Kowak

Astrographical information

Grid square

S-16^[2]

Rotation period

23 standard hours^[3]

Orbital period

311 standard days^[3]

Physical information

Class

Terrestrial^[3]

Atmosphere

Type I (breathable)^[4]

Climate

Humid^[3]

Terrain

Points of interest

Molec Royal Palace^[3]

Fauna

Kowakian monkey-lizard^[1]

Societal information

Other species

Primary language(s)

Zygerrian
Huttese
Basic^[3]

Government

Colonial governorship^[3]

Population

40,000–60,000 free sentients^[3]
200,000–400,000 slaves^[3]

Demonym

Kowakian^[3]

Major cities

Major imports

Foodstuffs^[3]
Slaves^[3]
Technology^[3]

Major exports

Slaves^[3]

Affiliation

Zygerrian Slave Empire^[3]

Kowak was a tropical planet in the Outer Rim and the homeworld of the Kowakian monkey-lizard species.

Geology

Kowak was a planet that was completely covered in tropical rain forests. There were many animals that inhabited Kowak, but the dominant species on the planet were the Kowakian monkey-lizard.

History

A group of University of Coruscant zoologists once visited Kowak hoping to conduct a study on the sentience of the planet's monkey-lizards. The zoologists noted that at first the monkey-lizards were apprehensive towards them, and seemed to be trying to keep to themselves. After about a week of being watched from afar with macrobinoculars, the monkey-lizards began to wander into the group's camp, inspecting their equipment and looking around.^[4]

The zoologists eventually began to offer the creatures some of their food; that was when the Kowakians's cruel streak came out. They hid a snake in one of the zoologist's bags, destroyed their expensive equipment, ate all their food, played in their tents and even left barrels of water on top of branches, pouring their contents down on anyone who walked below. The zoologists had no choice but to leave the planet.^[4] Galactic universities still sent teams to catalogue the wildlife and research the planet's life for culinary and pharmaceutical uses over the centuries. ^[3]

After the Clone Wars, Prince Molec of the Zyggerian Royal House developed the world into a base of operations for the Zygerrian Slavers Guild. The Zyggerians also allowed other slaving organizations to operate on the planet including the Thalassian Slavers, Karazak Slavers Cooperative, and Trandoshans.^[3]