Planet Database

Section:S

Sacorria - Located in the Sacorrian system, one of the Outlier systems of the Corellian sector, Sacorria is a pleasant but secretive world with strict regulations. It is the site of the Dorthus Tal prison and its main city has a cobblestone square in town. Sacorria is ruled by the Triad-- a secretive council of dictators consisting of one human, one Drall, and one Selonian. Almost nothing is known about the three rulers, not even their names, though the Selonians on Sacorria are known to be descendants of a dishonored Selonian den. In years past the Triad was merely the puppet of the Corellian Diktat, but it now freely runs the planet and has passed more and more restrictive laws. Women are not allowed to marry without their fathers' consent, and a recent law made it illegal to marry an off- worlder. Sacorria's moon is Sarcophagus, which serves as a vast graveyard for the planet's inhabitants. Fourteen years after the Battle of Endor, Lando Calrissian visited Sacorria to see Tendra Risant, a member of a wealthy and influential family, for a possible marriage proposal. Meanwhile, the Sacorrian Triad set into motion a master plan to force the New Republic to acknowledge the Corellian sector as an independent state. The Triad organized rebellions on each of the five planets in the Corellian system and gained control of Centerpoint Station, which allowed them to set up interdiction and jamming fields over the system and to destroy distant stars at will. The Triad's plans, and their fleet of more than eighty Sacorrian ships, were defeated by the New Republic and a Bakuran task force. [AAC, AAS, SAC]

Saheelindeel - Located in the remote Tion Hegemony, Saheelindeel is a backwater world inhabited by intelligent, green-furred primates. The high festival on Saheelindeel is a time for tribal hunting rituals and harvest ceremonies, and has recently begun to incorporate farm machinery exhibits, shock-ball matches, and airshows in an attempt to become more technologically sophisticated. The Saheelindeeli, led by a matriarch, have an affinity for grandiose actions. Han Solo and Chewbacca briefly worked on Saheelindeel after leaving the Corporate Sector. [HSLL]

Sand Crab Nebula - Han Solo once spoke of an imaginary Imperial fleet, supposedly located in the Sand Crab Nebula. [AAS]

Sarcophagus - Sarcophagus is the moon of Sacorria, located in one of the Outlier systems in the Corellian sector. It is a vast graveyard, visited only by those who are burying their dead. [AAC]

Sarka - Grand Admiral Thrawn attacked a convoy from Sarka, which was defended by a New Republic Bulk Cruiser converted to a starfighter carrier. There was also a reception for a Sarkan delegation held in the Imperial Palace following the birth of Leia Organa Solo's twins. [DFR, TLC]

Sedri - Covered by warm shallow seas, Sedri is home to both the aquatic Sedrians and a communal intelligence of tiny polyps known as Golden Sun. Golden Sun is attuned to the Force and provides power, healing, and other necessities to the Sedrians, who worship Golden Sun as the center of their society. Golden Sun's use of the Force also creates massive gravity readings, causing problems for hyperspace navigation near the system. The peaceful Sedrians have constructed underwater cities (the largest is Fitsay) and have appointed a High Priest to safeguard the cave in which Golden Sun lives. [GG4]

Selab - A planet in the Hapes cluster and home to the trees of wisdom. Believed by many to be only a myth, the trees bear fruit that can greatly increase the intelligence of those who have reached old age. [COPL]

Selaggis - The location of a colony that was obliterated by Warlord Zsinj's Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist. Han Solo saw the destroyed colony while on a five-month hunt to locate and destroy the Iron Fist. [COPL]

Selonia - One of the five inhabited worlds in the Corellian system, Selonia has a clean blue sky and a surface composed of hundreds of islands separated by innumerable seas, inlets, and bays. Terrain on the many islands includes meadows, woodlands, and rolling hills. The small land areas are evenly distributed around the planet-- no point on land is more than 150 kilometers from the water, and no water is more than 200 kilometers from land. Famous sights on the world include the Cloudland Peaks. Beneath the surface of Selonia is a powerful planetary repulsor, which was used in ancient times to transport the planet into its current orbit from an unknown location. Selonia is the homeworld of the alien species known as Selonians, who have thick tails, sleek fur, and long faces filled with needle-sharp teeth. Selonians are hive animals, who live together in genetically- related dens. Each den is made up of one fertile female (the queen, who gives birth to all members of a den), a few fertile males, and several hundred sterile females. All sterile females with the same father are said to be in the same "sept," and members of a sept are genetically identical. It is the sterile females who interact with other species and perform all the important functions of Selonian life; the fertile Selonians are treated merely as breeding stock. Selonians make poor liars and have a deep psychological need to reach a consensus among each other, even if the resulting agreement does not always make sense. Selonians are often comfortable inhabiting underground tunnels and warrens. Many years ago, a Selonian den tried to cheat other members of their same den. For this dishonor, the perpetrators were exiled from Selonia and Corellia, and eventually settled on Sacorria. Fourteen years after the Battle of Endor, two Selonian factions-- the Republicists and the Absolutists-- struggled for control of the planetary repulsor. The Republicists intended to turn it over to the New Republic in exchange for Selonian sovereignty, while the Absolutists planned to use it as a weapon for the creation of Selonian independence. The Hunchuzuc Den, allied with the Republicists and the Chanzari Den, proposed to use Han Solo as a bargaining chip to open negotiations with the New Republic. The Overden, the ruling power on Selonia and allied with the Absolutists, won the Hunchuzuc over to their side when they claimed to control the Selonian repulsor. Kleyvits, representing the Overden, held Leia Organa Solo captive and tried to force her to recognize Selonia's independence from the New Republic. When it was revealed that the dishonored Saccorian Selonians were actually operating the repulsor, the Overden suddenly lost all power in favor of the Hunchuzuc Den. During the crisis, a Bakuran attack force led a diversionary assault on Selonia and one of its ships was destroyed by Selonia's repulsor. [AAC, AAS, SAC]

Senex sector - Adjacent to the Juvex sector and near the Ninth Quadrant, the Senex sector is ruled by an elite group of ancient, aristocratic Houses. The sector contains the planet Karfeddion, and apparently Eriadu, Veron, and Mussubir Three as well. Yetoom and Belsavis are located on its edge. The Ancient Houses and their Lords are very independent, desiring to rule their planets as they see fit and scorning any interference from outside governments. They were largely left alone under Palpatine's rule, and neither the post-Endor Empire nor the New Republic have been very successful in influencing them. The Senex Lords have long been accused of mistreating their workers and violating the Rights of Sentience. The oldest of the Houses is House Vandron, headed by Lady Theala Vandron, which operates slave farms on Karfeddion. The House Elegin is headed by Drost Elegin, and the House Garonnin gets a large portion of its revenue from strip- mining asteroids. The sleek Mekuun ships called Tikiars are often favored by the aristocrats of the Ancient Houses. Stinna Draesinge Sha, a pupil of Nasdra Magrody's, was assassinated in the Senex sector in House Vandron territory. Eight years after the Battle of Endor, many of the Senex Lords met with Roganda Ismaren on Belsavis with the intent of forming a military alliance. [COTJ]

Sesswenna sector - Grand Moff Tarkin developed the Tarkin Doctrine of rule by fear while he was a governor in charge of the Sesswenna sector. [MTS]

Shadow Academy - A torus-shaped space station located near the Galactic Core, covered with weaponry and protected by a functional cloaking device. Shadow Academy, capable of hyperspace travel, can move to a new location at a moment's notice. Built for the express purpose of training Jedi in the dark side of the Force, the station is stark and austere, with harsh, spartan accommodations for its students, locks on every door, and chrono chimes marking every quarter-hour. Brakiss, a former student of Luke Skywalker, leads the Academy with the assistance of the Nightsister Tamith Kai. Various sections of Shadow Academy include the docking bay, a large meeting room, a holographic training chamber, and Brakiss' private office. The entire station is riddled with chain-reaction explosives, set to detonate if the new leader of the Empire is displeased with Brakiss' progress. Consequently, Brakiss is never allowed to leave the station. [YJK]

Sionia? - The possible homeworld of the near-human aliens known as Sionian Skups. Skups can be distinguished from humans by their closely-spaced eyes and brittle, glasslike hair. Many master thieves have come from the Sionian home world. Anky Fremp, an early friend of Greedo's during his youth on Nar Shaddaa, was a Sionian Skup. [TFTC]

Sisk - Sisk orbits a red dwarf star of the same name and is home to the arachnid species Sic-Six. The star Sisk was once an orange star but underwent a partial atomic collapse, cooling the planet Sisk and turning it from warm and lush to cool and barren. Sic-Six are highly antisocial, preventing any formation of government or mass production, though their technology is quite complex. Sic-Six are valued throughout the galaxy due to the fact that poison bites from their fangs are intoxicating to most species. [GG4]

Skor II - A small dense world orbiting the star Squab. It was on this planet that the alien species known as Squibs evolved. Skor II's resources tend to be concentrated in various parts of the planet, which led to the nomadic nature of the Squibs since they had to travel to find the resources they needed. When a Dorcin trader landed on Skor II, the Squibs traded the mineral rights to a frozen wasteland for the secrets of starship technology. Now most Squibs roam the galaxy collecting junk, haggling for bargains, and competing for trash-hauling business with their primary rivals the Ugors. [GG4]

Sluis Van - Located in the Sluis sector (along with Bpfassh and Praesitlyn), Sluis Van contains extensive shipyards and the huge Sluis Van Central orbit-dock station, and is defended by perimeter battle stations. The busy shipyards are managed by an outer system defense network and the overloaded Sluissi workers at Sluis Control. Grand Admiral Thrawn launched an attack on 112 warships docked at Sluis Van, attempting to capture several of them with a cloaked cargo of spacetrooper-manned mole miners. No warships were captured, but the destruction of their control systems rendered over 40 of them useless. [HTTE, DFR]

Smarteel - Jabba the Hutt visited Cabrool Nuum's base on Smarteel in an attempt to sell Nuum a captured freighter. In the ensuing adventure, Jabba killed Nuum and his two children. [JTH]

Solaest - The site of the Solaest Uprising, which was suppressed by Imperial forces. [SWS]

Spefik - Two wings of TIE fighters attacked the anti-orbital ion cannons on Spefik. The cannons were destroyed by a salvo from pilot Ranulf Trommer. [ROC]

Spuma - New Republic intelligence agents on Spuma discovered increased trooper recruitment into the fleet of Admiral Harrsk, one of the few Imperial warlords remaining eight years after the Battle of Endor. [COTJ]

Squab - The star orbited by Skor II, home planet of the Squibs. [GG4]

StarCave - (see ThonBoka)

Stenness node - Sometimes referred to as the Stenness system, the node is actually a group of three planetary systems whose primary industry is mining. The node is located on the rim of the galaxy on the mining frontier and contains the planets Ambria and Taboon. The twenty-five humanoid species inhabiting the node are collectively referred to as "Nessies," who control the various mining operations and cut deals with outside traders. BolBol the Hutt is said to practically own the Stenness system. Four thousand years ago, the Stenness underworld was controlled by a Hutt named Great Bogga, and the Nessies transported mutonium cargoes in ships made from the hollowed exoskeletons of the Colossus Wasps of Ithull. Han Solo and his former lover Salla Zend used to run Kessel spice to the Stenness system and compete to see who could strike the best deal from the Nessies. The bounty hunters Zardra and Jodo Kast, pursuing the Thig Brothers into the Stenness system, caught up with their quarry on Taboon. The ensuing firefight resulted in the death of Mageye the Hutt. [DE, TOTJ, TFTC]

Stic - Stic is a planet of continual climactic and geologic change and is home to the insectoid species known as the Xi'Dec. Due to the necessity of adapting to the rapid changes of Stic the Xi'Dec have evolved hundreds of specialized sexes throughout their history, each with its own unique appearance and abilities. Currently there are over 180 different sexes of Xi'Dec with the Xi'Alpha (the most common sex) composing almost six percent of the population. During various periods of Xi'Dec history warrior, constructor, messenger, and other sexes have appeared and disappeared to suit the needs of the community. Xi'Dec society is organized around the family unit, which never contains more than one member of the same sex, and has developed moderate technology. Tourism is a main industry of Stic, and many Xi'Dec are employed in the galaxy in genetics, geology, and other scientific fields. [GG4]

Storthus - The homeworld of the giant Stone Eels, creatures composed of living rock. [D]

Sullust - Sullust is a volcanic world in the Sullust system, which is located between Yetoom and Ithor. The planet, covered with thick clouds of hot, barely-breathable gasses, is habitable (for most species) only in its vast networks of underground caves. In these caves the native Sullustans have built beautiful underground cities, which serve as tourist draws for many other galactic citizens. The amiable Sullustans are highly valued as pilots and navigators, due to a Sullustan's instinctive ability to remember any path he or she has traveled. The massive SoroSuub (or SoroSub) Corporation is based on Sullust and employs nearly half the population in its mining, energy, packaging, and production divisions. Sullustan exports include injecto-kit shoes, prefabricated room units, and plastic corneal replacements. Despite the Rebel sympathies of many Sullustans, the SoroSuub Corporation dissolved the Sullustan government, seized control of the planet, and declared its allegiance to the Empire. After being forced out of the Sullust system by the Empire, Councilor Sian Tevv brought Nien Nunb's private raiding squad into Alliance service. The Alliance fleet assembled near Sullust prior to the Battle of Endor. [ROTJ, ROJN, SWS, TLC, COTJ]

Sumitra sector - The Sumitra sector contains the planet Tierfon, where a Rebel starfighter base was established to patrol the outer edges of the sector. The Empire was aware of Rebel activity, but since the sector contains 12,387 planets and moons locating Tierfon base was a difficult task. [SWS]

Svivren - A planet well-known as a major trading center, Svivren is also noted as being a particularly difficult planet to conquer. Svivreni traders can be seen in the galaxy wearing their traditional garb of dulbands and robes. A Crystal Gravfield Trap of General Bel Iblis' was lost at Svivren, creating an urgent need for a new CGT array during the siege of Coruscant. [TLC]