Golrath/Legends

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"This is Golrath. We've established one of several scattered, temporary bases here since the Imperial forces drove us away from Hoth."
―Leia Organa[3]

Golrath was a planet located in the Sanbra sector of the Outer Rim Territories. A heavily volcanic world, Golrath was at one point home to a magma smelting industry that was largely abandoned after the planet underwent a phase of global cooling—the planet's volcanic bedrock had unique light-absorbing properties that allowed it to play back images it collected in a manner similar to a holoprojector. In 3 ABY, an abandoned magma smelting plant on Golrath became home to Golrath Station, a temporary Rebel Alliance base at the height of the Galactic Civil War.

Description

"We've run tests on the stone, and we've found that it possesses some rather unique properties. When this particular mineral is heated, as it was on volcanic Golrath, it absorbs light rays from around it. But when it cools, it releases those rays, just as this paperweight has, playing them back like a holodrama!"
―Wella[4]

Located along the Hydian Way between Arbra and Beheboth,[2] Golrath was a rocky planet in the Outer Rim's Sanbra sector.[1] Golrath had heavy volcanic activity, and its surface was constantly reshaped with flowing lava.[3] Golrath's volcanic bedrock had unique properties—when heated, the rock absorbed light rays that it then released as it cooled, which caused it to replay the images it had collected in a manner similar to a holoprojector.[4] Despite the constant volcanic activity, the planet's air was comfortably breathable for Humans, even without a breath mask.[3]

History

"And worse, the reason the plant was abandoned was that it had stopped turning a profit—because the whole planet was cooling!"
―Hanc Thorben[4]
Golrath Station during its inhabitation by the Rebel Alliance.

A heavily volcanic world, Golrath at one point was home to a healthy magma smelting industry, with city-sized plants built within the calderae of the planet's largest volcanoes. However, by the era of the Galactic Civil War, those resources had been largely tapped out—[3]the product of large-scale planetary cooling—[4]and the miners had moved on. In 3 ABY, during the height of the war, Golrath was home to one of series of temporary Rebel bases following its defeat at the Battle of Hoth. Called Golrath Station, the Rebel facility was located inside one of these abandoned smelting plants. Rebel hero Luke Skywalker was cloistered for a time on Golrath as he recovered from the deadly disease known as the Crimson Forever—the Rebels left Golrath not long after his recovery, as their presence had been uncovered by the Imperial-allied Domina Tagge.[3]

An Imperial force led by Lieutenant Mils Giel moved in not long after, in what initially appeared to be a futile investigation of the abandoned base for any Rebel secrets. Although the Rebels left no trace of their passing, Giel's men discovered the planet's bedrock's ability to replay nearby events, putting Rebel secrets at risk—Rebel leadership on nearby Arbra learned of Golrath's unique stone at around the same time, and dispatched a strike force to destroy the facility. Princess Leia Organa infiltrated the base and overloaded its reactor, destroying any trace of the Rebels' presence and scattering the Imperial detachment.[4]

Locations

"Everyone's quarters come equipped with hot and cold running lava?"
―Han Solo[3]

A fiery, inhospitable world, Golrath's surface had few artificial structures—one of the rare exceptions was Golrath Station, occupied by the Rebels during a nomadic period after the Battle of Hoth. Located in the remnants of an abandoned magma smelting plant[3] built out of the planet's volcanic stone,[4] Golrath Station retained its tarnished, corroded exterior but had a completely remodeled interior bustling with activity, including state-of-the-art medical facilities.[3]

Behind the scenes

Golrath was a setting of two issues of the original Marvel Star Wars comic run, written by Archie Goodwin[3] and David Michelinie,[4] and illustrated by Al Williamson[3] and Tom Palmer.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Beheboth: Blood and Water" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Star Wars (1977) 50
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Star Wars (1977) 65
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