- "Chond was rumoured to have been a recluse, but his knowledge of the wider galaxy leads some historians to believe him to be a great adventurer after all. Perhaps we will never know..."
- ―Xoddam Lothipp
Gammit Chond was a male Ithorian artist. Although he never traveled offworld, with some saying he never even ventured more than a day's walk from his house,[1] Chond created[3] a set of hand-drawn planetary maps based on many travelers' tales he had heard. His maps[1] were later collected as the Galactic Atlas.[3] Although not strictly accurate, they were in fact attempts at reproducing the feel of the worlds they depicted. Eventually, some of Chond's work found its way to the Graf Archive on Orchis 2, where they were exhumed from the Shadow Stacks by a lucky archivist.[1] Other works purported to be from Chond about alien species were unearthed by the archivist droid TR-33NA; due to their advanced age, much of it was faded, although what was recovered was published with added data points. In the publication, it was noted the original work was by a currently unidentified artist who may have been Chond.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Gammit Chond was first mentioned in the canon reference book Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, as the in-universe author of the text.[1]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
"The Noble and the Wild" — Star Wars - The Official Magazine 96
