Janta

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"The Rebels are rumored to have hidden among the Dantari on Dantooine. Specifically with a tribe called the Janta."
―Lieutenant Velso[3]

The Janta were a Dantari tribe living on the planet Dantooine.[1] Most of the Janta lived in their village[2] and the tribe also established a stronghold in a cave.[4] The Janta were in conflict with the Kunga and the Mokk, another Dantari tribes.[5]

During the Galactic Civil War, the Janta were rumored to allow Rebels to hide amongst their numbers.[1] In 1 ABY,[6] a band of Janta attacked an artisan near their cave and stole a couple of his sculptures. The victim later realized that these primitive Janta were not violent but just looking for food.[7] At some point, a Janta clan leader was captured by the Galactic Empire and incarcerated in the Imperial Prison on the planet Dathomir. This clan leader was later killed while trying to escape from the prison.[8]

Behind the scenes

The Janta appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[9] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[10]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gal-icon CorSec Database H-Z on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (backup link) (original site is defunct)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Dantari Village" on Dantooine
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Corellian Corvette Pre-Quest: "Lt. Velso"
  4. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Janta Stronghold" on Dantooine
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Faction Standings on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  7. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Herald NPC: "A commoner" on Dantooine
  8. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Mozo Bondog" on Dathomir
  9. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
  10. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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