Sorjus was an Outer Rim Territories planet located in the Meridian sector. It was the homeworld of the Paaerduag species. The spacer Ja'Gatcha and merchant Mic'tunan'jus Orgu were two Paaerduag who had left their home planet by 3956 BBY.
Description[]
Sorjus was a small terrestrial planet[3] situated in the Sorjus system, a part of the Meridian sector[1] of the Trans-Hydian portion of[2] the Outer Rim Territories.[1] It lay far off[3] the super-hyperroute known as the Perlemian Trade Route.[4] The planet's climate was much less arid than that of[3] the Arkanis sector's desert world Tatooine.[4]
History[]
During the Jedi Civil War of 3959 BBY–3956 BBY, Sorjus fell within the territory controlled by the empire founded by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan.[2] At some point by the latter year,[5] the Paaerduag Ja'Gatcha had left Sorjus, their species' homeworld, and had become a spacer whose travels took them to the planet Taris of the Ojoster sector.[6] Around the same time, Mic'tunan'jus Orgu, who—like Ja'Gatcha—spoke a non-Basic language and also believed that Sorjus was an unimportant galactic travel stop, was another Paaerduag who had traveled offworld, eventually becoming a merchant on Tatooine.[3]
Inhabitants[]
Main article: Sorjus was the homeworld of the sentient Paaerduag species, members of which were a composite of two fused beings. The planet's true name was unpronounceable by species whose members spoke with a single voice—such as Humans—and "Sorjus" was merely a name that such species could use. The Paaerduag Mic'tunan'jus Orgu believed that the latter name had originated due to the need for such a word to exist for the purpose of use by the commerce along the interstellar trade routes.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- "What planet are you from?"
«You couldn't say it, and don't have the ears for it. Two voices create the name, and four ears hear the true sound. But your kind would call our home Sorjus, a small world far off the Perlemian trade route.» - ―A possible conversation between the player character, Revan, and Ja'Gatcha in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Sorjus can be mentioned by the Paaerduag character Ja'Gatcha.
Sorjus was introduced in the 2003 BioWare video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.[3] In the accompanying Prima Games' strategy guide, "Sorjus" is erroneously given as the species name of the Paaerduag character Mic'tunan'jus Orgu.[7] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Sorjus system, and therefore the planet itself, in grid square R-7.[2]
In Knights of the Old Republic, Sorjus can be mentioned in two similar optional conversations the Human player character, Revan, can have with the Paaerduags Ja'Gatcha and Mic'tunan'jus Orgu. If Revan asks Ja'Gatcha if they can tell them more about Sorjus, the spacer replies that they would rather not be reminded of their homeworld due to it making the quarantine imposed on the planet Taris by the Sith at the time harder to bear, and that they wished for that state to end so that they could return home.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (First mentioned)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Misidentification of Paaerduag)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III ("Paaerduag")
- The Essential Atlas
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Sorjus system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Sorjus system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ The Essential Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to 3956 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Taris system
- ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Prima's Official Strategy Guide