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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 Geonosis.
Geonosis, also known as Geonosia, was a desert planet located in the Geonosis system of the
Arkanis sector in the Outer Rim Territories.
It was approximately 43,000 light years from the galactic core, and only a parsec away
from the planet Tatooine.
Geonosis had one sun, Ea, and 15 moons, 4 of which were major.
At one point, the planet had a population of 100 billion.
Geonosis had a breathable atmosphere with a hot and arid climate and it’s surface
was covered in harsh, rocky deserts.
Both the sky and the rocks were tinted in shades of red.
The planet did not have alot of surface water, amounting to only 5% of the entire planetary
surface.
However, the planet was known to have frequent flash floods.
Geonosis was home to a sentient winged semi-insectoid species known as the Geonosians.
They created nests in large, spire-like colonies on their homeworld.
A caste-based species separated by positions of drones and warriors, Geonosians were born
into hives with each led by a queen.
The queen laid eggs for the hive, and provided orders to the public leaders of Geonosis.
Immigrated species to the planet included the acklay, the massif, the nexu, and the
reek.
Geonosis was home to very little flora, only the spider sponge.
Fauna included the brainworm, the merdeth, the mongworst, the orray, the phidna, and
the pygmy porcleetin.Famous places on Geonosis included Petranaki arena, the caltrop field,
the eastern barrier, the geonosian catacombs, and the progate temple to name a few.
In the later years of the Galactic Republic, Geonosis became a major base of operations
for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and hosted its major battle droid foundries.
The enormous Geonosian droid factories began to manufacture tens of thousands of different
types of battle droids, thus maintaining their own Geonosian droid army.
The planet was the site of the First Battle of Geonosis, the opening conflict of the Clone
Wars, as well as the subsequent invasion by the Galactic Republic.
During and after the war, the Death Star was constructed above the planet.
Five years after the conflict's conclusion and transformation of the Galactic Republic,
the Galactic Empire would garrison the planet heavily and attempt to mine the planet's asteroids
for minerals.
At least five years after the Clone Wars, in 10 BBY, the Empire moved the Death Star
to Scarif after it was almost discovered by the rebel partisan Saw Gerrera.
As a security measure, the Empire used poison canisters to sterilize the planet.
This killed the entire species of Geonosians on the planet, except for one named Klik Klak.
Notable characters who hail from Geonosis are the Poggle the Lesser, the public leader
of the Geonosians during the Clone Wars, Karina the Great, the Queen of Geonosis during the
Clone Wars, and Klik Klak, the only survivor of sterilization.
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quizzes here.
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