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- "Among the exotics cataloged by the Sector Rangers were a Tralusian styanax, a sycanid from Humbarine, an Arkanian polar drake, Outer Rim worrts, and a dwarf rathtar from Trillia."
- ―Police Commissioner Exantor Divo, Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
Humbarine was an ancient world that constituted a part of the Core Worlds. Home to the Humbarine Academy of Advanced Studies, it was subjected to a devastating Separatist orbital bombardment during the Clone Wars and later had a planetary defense force in which the pilot Lega Fossang at one point served. Humbarine supported the reign of Galactic Emperor Palpatine, and, following the end of the Galactic Civil War, it came under the control of an Imperial remnant incorporating possessions in the galaxy's inner regions.
Description
Humbarine was a terrestrial[6] world[8] located in the Humbarine system,[4] a part of the Humbarine sector[3] of the Core Worlds[1] and the Slice.[2] Situated in grid square M-10 of the Standard Galactic Grid, Humbarine was connected by a hyperspace route to the Commenor[1] and Gatalenta systems[9] as well as the Hydian Way route.[1] Humbarine was the homeworld of the sycanid creature,[7] and it shared its name with both the dish known as Humbarine chipplets and the entity known as the Humbarine Ore Caravan, which, in the first draft of his holobook, "Hondo's Memoirs," the Weequay pirate captain Hondo Ohnaka claimed to have decimated at some point at least twenty cycles before[10] 3 ABY.[11]
History
The scientist Galen Erso studied at the Humbarine Academy of Advanced Studies at one point[6] between 40 BBY and 22 BBY.[12] Humbarine served as the capital of the Humbarine sector and was home to the human Bana Breemu, who, by the time of the Clone Wars, represented the sector in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. At some point during that conflict, the Confederacy of Independent Systems carried out an orbital bombardment of Humbarine that completely seared the world's surface.[3]
The Resistance pilot Lega Fossang at one point served with a planetary defense force on Humbarine.
By the time of the Galactic Civil War, Humbarine was an ancient and conservative world that supported the reign of Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire. After the war's end, it came under the control of an Imperial remnant that incorporated the Empire's former possessions in the Core, the Colonies, and the Inner Rim Territories.[8]
In 34 ABY,[13] the New Republic Sector Rangers discovered the cargo starship Sketter's Quarrel dead in space. Aboard the vessel, the Rangers found several exotic creatures the private ownership of which was illegal, including a sycanid from Humbarine.[7] Later that same year,[14] information from the Rangers' file on the case, which mentioned the sycanid's origin, was published in the book Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, which was authored by New Republic Police Commissioner Exantor Divo.[7] The Resistance pilot Major Temmin Wexley recruited the human pilot Lega Fossang from a planetary defense force on Humbarine[5] at some point by 35 ABY,[15] and she brought her own Y-wing starfighter for the Resistance's use.[5]
Behind the scenes
Humbarine was introduced in the current Star Wars canon in "The History of Neimoidia,"[16] an article written by Mark Newbold[17] and included in the "Guide to the Galaxy" department of the fifty-second issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine[16] that was published around December 30, 2015.[18] It was subsequently established as a distinct celestial body in Pablo Hidalgo's 2018 reference book Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious.[7]
Depiction of Humbarine in the Star Wars Legends continuity
Humbarine was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections, authored by Curtis Saxton[19] and published on April 2, 2005.[20] It was then given its first visual depiction in the[21] October 25, 2005[22] reference book The New Essential Chronology by Daniel Wallace and Kevin J. Anderson,[21] and first appeared in the non-canonical 2009 mobile game Star Wars: Jedi Mind Tricks.[23]
Sources
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 52 Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Neimoidia (First mentioned)
Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier (In Humbarine Academy of Advanced Studies' name)
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTA-NR2 Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: Lega Fossang — BTA-NR2 Y-Wing
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
