Takodana is a forest planet in the Western Reaches. It appears in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Background[]
Takodona is a forest planet. Covered in lush forests and small lakes, Takodana is a popular departure point that offered easy access to trade routes that connected the Inner and Outer Rim.
History[]
Takodana was the home of Maz Kanata, and the location of her castle. About thirty years after the Battle of Endor, it experienced a major battle between the First Order and the Resistance, and the castle was destroyed.
In printed media[]
Takodana is briefly mentioned by Ahsoka Tano as a possible place to hide from the Galactic Empire in the novel Ahsoka, but she decides against it, knowing it was an unpredictable place where others might turn her in.
Takodana was seen in the novel Force Collector.
Trivia[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams named the planet after Takadanobaba, a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
- The forest scenes where Rey first encounters Kylo Ren, were filmed at Puzzlewood, Gloucestershire, UK.
Gallery[]
External links[]
Takodana on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
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