Niamos Courthouse

For other uses, see Niamos.

The Niamos Courthouse was a building on the planet Niamos which was used for the trials of those arrested by Imperial forces on the planet. In 5 BBY Cassian Andor was tried in this building following his arrest by imperial coastal defender stormtroopers, and was sentenced by the judge to six years in the^[1] Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex.^[2]

Description

The Embarkation Yard with prisoners boarding the transports

The Niamos Courthouse^[3] included a large hearing room where trials took place, including a tall desk for the presiding judge and one for a secretary equipped with an automated typewriter which he used to write sentencing cards with as well as a holopad screen. There was also a large red banner behind the judge, bearing the Imperial crest. The room was staffed with coastal defender stormtroopers carrying zap rods during trials to keep the prisoners in order and Lacertilo bailiffs. Behind the building was an^[1] Embarkation Yard^[3] where at least three Imperial prisoner transport ships could land and take off from. Prisoners were escorted to a staircase leading to the barge landing pads, from where they were directed to the barge headed to the prison they would serve their sentence in.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The Niamos Courthouse first appeared in "Announcement," the seventh episode of the Star Wars: Andor television series,^[1] which aired on October 19, 2022.^[4]

The scenes of the courthouse were filmed at the Carmel College in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.^[5]^[6]