Kashyyyk ( or ), also known as Wookiee Planet C, is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. It is the lush, tree-filled home planet of the Wookiee, who live in villages constructed in the trees similar to that of the Ewok. In the Star Wars Christmas Special the planet was pronounced Ka-zook.
In the millennia before the rise of the Galactic Republic, Kashyyyk was a member world of the Infinite Empire. Its surface was terraformed by the Rakata, resulting in the abnormally large foliage which still covers the planet's surface in modern times. Its ecology can be politely described as a "layered deathtrap", the planet's surface being encompassed in shadow by trees that are many miles high. The dangerous and hostile animals increase closer to the forest floor. Hidden on the planet's surface is a Star Map, another piece in the puzzle of the location of the Star Forge.
When Kashyyyk was discovered by the Czerka Corporation's explorers, around 4,000 BBY, it was given the catalogue name...
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