Star Wars Galaxies: New Planets

This week, we have been announcing some new things like Jedi info and a Patch Tracker. When we first made the announcement of all the new information we know, we also included that we found out the names of planets that might be in expansion packs in the future. This does NOT mean these planets will definitely be in an expansion, but the possibility is there.

Together, we found 4 new planets. Today I will give you the names of 2 of them. The other 2 will be posted some time over the weekend, or early next week. (Descriptions taken from CUSWE)

Borleias
The fourth planet in the Pyria System, it was the site of a facility owned by Alderaan Biotics prior to the Galactic Civil War. The site was abandoned after the destruction of Alderaan, and was forgotten. Imperial General Evir Derricote discovered the abandoned base and set up a base of his own there, diverting Imperial supplies to strengthen his position on Borleias. He made almost three million credits creating lost Alderaanian foodstuffs and selling them on the black market. The planet was overrun by the Yuuzhan Vong many years later, shortly before the Battle of Coruscant. The alien invaders set up several large dovin basals on the single moon which orbited Borleias, and used them to pull the various planetary defenses to their destruction. Without these defenses, Borleias itself was easy to capture. However, when the neighboring planet of Coruscant fell to the Yuuzhan Vong, Wedge Antilles and a core team of his supporters retreated to Borleias and routed the alien forces there. They had planned to make Borleias a temporary base, and it was eventually abandoned in an effort to throw the Yuuzhan Vong off the trails of several other missions.

Battle of Borleias
This was the name given to the New Republic's stand at Borleias, in the wake of the loss of Coruscant to the Yuuzhan Vong. After Senator Pwoe appointed himself Chief of State, he ordered Wedge Antilles to hold Borleias temporarily, using it as a base to strike at the Yuuzhan Vong while the Advisory Council fled to safety. Wedge followed only the outline of this order, instead planning to use Borleias as a place to strike hard at the Yuuzhan Vong. A series of subterfuges - the development of the pipefighter and Operation Starlancer, the development of Jaina Solo as Yun-Harla incarnate - all served to focus a large portion of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet on Borleias. When the Republic felt that it was ready, and enough of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet was array in the Pyria System, Wedge launched his assault. The Yuuzhan Vong forced, led by Czulkang Lah, were unprepared for the Republic's assault, the their fleet was decimated. Although Borleias was eventually lost again to the alien invaders, the Republic was successful in taking out a large portion of the Yuuzhan Vong navy

Taanab
The natives of this planet aided by Lando Calrissian in turning away a group of raiding Norulac pirates. Taanab had one moon. The Empire had used Taanab as a major food production facility. Note that X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue names this planet as Taanad.

Battle of Taanab
It was during this battle that Lando gained recognition for his daring escapades. He had been passing Taanab and had stopped to refuel when a Norulackian pirate raid damaged his ship. While the Taanabians were helping Lando repair his ship, they also told of their plight against the pirates. When one of the natives bet Lando he couldn't beat the pirates, he took them up, and his amazing pilot's skill helped him destroy much of the pirate fleet and foil any subsequent raids. An interesting footnote to this battle is the popular rumor that Calrissian didn't actually save the Taanab farmers himself. An underground legend states that Calrissian was dating Ta-Mara and De-Hoff Greenley at the time, and was caught cheating on both sisters with the daughter of Senator Krystal of Malastare. Tag Greenley, who actually defeated the Norulac pirates, provided Lando with the alibi of being on Taanab, saving the gambler from the wrath of his sisters.