Haruun Kal

"Most Haruun Kal kids didn't get plucked and sent to mystical academies. If they grew up at all, they grew up hard. And leaving was a matter of will and sacrifice."

―Azita Cruuz^[5]

Haruun Kal was a planet in the Mid Rim Territories, and the homeworld of Jedi Master Mace Windu.

Description[]

"I took in the sunrises off the southern gas marshes and fished in the shores of Lake Haruuni, which is so high in the mountains the fish practically float out of the water."

―Azita Cruuz^[2]

LakeHaruuni-MW3 — Azita Cruuz at Lake Haruuni

A planet,^[6] Haruun Kal was located in the galaxy's Mid Rim, in grid square M-17 on the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] Its capital city was Pelek Baw. The planet had southern gas marshes, and Lake Haruuni was high enough in the mountains that its fish practically floated out of the water.^[2]

History[]

"Listen, I'm not sure who I'm going to sell the formula to. The Jedi, the Trade Federation, the Hutts, the Pyke Syndicate. But I'm warming to the idea of it being someone from our homeworld Haruun Kal."

―Azita Cruuz, to Mace Windu^[5]

Every Haruun toddler was given an inoculation that left a distinctive scar, appearing as a raised, circular bump on the upper chest, which was utilized by natives as a method of recognizing one another offworld. Children typically had a hard upbringing, and the planet had a notable death rate among its youth. Leaving the planet was a matter of will and sacrifice. Mace Windu was a child taken from^[5] his homeworld^[4] to become a Jedi Master and champion of the Jedi Order.^[7] Scores of children and parents lived in Pelek Baw, where parents either doted on their offspring or ignored them. Azita Cruuz was orphaned when her parents died during the crossing, and upon arriving she was treated cruelly by other children.^[2]

During the Clone Wars, the planet was the site of a battle between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems.^[8]

As a result of a conflict left over from the Clone Wars, the Imperial Military was deployed to counter an insurrection on Haruun Kal. The battle ended with an orbital bombardment under the Base Gamma One protocol, ending the insurrection with an Imperial victory. The bombardment was hot enough to boil the seas and send Imperials still on the ground into convulsions.^[3] Although the forests were reduced to ash, by 34 ABY,^[9] new Lammas tree saplings were beginning to sprout.^[10]

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Behind the scenes[]

"…This particular Jedi—Master Depa Billaba—is hardly a threat. Our intelligence identifies her as a failed commander, a liability to the Republic. In fact, according to this, you yourself faced her on Haruun Kal…where you decimated her troops and very nearly ended her life."

―General Kleeve, to General Grievous^[8]

Haruun Kal was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in a featurette^[11] included in Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One, a box set available on Blu-ray or DVD that included the entire first season of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars^[12] that was released on November 3, 2009.^[13] It was originally created for "Children of the Force," a Star Wars Legends story included in Star Wars Tales 13.^[14] In Mace Windu 4, the Shroud incorrectly refers to Haruun Kal as an Outer Rim world.^[15]