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Kashyyyk
The Wookiee homeworld: a planet of giant trees, tree-top villages and blue oceans.
- Region
- Mid Rim
- Grid
- P-9
- Sector
- Mytaranor
- System
- Kashyyyk
- Suns
- 1
- Moons
- 3
- Climate
- Temperate, forest-covered
- Terrain
- Giant forests, oceans, coasts, swamps
- Inhabitants
- Wookiees, Local wildlife
Overview
Kashyyyk is the homeworld of the Wookiees, a heavily forested planet on the Mid Rim. A planet-wide canopy of enormous wroshyr trees covers the land, with Wookiee villages built high in the branches, blue oceans along the coasts and a dark forest floor, the Shadowlands, far below[1][2].
The Wookiees are tall, strong and loyal, and they build homes and advanced technology in the trees. They are gentle in peace but prone to berserker rage[2]. The coastal city of Kachirho is the best-known settlement on the planet[3].
Kashyyyk sits on important hyperspace lanes in the Mytaranor sector, and its neighbour in the same system is Trandosha, home of the reptilian Trandoshans[1][5]. The planet appears in Revenge of the Sith, The Bad Batch and the games Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Battlefront II[1].
Who lives here
Wookiees
Tall, strong and loyal people who build homes and advanced technology in the trees. They are gentle in peace but prone to berserker rage[2].
Trandoshan mercenaries
Not natives. These reptilian hunters come from the neighbouring planet Trandosha in the same system, and in The Bad Batch they raid Kashyyyk for the Empire[5].
Local wildlife
In The Bad Batch episode 'Tribe', the creatures of the forest join the Wookiees against the Empire's raiders[5].
Role in the galaxy
Kashyyyk matters because of where it is and who lives there. Its position on the hyperspace lanes drew the Separatists to the planet in the last days of the Clone Wars, and the Wookiees, strong and loyal, are the people who defend it[1][2].
Under the Empire, Kashyyyk becomes a place of hardship and defiance. Wookiees are forced into labour, many ending up in the Kessel spice mines, and the planet turns into a centre of resistance[1]. Wookiees such as Chewbacca and the chieftain Tarfful carry the planet's story across the saga[2].
Chronicle
Events are in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you open them — or mark the title as watched on the timeline, and they open by themselves.
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19 BBY
Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
Separatist forces land at the coastal city of Kachirho. Wookiee warriors under the chieftain Tarfful, clone troopers and Yoda fight them off[3].
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19 BBY
Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
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During the battle, the clones turn on Yoda under Order 66. He escapes the planet with help from Chewbacca and Tarfful[2].
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19 BBY
The Empire enslaves Wookiees as labourers. Many die in harsh conditions on Kessel, and uprisings are answered with brutal reprisals[1].
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≈ 18 BBY
Clone Force 99 arrive to find Kashyyyk being ravaged by Trandoshan mercenaries working for the Empire. They help a local Wookiee tribe, including the young Jedi Gungi, drive the raiders off[5].
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≈ 14 BBY
In Jedi: Fallen Order, Cal Kestis shuts down an Imperial refinery on Kashyyyk that was using enslaved Wookiees[4].
Heroes from Kashyyyk
Where to see Kashyyyk
Every film, series and game in the timeline where Kashyyyk appears, in watch order.
Filmed on Earth
Real places that played Kashyyyk on screen.
Phang Nga Bay, near Phuket, Thailand
Its limestone karst scenery supplied the arrival shots for Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith, partly combined digitally with footage from Guilin, China[4].
Guilin, China
Landscape footage from Guilin was digitally combined with the Thai shots to create the approach to Kashyyyk[4].
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Questions about Kashyyyk
Where was Kashyyyk filmed?
In Thailand and China. The arrival shots in Revenge of the Sith were filmed at Phang Nga Bay near Phuket, and the limestone scenery was blended digitally with footage from Guilin, China[4].