Shantipole

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"Shantipole?"
"Every pilot in the galaxy knows that's a one-way trip."

―Two Phoenix Squadron pilots^[2]

Shantipole was a remote planet located in the galaxy's Mid Rim that was renowned for having a violent atmosphere and being a one-way trip for pilots. It was home to the Mon Calamari Quarrie, who designed a prototype for the B-wing starfighter. During the blockade of Ibaar, Hera Syndulla, Sabine Wren, and Garazeb Orrelios traveled to Shantipole to get the prototype B-wing to break Ibaar's blockade.^[2]

Description

A remote world^[8] located in the Shantipole system in the Roche sector of the Mid Rim Territories^[1] along the Perlemian Trade Route^[3] Shantipole was orbited by at least one moon^[2] and had a violent atmosphere of gas and lightning, and thus was considered practically desolate. The planet's surface was dominated by mountain spires^[4] covered with vibrantly colored trees.^[2] Large, winged creatures known as dactillions could be found in Shantipole's skies.^[6]

History

Hera Syndulla tested the Prototype B6 in the volatile atmosphere of Shantipole.

Shantipole was once a highly prospected source of rare gases similar to tibanna, though investors abandoned Shantipole due to its unpredictable wind patterns.^[7] Because of that violent atmosphere, most pilots typically avoided Shantipole,^[4] with one regarding it as a "one-way trip."^[2] This attribute, however, made it the perfect workplace for Quarrie, a Mon Calamari master engineer and starfighter designer, as it allowed him to toil on his creations far from the watchful eye of the Galactic Empire.^[4] He established a secret starfighter laboratory and,^[8] after years of work, he designed and built Prototype B6,^[4] an advanced starfighter armed with experimental weapons, with the assistance of his astromech droid, BG-81.^[8]

Behind the scenes

Shantipole made its first canonical appearance in the Star Wars Rebels Season Two episode "Wings of the Master,"^[2] which premiered on Disney XD on November 11, 2015.^[9] Research Station Shantipole had previously appeared located on an asteroid in the 1988^[10] West End Games adventure book Strike Force: Shantipole, which is part of Star Wars Legends.^[11]

Shantipole subsequently appeared in the non-canon 2017 LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season Two episodes "Free Fall" and "Return of the Return of the Jedi." In those episodes, the Freemakers and Quarrie lure the Imperial hunter droid M-OC into a trap on Shantipole, resulting in the destruction of the Arrowhead and the StarScavenger. After M-OC survives and escapes to fortify the second Death Star,^[12] the Freemakers rebuild the StarScavenger and participate in the Battle of Endor, defeating M-OC.^[13]