Kalist VI, also known simply as Kalist, was a barren rocky planet located in the Deep Core. It was the homeworld of rebel pilot Dak Ralter, who joined Rogue Squadron of the Rebel Alliance. During the Imperial Era, Kalist VI housed a high-surveillance Galactic Empire penal colony.

Description[]

Kalist VI,^[5] also known simply as Kalist,^[6] was a barren and rocky planet located in the dregs of the Deep Core.^[3] It was situated in grid square K-12 of the Standard Galactic Grid^[1] and also constituted a part of the Interior.^[2]

History[]

During the Imperial Era, the Galactic Empire maintained a high-surveillance penal colony on the planet,^[4] although there were no judges or courts present. Prisoners on the planet received only life sentences. Imperial guards would beat prisoners with steel and, for the sake of humor, force them to serve on firing squads, watching inmates beg their friends and family members not to shoot.^[3]

Kalist VI was the homeworld of the rebel pilot Dak Ralter, who was born to a family of human political prisoners^[4] in the planet's Scargon region.^[3] Ralter escaped the world with bright ambitions,^[4] joining Rogue Squadron of the Alliance to Restore the Republic^[7] with the goal of bringing about the downfall of the Empire;^[8] however, he was killed in the Battle of Hoth^[4] in 3 ABY.^[9]

In 34 ABY,^[10] Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon passed by Kalist VI on a cruise from the Core Worlds' Chandrila system to the Outer Rim Territories. Several screens aboard the starship displayed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated Kalist VI's position.^[11]

Behind the scenes[]

Kalist VI was first mentioned in the 2015 mobile application Star Wars: Card Trader.^[5] It was subsequently given its shorter designation of "Kalist" by the thirty-sixth issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine,^[12] published around September 5, 2015.^[13] Kalist VI made its first in-universe appearance in the form of depiction on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at the Walt Disney World Resort hotel in Florida^[11] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022.^[14]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Kalist VI was first mentioned in the 1989 West End Games' sourcebook Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, written by Michael Stern.^[15] It first appeared in the thirty-sixth issue of the Star Wars: Empire comic series,^[16] written by Randy Stradley^[17] under the Welles Hartley pseudonym, illustrated by Davidé Fabbri, and released by Dark Horse Comics^[16] on October 12, 2005.^[17]

Appearances[]

• "Against All Odds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Mentioned only)
• "Against All Odds" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (First appearance) (Pictured on screen only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Dak Ralter - Snowspeeder Gunner - Base Series 1) (First mentioned)
• Ultimate Star Wars
• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 36 (Guide to the Galaxy: The Deep Core) (First identified as Kalist)
• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 52 (Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Neimoidia)
• Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

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