- "In that red, red field of Gorm, where he had been born, I lay my little binggy down to dieeee…"
- ―A song performed by a captured singer aboard the Bloodstar
Gorm was an Outer Rim Territories planet located in the Meerian sector. Located on the Galactic Frontier by 4000 BBY, it was the homeworld of the venomous reptiles known as gorm-worms, which were exported across the galaxy. Around 3643 BBY, an individual visited the ancient Gorm Academy in order to study its secrets.
Description[]
Gorm was a terrestrial[4] planet[6] located in the Gorm system, a part of the Meerian sector[2] in the New Territories portion of[3] the Outer Rim Territories.[2] It was home to the venomous reptiles known as gorm-worms, which, despite being dangerous to capture, had become exported across the galaxy[6] by 3999 BBY[7] for their lethal venom.[6]
History[]
Between approximately 12,000 BBY and 11,000 BBY, Gorm constituted a part of Wild Space.[1] Around 5000 BBY, it was located outside the "civilized galaxy," or the area of space that had been widely explored by the Galactic Republic. Gorm had become a part of that territory by 4000 BBY,[3] by which time it was situated on the Galactic Frontier.[6]
At some point long before[4] 3643 BBY,[8] an architect designed an academy on Gorm in which they had many secrets hidden.[4] Around that year,[8] an individual dispatched a companion to study the academy, which the facility's caretakers allowed them to do in return for a donation.[4]
When the pirate Bar-Kooda attacked a spaceliner with a group of entertainers aboard[5] at some point by 6 ABY,[9] he made them all perform for him, shooting any whose performances he did not enjoy. At one point, a captured singer took the stage with a song the lyrics of which told about a binggy which had been born in a "red, red field" on Gorm. In the song, the binggy was laid down to die in that same field, and the composition made Bar-Kooda sad, although he ultimately killed the singer anyway.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
Gorm was first mentioned in Bounty on Bar-Kooda,[5] the first entry in[10] the Star Wars: Boba Fett[11] series of one-shot comic books.[12] The issue was written by John Wagner and published by Dark Horse Comics[5] on December 5, 1995.[11] The 1996 West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game sourcebook Tales of the Jedi Companion by George R. Strayton was the first source to establish that Gorm was a distinct astronomical object,[6] and the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Gorm system, and therefore the planet itself, in grid square O-6.[3]
In the 2011 BioWare video game Star Wars: The Old Republic,[13] players could assign their companions to visit Gorm as part of the Crew Skill mission "The Gorm Academy." However, the mission outcome text, which has since been removed from the game, instead mentioned them having visited the Telos Academy,[4] located on[14] the Kwymar sector[15] planet Telos.[16]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda (First mentioned)
Sources[]
- Tales of the Jedi Companion (First described)
- The Essential Atlas
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare — Based on corresponding data for Gorm system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Gorm system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Gorm system
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6
Star Wars: The Old Republic — Archaeology Crew Skill mission: "The Gorm Academy"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Tales of the Jedi Companion
- ↑
"Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 1" — Star Wars Insider 26 dates the events of Tales of the Jedi 3, which includes the appearance of a gorm-worm aboard the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal, to 3,999 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 3999 BBY per The New Essential Chronology.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Per the reasoning here, Act I of Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place around 3643 BBY. Since players of The Old Republic can assign their companions on the mission "The Gorm Academy" independently of the main class storyline at any point during the game, the mission must take place at some point around 3643 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Comics Companion dates the events of Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda to ten years after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 10 ABY per The New Essential Chronology. Furthermore, the flashback scene in Bounty on Bar-Kooda in which Bar-Kooda kills the captured singer is set at least four years prior, and therefore at some point by 6 ABY.
- ↑ Boba Fett: When the Fat Lady Swings
- ↑ 11.0 11.1
Star Wars: Boba Fett - Bounty On Bar-Kooda (1995) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ "The Bounty Hunter's Comic Book Career" — Star Wars: Boba Fett
- ↑ EARLY GAME ACCESS FOR THE OLD REPUBLIC BEGINS TODAY on The Old Republic's official website (backup link)
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 47 ("Atris")
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Telos system
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 229 ("Telos")
