P9S
this was the model of Heckler and Koch double-action pistol used as the basis for the blaster used by Lando Calrissian during the Battle of Endor. (SWI)

Padawan-Jedi
from the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, a Padawan-Jedi was a Jedi Bendu apprectice, not yet fully proficient in the use of the Force of Others. (2D)

Padme'
in the early drafts of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Pamde' and Amidala were separate women. She accompanied Anakin Skywalker aboard his starfighter, during the assault on the Trade Federation's control ship, acting as his co-pilot. Together, they were able to destroy the computer system which controlled the droid armies, and also destroyed the control ship. (IG1)

Panna System
Luke Skywalker chased the Millennium Falcon to this star system, after it escaped from the Reekvange. There, he was led into a trap by Boba Fett, who saved him from a creature on an unspecified moon. Fett won Luke's confidence, in an effort to infiltrate the Alliance. He would then provide the location of the Alliance's bases to Darth Vader. (SWH, CHRN)

Para-Mark
from the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, a para-mark was a measure of time. (2D)

Pestage, Sate
in the revised second draft of The Empire Strikes Back, Sate Pestage replaced Sate Molock as the Emperor's Grand Vizier. (TAS)

Pickle Ship
this was the name, used during the filming of Return of the Jedi, to describe the MC80a Mon Calamari Cruiser. (CHRN)

Pizza the Hutt
this disgusting creature was a minor crimelord. Lone Star was indebted to him for 100,000 credits, but was delinquent on his payments. Pizza upped the debt to 1,000,000 credits. (SB)

Platoon Attack Craft (PAC)
in the revised rough draft of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, this craft was part of the Trade Federation's invasion fleet. (IG1)

Plutonian
this was the name used to describe Morseerian race, during production of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. (OWS)

Polis Mazta
see Mazta (SWI84)

Potts
in the revised rough draft of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Potts was one of two Naboo fighter pilots who managed to disable the shields on the Trade Federation's control ship, allowing Anakin Skywalker and Padme' to destroy the ship. (IG1)

Power Guild
in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, the Power Guild, along with the Transport Guild, arranged for a series of assassinations within, and rigged elections of, the ranks of the Great Senate. They then took control of the Senate, but were opposed by the Jedi Bendu. The Guilds declared the Jedi traitors, and tried and executed most of them. The Guild-controlled Senate then twisted the laws to their own designs, and the Empire was born. (2D)

Praying Mantis
this was the name used to describe the character Kiteek Keed'kak, during the filming of Star Wars: A New Hope. (OWS)

Prime Directive
in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, the prime directive was a series of commands issued to droids. They were the droid's primary motiviations, and could only be altered by using certain override commands. (2D)

Princess of Ondes
in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, there is a teaser for the story's second episode. The Lars family is killed, and a search is begun for Leia, the Princess of Ondes. (SGL)

PT-27
in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, the PT-27 was a pod-like car that travelled through a vacuum tube. It was the precursor to the lift tubes seen on the Death Star. (2D)

Pterodactyl
this was the name given to the bogwing, during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back. (CHRN)

Puck
this was the name used to replace Windom as Leia's younger brother in the first draft of Star Wars. (TAS)

Pulsar Tracking
in the revised second draft of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, this was a method used by the Trade Federation to track attacking starships. It was extremely effective, but only if the ship maintained a fairly level course. A spin would throw off the pulsar's lock. (IG1)

Punch Chips
in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope, Han Solo was supposed to turn them around aboard the starship owned by Jabba the Hutt and Oxus. (2D)