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Today’s video will continue our series about the most famous planets in canon.
The planet we will be going over today is Scarif.
Scarif was a remote tropical planet in the Scarif system of the Outer Rim Territories.
It had one sun, zero moons and a population of 475,000 inhabitants.
A relatively small world, measuring just over 9000km in diameter, Scarif had a remote and
isolated galactic location.
More specifically, it was located in grid square S-15 on the standard galactic grid.
A deep blue world speckled with clouds, Scarif had both a temperate and comfortable climate.
From the surface it appeared as a tropical paradise despite its challenging ecosystem
and dangerous predators.
Scarif was composed of tropical, volcanic island chains rising from clear, shallow oceans.[1]
Deeper oceans teeming with life were surrounded by rocky archipelagos.
There were also sandy beaches that were tranquil and idyllic, and some led into jungle canopies
filled with wildlife, including areca nut palm trees and the giant peetalex sea grape,
which offered natural protection.
Scarif was an important planet to the Galactic Empire.
They constructed an Imperial security complex across a wheel of islets and land masses connected
by sandy tombolos and artificial transit tubes.
The region was surrounded by a volcanic island covered in jungles, and the central islet
housed the monolithic Citadel Tower.
The planet became a center for top-secret research beyond inspection distance of the
prying eyes of the Imperial Senate.
Among the projects stored here was the Death Star battle station, a construction so important
the entire planet was covered by a planetary deflector shield that could only be entered
via a Shield Gate.
There were no known sentient species to hail from Scarif.
Immigrated species to the planet included humans.
Scarif was home to the Blixus, a rare, half-shelled semi-aquatic creature with tentacles and six
sharp legs.
It was also home to many colorful birds, reptiles and insects, as well as around 1500 different
fish species.
Scarif was the site of the Battle of Scarif between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel
Alliance in the year 0 BBY.
The Rebels successfully infilitrated the tower and manage to transmit the Death Star plans
to Leia Organa and the Alliance Fleet.
However, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ordered the Death Star to fire a precise single reactor
blast at the planet in an effort to halt the transmission.
The blast did not destroy Scarif itself but dissipated its planetary shield and obliterated
the Citadel Tower as well as everyone in its vicinity.
There were no known characters to hail from Scarif.
That being said, many important characters visited the planet such as Jyn Erso, Cassian
Andor, Orson Krennic, Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus to name a few.
Interested in learning about which planet you would come from, check out one of my many
quizzes here.
And there you have it!
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