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"When I was a little girl… pirates captured me. They sold me to a Hutt clan. I… worked as a slave for years until I finally escaped."
―Nenavakasa Nalor, to Neeku Vozo[8]

Kintan was a planet[5] located in the Kintan system within Hutt Space in grid square S-9 on the Standard Galactic Grid,[2] that was the homeworld of the Nikto species, which was divided into at least three subspecies: the green-skinned Nikto known as Kadas'sa'Nikto,[5] the lavender-skinned Esral'sa'Nikto,[9] and the red-skinned Kajain'sa'Nikto.[5] It was conquered by the Hutt Cartel, which was controlled by the Hutts from the neighboring world of Nal Hutta, who turned the Nikto into slaves or vassals.[7] Klaatu, a male Kadas'sa'Nikto gambler who worked as a henchman for the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, was from this world.[10] Creatures known as Kintan striders, whose appearance was used as a piece in the game dejarik, were from this world.[3][11] Kintan was the homeworld of the Kintan Striders Gang.[12]

The Nikto Nenavakasa Nalor[8] hailed from Kintan and[12] years before[8] 34 ABY,[13] was enslaved by pirates. The pirates later sold Nalor to a Hutt clan, who enslaved her for years until the Nikto[8] bravely[6] escaped from the clan and eventually left her homeworld.[8]

In 34 ABY,[13] Nalor was hired by the First Order to sabotage the Colossus refueling station. In order to board the station, Nalor sent out a distress signal from her starship, claiming the First Order had attacked her. When two residents of the station—Kazuda Xiono and Synara San—investigated the signal, the Nikto lied to them by informing them she had barely escaped from her world after the attack, which had resulted in damage to her ship. Afterward, she accompanied the two back to the Colossus. While aboard the station, Nalor deceived the Colossus resident Neeku Vozo into helping her sabotage the station. As the two worked together, she disclosed to him about her enslavement as a child. Once San and Xiono uncovered her deception, Nalor fled the Colossus, though not before informing Vozo she had not lied to him about her childhood.[8]

Behind the scenes

Kintan as depicted in Star wars Legends.

Kintan as depicted in Star wars Legends.

Kintan was first mentioned in Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies, a 1995 Star Wars Legends supplement for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[14] It became canon when it was mentioned in Ultimate Star Wars, a reference book co-written by Patricia Barr, Adam Bray, Daniel Wallace, and Ryder Windham[11] that was released on April 28, 2015.[15]

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  1. ↑ Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide places the entirety of Hutt Space in the Slice.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Kintan system
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
  4. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Nikto (Green) in the Databank (backup link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 StarWars-DatabankII Nikto (Red) in the Databank (backup link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 StarWars-DatabankII Nena in the Databank (backup link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The Engineer"
  9. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Oplock in the Databank (backup link)
  10. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Klaatu in the Databank (backup link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ultimate Star Wars
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: Timelines places the events of Star Wars Resistance Season Two, which includes the episode "The Engineer," in 34 ABY.
  14. ↑ Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
  15. ↑ DK-Logo Ultimate Star Wars on Dorling Kindersley's official United States website (original link is obsolete)
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