List of Star Wars planets (K-L)

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Kalakar VI

Kalakar VI was a volcanic moon of Dromund Kalakar in the Outer Rim. It was a Dark Side nexus which attracted the Prophets of the Dark Side from nearby Dromund Kaas about 100 BBY, having previously been occupied by the Sith Empire. It was covered in lava flows, its crust riddled with magma tunnels.

Darth Vader came to the moon in an attempt to intercept the Rebels carrying the Death Star I plans. The Rebels were not there: Vader had been lured to the moon with false information by the local Prophets, whom pitted Vader against a clone of Darth Maul. Vader killed the pseudo Maul. Palpatine himself arrived on the moon in a Lambda-class shuttle, killing the Prophets and retrieving Vader. Vader suspected the entire ordeal had been a test arranged by the Emperor. This planet appears in "Ressurections", in Star Wars Tales 9. While initially non-canonical, it has since been upgraded to C-canon.http://blogs.starwars.com/holocron/22/comments

Kalarba

The planet Kalarba was the capital of Kalarba Sector. The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO had a number of adventures on Kalarba while in the ownership of a local baron. The planet was devastated when the Yuuzhan Vong crashed Hosk Station into it.

Kalee

Kalee was the home planet to the Kaleesh, including cyborg General Grievous, a warlord who hailed from this planet. Kalee was covered in tropical looking foliage and beaches. Moss-covered canyons and cliffs filled the landscapes. It was apparently an intensely harsh world, and lacking in many natural resources. The Kaleesh housing and buildings were very temple-like and primitive. The Kaleesh were hunter-warriors, hunting deadly predators such as Mumuu and Karabbac beasts to make ceremonial cloaks and war masks. The warlords ruled over the Kaleesh people and the planet was terrorized for decades to come.

Prior to The Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic sided with the Huks against the Kaleesh in the Huk Wars, defeating the Kaleesh. During the Wars, the Kaleesh were winning under the leadership of General Grievous. The Republic destroyed trade, blockading his world. Then the Banking Clan came, paying the planet's enormous debt, and feeding the starving. The war now over, the Clan asked only one thing: Grievous's alliance. Although Debt collection was a far cry from war, Grievous was satsified... until he was incapacitated in a shuttle crash arranged by the InterGalactic Banking Clan. Banking Clan leader San Hill paid for a cybernetic suit to be built by the Geonosians for Grievous, who became leader of the Separatist military forces. In return for Grievous's services, the InterGalactic Banking Clan financed the economic recovery of the presumeably ruined Kalee and helped the planet out of depression after the Huk War.

Kalist VI

Kalist VI is the homeworld of Dak Ralter, Luke Skywalker's snowspeeder tail-gunner, who was killed during the Battle of Hoth.

It is a bleak, mountainous, desert planet with an Imperial base. Approximatley 8 months after the Battle of Yavin the Empire took Jabiimi prisoners, as well as Jorin Sol, to the base where the Jabiimi were used for slave labour and Sol was tortured for information regarding the location of the Rebel Fleet. A Rebel team including Luke Skywalker successfully infiltrated the base posing as the crew of the Imperial tanker Nuna's Twins, with the intention of retrieving Sol. Luring most of the base's troops off-planet and into a trap, the Rebels rescued Sol and the prisoners, causing heavy damage to the base. After the attack the base was repaired and reinforced suspiciously quickly.

Kamino

Kamino (pronounced kuh-MEE-no) is completely covered in oceans after an enormous flood that wiped across its surface, and it is always covered with clouds and rain. It is inhabited by a race of tall, elegant creatures, called Kaminoans, an isolationist species known for their cloning technology. The Kaminoan capital is Tipoca City.

The Clone Army for the Galactic Republic was generated on Kamino, seen in . Obi-Wan Kenobi was directed here to follow a lead on the whereabouts of Senator Amidala's would-be assassin through a single poison dart. During Obi-Wan's stay on Kamino, he discovered Jango Fett, the bounty hunter that served as the host for the clone army that was being bred for the Republic.

Kashyyyk

Kashyyyk (pronounced ka-SHEEK) is the lush, tree-filled home planet of the Wookiees. This planet resembles Earth to some extent, although not as closely as Alderaan or Naboo. Although there are plains and lakes on its surface, most of it is covered by miles-high wroshyr trees, hiding beneath their branches the dark, swampy Shadowlands. Many high mountains lead up into the clouds. The Wookiees have a long history of warfare with the reptilian Trandoshans from nearby Trandosha. They also fought a large ground battle against the Separatists during the waning days of the Clone Wars. There are also two urban cities on Kashyyyk. Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising, Book 1 of The Thrawn Trilogy (1992). ISBN 0553085743 Daniel Wallace and Scott Kolins, The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars) (1998). ISBN 0345420683

Katarr

Katarr's primary sentient inhabitants are Miraluka, a Force-sensitive race. The planet was sapped of all life by the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus. The only known survivor of this tragedy was Visas Marr, who was taken into bound service by Darth Nihilus. The reason Nihilus drained the Miraluka was for the group of Jedi who were gathering on planet.

Kegan

Kegan was once an isolated and simple world near the Outer Rim Territories. The planet is very flat, full of fast plains and fields. The people of Kegan believed in a philosophy known as the General Good, which turned out to be merely a manipulation and brainwashing tool used by the leaders of the world, V-Tan and O-Vieve. They set up a "Learning Circle" to brainwash Keganite children into believing that the rest of the galaxy was evil. However, after four Jedi arrived to claim a Force-sensitive child, Kegan learned of the benefits of joining the Republic. The planet halted its false philosophy, joined the Republic, and abandoned its isolationist beliefs. Jude Watson, The Fight for Truth, Book 9 of the series (2000). ISBN 0590520806

Kejim

Kejim is the location of an abandoned Imperial base, where some intriuging messages concerning the Valley of the Jedi and "Reborn Jedi" emanate, thus starting the plot of . The part of the planet seen in the game is a desolate, barren place, but is capable of supporting life.

Kelchase

Kelchase is the home world of the Kels. Around 20 ABY, many New Jedi Order training Missions took place here. It is a dry barren forest world.

Keres II

Keres II Is the ninth planet in the Empress Teta System and is moonless and frozen. This planet is sparcely populated and is probably only colonised at all because of the ancient importance of the Empress Teta System itself.

Kerilt

Kerilt is a planet that had a boom in population after the Clone Wars because many Caamasi survivors from another planet called Caamas came here.

Kessel

Kessel is a prison planet and home to one of the galaxy's largest spice mining operations which was mentioned in by C-3PO. It is the only source of the glitterstim spice, an extremely rare and valuable drug used therapeutically and euphorically. Located in the Outer Rim, Kessel was administered by Moruth Doole who ran a prison work camp to harvest Glitterstim. Later, Lando Calrissian obtained control of Kessel and replaced the prison workers with droids.

Kessel is located in the Kessel sector, near Hutt Space. Nearby is The Maw, a cluster of black holes. The planet has a barren landscape of rock and a thin atmosphere. The little air it does have is generated at factories on the surface which slowly bleeds away into space leaving a trail behind the planet. It had a moon called Garrison Moon, which was destroyed by the prototype Death Star.

The gravity distortions of the nearby Maw warp space makes it tremendously difficult to navigate a starship through it without a highly skilled pilot. Ships approaching Kessel take long winding courses through the Maw to avoid the danger of being sucked into a gravity well. On a mission where he was pressed for time, Han Solo was able to navigate the shortest course through the Maw of only twelve parsecs. With the boosted speed of the Millennium Falcon, Solo managed to haul a load of spice for the Hutts in record time and earned a reputation as a top-rate smuggler.Michael A. Stackpole, Wedge's Gamble, Book 2 of (1996). ISBN 0553568027Kevin J. Anderson, Jedi Search, Book 1 of The Jedi Academy Trilogy (1994). ISBN ISBN 05532979788George Lucas et al., The Annotated Screenplays (1997). ISBN 0345409817 In star wars jedi search book one of three of the jedi academy series. Han solo crash lands on the island and has to work in the spice mines.

Khomm

Khomm is a planet in the core worlds which is a clone world. All of Khomm's people are genderless and cannot support life. This is due to their race reaching a satisfactory stage in their evolution, at which point they switched to a cloning-based society. They have covered their planet's surface with cloning facilities. As a consequence, none of Khomm's people can be Force sensitive, because Khomm's first people were not. This however didn't prevent some kind of random mutation that allowed Dorsk 81 to be Force sensitive. Khomm would be one of the first planets attacked by Admiral Daala's Victory-class Star Destroyer swarms, after she consolidated power in the Core.Kevin J. Anderson, Darksaber (1995). ISBN 0553576119

Kiffex

Kiffex is the home planet of the Tonnika Sisters ( moderately well known con artists who got in trouble with an Imperial Moff).
Kiffex is the twin planet of Kiffu.

Kiffu

Kiffu is the home planet of the Kiffar and Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos. Kiffu is the twin planet of Kiffex. From Kiffu, the planets of Cinnigar and Korriban are visible, but not the planet of Koros Minor because of the seven moons blocking it. Five of the seven moons are visible at a time.

King's Galquek

King's Galquek is a planet in the Chorios Systems, deep within the Meridian Sector. The Loronar Corporation was heavily involved in planetary operations on the planet. Barbara Hambly, Planet of Twilight (1997). ISBN 0553095404

Kintan

Kintan is the homeworld of the Niktos. After a supernova explosion in the system, evolution of the same species on Kintan subdivided into five groups.

Kinyen

Kinyen is home to the Gran race.

Kirdo III

Kirdo III is the homeworld of the Kitonaks. It is a desert planet, much like Tatooine. Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi (1995). ISBN ISBN 0553572938 Kathy Tyers, "We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale" in Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0553564684

Kiva

Kiva is a barren and desolate rocky planet. It was once inhabited by a humanoid species, but the planet's surface was destroyed when Imperial scientist Borborygmus Gog conducted a top-secret experiment over his better judgement. The explosion that ensued killed all of the planet's life. Gog and his partner, Mammon Hoole, barely escaped the destruction. The Empire blamed Hoole for the destruction and he, out of shame, abandoned his first name.

Even though the planet was now barren and uninhabitable, Gog maintained a laboratory on Kiva, where he finished "Project Starscream". Project Starscream was a project like the Darktroopers, in which the goal was to create for the Imperial military a seemingly indestructible creature. The original prototype creature was destroyed by Gog (aided by two orphans, Tash and Zak) when it eventually turned on him.

Kiva was also inhabited by a race of shadow people, formed by Gog's explosion, who sought vengeance for their genocide. They accused Mammon Hoole of the destruction, but discovered the real criminal was Gog, whom they destroyed with a burst of hate. After their revenge was finished, they disappeared, since they were beings of hate, obsessed with justice. After this incident Kiva was left barren, desolate, and completely uninhabited. John Whitman, Ghost of the Jedi, Book 5 of Galaxy of Fear (1997). ISBN 0553484540 John Whitman, Army of Terror, Book 6 of Galaxy of Fear (1997). ISBN 0553484559

Klatooine

Klatooine (pronounced KLAT-too-een) is the homeworld of the Klatooinians, a highly religious humanoid species who are completely bound by a sacred treaty to the will of the Hutts. Very little is known about this world other than it has delicious paddy frogs and almost certainly is located in Hutt Space. George Alec Effinger, "The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays" in Tales From Jabba's Palace, ed. Kevin J. Anderson (1995). ISBN 0553568159

Kooriva

Kooriva is the home planet of the Koorivar species. It is also the planet where the Corporate Alliance was created.

Koros Major

Koros Major is the former name of the planet Empress Teta.

Koros Minor

Koros Minor is a planet in the Empress Teta System, which was formerly known as the Koros System.

Korriban

Korriban is the sole planet in the Horuset System. It is a sacred world for the Sith, as several Sith Lords of the forgotten past are buried there, and many other Sith Lords visited their tombs throughout the Order's history. It is a planet of dry deserts and rocky canyons. Carved into the sheer rock walls of these canyons are immense tombs containing the desiccated, mummified remains of the various Dark Lords of the Sith from various millennia.

Kothis

A temperate planet that is famous for its state of the art ships and dedication to the Empire. The Imperials have a garrison outside of the capitol, Kyleck. It is a large planet with two moons, Tritus and Kethor. They produce the ships on Kethor to keep the planet clean. Kothis has swamps, plains, mountins, huge forests, and Grand Isle is where Darth Vader has built one of his castles.

Kothlis

Kothlis is a terrestrial planet located in the Kothlis system It is a Bothan colony, only notable in ' for being the point where the plans for the second Death Star were recovered by a group of Rebel commandos and heroes, including Dash Rendar and Lando Calrissian. It also gets a level in the video game ', titled "Vengeance on Kothlis". In this level, Rogue Squadron reclaims a blockade runner captured by a Star Destroyer. A very similar mission is also portrayed in the game X-wing Alliance. The planet's surface shows surface water and tropical shores; whether this is a running trend is not known.

Kothlis was also the homeworld of New Republic Senator and later Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya. Kothlis is considered second tier to the main Bothan homeworld, Bothawui, making the inhabitants more motivated and achieving than their better off counterparts.Steve Perry, Shadows of the Empire (1996). ISBN 0553574132

Kuan

Kuan, on the Outer Rim, is the home of Imperial pilot Maarek Stele, the presumed protagonist in .

Kuat

Kuat is the home of Kuat Drive Yards, a production company that made most of the capital ships for the Old Republic and Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Kuat is located in the Kuat sector, in the Kuat system, near the Deep Core.

During Imperial control, Kuat could only be accessed via three ports within the main Kuat Traffic Zone, which was along the Hydian Way: a passenger port, a freight port, and an Imperial transfer port.

Accessible to the passenger port were the systems of Redrish, Drurish, Ulion, and Kidir.

Accessible to the freight port were the systems of Monadin, Renegg, Venir, and Horthav.

All systems accessible to the Imperial transfer port were classified.K. W. Jeter, The Mandalorian Armor, Book 1 of The Bounty Hunter Wars (1998). ISBN 0553578855K. W. Jeter, Slave Ship, Book 2 of The Bounty Hunter Wars (1998). ISBN 055357888XK. W. Jeter, Hard Merchandise, Book 3 of The Bounty Hunter Wars (1999). ISBN 055357891XAaron Allston, Solo Command, Book 7 of (1999). ISBN 0553568027

Kuat is a temperate world, much like Earth, with fields, plains, rivers and oceans. The people, Kuati is the name of the main race, are of a clan nature, and they stick closely to their family groups.

Kuat is also a playable planet in the game .

Langoria

Langoria was once home to a thriving alien civilization thought to date back to the glory days of the Jedi, though there is no evidence that this civilization had any contact with Coruscant or the worlds of the Old Republic. What became of this alien civilization is unknown, but all that remains of it are magnificent ruins scattered across the globe, mostly reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness. This alien civilization made use of a strange technology beyond the comprehension of modern science, and though it seems that they did not venture beyond their own planet to explore elsewhere in the galaxy, they were able to accomplish marvelous feats of engineering—carving mountains into the likeness of their leaders or gods, and even somehow altering weather patterns to their liking. It is hypothesized that they abused these abilities, altering their homeworld to such a degree that it was no longer habitable for them.

Lannik

Lannik is a planet in the Mid Rim immediately outside Hutt Space

Leria Kerlsil

Leria Kerlsil is a small and rather pleasant world, and the home of Karia Ver Seryan, one of Lando Calrissian's potential suitors.

Lok

Lok is a desert planet[The Force.net article on Lok] similar to Tatooine and Geonosis. It is not far from Naboo. It appears in the video game . There is only one settlement during the time of the Empire.

One of the first planets in the Karthakk system to be colonized, the harsh world of Lok was originally home to outlaws, who saw the world as a potential staging ground for raids into the Mid-Rim. Over time, Lok became known as a "pirate world," where anarchy and violence were the only constants.

Lok has fairly varied terrain, ranging from the dangerous sulfur pools to bubbling lava pits. The landscapes are generally foreboding: jagged mountain ranges, long expanses of baked desert, and desolate flats are typical environments on Lok. The presence of pirates and others is evident in the shipwrecks, burned-out bases, abandoned settlements, and destroyed vehicles that litter the planet.

Before the Battle of Naboo, one of the most prominent leaders on Lok was a Feeorin pirate named Nym. The hardy alien - who has only become more formidable with age - spent many years battling the Trade Federation. He is now a local crime lord, but it is also rumored that he is very sympathetic to the Rebellion.

Lok (ลก) is also the Thai word for world.

Distance from Core	??,??? light years
Region	Outer Rim Territories
System	Karthakk system
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Population	? (Various native sentient races)
Environment	Arid: sulphur pools, lava pits, mountains, and deserts.
Affiliation	?

Lok is a fictional planet in the Star Wars themed MMORPG platform by LucasArts.[Star Wars Galaxies entry on Lok]

Lok was one of the first planets in the Karthakk system to be colonized. This planet was originally home to outlaws, who saw the world as a place from which to launch raids into the Mid-Rim. Over time, Lok became known as a "pirate world", because of these viloent invasions into other worlds.

A noted leader of Lok was a Feeorin pirate named Nym. He battled the Trade Federation for years, but is now sympathetic to the Rebellion.

Lwhekk

Lwhekk is hot, jungle-covered planet, the home world of the Ssi-Ruuk and P'w'eck races, and was the center of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. The jungles of Lwhekk were broken by spired cities which appeared to be quite fragile against the jungle. The average day on Lwhekk lasted 32 standard hours, and its years encompassed 344 local days.Kathy Tyers, The Truce at Bakura (1994). ISBN 0553568728

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Major planets
Alderaan | Anoth | Bespin | Byss | Caamas | Chandrila | Corellia | Coruscant | Dagobah | Dantooine | Dellalt | Dxun | Geonosis | Hoth | Ithor | Kamino | Kashyyyk Korriban | Malachor V | Manaan | Mon Calamari | Mustafar | Myrkr | Naboo | Onderon | Ossus | Peragus II | Taris | Tatooine | Telos
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Dxun | Endor | Nar Shaddaa | Yavin IV List of Star Wars moons
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