Malastare

Malastare is a fictional planet featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It was first referenced in the 1999 feature film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It made its first actual appearance in the "Emissaries to Malastare" storyline from issue of Star Wars, Volume 2 by Dark Horse Comics. It was introduced in the second chapter in the storyline in Star Wars #14 in January, 2000.

Description
Malastare is a planet located in the Malastare System of the Dustig Sector of the Mid Rim Territories. It has a single sun called Striar and has two moons orbiting it. The only sentient native species on Malastare are Dugs, though the planet has also been colonized by Humans and Grans. It's capital city is Pixelito. The reigning government of Malastare is the Gran Protectorate, who had basically forced the Dug population into a life of lower working class laborers, though some also took up criminal exploits as well. Around the year 32 BBY, the representative for Malastare in the Galactic Senate was Ainlee Teem, and later Aks Moe.

Residents of Malastare

 * Ainlee Teem
 * Aks Moe
 * Preigo
 * Pugwis
 * Seboca
 * Sebolto
 * Sebulba
 * Xijulba

Notes & Trivia

 * The first reference to Malastare was in Episode I when Qui-Gon Jinn is talking about podracing with Anakin Skywalker. He tells him, "They have podracing on Malastare. Very fast. Very dangerous.


 * Malastare was one of the major settings in the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter video game. In the game, Jango Fett must defeat Death stick dealer Sebolto.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: Racer
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter