The morning of the planned assassination the Empire removed the barriers restricting access to Palmo Plaza. When word reached the headquarters the group began grabbing weapons before heading to the plaza with a crowd of Ghorman protestors. However the removal of the barriers was part of a planned massacre that would give the Empire control over the planet and access to mine Kalkite from it. As the massacre proceeded a member of the Front, Dreena, returned to the headquarters where she broadcast a plea for help to the galaxy on open channel. Paak later returned to the headquarters and he and Dreena were able to escape the slaughter.^[6]

Behind the scenes

The headquarters appeared in the second season of the live-action series Star Wars: Andor, first appearing in the series's fourth episode, "Ever Been to Ghorman?," which was released on Disney+^[2] on April 29, 2025.^[8]