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Great Geel
see Geeloniran. (SWJ13)

Great Gelgelar Monsters
this was the name given to the creatures which inhabited the Great Shore Marshes of the planet Gelgelar, such as the marsh wyrm. Many big-game hunters traveled to Gelgelar in order to shoot one of these beasts. (PSPG)

Great Geyser Sea
located on the ice world of Akuria Two, the Great Geyser Sea was a collection of hot-water vents and springs which broke the endless plains of ice on the planet's surface. The waters found in the Geyser Sea literally boiled at all times, making it difficult and dangerous to cross. (PZZ2)

Great Goblin, The
this Anx gladiator was forced to fight in the pits of Loovria for many years, until he was sold into slavery to a Hutt. During the two-day transport to Nal Hutta, the Great Goblin died of loneliness and terror. (GMR7)

Great Grass Plains
this expanse of green grass and gently rolling hills was located on the planet Naboo. It was here, during the Battle of Naboo, that the Gungan Army met the forces of the Trade Federation, in an effort to deflect attention from Queen Amidala's attempt to capture Nute Gunray. (IWE1)

Great Grass Plains Battle
this was the term used by the Gungan people to describe the battle between the Gungan Grand Army and the battle droids of the Trade Federation, during the Battle of Naboo. 543 Gungans died during the battle, which proved to be enough of a distraction that it allowed Anakin Skywalker and the Naboo to capture Nute Gunray and destroy the Federation's Droid Control Ship. (GBC)

Great Hall
located inside the Bakur Memorial Building, this vast chamber was used as a gathering place for politicians, business and civic leaders, and important visitors. It connected the senate hall with the transportation area, and was known to have been the site where many Bakuran laws were developed in impromptu meetings. (TBSB)

Great Hall
this was the name of the royal palace, located in the city of Testa, on the planet Rutan. (SP)

Great Hall
this vast chamber was located in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, during the last decades of the Old Republic. The Great Hall was ringed with tiers of balconies, providing seating space for hundreds of Jedi Knights and Masters. Although major announcements and demonstrations were held in the Great Hall, it also served as the primary place of mourning when a well-respected Jedi Master died in the field. (JQ7)

Great Hall
this was the name of the Mining Guild's base of operations, located on the planet Coruscant. (WOA34)

Great Hall of Learning
this was one of the primary lecture halls found on the campus of the Leadership School, on the planet Andara, during the last decades of the Old Republic. (JQ5)

Great Heep
a huge droid created by the Empire to mine fuel ores on the planet Biitu. After it was discovered that Mungo Baobab had begun refining fuel on Biitu, the Empire sent Admiral Screed and the Great Heep to capture him and take control of his refineries. In this, the Great heep was successful. The massive droid consumed everything in its path, and was equipped with numerous repair droids. It was eventually defeated by the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, shortly before the Battle of Yavin, when they attempted to rescue Mungo with the help of the young boy named Fidge. They managed to rescue Mungo and destroy the Great Heep, liberating Biitu from Imperial control. (TGH)

Great Hoary Masmot Trading Station, The
found on the planet Toola, this Whiphid trading enclave is formed by two large structures situated near a hot spring in the tundra near the planet's equator. It was run by Haaken Barnar and his staff during the Galactic Civil War. (SWJ10)

Great Hohokum
rumored to be over four hundred years old, this hohokum specimen was kept at the Otoh Gunga Zoological Research Facility until the Battle of Naboo. It was considered the facility's second-most important specimen, after the pair of dwarf opee sea killers known as Vink and Nink. When Jar Jar Binks accidentally let the creatures of the facility loose, the Great Hohokum found him later, trying to recover the creatures. The Great Hohokum saved Jar Jar from being eaten by a sando aqua monster, then helped the return to Otoh Gunga. (E1A9)

Great Holocron
this was the largest and most comprehensive of the Jedi Holocrons, produced during the height of the Old Republic. It was a twelve-sided device that was designed for ease of use, and was called upon to provide young students of the Force with easy access to the ancient lore and training of the Jedi. It was believed that the scope and breadth of information contained in the Great Holocron had never been fully traversed, and even Master Yoda had never learned all its contents. (WOTC, VD2)

Great Hunt
this was the name given to the period of time following the Great Sith War, when the Jedi Knights hunted down the surviving Sith devotees and tried to eliminate them. Among the primary targets of the Jedi hunters were the terentateks and other Sith-spawned creatures that were set loose upon the galaxy. (KOTOR, T23)

Great Hunter
this was one of the primary Rodian deities. (LFCW)

Great Hunts I've Lived To Tell About
this was the title of Valken Gresh's autobiography. (GG10)

Great Hyperspace War
an ancient battle between the minions of the Light and Dark sides of the Force, the Great Hyperspace war erupted on the heels of the First Unification Wars fought in the Koros System, some 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. The ancient Sith lords, led by Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow, fought for control of their minions while Sadow attempted to take control of the galaxy. Meanwhile, the Jedi Knights Odan-Urr and Ooroo tried to use Jedi battle meditation on the advancing Massassi forces, but the Massassi mind was too primitive to be persuaded. The Massassi, under the control of the Sith, swarmed the planet Coruscant, but the Jedi soon realized that the majority of their army was illusional. The Jedi quickly dispatched the true Massassi and free the planet. Meanwhile, Sadow had defeated Kressh in an epic interstellar war in the Sith Empire, but his forces were unable to defend themselves against the might of Empress Teta's forces. As his commanders began to surrender, Sadow used the Dark Side of the Force to communicate with his Massassi spies. They executed Sadow's enemies and took control of their ships, drawing Teta's forces into the Denarii Nova. There, Sadow's forces were eradicated, along with many of Teta's ships, but ultimately the Old Republic was able to eliminate the Sith threat. Sadow was forced to flee, and later established his own base on Yavin 4. (DLS, FOSE, NEGC)

Great Ibbot
this was the largest of the various species of ibbot, which were native to the planet Drall. The average wingspan of a great ibbot was about ten meters. Because of their size and their ability to be trained, the great ibbot was the preferred mount of the Drall Wingriders. (CCW)

Great Ice Floes
this was a large, inhabited area of the planet Toola. (HR)

Great InQuestors of Judgment
this was the name given to the primary agents of the Pentastar Alignment's Judgment branch. Similar to the Grand Inquisitors of the former Empire, the InQuestors were an enigmatic group, dressed in flowing black robes that hid their faces and instilled fear in anyone who saw them. The InQuestors were charged with seeking out those beings who chose to act without regard for the laws and policies of the Pentastar Alignment, and they were often accompanied by troops from the Protectorate to ensure that their will was enforced. (SWJ3)

Great Jasserak Swamp
this was the largest defined area found on the Jasserak Lowlands, on the planet Drongar. It was said that, if a being were foolish enough to lie down in the swamp, the native fungus and slime would cover the being in a second skin before they could wake up. (MBS)

Great Jawenko
this was one of the primary gods worshipped by the Jawas. (SWJ11)

Great Jedi Library
see Great Library of the Jedi (GORW)

Great Jungle
found on the planet Varonat, this jungle was the home of the Morodin. (SWJ1, EGC)

Great Jungle Outfitters
this business, located on the planet Varonat, supplied hunting gear and supplies for those beings who came to the planet for safari hunts. It was established by Joodiel Magris shortly after the Battle of Endor. (SWJ1)

Great Last Battle
according to the beliefs of the ancient Mandalorian Crusaders, the Great Last Battle was the final conflict they would participate in, an event that woulod precipitate their ascension into glory. After the Great Sith War, when many of the Crusaders were killed alongside the Sith in an attack on Coruscant, it was believed that the Great Last Battle was at hand. For the next twenty years, the surviving Crusaders began recruiting Neo-Crusaders - beings of any race who were willing to fight for the ideals of the Canons of Honor. (SWI80)

Great Lens, The
this was an expletive used by the people of Hosrel XI. (LCS)

Great Library of Manuals
this vast information storehouse is located on the Gree world of Te Hasa, and is maintained by twelve to fourteen Gree textmasters. (SWJ8)

Great Library of the Jedi
located on the planet Ossus, this vast library was conceived by Jedi Master Odan-Urr, who oversaw its construction some 4,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. Designed to be a repository of all known information about every sentient endeavor, the Great Library encompassed the Chamber of Antiquities, which preserved paper documents from the earliest days of the Jedi Knights. It was Master Odan-Urr's belief that all information, no matter its source, could potentially be of use to the Jedi Order, so even the dreaded Sith holocrons were stored in its vaults. The Great Library was thought to have been lost during the Great Sith War, as Ossus itself was swept clean in the cataclysmic conflict. It wasn't until Executor Sedriss discovered its existence, several years after the Battle of Endor, that its chambers were reopened. Since then, the Great Library has been controlled by the new Jedi Knights training under Master Luke Skywalker. Much of its contents remain a mystery, but Master Skywalker was hopeful that the knowledge it contained would again be revealed to the galaxy. Mirroring the architecture of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the Great Library was divided into four towers, each holding a different era's worth of information. Master Odan-Urr categorized the information as Pre-Hyperdrive, Pre-Republic, Early Republic, and Modern Republic, although the Jedi of Master Skywalker's time have had to adapt their investigations to a more upt-o-date classification. (PJSB)

Great Library, The
this vast intellectual establishment was founded by the Ropagu near the city of Ebyl, on the planet Ropagi II. It contains 10,000 years' worth of Ropagu history, including some parchement scrolls and paper texts. The majority of the staff is comprised of 18 specially-programmed 3PO droids, although a few Ropagu are also on call. However, there is little information on galactic history in the Great Library, since the Ropagu have kept out of the political battles of the larger community. (TSK)

Great Lightsaber
this lightsaber was similar to a standard lightsaber in most respects, but the focusing crystals and power supply of the great lightsaber could produce a blade up to 300 centimeters in length. They were very rare, even during the height of the Jedi Order, because of the amount of training required to be able to wield one effectively. (PJSB)

Great Lock
located near the base of the Great Pyramid on Rafa V, the Great Lock accepted the Key of the Overpeople, allowing the Bearer to "enter without entering" the pyramid. Rather than inserting the Key straight into a slot in the Great Lock, the Key was placed into what appeared to be a molded impression. However, the impression was visually hard to interpret, since it seemed at once to be on the surface of the Great Lock and buried insert it. When the Key was placed into the Lock, it seemed to be neither inside the impression not extending from it, yet it did not appear to level with its surface. When the Key was properly placed, The Bearer and the Emissary found that they could walk through the walls of the pyramid, thus "entering without entering." (LCM)

Great Menahua
this was the Menahuun name for their homeworld of Lamaredd. (UANT)

Great Mesa Plateau
located on Tatooine, this vast plateau ran from the Xelric Draw to Mos Eisley, and separated the Northern and Western Dune Seas. (SOT)

Great Mother
this was the Basic translation of the Nelvaanese word used to describe the planet Nelvaan and its environment. The planet itself was known as Mother, and the Nelvaanians worshipped the Great Mother and all the bounty she had provided them. When the Separatists established a facility near the Rokrul area of Nelvaan and began drawing on the planet's geothermal energy, the Nelvaanians saw this as a kind of illness being suffered by the Great Mother. With the planetary energy being used for devious purposes, Nelvaan was plunged into a preternatural winter, and the Great Mother was unable to provide sustenance for the Nelvaanians. It was Orvos who foresaw that Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi would arrive on Nelvaan and uncover the truth behind the Great Mother's illness. (SWDB)

Great Mother River
this artificial waterway is part of the natural environment on the Ithorian herdship, Bazaar. It winds its way through Isttu Village and feeds Isttu Lake. A five-star hotel is situated along its banks, and its facilities have been compared to those on the luxury liner, the Kuari Princess. (GA)

Great Mother River Hotel
this was the most elegant and expensive of the hotels located around Isttu Lake, aboard the Ithorian herdship Bazaar. (GA)

Great Mother River Restaurant
this restaurant was located aboard the Ithorian herdship Bazaar, acorss the river from the Great Mother River Hotel. (GA)

Great Northern Forest
this densely wooded area was the site of Talon Kaarde's base on Myrkr, during the early years of the New Republic. (DFR)

Great Oopik
native ot the forests of Paramatan, these creatures were an evolutionary cross between native reptile and avian lifeforms. Many scholars believed that they had died out millennia before the rise of the Empire, until a group was discovered on the continent of Grxy. These creatures resembled large, flightless birds, with leathery wings and short fur covering their bodies. They use ultrasound to locate their prey, dining on small forest creatures that they find in the lowest branches of trees. They use a short burst of sound to stun their prey, then use their claws to grasp it while eating. (COG)

Great Peace of the Republic
this was one of many phrases used to describe the period of galactic history between the Battle of Ruusan and the Clone Wars, in which the Old Republic believed it existed without the threat of war. While many historians acknowledge the fact that no major conflicts were fought during this 1,000-year period, they later discovered that all manner of threats and opposition were slowly building in the background, not the least of which was the Separatist threat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. (SHPT)

Great Pit of Carkoon
located within the borders of the Western Dune Sea, this was the site of Jabba's Sarlacc pit on Tatooine. Note that Inside the Worlds of the Star Wars Trilogy places the pit north of Mos Eisley, between the Great Mesra Plateau and the Northern Dune Sea. (ROTJ, SOT, IWST)

Great Plague
this was the Basic term used by the X'Ting race to describe the greatest of all the offworld plagues they experienced during the Old Republic, after the allowed a prison facility to be constructed on Ord Cestus. A number of smaller plagues harrassed the X'Ting, many of which were brought to the planet by the prisoners themselves. While these diseased caused only minor discomfort to other races, they wiped out the unsuspecting X'Ting by the thousands. The Great Plague struck about 100 years before the onset of the Clone Wars, and many of the surviving X'Ting believed that it was unleashed by the executives of Cestus Cybernetics and their allies, the Confederacy of Independent Systems. It occurred at a point when the X'Ting had begun to protest their treatment as the laborers behind Cestus Cybernetics, and destroyed large portions of the population. Among the dead were members of the royal line, which left the X'Ting without a visible leader and splintered their society. The hive was broken into new hives, with some going deep below ground while others chose to remain close to the surface. A handful of eggs from the queen survived, and were hidden beneath the surface of Ord Cestus, in the hopes that they could be hatched later on, reviving the royal line and signalling the beginning of a new-found freedom for the X'Ting. A group of X'Ting remained belowground to guard the eggs, and eventually became a separate species. Unfortunately, these underground X'Ting died when they stumbled into the lair of the worms that served as guard beasts and were consumed. Compunding this problem, all the X'Ting who knew of the ways to locate the eggs died in the plague. (HIV)

Great Plains
this vast grassland was located on the planet Bacrana, separating the cities of Amma and Ril. (FBS)

Great Plains
this vast, open plain was located near the city of Theed, on the planet Naboo. It was here that the Great Grass Plains Battle took place, some ten years before the onset of the Clone Wars. (NEGW)

Great Protector's Gladiatorial Festival
this Rodian holiday lasted many days, and was centered around a series of battles waged between the current crop of bounty hunters and warriors. The Grand Protector of Rodian society presided over the event, which brought honor and prestige to the winners. (HR)

Great Purge
the Yevethan name used to describe the extermination of all other races inhabiting the Koornacht Cluster. It was masterminded by Nil Spaar, who had planned it while the Empire was still using the Cluster as a hiding place for the Black Sword Command and its shipyards. The Yevetha took control of the yards, and repaired nearly 44 ships for their own uses. Then, Nil Spaar went to Coruscant to placate Leia Organa-Solo while maipulating her into a series of actions Spaar later used to his own advantage. He twisted Leia's words and deeds to his own ends, and managed to get a great deal of public sympathy and support while he methodically slaughtered the humans, Kubaz, and other races that were living in the Koornacht. The Yevetha believed that other races were inferior, and needed to be purged from the Koornacht, and eventually the galaxy. Some historians refer to this time as the Black Fleet Crisis, because the Yevetha used the recommissioned Black Sword warships to destroy civilizations in the Cluster. (BTS)

Great Purge
this was the name used by the Mawan people to describe the devastating civil war which swept across their homeworld of Mawan, shortly before the Battle of Naboo. (JQ6)

Great Pyramid
located on Rafa V, this unusual, five-sided building was the resting place of the Mindharp of Sharu. The angles between each facet of the pyramid were set at odd angles, giving it an unusual, lop-sided shape. Each of the sides was constructed with a different color stone, as was the flattened altar at the top. The combination of magenta, apricot, mustard, aquamarine, turquoise, and lavender stone only added to the oddness of the Great Pyramid. The only way to enter it was to use the Key of the Overpeople to "enter without entering." The Bearer of the Key was allowed to pass through the pyramid's walls if he properly inserted the Key into the Great Lock. Once inside the pyramid, the Bearer could "dream without sleeping" as the pyramid showed them the history of the Sharu before revealing the location of the Mindharp. The pyramid had the ability to monitor all who entered it, making various changes in size, shape, and time-line to adjust for the different lifeforms. When Lando Calrissian, Vuffi Raa, and Mohs entered the pyramid during the early years of the New Order, Lando was kept at his normal size until he approached the Mindharp, when he was reduced in size. He was also able enlarge himself to reach the Mindharp atop its twelve-meter-tall pedestal, which was located in The Hall. However, Lando's sense of time was reduced significantly, so that what he thought was a couple of days in the pyramid was actually four months. Mohs, being the High Singer, was struck blind by the pyramid's power, allowing him to "see" beyond the limited knowledge he held as High Singer. Vuffi Raa was shrunk down to a miniscule size, but his sense of time was unaltered, since the pyramid thought he was one of the Sharu's automata. When the pyramid thought the Bearer was ready, it led him to a downward-spiralling tunnel which had the early history of the Rafa System painted on its walls. As the Bearer went deeper underground, the history passed through the early days of the Sharu. When the tunnel ended, it opened into The Hall, a large chamber that held the Mindharp. The remainder of the Sharu history was depicted on its walls, and any individual who tried to acquire the Mindharp would have to view the remainder of the exhibits before reaching it. When Lando and Vuffi Raa returned with the Mindharp, they were surprised to learn that they had spent nearly four months inside the Great Pyramid, a stretch of time that seemed to them to last just a few hours. (LCM)

Great Raptor
this was the greatest of the Nediji gods, and it was said that any Nediji individual was never more than seven wings away from the Great Raptor. (MJH)

Great Re-Synchronization
this was the name given to the point in galactic history, some thirteen years before the onset of the Clone Wars, when the Republic Measures and Standards Bureau reset the galactic calendar. For more than 5,600 years prior to the change, the galaxy had measured time by the Sidereal Period calendar. The outcome of the Re-Synchronization produced one of the most accurate depictions of galactic time known to the Old Republic. (HNN4, OWS)

Great Revolt, The
this was the term used by the natives of the planet Velmor to describe the assassination of King Lorac and Queen Denira, during the early years of the New Order. A mob of people descended upon the royal family and murdered all but two sons, and it was later revealed that the mob had been funded by the Empire. (WOTC)

Great Rite of the Tarasin
see Great Ritual (LFCW)

Great Ritual
this was a rare event among the Tarasin people of Cularin, invoked only when there was a threat to the entire Tarasin civilization. A Great Ritual involved a call to all irstat leaders, regardless of their current or historical prejudices and feuds, to come together to discuss the fate of the Tarasin. The Great Ritual was observed until the threat had passed, thereby ensuring the survival of their race. The last known Great Ritual was called by Mother Dariana of the Hiironi, durnig the height of the Clone Wars. Unfortunately for Dariana, her visions of trouble were revealed to be all too true, as Cularin was placed under martial law, and the Tarasin were driven from their ancestral homes. (LFCW)

Great River
this was the name given to Luke Skywalker's vision of a pathway which the Jedi Knights, and refugees in general, could take to escape the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy. The idea was that the Great River would link safeworlds that were out of the Yuuzhan Vong's path of invasion, and would include a convoluted hyperspace travel plan that maintained its secrecy. At the end of the path would be a world on which the Jedi could regroup and retrain, in an effort to discover a way to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong. Luke asked his sister, Leia Organa Solo, and her husband, Han, to do the initial scouting of planets along the Great River. The initial point of the path, known as Shelter, was formed at the remnants of the Maw Installation, primarily because it was located so near black holes. Other worlds were bypassed because of the presence of the Peace Brigade. (EVR)

Great Rock
this was one of the larger frontier settlements found on the planet Ord Mantell, during the height of the New Order. (GMR1, WOA15)

Great Room of the Enlightened
the room, deep in the bowels of Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine, where the disembodied brains of B'omarr monks sat in jars and contemplated the universe. The Great Room was their resting place, when they weren't moving about the palace in their spider-like conveyances. (TJP)

Great Rotunda
see Senate Rotunda (SHPT)

Great Sacrifice
this was the Yuuzhan Vong's vision of the final destruction of the universe. It was believed that every warrior would be given a special position at the Great Sacrifice, depending on their exploits during their life. A modified version of the Great Sacrifice was created when Warmaster Tsavong Lah planned to sacrifice Jaina and Jacen Solo to the True Gods, in order to ensure the success of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy. (SBS, T)

Great Sea
this was the largest body of water found on the planet Belasco. (TDR)

Great Sea
a natural tourist attraction on Kalarba. (DRO)

Great Sea of Bandomeer
this huge body of water encompassed one half of the surface area of the planet Bandomeer. The remainder of the planet was covered with a single mass of land. (DR)

Great Serpent
a deity worshipped by Zoodia Tantra. (SWJ9)

Great Shell Dome
this was the holding place of the Golden Sun, erected by Cardo and his followers who believed the Golden Sun was a sacred thing to be viewed only by the Priests of the Sun. The shell itself was formed from a huge number of interconnected seashells, varnished together so that the overall shell was nearly impervious. The Dome was destroyed when Pek, Fala, and a group of Alliance agents cornered Karak inside it. They were able to link their minds to the Golden Sun, and helped it explode itself, scattering pieces of itself well beyond the city of Fitsay and across the ocean. (BGS)

Great Shore Marshes
this was an expanse of marshland which bordered on the primary ocean of the planet Gelgelar. Many big-game hunters traveled to Gelgelar to hunt the swamp creatures which inhabited this region. (SWJ14, PSPG)

Great Sith War
occurring some 4,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Great Sith War saw the Sith rise up once again in opposition to the Jedi Knights. The onset of the Great Sith War can be traced to the Freedon Nadd Uprisings on the planet Onderon, which planted the seeds for the Krath to grow in strength. When Exar Kun began to investigate the lore of the ancient Sith, against the wishes of his Master, Vodo-Siosk Baas, he fled the Jedi Order and was lured to the Dark Side of the Force by the spirit of Freedon Nadd himself. On Yavin 4, Kun discovered a wealth of Sith treasures, and set out to become a Dark Lord of the Sith. He confronted Ulic Qel-Droma on Cinnagar, where the former Jedi had also fallen to the Dark Side after battling against Satal and Aleema Keto and Krath. Rather than have the two great warriors destroy each other in battle, the ancient Sith spirits declared Kun to be the Dark Lord and Qel-Droma to be his apprentice. Together, they launched a series of campaigns against the Old Republic and the Jedi Knights, eventually reaching Coruscant. There, Exar Kun killed his former Jedi Master and ordered his followers to murder their Masters in turn. Kun and Qel-Droma then launched an assault on Ossus, in an effort to destroy the Jedi archives located on the planet. Kun was defeated on Ossus, and fled to Yavin 4, while Qel-Droma was stripped of his connection to the Force by Nomi Sunrider. He agreed to lead the combined forces of the Republic and the Jedi to Yavin 4, to take the battle of Exar Kun. At Yavin 4, the Jedi won the battle, but at a great cost. They had to unite as a single force, and wiped out much of the jungle on Yavin 4 in order to destroy Kun's body. Kun, however, managed to escape to the spiritual plane by draining the life-energy from the enslaved Massassi. (DA, DLS, TSW, PJSB)

Great Sky Lord
this was another honorific used to describe Supreme Overlord Shimrra, of the Yuuzhan Vong. (UF)

Great Southern Reaches
this was one of the southernmost locations found on the planet Corellia. (MJH)

Great Spiral, The
a reverential term used to describe the galaxy. (TTSB)

Great Spirit of the Forest
according to the Ewoks the Great Spirit of the Forest is the force that controls life in the forests of Endor. (AT)

Great Stair
this was the wondrous, open stairway located in the Grand Terminal of the Junction Port spaceport. Despite Junction's rough-and-tumble image, the Grand Terminal and the Great Stair provided hints on the planet's once-prosperous history. (WOA26)

Great Structure, The
this was the guiding set of 14 ven which dominated the Ulizra religion of the ancient Nazzar. A student of the Ulizra had to take a year or more to study and understand each ven before he or she could progress to the next level. (TOJC)

Great Subcrustal Tubeway
this strange transportation system was created by the Pa Tho race, which died out before being discovered by the Old Republic. The site was later found by scientists from the Obroan Institute. (TT)

Great Swarm
this was the Basic translation of the name used by the Colony to describe the massive fleet of dartships that was assembled near Qoribu to defend the Colony's nests there from attack by the Chiss, some five years after the Yuuzhan Vong surrendered to the Galactic Alliance. The Great Swarm was augmented by a small fleet of ships from the Hapan Royal Navy, as well as support vessels from the Bornaryn Trading Company. (DN1)

Great Temple, The
located on Yavin's fourth moon, in ancient times it was the center of the Massassi civilization. When Exar Kun arrived on the moon and used the Massassi souls to power his own greed, he destroyed the Massassi, and the temple was abandoned to the relentless jungle. When the Alliance needed a remote base, it chose Yavin 4 for its huge temples, and set up their primary command center in the Great Temple. Following the Battle of Yavin, the Alliance abandonded the base, and it lay empty until Luke Skywalker asked Mon Mothma for a place to train the new Jedi Knights. She suggested Yavin 4, and Luke set up his Jedi praxeum in the Great Temple. The temple has five distinct levels, plus an observation level at the very top. The temple stood for several years before it was attacked by the Shadow Academy. The shields which protected it were destroyed by Commander Orvak, who also placed several proton grenades in the Temple. He hoped to bring the Temple down on itself, but his explosives only damaged minor areas of the structure. Luke chose to rebuild the Temple, rather than relocate, because it was still salvageable and it would help his students train and rehabilitate after the attack. A trader from Tatooine loaned the use of a ronto to assist in moving the large chunks of rock which could be found, and the Temple quickly began to retake its shape. The Temple's rebirth only lasted a few years, until the Yuuzhan Vong realized that they coulf capture the students at the Jedi training center for use in determining the source of The Force. Then, when a team of Shapers was sent to Yavin 4, the Temple was razed and "eaten" by five huge damuteks to make room for the Shapers' complex. (SW, DA, COTF, JUS, SHA, IJ, EVC)

Great Thranta
this was the largest and most majestic of the thrantas which inhabited the planet Alderaan. An immense, white-skinned creature, the great thranta had a long neck and a very stubbu head. Its relatively short tail lacked the horizontal rudders of the other species, and the wings of the great thranta were heavily muscled. Like most other species of thranta, the great thranta was made extinct when the first Death Star destroyed Alderaan. In sheer size, the great thranta was ten to fifteen times as long as the pilotta thranta. Trained great thrantas had to be controlled by handlers who traveled in a compartment strapped to the back of its head, and could carry a huge passenger transport strapped to its chest. (WSW)

Great Time of Peace
this was the name given to the modern era of the planet Naboo by its human inhabitants. The Great Time of Peace stretched far back into the planet's history, to the reign of King Jafan. Jafan helped bring about a world-wide peace on the planet, and the Naboo continued to prosper throughout the centuries. The period of peace was broken by the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet, but helped to usher in a new era of peace. This one was shared by both the Naboo and the Gungans, after they banded together to defeat the Neimoidians and their droid armies. (JQA, IWE1)

Great Tirahnn Fair
this was the name of the vast, open-air bazaar located on the planet Tirahnn. (LTA1, MCA1)

Great Torgur Falls
located on Arda-2, the falls conceal the entrance to the underground network of caves known as the Colla-Di. (CSWEA)

Great Tree, The
the first and largest tree in the Endorian forests, it is at the heart of the Ewok religion. (ROTJN)

Great Tree, The
this was the name given to the largest and healthiest tree found in the Kkowir Forest, on the planet Kashyyyk. It stood in the center of what was the Mysess Glade, and was revered by the Kerritamba tribe of Wookiees for its strength and age. During the height of the New Order, the shamans of Kerritamba Village were concerned that the Pultor Virus - the disease that was destroying the Mysess Glade - would also consume the Great Tree. (SWGAL)

Great Vacuum
this was the Hutts' idea of death, a grand vacuum of space which swallowed up the dead. (IA)

Great Void
the ancient Jedi believed that this was the vast emptiness into which the galaxies were created billions of years ago. (TOJC)

Great Walkway, The
this was a vast, pedestrian path that led through the tree-villages of Kashyyyk, more than 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. (KOTOR)

Great Wall, The
the huge wall that separates the Valley of Royalty from the mountains of Duro. (MMY)

Great Well
this massive, cylindrical shaft was located on the planet Ophideraan, and served as a holding pen and stable for the flying serpents commanded by Tyrann's forces. The serpents lived and bred in the lower levels of the Well, and Tyrann's forces had excavated many levels for their own use. The lowest level consisted of a small island in the midst of a large lake, and was the location of Tyrann's slave quarters. (CSW, SWDB)

Great Yaga
this Aqualish thug was one of the criminal leaders on the planet Kiffex, during the last decades of the Old Republic. Note that this character is also referred to as Gorto Draga and Gorto Zaga in the comic series Star Wars: Darkness. (OWS, DRKN)

Great Zelosi Sea
this is the ocean which covers most of the planet Zelos II. The legends say a vast treasure was located in the Zelosian Chine, far out in the ocean, although the only way to reach it was to travel at the lowest tides the planet ever experienced. This meant traveling on the Day of the Sepulchral Night, when the native Zelosians were all hidden indoors. Thus, finding the treasure was virtually impossible. (PG2, TFNR)

Greater Bogwing
this was the larger of the two subspecies of bogwing native to the planet Dagobah. It hunted in the upper levels of the jungle canopy, feeding on rodents. (WSW)

Greater Galam
the fifth planet in the Lan system, Greater Galam is a gas giant with sixteen moons. (SWJ1)

Greater Hub Spaceport
this was one of the many spaceports located on the planet Phindar. It wasn't as big as Phindar Spaceport, but was the target of a Separatist attack during the Clone Wars, some thirty months after the Battle of Geonosis. (YDR)

Greater Javin
this section of the galaxy included the Javin, Yarith, and Anoat Sectors. It was considered a backwater region at the farthest reaches of the Corellian Trade Spine. (WOA33)

Greater Krayt Dragon
this was the larger of the two subspecies of krayt dragon, native to the planet Tatooine. See Krayt Dragon. (WSW)

Greater Marianas
this desert planet was colonized by a group of hearty settlers during the last century of the Old Republic. (T10)

Greater Mark of Illumination
this was the second Mark of Illumination which could be earned by a devotee of the Chalactan Enlightenment religion. Signified by a small bead affixed to the bone of the forehead, the Greater Mark of Illumination indicated an individual's attainment of the rank of Chalactan Adept, and their acceptance of the Uncloseable Eye. It was often referred to as the Universe, signifying an individual's growing connection to their spiritual surroundings. (SHPT)

Greater Piq Island
this was the larger of two connected islands found in the Northwest Coromons, located on the planet Fresia. It was connected to the Lesser Piq Island by the Buichol Isthmus. (CCW)

Greater Plooriod Cluster
this area of the galaxy contains the planet Corsin, and was home to some of the galaxy's finest swoop racing until it was occupied by the Empire. (MTS)

Greater Storm Beast
this was a larger species of storm beast, also native to Malachor V. Like its younger cousin, the greater storm beast was twisted by the energy of the Dark Side of the Force. (KOTOR2)

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