Phatrong

Phatrong was a terrestrial planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. It was covered in oceans divided by thin and mountainous continents, and was home to the Kyuzo species, which evolved several adaptations to the world's heavy gravity. Phatrong was governed by a loose Kyuzo confederation that elected its senators in the Senate of the Galactic Republic and later its successor, the Imperial Senate; this lasted until the Galactic Empire took direct control over the planet after the Senate's dissolution. The Force-sensitive Kyuzo Savina Besatrix Malagán and the Kyuzo bounty hunter Embo hailed from this world.
==Description==
Phatrong was located within the regions known as the Outer Rim Territories and the New Territories, in grid square P-6 of the Standard Galactic Grid. It was a terrestrial world, with vast oceans divided by thin, mountainous, roughly linear continents that stretched between the planet's poles. Some mountain ranges were bordered by wide plains and low hills, while others steeply rose out of the water, forming fjords and long inland canyons. Phatrong had heavier gravity than the galactic standardStar Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy and an uncommon atmospheric makeup.
==History==
During the High Republic Era, Phatrong was a member of the Galactic Republic.The High Republic Adventures (2022) 1 Around 397 BBY,Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic Adventures (2022) 1 to 382 BBY. As The High Republic Adventures (2022) 1 establishes that Savina Besatrix Malagán is fifteen years old during its events, she must have been born around 397 BBY. the Force-sensitive Kyuzo Savina Besatrix MalagánThe High Republic Adventures (2022) 5 was born on Phatrong and given to the to the Jedi Order shortly afterward. By the time she was fifteen, Malagán's early memories of her homeworld had faded.
Phatrong later became a member of the Republic's successor state, the Galactic Empire. At some point, the Ekaqume clovoc settled a rebellion on the planet's Kambey Plains in a single day. Following the dissolution of the Imperial Senate, the office of the local Imperial governor replaced the planet's loose Kyuzo confederation and oversaw Phatrong directly, maintaining control using the governor's own forces and only dealing with the clovocs when absolutely necessary. Their reputation made the Empire cautious on Phatrong, and as long as taxes were paid on time, it generally exerted little direct influence over the world. Despite this, Kyuzo rebel sympathizers on Phatrong worked tirelessly to recruit like-minded individuals in hopes that they could bolster the Rebel Alliance at large and form the core of a major resistance force on their homeworld. The planet was mentioned in an artist's journal, which was restored, expanded, and displayed at the Graf ArchiveStar Wars: Alien Archive at some point no earlier than 34 ABY.
==Inhabitants==
Phatrong was the homeworld of the Kyuzo species, which evolved dense muscle fibers and fast reflexes in the planet's heavy gravity and spoke their own language. Starting with early city-states, the natives developed societies that spanned considerable geographic areas of Phatrong. Kyuzo cities were scattered throughout the continents; most continents and major islands were their own political units, and the majority of Kyuzo identified as members of a particular country or region, though they did form a loose confederation that elected the planet's senators in the Senate of the Galactic Republic as well as the Imperial Senate of the Galactic Empire.
The Kyuzo had a proud military history on Phatrong. Separate from their governments were the clovocs, organizations of warriors and other combatants that had their own traditions and rules outside the political region they inhabited. All forms of Kyuzo government made deals with the clovocs to provide security and military forces. Though they were not monolithic, as some regions had more traditional structures with integrated militaries, clovocs were common in several of the largest nations. Further, because many Kyuzo who traveled offworld were members of a clovoc, these warrior orders were one of the most recognized elements of Kyuzo culture by the galaxy at large, though many also sought simple lives as farmers and merchants, along with a number of other professions. The Jedi Sav Malagán originally hailed from the world, but was given to the Jedi Order shortly after her birth and remembered little of her homeworld by the time she was fifteen years old. Embo, a Kyuzo male who worked as a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars, was from Phatrong.Ultimate Star Wars
==Locations==
Gorobe was one of the larger countries on Phatrong; the Gyaryi clovoc held a contract with it for centuries, and its ruling members had loyalties to the country's various houses. The inhabitants of southern Phatrong's haunted Kwaidan Peaks originally designed the Kyuzo war shield as a headpiece to protect travelers from torrential rains during monsoon season. However, the shield was transformed into a defensive weapon by the warriors of the Sulddo, a clovoc that operated in rugged, mountainous territory whose foundational myth claimed that its order hailed from the Kwaidan Peaks.
==Behind the scenes==
Phatrong was originally created as the homeworld of the Kyuzo bounty hunter Embo, a character from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, and was first mentioned in the 2010 Star Wars Legends reference book Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, written by Jason Fry.Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia Following the discontinuation of the Legends continuity on April 25, 2014, Phatrong entered the new Star Wars canon with its mention in the Embo character entry in the now-discontinued StarWars.com Encyclopedia.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures (2022) 1 
*"High Noon on Jakku" 
==Sources==
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*Ultimate Star Wars
*Forged in Battle
*Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy 
*Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z 
*Star Wars: Alien Archive
*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
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*Star Wars Galaxy Map
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Empire planets
Category:Galactic Republic planets
Category:High-gravity planets
Category:New Territories planets
Category:Outer Rim Territories planets
Category:Rocky planets