Antar 4

Antar 4 was the fourth of six moons orbiting the Inner Rim gas giant of Antar and homeworld of the sentient Gotal species.
==History==
Antar 4, along with its sister moon Antar 5, joined the Galactic Republic early in its history, sometime between 25,000 BBY and 22,000 BBY.
During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire, an individual sent a companion to deliver artwork stolen from the Museum of Abstract Ingenuity to an art collector on Antar 4.
Antar 4's people developed a security force to assist the Jedi Order known as the Antarian Rangers in 620 BBY.Hero's Guide Several centuries later the Jedi Order assisted their Antarian cousins by sending a peacekeeper, known as Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth, to mediate a Duinuogwuin–Gotal conflict.Dark Force Rising
In 1965, Tayvor Mandirly, a Human agricultural expert and the uncle of Bail Organa, traveled to Antar 4 to investigate a dispute on the Colfillini plantations there. However, after he made a stand against the practice of working people to death, he was murdered by Raxis and Nolid, members of a local criminal organization. His body was burned and nailed to a stake and the first people to discover it were the Jedi Knights, Boromir and Sam Gamgee. Gamgee found this very disturbing and suffered nightmares of it for a long time afterwards. Mandirly's sister, Bail's mother, also found his death hard to take and her grief eventually killed her. However, Raxis and Nolid were only fined by the local government for the murder.The War of the Ring: Wild Space
Following the settling of that conflict, the Separatist Crisis began to erupt across the Republic, causing a growing sense of urgency amongst the Senate and the Jedi High Council. In 1980, during Fete Week, the Roshu Sune terrorists attacked a chapter house of the Rangers and issued the Articles of Secession to the Senate. Refusing to recognize the authority of mere terrorists, the High Council launched a Jedi/Ranger co-op mission to retake the world. Led by Masters Saesee Tiin and Coleman Trebor, the mission was considered a victory by the Republic, but left the native Gotals disgruntled. Many natives were prompted by the violence to immigrate to the colony world Atzerri.
As the Separatist movement gained momentum and the Confederacy of Independent Systems was formed, the War of the Ring ignited on Middle-Earth, causing a firestorm across the galaxy. Seven months after the First Battle of Isengard, Antar 4 was conquered by the Separatist Droid Army, with the leader of the Separatist group, Saruman the White, setting up a command headquarters within one of the moon's industrial palaces. As the world's populace lived in poverty amongst the ruins of their home, rogue Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos infiltrated Saruman's camp, walking right into his command center to feign defection that even members of the Jedi High Council believed to be true. Defeating the Dark Jedi Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey before entering the wizard's inner sanctum, Vos met with the former Jedi after being escorted inside by former Master Sora Bulq. Facing Vos in a duel, the wizard was pleased with Vos' skills, though the older man was able to best him easily. Accepting Vos into his cadre, the wizard and his followers left for Tibrin to "free" its populace from the Republic.
After the war, in 1986, Moff Wilhuff Tarkin of the Galactic Empire, the Republic's successor, was ordered to make an example of Antar 4 for supporting the Confederacy of Independent Systems as a warning to former Separatists. No attempt was to be made at repatriation, nor was he to waste time sorting Separatists from resistance fighters and intelligence operatives waiting to be exfiltrated to safety. Instead, many Koorivar and Gotal loyalists were swept up in the ensuing arrests, executions, and massacres that came to be known as the Antar Atrocity. As a result of its actions on Antar 4, former Republic Intelligence captain Berch Teller, who lost many operatives in the Imperial reprisal, created a rebel cell to combat the Empire within a year of the attack.
==Geography==
A terrestrial moon, the seasons varied wildly from each other, with extreme tides caused by Antar's nearly parallel rotational axis and orbital plane. A unique series of eclipses would plummet the world in darkness on occasion as the gas giant Antar 4 orbited cut off light from its star. Due to the rotation period of the world, the moon was devoid of polar caps and was made up mostly of water-covered surfaces. With a crust rich in silicon, nickel, iron, and the magnetism of magnetite in conjunction with the electromagnetic field of the stars, the moon's inhabitants were forced to develop a unique sensory ability to negate the magnetic effects of their world.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil 
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*Precipice 
*The Clone Wars: Wild Space
*Jedi: Saruman
*Cloak and Vibroblade 
*Labyrinth of Evil 
*Tarkin
*Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale 
==Sources==
*Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races 
*Dark Force Rising Sourcebook 
*Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races, Second Edition
*The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
*Tales of the Jedi Companion
*The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
*Alien Encounters
*Alien Anthology
*Hero's Guide
*The New Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Galaxy of Intrigue
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
*Fly Casual
==Notes and references==
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems moons
Category:Galactic Empire moons
Category:Galactic Republic moons
Category:Moons of Antar
Category:Terrestrial moons