Name: Utapau
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Temperate
Atmosphere: Type 1 (Breathable)
Hydrosphere: Arid
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Desert, Grassy plains, Large sinkholes, Rocky
Length of Day: 17 Standard Hours
Length of Year: 351 Local Days
Sapient Species: Utapauns (Pauan, Utai)
Starport: Standard
Population: 95 Million
Planet Function: Homeworld, Manufacturing, Service, Trade
Government: Utapaun Committee
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: Chemicals, Ore, Minerals, Salts, Starships
Major Imports: Fuel, Food, Technology
Settlements: Pau City
Points of Interest: Shrapnel Field, Sinkhole Crassnah, Taqual racing pit, Utapau’s small continent
Flora: Cave-molds, Ocean-kelp
Fauna: Dactillion, Filth beetle, Ginntho, Jamel, Nos monster, Resputi-seal, Rock-vulture, Utapaun flying squid, Utapau plains quadruped, Varactyl
System Data
Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sector: Tarabba sector
System Name: Utapau system
Star Name: Utapau
Star Type: Yellow Medium
Background: Utapau was a remote, subterranean planet located deep in the Utapau system of the Tarabba sector in the Outer Rim Territories. Largely isolated from the wider galaxy, the planet was an ancient and windswept celestial body that was dotted by deep sinkholes, with societal organizations co-existing with its abundant animal and plant life, in a state reversed of that to other planets. Spanned by a world-reaching subterranean ocean, which created the countless hundreds-of-meters deep sinkholes that formed across the surface, the planet was colonized around 57,000 BBY by a humanoid species that genetically evolved into the Pau’an and Utai species, with the former creating civilizations across the grassy plains while the latter ventured and dwelled in the sinkholes. Sometime later, following the colonization, the surface world had become plagued by massive hyperwind storms as Utapau’s environment shifted significantly, forcing the Pau’an civilizations to seek refuge alongside their fellow natives, where the two developed a symbiotic relationship and established several city-states, such as the capital of Pau City.
Although loosely governed by the politically dominant Utapaun Committee, rivaling city-states often engaged in regular battles and conflicts, in disagreements regarding resources and political gains. Eventually, however, the Utapaun Committee was able to unite Utapau, representing numerous city-states and overseeing planetary and interplanetary affairs. At some point, later on, Utapau became the adopted homeworld of both the Amani, from the planet Maridun, and the Sugi species. The technologically disadvantaged and isolationist tribes of Amani established villages and small communities in the bottom of sinkholes and across the wind-ravaged plains on the surface.
A peaceful world, Utapau sought to remain neutral and unaffiliated during the three-year, galaxy-spanning conflict of the Clone Wars. However, it was invaded by the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems late into the war and placed under heavy occupation as it acted as a temporary hideout for the Executive Separatist Council and General Grievous. When the Galactic Republic’s own forces arrived in pursuit of the droid leader, Utapau’s military gladly joined forces with the clone troopers in combating the droid army to liberate their homeworld, only to be placed under a new occupation as the Republic transitioned into the Galactic Empire.
Appearances: Episode III Revenge of the Sith