Ta'klah

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"Are these the last settlers from Ta'klah?"
"Yes, they're in good spirits and eager to get settled."
―Keerin Fionn and Lily Tora-Asi[3]

Ta'klah was a terrestrial astronomical object located in the Outer Rim Territories. In 232 BBY, when it fell under threat from an Emergence in the aftermath of the Great Hyperspace Disaster, Jedi Master Stellan Gios and other Jedi arrived to help Ta'klah's inhabitants. Afterward, the people of Ta'klah were resettled elsewhere, with at least some of them coming to live on the planet Banchii, where they were assisted by Jedi Master Arkoff and Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi.

Description

Ta'klah[5] was a terrestrial astronomical object[3] in the Jjannex sector's Ta'klah system. Ta'klah was located in the Outer Rim Territories[1] and Western Reaches,[2] and it was situated in grid square L-18 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] Ta'klah had mountainous terrain, trees,[3] and a Type I atmosphere[4] breathable to humans.[3]

History

"Everyone! There's been an accident in hyperspace. You must find shelter from the debris!"
―Stellan Gios[3]
Debris from an Emergence falls on Ta'klah.

Debris from an Emergence falls on Ta'klah.

In the aftermath of the Great Hyperspace Disaster[3] in 232 BBY,[5] one of a series of debris fallout incidents known as the Emergences appeared above Ta'klah, causing the people of a settlement there to panic. Multiple Jedi, including Jedi Master Stellan Gios, soon arrived in Jedi Vectors to assist Ta'klah's inhabitants. After leaping from[3] his[5] Vector, Gios assisted a child who had fallen and used the Force to protect them from the debris. He then told Ta'klah's people of the disaster and ordered them to seek shelter. When one resident thanked Gios, he reassured them that the Jedi would help and then told them again to seek shelter inside. As a result of the disaster, the settlement was engulfed in flames and destroyed.[3]

Stellan Gios saved a child from an Emergence.

Stellan Gios saved a child from an Emergence.

Following the disaster, at least some of the inhabitants were relocated to the Outer Rim planet Banchii. The last group of settlers, which included the farmer Kooba, was taken to Banchii by the Wookiee Jedi Master Arkoff and Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi. The Nihil spy Zaret was also among the group. After their starship landed, they were greeted by the other Jedi on Banchii, including Tora-Asi's Padawan Keerin Fionn, who asked about the settlers. Tora-Asi confirmed that they were the last settlers from Ta'klah and that they were in good spirits and eager to get settled. She then had Fionn show the refugees around the settlement on Banchii. Later, Banchii was attacked by the sentient carnivorous plants known as the Drengir. Following the attack, Tora-Asi suggested the possibility that the Drengir's seeds had been brought to Banchii during one of the many trips of the Ta'klah resettling, and that someone may have used Kooba by secretly giving him Drengir seeds to plant on Banchii.[3]

At some point no earlier than 35 ABY, the protocol droid C-3PO wrote a book about Wookiees. In the book, C-3P0 mentioned that Arkoff welcomed the refugees from Ta'klah to Banchii.[6]

Inhabitants

"Thank you, Master…"
"Gios. Stellan Gios. But please, call me Stellan. Don't worry, we'll take it from here."
―An inhabitant of Ta'klah and Stellan Gios[3]

Prior to the Great Hyperspace Disaster, Ta'klah was inhabited by humans, including Kooba.[3]

Locations

Before the Great Hyperspace Disaster, at least one settlement was located on Ta'klah. Multiple round buildings were located in the settlement.[3]

Behind the scenes

Ta'klah first appeared in The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1.

Ta'klah first appeared in The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1.

Ta'klah first appeared in the first volume of the Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance manga series, written by Shima Shinya and Justina Ireland, illustrated by Mizuki Sakakibara,[3] and published by Viz Media on September 7, 2021 as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I.[7] Before the volume's release, Ta'klah was first mentioned on July 28, 2021 in a StarWars.com article that included a preview of the volume.[8]

Ta'klah was then first depicted visually in a preview for the volume included in The High Republic – The Edge of Balance/Guardians of the Whills,[9] a comic book published by Viz Media on August 14 of that year for Free Comic Book Day.[10] The capitalization of Ta'klah was confirmed in a preview of the reference book Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia included in a StarWars.com article published on July 21, 2023,[11] The book was written by Megan Crouse and Amy Richau[3] and published later that year on December 5.[12]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Ta'klah system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide places Ta'klah in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Western Reaches.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1 establishes that Ta'klah had a breathable atmosphere that Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 43 Secrets of Spaceflight: Types of Atmosphere classifies as Type I.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ Star Wars: The Secrets of the Wookiees
  7. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  8. ↑ StarWars.com High Republic Jedi Council Revealed and More from Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link)
  9. ↑ The High Republic – The Edge of Balance/Guardians of the Whills
  10. ↑ Premium-Era-real Full Line-Up of Free Comic Book Day 2021 Comic Books Announced! on Free Comic Book Day (March 17, 2021) (backup link archived on March 17, 2021)
  11. ↑ StarWars.com SDCC 2023: 10 Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
  12. ↑ DK-Logo Star Wars The High Republic Character Encyclopedia on Dorling Kindersley's official United States website (backup link)