#Zonama Sekot

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith - The Essential Guide to the Force - Vergere meets the Yuuzhan Vong on Zonama Sekot by Chris Trevas

#Star Wars #Star Wars: Jedi vs Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force #Star Wars: Legends #Vergere #yuuzhan vong #Sci-Fi #Zonama Sekot #Chris Trevas

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

[On Zonama Sekot] Danni Quee: This lake couldn't have been created by volcanic action, which means it was either built this way on purpose, or created by some other cataclysmic event... Tahiri Veila:  Danni Quee: Sorry, were you trying to kill something?

#Danni Quee #tahiri veila #new jedi order #star wars #star wars legends #incorrect star wars quotes #submission #magnetarbeam #original: halo

[magnetarbeam]

That scene where Tahiri and Nen Yim realize that the Riina memories came from Nen Yim is just. Ugh, it's so emotional for me.

How Tahiri conflates them with her choice of words. "Our." "We." Like, even though the memories came from someone else, they're still no less hers.

"I forgave you, you know. Even before I knew this."

Now I want to write an AU where Nen Yim lives and she and Tahiri get to live together on Zonama Sekot after the war, and have some kind of complicated friendship that only makes sense to them.

Especially since Nen Yim's the only Yuuzhan Vong character in this series that I've decisively liked so far. Like, I seriously think that had she made it to the next book, she would have chosen to back Harrar in his decision to work toward a peaceful end to the war.

Side note: How weird is it to presumably be older in the Riina memories than the Little Tahiri memories? I'm not sure how old Nen Yim is, but I'm pretty sure she's not sixteen here.

#star wars legends #new jedi order #tahiri veila #riina kwaad #nen yim

[blue-mint-winter]

Star Trek Enterprise s1e17 Rogue Planet

My first thought was: Zonama Sekot?! 😲 But it wasn't so. :(

I wish the planet looked more credible. It doesn't have a sun, how are the plants even growing there?

They go to explore and find Eska hunters who come there every year to hunt as a tradition.

There's a stupid contest about scout badges between Archer and Reed.

Archer sees a familiar woman in the forest and she asks for his help. Eventually he discovers that the woman is a member of the local shapeshifting and mind-reading species that's also hunted by the Eska. This species sounds more advanced than Odo.

Archer explains the metaphor that the woman symbolizes someone he imagined from a poem and it means he should keep chasing his dream.

Anyway, he has dr Phlox make some chemical for the shapeshifters so they can hide from hunters.

The episode doesn't answer the real questions - why the Eska are so bent on hunting the shapeshifters? Do they eat them? Was the wild pig they ate with Archer and the rest of away team actually a shapeshifter? If the shapeshifters' base form is a giant slug, does that mean the Eska are space French? Is eating intelligent aliens a form of cannibalism?

Will the Eska actually stop hunting or will they come up with a new strategy? I really wonder what would be the effects of Archer's intervention. What if helping the shapeshifters made things worse for them in the long term? It all depends on the Eska's determination to hunt them. I'm not sure they will give up so easily.

#st #ent #my thoughts

[bornitereads]

The Unifying Force - James Luceno

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book 19

Reread: Jan 2024

The finale!! Luceno really popped off with this book wow. So much action. The big battles were sometimes so confusing because there was a lot going on but it all came together at the end. It starts with the scales tipping in favour of the bad guys, like really badly, but the living planet really saves their asses. Nothing like religious turmoil to ruin what should have been a victorious battle. The good guys rally and bring the fight to the Coruscant system, where Zonama Sekot has made its glorious apperance. Troops are landed on Coruscant to retake it, including the Skywalkers and the Solo twins. The way Luke goes into a Force trance and just murders his way to the Yuuzhan Vong throne room is wild. Same goes for Jacen who becomes a conduit for so much pure Force energy that he ages five years in minutes. But he also just fucks up the power behind the throne guy so hard that way. Lots of weird Force things here to go through which I enjoyed.

And let's not forget the Galactic Alliance deploying biological weapons against the Yuuzhan Vong. Some of the government wanted to genocide their way out of the war. Sadly this turned into a weapon against the good guys when the Yuuzhan Vong realized that Zonama Sekot's life was genetically similar and thus susceptible to the agent. Luckily it didn't all end in tragedy.

The war is won and Zonama Sekot reveals that it's the child of the real Yuuzhan'tar (not Coruscant, but the actual homeworld of the Yuuzhan Vong) and it claims it's wayward children? Siblings? Anyways, it wants to rehabilitate the Yuuzhan Vong and reconnect them to the Force, since Yuuzhan'tar cut them off from it when it exiled them for being evil.

It was a fitting end to the series. Tragic on lots of levels. But our heroes overcame many, many hardships to get to the end and most came out stronger. And Leia realizing she needed to formally finish her Jedi training, but that's in the next book(s) I just like it a lot haha. I think many people were hoping for a more crushing victory against the Yuuzhan Vong, but I think this way made more sense. And involved a lot less slaughter. Three cheers for the Galactic Alliance! Now to pick up the pieces.

Info: Del Rey; 2003

#the unifying force #james luceno #star wars #the new jedi order #njo #fiction #science fiction #sci fi

[pluralzalpha]

Galactic Gazetteer: Zonama Sekot

Type: rogue planet/living planet

Location: variable

Origin: Yuuzhan Vong Ancestral Galaxy

Inhabitants: Yuuzhan Vong, Ferroans, Langhesi, humans

Affiliation: Yuuzhan Vong

First appearance: "Rogue Planet" by Greg Bear (2000)

Fun fact: a single sentient organism, the seed of the original Yuuzhan Vong homeworld Yuuzhantar.

Another fun fact: name means "World of Body and Mind" in Ferrian.

Fun fact 3: travelled to the main galaxy as part of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion in Legends continuity.

#galactic gazetteer #star wars #star wars legends #star wars novels #extragalactic #rogue planet #living planet

[catboyvader]

I wanna hear 40 27 & 8 plz

If you could make your own Star Wars trilogy/series, what would it be about?

hoo boy, i have So Many Ideas but honestly i think the best thing to do would just to be to rewrite the whole thing but not change anything but make everyone transgender and just leave the rest the same

Top 3 planets to visit?

i would Kill to go to zonama sekot, other two are felucia and lothal (:

alreadyanswered 8 but special shout out to electrostaffs those things are so cool

thank you for the ask <3 !!!

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Jabitha was a living starfighter crafted by natives of Zonama Sekot. As with other starships constructed on the strange world, Jabitha was a hybrid of conventional technology with a biological, intelligent control system. Jabitha was incredibly fast, surpassing most current starfighters at the time of its construction.

Source: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Art: Ian Fullwood; 2003)

First Appearance: Rogue Planet (2000)

Read more on Wookieepedia.

#jabitha #starfighter #zonama sekot #ian fullwood #star wars #expanded universe #star wars legends

[unknownunseenunheard]

I just gotta say, this... this right here?

Nom Anor trying to murder a living planet and Zonoma Sekot’s responding by showing up and cause gravitational anomalies at the base of the species bent on killing it is the biggest dick energy I’ve seen in any Star Wars media, period

#star wars #star wars eu #star wars legends #njo #new jedi order #nom anor #zonama sekot #luke skywalker #mara jade skywalker #jacen solo #big dick energy #its a living planet sooo that shouldnt be as surprising as it was lol #shots fired #in this case literally

[getthrawnin]

Bridger, do you have any idea what it means to have an alliance with Zonama Sekot?

Grand Admiral Thrawn speaking to Ezra Bridger about Zonama Sekot, the planet that the purrgils left his fleet on. Fanfic to be written

#fanfic #headcanon #thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #ezra bridger #zonama sekot #purrgil #the force #swag77

[teagrl]

#luke skywalker #this is from njo #the conclave #on Zonama Sekot #but it's also an aesthetic coordinate for me #the opening of Of Small Things #has them erecting a statue of Luke like this #only ofc he's younger there #Of Small Things doesn't reach NJO #but lalalala I don't wanna talk about chronology

[magnetarbeam]

Voices of the Force: Random conversation fragments that exist context-free in my head

Tahiri: [Mentions Zonama Sekot]

Ahsoka: "The living planet? It's actually real?"

Jaina: "How do you know about it!?"

Ahsoka: "My old Master talked about it. He told me he'd been there. I assumed he was messing with me."

Jaina: "...Oh right. I forgot about that."

---

Luke, about his exile: "The Force wanted me to see that if Jedi think they're above the law, it's much easier for us to abuse our powers."

Ahsoka: "I don't know what to say. Jedi back then had the opposite problem."

---

Ahsoka: "...Unless I want to go talk about my feelings to Boba Fett."

Jaina: [Loses her shit laughing]

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Ahsoka: "He tried to capture Abeloth."

Vestara: "Yeah. Even I only believe it because I was there."

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Jaina: "Tahiri's not a healer by trade, but she's still one of the best healers in the Order."

Tahiri: "It's the knowledge of a shaper. I can grow your limb back if you lose it, or I can grow something completely different in its place."

Jaina: "I've seen both. Stay on her good side."

Ahsoka: "Do you take requests?"

Tahiri: "No."

#star wars legends #voices of the force au

[girlbossk]

sienar? tarkin? wait, what?

#i thought this book was about zonama sekot not. spaceships n stuff #sw books #new jedi order liveblog

[bornitereads]

Force Heretic III: Reunion - Sean Williams & Shane Dix

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book 17

Reread: Jan 2024

Last book of the Force Heretics trilogy! All the plotlines are set up for the final two books of the New Jedi Order. Luke succeeds in his quest, only to have Zonama Sekot confront him in the guise of his father! Creepy to say the absolute least. Luke & Co. were searching for Zonama Sekot because it's a living, sentient planet. There are hints at it having some kind of connection to the Yuuzhan Vong, beyond several attacks upon itself by them. Which is my the Jedi are there. Zonama Sekot is now a major, important character for the remainder of the series.

Nom over-plays his hand in his plotting against the Yuuzhan Vong regime. He moved too quickly in the wrong directions. He got caught up in revenge on his former peers instead of keeping his eye on the proverbial pie.

Han and Leia deal with Yuuzhan Vong threats to communication in the Galactic Alliance. They encounter some weird life forms out on a rogue planet. It was very, very sci-fi of Williams and Dix. One of the more interesting things is Tahiri's internal struggle between her Jedi and Yuuzhan Vong selves. When Jaina tries to help her via the Force, she integrates her two selves. Thus becoming basically a whole new person. Well now wholly new, but radically changed.

This book gave a sense of water just before reaching a narrowing of the flow. The story is funneling together, speeding up for the end game. Which makes sense, obviously, two books left!

Info: Del Rey; 2003

#force heretic iii: reunion #sean williams #shane dix #star wars #the new jedi order #njo #fiction #science fiction #sci fi #force heretic trilogy #force heretic

[mortallyclearwonderland]

Star Wars Alien Species - Fosh

Due to their secretive, private nature, Fosh were little seen in the galaxy at any point in its history. It was possible that the species was one of those targeted for extinction by Emperor Palpatine, though even as of the decade prior to the Clone Wars, the species was considered to be largely extinct.

The only notable Fosh to have an impact outside of the species' homeworld was the Jedi Knight Vergere, active during the final decades of the Galactic Republic. After the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Zonama Sekot, Vergere traveled with the alien invaders for many years, ultimately returning to the civilized galaxy with Jacen Solo. Up until this time, even New Republic Intelligence was not aware of the species' existence. However, Droma once saw a Fosh in the Corporate Sector.

The Fosh as a people were very private, preferring to remain unnoticed by the larger galaxy. They commonly spoke only on matters of great importance, content to simply listen at other times. It was believed that the Fosh population was small, although this may simply have been an effect of their ability to conceal themselves from other species.

The Fosh were, however, adept at political intrigue, and culturally, they were a manipulative species similar to the Bothans, but much more devious—many Fosh were bigots, looking upon other races as inferior, sometimes even as toys for their own amusement. They would create plots within plots to achieve either highly complex or at times very simple goals. They spoke indirectly to others, rarely revealing their true desires, and were fond of riddles and analogies designed to confuse and confound. Because of this, the Fosh were a highly self-serving, self-interested species that was only generous when their actions hid an ulterior motive. The Fosh were, however, wise enough to spot the dangers inherent in other species, and were vigilant in their dealings with outside races.

The Fosh were bird-like creatures with slim torsos and delicate arms tipped with four-fingered, talon-like hands that evolved over tens of thousands of years from wings. Due to the frail nature of their bodies, Fosh tended to shy away from conflict and confrontation. Their necks in particular were most vulnerable, and were reflexively guarded during combat. They were, however, agile creatures with a typically avian digitigrade stance and flay-toed feet useful for jumping.

The Fosh had a convex face ending in a beak-like mouth, around which were tufts of soft whiskers. The head of the Fosh was capped with two twisting antennae, the use of which remains unknown, and a feather-lined ridge protruding from the skull. These feathers shifted color depending on the Fosh's mood: Green indicated inquisitiveness, thoughtfulness or amusement; orange was a sign of happiness; and gray was anger, disgust, irritation or seriousness.

One of the most intriguing aspects of the species was the chemical makeup of their tears. Female Fosh especially had lacrimal glands that enabled them to alter their tears to produce a variety of pheromonal substances that affected males during mating. The Sith apprentice Vergere had such a control over her tears that they could, with the aid of the Force, be engineered to produce any number of chemical substances ranging from poisons to healing fluids more powerful than bacta.

A typical Fosh stands at 1.3 meters or 4.3 feet tall and weighs 40 kilograms or 88 pounds.

Fosh age at the following stages:

1 - 11 Child

12 - 17 Young Adult

18 - 55 Adult

56 - 70 Middle Age

71 - 84 Old

Examples of Names: Larerre, Ootorr, Kourere, Vergere, Villatee.

Languages: The Fosh tongue is used only among fellow Fosh, to avoid it's spread to the wider galaxy. Those Fosh traveling the wider galaxy tend to learn Basic in their youth.

#star wars #star wars species #star wars aliens #Fosh #star wars Fosh

[englishlaboratory]

What was Vergere?

I'm about to crack open a very niche, very hotly debated topic regarding everyone's favorite Fosh from 2007-2012. My personal answer is 'Grey Jedi', but I'll list all the arguments here using the books, ancient forums, and Wookiepedia. Refutations to each of the 3 theories can be found at the last point of each theory. Page numbers and sources will be provided when possible. Page numbers will not be used if the source/quote appears more than once throughout a book. Please note that I am biased.

1. Vergere is a Jedi

-This theory only works if you only use Destiny's Way, Cloak of Darkness, Rogue Planet, and Outbound Flight. I have not read CoD or RP.

- RP and CoD make references to her time in the Jedi Order. OF refers to her as a missing Jedi.

- She tells Luke she's a Jedi from the Republic in chapter 11 of Destiny's way.

- DW and Force Heretic 3: Reunion establish Vergere's been either on Zonama Sekot or with the Yuuzhan Vong for 50 years. CoD and RP make it closer to 60 to accommodate for the prequels. Regardless, it's established she was a Jedi prior to leaving. She couldn't have encountered Sith teachings on her trip, as she was outside the known galaxy for most of it.

- Nobody actually believes this; it just shows up in forums as a joke argument. Vergere's ideals and allegiances contradict this In Traitor (this book will be cited heavily), Force Heretic 3: reunion, The Unifying Force, and any book that mentions her by Troy Denning (see the Sith evidence). It still has better evidence and makes more sense than the Vergere is a Sith argument.

2. Vergere is a Grey Jedi

- This theory is most supported by fans of the New Jedi Order series.

- Vergere tells Jacen "There are no Jedi here" when asked point blank on page 9 of Traitor.

-She gets angry when Jacen calls her a Sith on page 65 and 66 of Traitor because she hates the binary.

- In page 31 of Traitor, Nom Anor thinks about how interpretation is synonymous with propaganda and lies. This mirrors Vergere's repeated ideals throughout the book ("Everything I tell you is a lie," "Questions are more true than answers", and "[Wisdom/Truth] Is there any other kind?").

- On pages 145 and 146 of Traitor, she asks how to identify the dark side. Answering with 'intent' or 'action' fails to satisfy the question.

- Across Traitor, Destiny's Way, FH3: Reunion, and The Unifying Force, she is established to believe that the Force is one; the light and dark sides are social constructs. She still maintains that the Sith are evil; this evil just doesn't stem from their powersource.

- She repeatedly expresses disappointment when Jacen Solo takes the Jedi Mantle in Traitor and DW.

- This theory has some trouble explaining her torture of Jacen Solo, and it requires a VERY specific interpretation of a scene in the Legacy comic and a dismissal of evidence found in books in both the Legacy of the Force series and the Fate of the Jedi series (Both by Troy Denning).

3. Vergere is a Sith

- Troy Denning really wanted to make Vergere a Sith, and fans of his work are more likely to use this theory.

- Vergere is not a Jedi, so Sith is the only other "canon" option. [Grey Jedi laugh in the background]

- In pages 415-417 of Betrayal, Lumiya tells Jacen Solo that Vergere was her former Sith Master.

- An unnamed Sith Lady tells Alema Rar that Vergere was a Sith trained by Palpatine and that the purpose of her Zonama Sekot trip was to escape him after betraying her. The lady also corroborates Lumiya's story.

- I haven't read the books, but Luke apparently makes a comment about Vergere being a Sith in the FOTJ series.

- Legacy Comic #18 part 5 has an interaction between Darth Krayt and Vergere on a Vongship that mirrors Traitor. He senses darkness in her and asks her to teach him; Vergere agrees to do so.

- The Vergere wiki article and Behind the Threat: The Sith by Wizards of the Coast attribute her to the Sith faction.

- Jedi vs Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force states that characters who never met Vergere also believe her to be a Sith (from Wiki, I haven't read it). (How this is evidence is beyond me, as the characters never met her and so are irrelevant to the debate.)

- This theory falls apart with the timeline; Vergere didn't have the time to be trained by Palpatine and betray him before her odyssey. Lumiya also became a Dark Lady after Vergere left but before Vergere returned with the Yuuzhan Vong. Critics will readily point out the unreliability of an unnamed Sith Lady and Lumiya as sources on the matter, the aforementioned timeline, and the fact that the Legacy comic scene never actually uses the word 'Sith'. Behind the Threat can be disregarded because it says Vergere trained Lumiya during the Legacy Era, at least 5 years after Vergere died. The Wookepedia article does not acknowledge the timeline but does acknowledge the flaws in the evidence but still decides to ignore the ambiguities and call Vergere a Sith.

#I think this is a theory blog now #sorry for the long post #Vergere #star wars legends #jacen solo #jaina solo #yuuzhan vong #lumiya #denningverse #new jedi order #fate of the jedi #legacy of the force