Outcasts
- How do we know the Outcasts survived? It's a nice idea, one which I personally consider to be true, but is there a source for this? I don't remember anything of the sort being said in game. --Fade 15:36, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
- Scratch this, I've since been reminded of Carth's statement that "nothing above two stories was left standing." Incidentally, that's probably why I believed they had survived in the first place. --Fade 19:27, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Also, how do we know that all the Tarisian characters of the game died at the bombardment? It's very possible that when the bombardment begun, they had some time to evacuate and go to the lower levels, at least many of them. I suggest we add a 'probably' when we mention death dates of Tarisians. 62.74.5.144 23:00, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- Why were the Outcast all human on Taris when they were concidered the elite on the planet while the alians (who were often treated as seconed class citasens) got life slitly better off on Taris? Could it be that the banishing law only applies in the Upper and Middle city, wile the no humans in the Lower city get away with their crimes, simpily because the patroles dosen't reach that far?
- The Outcasts were a centuries-old 'custom', and evolved out of generations of prisoners and outcasts of the old Tarisian society. The anti-alien condition we see in the game, is Sith-enforced, that means not older than 3 years. I guess humans were the older inhabitants of the planet. MoffRebus 06:23, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Racism
Could Taris have been modeled after Apartheid era South Africa? This is evident by the Upper City being reserved only for Humans and the Lower City reserved for Aliens and outcasts. Probably, only humans on Taris were allowed skilled professions while aliens were confined to unskilled jobs. Humans may also have had more rights than alien citizens of Taris. Zainal
- I'm against including any speculation in Star Wars articles. Especially real-world political speculation. - Sikon [Talk] 04:37, 9 Oct 2005 (UTC)
Cleanup?
Does this article still need to be cleaned up? It looks great to me. Hollis 23:48, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Affiliation
- If Taris wasn't a member of the Old Republic at the time of the Jedi Civil War, why was there a Jedi Temple on the planet. -- SFH 02:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- I tend to agree with you, but we arent that familiar on how the jedi worked at that point, they didnt want to get involved with the war, so maybe they were more independant then. I say wait and see what more KOTOR comics hold. Lonnyd 12:30, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Blockade
What the? Massive battle of Taris? For all we know, Endar Spire was simply headed to another planet and stopped off over Taris, only to get ambushed. There's no evidence the Sith even held the planet before the Spire arrived. --Fade 15:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- It seemed like the Sith presence on Taris wasn't brand new during the game. They had their military base up and running, and none of the dialogue indicated that the Sith had just got there. But yeah, I didn't think the Endar Spire was there for a fight. -LtNOWIS 12:32, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- Seemed to me that the Sith being there was certainly recent news, and the government droid calls them the 'new' Sith rulers. I've always understood the dialogue to mean the Sith only took over the planet when Bastila landed. And Revan was out for a good few days, which is plenty of time for the military base to get up and running. I don't remember anything that suggested their occupation preceded the events surrounding the Spire. --Fade 14:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I slightly agree with Fade, both Carth and Trask, who's lines are quoted on this very article. Say they were ambushed. They can't have been there to attack the Sith Presence, I'm not arguing they hadn't been there a while, just that the Endar Spire couldn't have been there to attack them. Otherwise, why say that they were ambushed? Jono R 13:23, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Republic membership
Where was it mentioned that Taris wasn't in the Republic? Logically, it being a trade hub for over a century, it having a Republic military base and the fact that the Mandalorians attacked it after they started attacking Republic worlds would suggest it was a member. So is there some evidence to the contrary in the game? --Fade 15:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Bumani Exchange Corporation
When were they on Taris? They were a dummy company on Citadel Station over Telos IV. Seems like someone got mixed up Phillowe88 19:30, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- If nobody can find proof for bumani to be here in a week i'll remove the link Phillowe88 04:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Well, the exchange was on Taris. Not sure if it was the Bumani Corp...-Redemption 04:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Bumani was just a dummy company run by Lopak Slusk on Telos IV. Davik Kang ran Exchange operations on Taris. While it's safe to assume Davik used sham companies i doubt that the Bumani Exchange Corp was one of them Phillowe88 04:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Appearance in Empire At War
Do we ever get to see the surface of Taris on that new game? What all do we do with this planet on Empire At War? --68.102.193.78 14:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- There is a promotional image on LucasArts' website, it's in the article. - Sikon [Talk] 15:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
We see it in the first one if you attack it. Jono R 13:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
It's a very easy planet to take. If playing as the Rebellion, all the generic humans (they are hostile) will be coming from a side that is not linked to the Imperial base. Set up 2 anti-infantry turrets in the direction and watch the enemies fall. When you get tired of them, just send in infantry forces to destroy the buildings that create them. Then just ust those forces to hit the Imperial base. It should be really easy from then on.--Canadian Reject 20:59, September 14, 2009 (UTC)
Skyscrape
I have noticed that in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game, that the Tarisian skyscrape is different than the Tarisian skyscrape on the Xbox game. I wondered if this just happened to be a mistake that the sky is composed of only stars on the PC game, or if Taris, indeed, lacks an atmosphere? I also noticed that the skyscrape on Tatooine is differs as well on the PC and Xbox games. --Aerodart 00:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Weird, but probably not significant, just an artifact of the different programming for different platforms. —Silly Dan (talk) 00:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Mace on Taris/Swoop Bike
Is there a source for the last part of the article about Mace surviving the duel with Palpatine and going there? I'm pretty sure Mace isn't going to be brought back, so it's most likely fanon. Plus that last paragraph mentions a swoop bike and that it was being searched for. I presumed that it was the swoop the Hidden Beks had, but it should be clearly identified in the article, as well as why it was being searched for, if it is indeed canon.--Jedimasterbob 22:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- It's BS. Kuralyov 22:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- What about the swoop bike thing? --Jedimasterbob 22:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Population
- How could Taris be a ecumenopolis and have only 6 billion inhapitants? That doesnt make sense with a diameter of 12.000km. Coruscant has a diameter of 12.000 and has a population of 1 trillion?! Are on Taris just tourists or what? --89.59.170.83 14:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thats a good idea. Maybe 6 billion was a great sum of people on a world in this era?! --89.59.189.82 14:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hello?! Nobody there? --89.59.184.49 13:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- Well those are the facts. Besides, Coruscant's buildings reach for miles above the ground. Taris isn't that large - \\Captain Kwenn// — Ahoy! 13:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- On that, has anyone ever noticed the fact that in KOTOR I, in the view of Taris from space, it appears that that strip around the equator is the city itself. On the dark side of the planet the strip is lit up with lots of points of light, like Earth cities from space at night. So maybe the city is only at the equator, and the rest of the planet is green with oceans and lakes and such, as it appears. That would also explain the low population figure. Lonnyd 04:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- It's strange anyway! Taris i fully covered with city, and the planet is almost as big as our Earth. And it has 6 billion inhabitants,just as the earth has! And the earth isn't covered fully with cities, how can Taris be that and still only have 6 billion inhabitants?
- Who knows. Perhaps the aliens, Outcasts and other Undercity denizens aren't counted in that figure? - \\Captain Kwenn// — Ahoy! 20:10, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- The article says not all the surface was covered. That could be it.
- Well those are the facts. Besides, Coruscant's buildings reach for miles above the ground. Taris isn't that large - \\Captain Kwenn// — Ahoy! 13:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
ApprenticeEternal 18:10 2 April 2007
- I agree that the listed population of Taris is ridiculous. Unfortunately the given population numbers for many planets of the Star Wars Galaxy are equally ridiculous. I just think that the authors of these stories simply do not grasp the scope of a highly advanced Galactic spanning civilization. It would be helpful if every Star Wars novel and story had a scientific and mathematical reviewer to go over these numbers before they are published. Well at least you can always hope that when they say a billion people that they meant for it to be in long scale or 10^12.--Darthscott3457 18:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- The 6 billion figure is not sourced. Where is it from? Could it be fanon? Sarendipity Talk File:Atrissig.jpg 06:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- Six billion comes from Empire At War. Presumably the whole planet-city-but-for-a-planet-ocean idea accounts for the relatively low population. Taris seems to have been an ecumenopolis on a technicality more than anything. --82.46.229.94 10:50, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- Seems very apparent to me that the city itself is simply the dark region on the planet, and does not infact cover the entire planet. This is suggested by the geometric shapes in the dark region, the fact that only this dark region has light pollution on the night side of the planet, and the obviously natural and desert-like appearence of the rest of the planet. This would also reconcile the low population and the ease with which the entire city was levelled. I suggest that the term "ecumenopolis" does not strictly hold in the case of Taris, and in fact the city is stretched just around a significant portion of the planet's circumference, whilst most of the surface is relatively undeveloped. References to the planet being one being one big city may be in-Universe and indeed in-game inconsistencies, or may be because the city is the only significant feature of Taris. Assuming the city runs along the equator, the ocean appears to be the dark, reflective region at the (South?) pole. 147.197.190.100 10:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- I will agree with you that, visually, the planet appears to have inconsistencies. However, the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide has this to say regarding Taris: An ecumenopolis, the city of Taris covers the entire surface of the planet, similar to Coruscant and Nar Shaddaa. - In this instance, the written word supercedes anything that our eyes may show us. Cylka-talk- 11:08, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- Seems very apparent to me that the city itself is simply the dark region on the planet, and does not infact cover the entire planet. This is suggested by the geometric shapes in the dark region, the fact that only this dark region has light pollution on the night side of the planet, and the obviously natural and desert-like appearence of the rest of the planet. This would also reconcile the low population and the ease with which the entire city was levelled. I suggest that the term "ecumenopolis" does not strictly hold in the case of Taris, and in fact the city is stretched just around a significant portion of the planet's circumference, whilst most of the surface is relatively undeveloped. References to the planet being one being one big city may be in-Universe and indeed in-game inconsistencies, or may be because the city is the only significant feature of Taris. Assuming the city runs along the equator, the ocean appears to be the dark, reflective region at the (South?) pole. 147.197.190.100 10:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
- Six billion comes from Empire At War. Presumably the whole planet-city-but-for-a-planet-ocean idea accounts for the relatively low population. Taris seems to have been an ecumenopolis on a technicality more than anything. --82.46.229.94 10:50, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- The 6 billion figure is not sourced. Where is it from? Could it be fanon? Sarendipity Talk File:Atrissig.jpg 06:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I assumed that the 6 billion reference in EaW was the then-current population. In other words, there were many many more in the old days, but the population never fully recovered. 69.221.0.213 08:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Also when Carth says "the planet's all one big city" he might mean that the stretch of city is the only inhabited part or only notable place on the planet —Unsigned comment by Rodiggidy (talk • contribs)
Destruction of Taris
A single Cruiser destroys an entire planet/ecumenopolis... how plausible could this be? anybody else thinks there is some plot mistake here? Personally I believe that the authors didn't intend Taris to be an ecumenopolis when they made Malak destroy the city; it was a later decision. MoffRebus 11:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- It's not a single cruiser. Others are clearly visible when you fight the Sith fighters during the escape. -- I need a name (Complain here) 18:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that the Sith's attack on Taris is called the Battle of Taris. But in every other reference I've heard about it, its refered to as the Destruction of Taris. Should we change the name of that article?
It's a good point, but why don't you bring it up on that battle's talk page. --Red haired jedi 18:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Article says: "the Sith leader Darth Malak, ordered the bombardment of Taris, killing countless civilians." while in the game "Kotor" - Knights of The Old Republic - it's clear - he ordered the destruction of the whole planet - and he succeeds at it. So Taris wasn't destroyed after all? 91.209.218.80 17:58, November 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Please do not post in dead topics. This one has been inactive since 2009. Please read the article and your question will be answered. NaruHina Talk
19:51, November 1, 2012 (UTC)
At risk concerns
Taris has been tagged with the Gacleanup template for the following reason(s):
No notes and references section.
The community is invited and encouraged to help improve this article to meet current GA standards. --School of Thrawn 101 07:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Quote at the beginning of the page
The quote at the beginning of the page was altered as it was claimed that parts of it were added, that were not originally in Knights of the Old Republic. What is the correct quote as the original longer quote seems to be restored? Rexas 03:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Sith forces
From the game it appears that the sith base was still occupied when the bombardment happened. Is this true and if so why would Malak kill his own troops 66.41.186.212 17:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
Where does Taris appeare in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds. I don't Find any word about that Planet there. Gulomi Jomesh 11:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- It doesn't appear. Any stats sourced by GatORw are false.O-ChampionOfTheForce-o 02:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Swoop Bike
Where is that swoop bike that is said top win the race on Taris from? It looks like the Ebon Hawk. And if so, it's not the same bike. That bike was likely destroied on Taris and the bike in the picture is an extra of Davik Kang's. NaruHina Talk 
05:05, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Good catch. It's probably not the best image for that section anyway. Kebla 05:43, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Czerka presence
I've brought this up somewhere else than Wookiepedia, but anyway. I haven't spoken to this guy in ages since I don't like them, but anyway.
Korriban Czerka Rep: "Tsk tsk, I guess you've heard about Taris then? Czerka Corporation lost a fortune there. Not that the Sith care."
I was wondering, where was their presence exactly. I explored every possible nook and cranny of Taris and haven't seen a whiff of them. Jono R 13:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Working on it
I'm going to be working on this page over the next week or two. I have access to the KotOR game right now, but not any comics, so feel free to keep editing this page. Will also try to clean up some of the writing in other sections. --Queenofthe1ring 17:46, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Taris in SWTOR
Leeked images of scripts from swtor have highlighted that Taris will be playable in the mmo, where the question is asked:
Taris is a dangerous place. What are you doing here? http://darthhater.com/2009/07/21/taris-a-planet-in-swtor/
should this be referenced somewhere?
Alexsau1991 01:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Taris's locatiuon in the galaxy
Who was the person that gave Taris's official location in the galaxy? Taris now appears on every Star Wars galactic map? Did Bioware choose Taris's official location? 72.83.66.151 02:10, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
shouldn't it be noted that the taris senator is Kin Robb--68.44.145.20 19:24, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
Rebellion Era Conflicts
I was looking at the Taris article a few days ago and I read read about Taris' involvement in the Galactic Civil War. According to the article, the pirates gave the Alliance Fleet false information about Taris' imperial defenses. There was a three-way fight between the Alliance Fleet, the Imperial Navy and a Pirate fleet, the Rebellion supposedly won in the end and took control of Taris. Then I was wondering what that articles' source was. The source lead me to the Star Wars: Empire at War page and I didn't find anything referencing that battle, so either finding a more reliable source or permanently deleting that article may be needed to improve the articles' quality. It can be read here. Thanks.
128.23.217.219 14:09, September 11, 2010 (UTC)Unregistered Contributor 9/11.2010
- I confirm that without any doubt. There is no battle of Taris in the campaigns of Empire at war. It's a random event in galactic conquest mode.Hk 47 18:03, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
Messed up text
I've noticed this on other wikis: some of the text seems to extend into the images and side parts of the page. Might want to get that fixed. Easier to read stuff that way. Near-sighted Jedi (talk) 04:27, March 20, 2014 (UTC)
Promised Land
Can someone add the image of the Promised Land for the location section because with the changes to the site, I don't know how to copy and paste images.--106.69.214.237 12:19, August 27, 2015 (UTC)
Blanking Out the Page
Can anyone tell me why the page was blanked out? Is it because of the cannonicide or is it because I didn't know how to post images why the previous system?--180.216.68.197 03:04, December 4, 2015 (UTC)