Kinooine/Legends

Kinooine was a planet located in Wild Space on the edge of the Unknown Regions. Kinooine served as the main staging point for the Nagai–Tof War in 4 ABY. A world devoid of sentient life before the Nagai's arrival, Kinooine became the site of two duels between the "Dark Lady of the Sith" Lumiya and Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, who was unable to prevent the Nagai from seizing the planet. After the ultimate Nagai defeat, Kinooine became home to a population of refugee Firrerreo.
==Description==
Located in the Kinooine system of Wild Space, Kinooine was a barren planet on the edge of the Unknown Regions. Kinooine was a world of rocky caves and mountains, and was almost totally devoid of life. However, the planet's craggy surface held plentiful water and breathable air, and had some native plant life, including a species of pink flowers.
==History==
A desolate, lifeless world, Kinooine suddenly rocketed to the center of galactic intrigue in 4 ABY, when the Alliance of Free Planets began registering mysterious life readings from the planet's surface. The Alliance dispatched a team of 20 scouts to Kinooine to investigate—there, they stumbled upon the forerunners of a galactic invasion. The scout team was ambushed by Lumiya, the "Dark Lady of the Sith," and her lieutenant Den Siva, who had been sent to secure Kinooine as a staging point for a Nagai military force from the nearby Firefist dwarf galaxy.The Essential Atlas Lumiya and Siva killed 19 of the 20 Alliance scouts, allowing the sole survivor, Faron Tolis, to survive in exchange for his service.Star Wars (1977) 96
Tolis' commander, Luke Skywalker, soon followed with a small team to investigate the scouts' disappearance, but he and his friends—Alliance agents Dani and Kiro—were ambushed by Lumiya and Siva as well, with Dani kidnapped and tortured and Skywalker bested in a duel. Kiro freed Skywalker from captivity, and Skywalker emerged from Lumiya's underground base to defeat the "Dark Lady" in a rematch. Skywalker's victory coincided with the arrival of the larger Nagai expeditionary force to Kinooine, accompanied by a force of Imperial troops. The Nagai fleet, commanded by Dal Zorfenn, quickly moved to secure the planet, which served as the jumping-off point for a wider war on the Alliance. Hopelessly outnumbered, Skywalker and Dani were forced to flee Kinooine empty-handed, and with the planet firmly in Nagai control.
The Nagai invasion of the galaxy was ultimately unsuccessful, and their fleet mostly returned home afterward.Following the toppling of the Empire RebornThe New Essential Guide to Alien Species in 14 ABY,The New Essential Chronology a remnant of the Firrerreo people—a Near-Human race that was subjected to a genocide by the EmpireThe Crystal Star—settled on Kinooine. Unlike their fellow remnant on Belderone, they survived the Yuuzhan Vong War.
==Inhabitants==
Although formerly completely devoid of life, in 4 ABY Kinooine overnight became home to a sizable Nagai invasion force, mostly centered out of a series of underground bases originally constructed by advance agents Lumiya and Den Siva. The Nagai also brought along a number of Imperial allies and prisoners to the suddenly populated Kinooine, and added a great amount of infrastructure to the once-desolate world. Although the Nagai population on Kinooine proved to be temporary, Kinooine later became home to a much longer-lasting group of Firrerreo who settled on the world after the fall of the Empire Reborn.
==Behind the scenes==
Kinooine first appeared in Star Wars (1977) 95, written by Mary Jo Duffy, illustrated by Cynthia Martin and released in 1985.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars (1977) 95 
*Star Wars (1977) 96 
*Star Wars (1977) 97 
*Star Wars (1977) 99 
*Star Wars (1977) 100 
*Star Wars (1977) 102 
==Sources==
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*The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
*Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:Terrestrial planets
Category:Wild Space planets