The raid on Polis Massa was a large skirmish between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic on the mining asteroid colony of Polis Massa. This colony was being used by the Rebels in the early days of the Galactic Civil War in 0 BBY.
During the first days of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, a movement that started in 2 BBY, the Rebel command mounted a secret base on Polis Massa. The Alliance launched many operations from their Polis Massan base, although the Rebel Alliance did their best not to disturb the nearby Kallidahin excavations. The Empire raided this base repeatedly but the base survived these attacks. In 0 BBY, the Polis Massan Rebel base received an important transmission from other Rebels: the plans of the Empire's new armored battle station. Knowing that the transmission had been made, Darth Vader ordered his agents of the 501st Legion to recover the plans and destroy the Rebel outpost. The Bothan spies, knowing that the Empire would have tracked the transmission, secretly forwarded the plans to another Rebel outpost, the Tantive IV starship, and prepared a forgery to trick the Imperial forces as much as they could. The Empire discovered the deception during the attack but was slow in issuing new orders to the 501st. Eventually, the 501st obliterated the Rebel presence on Polis Massa and found a new trail to follow, tracking PrincessLeia Organa's corvette orbiting over Tatooine.
This game begins after the Imperial troops have taken control of the hover tank hanger and launch a final assault deep into the heart of the base to destroy the data bank.
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Polis Massa
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Polis Massan
Population
Less than 1 million (25 ABY)[7]- 99% Kallidahin[3]
- 1% other[3]
Major cities
- Wiyentaah[4]
- Polis Massa Research Base (capital)[3]
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- Alliance to Restore the Republic[8]
- Galactic Empire[8]
Polis Massa was once an arid, habitable, barren planetoid and originally the homeworld of the origin of the little-known Eellayin civilization, which dwelt in underground cities such as Wiyentaah. Polis Massa was later struck by a mysterious cataclysm. This natural disaster destroyed the planet and formed a field of asteroids which remained known as Polis Massa, especially the largest of them. The Eellayin civilization disappeared.
HistoryEdit
Around 519 BBY, the Kallidahin from Kallidah, another world in Subterrel sector, abandoned their homeworld and under the leadership of the Archaeological Research Council of Kallidah established the Polis Massa Research Base. They sought to prove the Eellayin were the ancestors of the Kallidahin through cloning tissue samples recovered in their digs. The most important find was the lost city of Wiyentaah (not far from the Research Base), discovered 59 BBY, began an archaeological mining project on this planetoid, to uncover the mysteries of the cataclysm and the native species it destroyed. The Local Dig was established over Wiyentaah. Such was the length of this project, the Kallidahin became known as Polis Massans themselves.
Excavations on the largest Polis Massa asteroids uncovered many prize artifacts, mostly from deep within the planetoid. The Polis Massans analyzed these artifacts for organic tissue suitable for cloning. Though the aliens frequented the Subterrel Sector, they had little contact with the galaxy and as a whole, the Polis Massa outpost remained remote and hidden.
Polis Massa was technically a loyal part of the Galactic Republic and friendly to the Jedi. Far from any major hyperlane, the remote settlement served as an emergency sanctuary for the Jedi after Order 66, during the rise of the Empire and Palpatine'sGreat Jedi Purge. The colony also housed the medical facilities in which Padmé Amidala gave birth to the twins Luke and Leia, and subsequently died because she lost the will to live. It was here that Bail Organa chose to adopt Leia into his family. When Yoda arrived with Bail, he was visited by the specter of Qui-Gon Jinn who offered to tutor Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Yoda himself, in the art of surviving one's death with the consciousness still intact. Shortly after Padmé's funeral on Naboo, Yoda returned to Polis Massa to retrieve a Kallidahin escape pod, to make his exile to Dagobah.
Not long after the formation of the Galactic Empire, the InquisitorsMalorum and Sancor began investigations of Polis Massa, discovering much information to be sent to Lord Vader. In a fateful run-in with Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Research Base, Sancor lost his life.
Galactic Civil WarEdit
- 'By the time of the raid on Polis Massa, the men of the 501st were starting to get a little sick of this so-called 'Rebellion'. In the past we secretly enjoyed putting down a local insurrection or two, they kept the troops sharp and the Empire feared, But these Rebels were different. They were organized, they were growing and they were everywhere.'
- ―Diary of the 501st Legion.[src]
During the first days of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, a movement that started in 2 BBY, the Rebel's established a secret base on Polis Massa.[1] The base was crewed by beings of different species, including Human troopers, Wookiee archers, and Bothan spies. They were equipped with FX-series medical assistant droids and kept AAC-1 speeder tanks in several small hangers throughout the base.[8] The Alliance launched many operations from their Polis Massan base, although the Rebel Alliance did their best not to disturb the nearby Kallidahin excavations. The Empire raided this base repeatedly but the base survived these attacks.[1]
In 0 BBY, the Polis Massan Rebel base received an important transmission from other Rebels: the plans of the Empire's new armored battle station. Knowing that the transmission had been made, Darth Vader ordered his agents of the 501st Legion to recover the plans and destroy the Rebel outpost. The Bothan spies, knowing that the Empire would have tracked the transmission, secretly forwarded the plans to another Rebel outpost, the Tantive IV Blue snowball setup windows 10 download. starship, and prepared a forgery to trick the Imperial forces as much as they could. The Empire discovered the deception during the attack but was slow in issuing new orders to the 501st. Eventually, the 501st obliterated the Rebel presence on Polis Massa and found a new trail to follow, tracking PrincessLeia Organa'scorvette orbiting over Tatooine.[8]
Yuuzhan Vong WarEdit
Polis Massa did not attract the attention of the Yuuzhan Vong and remained unscathed during the Yuuzhan Vong War.[source?]
Behind the scenesEdit
In the DVD commentary for Revenge of the Sith, John Knoll explains that George Lucas specifically designed the look of Polis Massa to be an homage to the look of the Clavius moon base in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The asteroid colony was first known as Polis Matza during script development of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Slowed down footage of the asteroid field from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back was used as a placeholder in the evolving edit of Episode III.[9]
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars: The Old Republic(Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith/comic/novel/junior novel
- 'Memory Loss'--Star Wars Comic 13(Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Kenobi(Mentioned only)
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader(Mentioned only)
- The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission(Mentioned only)
- The Last of the Jedi: Underworld(Mentioned only)
- Rebel Force: Renegade(Mentioned only)
- 'Phantoms in the Dark'--Strongholds of Resistance
- Dark Nest III: The Swarm War(Appears in hologram)
Non-canon appearancesEdit
- Old Wounds(Appears in flashback(s))
SourcesEdit
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Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.01.11.21.3The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
- ↑ 2.02.12.22.3Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com(article) (backup link)
- ↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.53.63.73.83.9The Clone Wars Campaign Guide, p. 112
- ↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.5Polis Massa in the Databank(content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑Polis Massan in the Databank(content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑The Essential Atlas, p. 17
- ↑ 8.08.18.28.3Star Wars: Battlefront II
- ↑Polis Massa in the Databank(content now obsolete; backup link)
Image | Name | Position | Type | Owner |
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3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 1 | 6, 1 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 10 | 6, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 11 | 3, 4 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 12 | 1, 4 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 13 | 3, 5 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 14 | 3, 6 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 15 | 8, 1 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 16 | 8, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 2 | 1, 5 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 3 | 2, 4 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 4 | 1, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 5 | 0, 1 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 6 | 0, 2 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 7 | 2, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 8 | 3, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY1 # 9 | 0, 3 | Shipyard I | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY2 # 1 | 1, 2 | Shipyard II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY3 # 1 | 3, 2 | Shipyard III | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY3 # 2 | 2, 1 | Shipyard III | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY3 # 3 | 2, 5 | Shipyard III | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY4 # 1 | 1, 1 | Shipyard IV | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Production SY4 # 2 | 7, 2 | Shipyard IV | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 1 | 4, 8 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 2 | 1, 0 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 3 | 2, 0 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 4 | 3, 0 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 5 | 6, 8 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 6 | 4, 0 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 7 | 5, 0 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 8 | 2, 2 | Trading II | The Krath | |
3M Polis Massa Storage # 9 | 0, 0 | Trading I | The Krath | |
Bright Star Medical Factory | 16, 3 | Medical Factory Station | Republic Medical | |
Choruk Luxury Station | 4, 2 | Luxury Space Colony | Choruk Metalworks | |
Guild of Long Ago | 0, 19 | Shipyard I | Tebbo Tolorna | |
Myriad | 9, 9 | Shipyard I | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Phearce | 12, 9 | X7 Factory Station | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Pillar | 11, 11 | X7 Factory Station | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Polis Center | 10, 10 | Shipyard III | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Polis Creator | 11, 9 | X7 Factory Station | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Polis Massa Defence Grid | 17, 3 | Ataturk-class Station | The Krath | |
Polis Massa Defence Grid | 15, 3 | Ataturk-class Station | The Krath | |
Polis Massa Production Grid | 5, 8 | R&D IV | The Krath | |
Polis Massa Research Base | 15, 11 | Hospital Platform XQ-2 | Frezt Raleigh | |
Raleigh Trading Port #14 | 14, 11 | Trading II | Frezt Raleigh | |
Stearage | 10, 11 | Shipyard I | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Tattle | 9, 10 | Shipyard I | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
The Den | 19, 0 | Luxury Space Colony | Grisu Moratom | |
The eagle's nest | 4, 3 | Trading I | Trucker Hemi Cuda | |
The Grand Bacta | 11, 10 | Medical Factory Station | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
The Wandering Selkath | 10, 7 | Luxury Space Colony | Chief Operative Calla Boom | |
Twilight Station | 16, 6 | Luxury Space Colony | Tarn Koor | |
Tyraid | 10, 9 | Shipyard I | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
Tyrant | 12, 10 | X7 Factory Station | Lady Aedile Myrhrai Isalia Rosiir | |
[ATR] Shipyard ALPHA | 1, 16 | Shipyard II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard BRAVO | 0, 17 | Shipyard II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard CHARLIE | 2, 17 | Shipyard II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard DELTA | 1, 18 | Shipyard II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard ECHO | 4, 17 | Shipyard III | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard FOXTROT | 1, 17 | Shipyard IV | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard GOLF | 4, 16 | Shipyard I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard HOTEL | 5, 17 | Shipyard I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard INDIA | 3, 17 | Shipyard I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard JULLIET | 4, 18 | Shipyard I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Shipyard KILO | 0, 18 | Shipyard I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Space Colony ALPHA | 0, 16 | Luxury Space Colony | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station ALPHA | 2, 16 | Trading I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station BRAVO | 2, 18 | Trading I | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station CHARLIE | 3, 18 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station DELTA | 5, 18 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station ECHO | 5, 16 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station FOXTROT | 3, 16 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station GOLF | 2, 19 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station Hotel | 4, 19 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station INDIA | 6, 19 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station JULIET | 6, 17 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station KILO | 6, 15 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station LIMA | 4, 15 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station MIKE | 2, 15 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[ATR] Trade Station NOVEMBER | 0, 15 | Trading II | Manager Xpofer Tomas | |
[GSE] Polis Massa Trading - Public | 16, 4 | Trading II | The Galactic Stock Exchange | |
[MEC] Mecrotica Free Trade Polis Massa | 16, 2 | Trading II | The Angry Rancor Distribution Company |
Polis Massa |
Polis Massa is a fictional location featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It first appeared at the end of the 2005 feature film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Polis Massa was an asteroid field located in the Subterrel sector of the Polis Massa star system. One of the larger asteroids in the belt housed a medical facility run by a race known as the Kallidahins. In 19 BBY, member of the surviving Jedi Order brought a dying [[Padmeé Amidala to Polis Massa so she could give birth to her twin children, Luke and Leia Skywalker.