Veldt

This article is about the geographical term. You may be looking for Vast Veldt, a region of the planet Cathar.

A veldt was a plain located in a particularly hot climate. They typically supported more life than cooler grasslands.^[1]

Warning: The following section is non-canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity. It contains information explicitly released under the Infinities brand and/or confirmed to be non-canon by the author or Lucasfilm. Information exclusive to this section did not happen in the "proper" Star Wars Legends continuity.

Veldts were the natural habitats of early death dogs.^[2]

Non-canon information ends here.

Behind the scenes

Veldts were first mentioned in Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, a book published in 1993.^[2] Lucasfilm employee Leland Chee, who maintains the Holocron continuity database, has indicated that information contained in the book is non-canonical.^[3]

In real life, the term veld, sometimes spelled veldt in English, is a generic term used to define certain wide open rural spaces of Southern Africa.

Appearances

MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (Mentioned only)

Sources

Alien Encounters

Non-Canon Sources

Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas (First mentioned)

Notes and references

↑ Alien Encounters
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas
↑ Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Leland Y Chee on May 3, 2006 at 5:45 PM. (content now obsolete; backup link) "And is information from Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas canon? Unless referred to by a source that is in-continuity, the information is non-continuity."

External links

Veld on Wikipedia

[AE-1] Alien Encounters

[MAGL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas

[Chee-3] Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Leland Y Chee on May 3, 2006 at 5:45 PM. (content now obsolete; backup link) "And is information from Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas canon? Unless referred to by a source that is in-continuity, the information is non-continuity."

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