Nar Shaddaa (219)Full unit name: Nar Shaddaa
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Basic info
First appearance: Star Wars : Dark Empire
Star Wars : Dark Empire
(GRAPHIC NOVEL)
Located in: The Hutt Space
The Hutt Space
Galaxy
Sectors
Moon of: Nal Hutta
Nal Hutta
Planet
Birthplace of: Mira
Mira
(Human)
Character
Supporting Characters
, Eeth Koth
Eeth Koth
(Zabrak)
Character
Supporting Characters
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Summary
Nar Shaddaa was the largest moon of Nal Hutta
Nal Hutta
Planet
, the capital world of Hutts in Y'Toub system. More commonly known as the Vertical City, the Smugglers' Moon or Little Coruscant, Nar Shaddaa was similar to Coruscant
Coruscant
Planet
in that its surface was entirely overgrown with city sprawl for millennia. But unlike Coruscant - which was only relatively rundown and dangerous on the lower and under levels of the world city - Nar Shaddaa was filthy, polluted, and infested with crime everywhere. Nevertheless Nar Shaddaa remained the most important financial and trading center of Hutt Space. Nar Shaddaa was tidally-locked to Nal Hutta, which resulted in the fact that only one side of the moon always faced the parent planet, while the other side was faced towards the empty space. Ancient refueling spires and loading docks reached out from the native soil and some built in the upper atmosphere. In between these ports, massive vertical cities grew. The urban areas on Nar Shaddaa were known as vertical cities since new layers of housing and entertainment buildings were built on top of older layers, like Coruscant and Taris. While much of Coruscant was filled with gleaming apartments and well-maintained skywalks, the entire moon that was Nar Shaddaa was dominated by decaying urban landscape and congested, polluted cities. The moon was protected by planetary shields. Anything illegal elsewhere could be bought and sold on Nar Shaddaa, and many young smugglers
Smuggler
Organization
Communities
, pirates
Pirate
Organization
Communities
and criminals started their careers on the Smugglers' Moon. Various sections of Nar Shaddaa were controlled by the Hutts
Hutt
Sentient Species
and other criminal organizations. Despite the criminal activities on the Smugglers' Moon, it was known that many of the galaxy's most advanced technologies were actually developed on Nar Shaddaa. Corporations that wanted to avoid regulations that prohibited testing often developed such dangerous and even valuable technology within the lower levels of the city of the moon.

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UH
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Shadow Syndicate
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Vrblther
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Hunger of the Vrblthers
Shattering the Peace
Breaking the Cure
Prototype
Botched Interrogation
Recruitment
Zero Protocol
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Vos meets Vilmarh Grahrk (31BBY)
Battle of the TIE Fighter Construction Facility (TFU)
Search for Skywalker (Nar Shaddaa)
Creatures that inhabited the planet
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Full unit name: Nar Shaddaa Last updated: 05.04.2024 9:29:03