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| name=Manaan

| system=[[Pyrshak system]]

| suns=1: [[Pyrshak]]

| species=[[Selkath]] (indigenous)

| otherspecies=[[Human]]s, [[Nikto]], [[Gran]], [[Rodian]], [[Ithorian]], [[Gamorrean]], [[Twi'lek]], [[Aqualish]] ; formerly: [[Rakata]]

| exports=Seafood, clothing, tourism, [[kolto]]

| population=1.8 million; formerly: 502,000 (during the [[Jedi Civil War]])

| language=[[Selkatha]], [[Galactic Basic Standard|Basic]]

'''Manaan''' was an aquatic [[planet]] in the [[Pyrshak system]]. It was home to the [[Selkath]], an amphibious species. It was completely covered in water and was the only known source of the healing liquid, [[kolto]]. Kolto was so important to the galaxy that the Selkath were able to use it to enforce their neutrality policy. The only above-surface settlement on Manaan was the floating [[Ahto City|city of Ahto]]. During the [[Jedi Civil War]], both the [[Sith Empire (Jedi Civil War)|Sith]] and the [[Galactic Republic|Republic]] attempted to get an upper hand in the war by creating secret deals that would give them more kolto. In the end, the Selkath banned the Sith from Manaan for trying to overthrow the government. When kolto was replaced in favor of [[Bacta|bacta]], the Republic abandoned Manaan, and the Selkath left Ahto City for their ancient cities in the depths of their oceans. Manaan did not have contact with the galaxy until the Selkath were enslaved by the [[Galactic Empire|Empire]]. The [[Order of Shasa]] later overthrew their Imperial masters, only to become servants to [[Darth Vader]]. Manaan was presumably freed in [[5 ABY]], by the [[New Republic]].

[[Image:Manaansoceans.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Manaan's vast oceans.]]

The lunar pull of Manaan's two [[moon]]s constantly ensured that the entire surface was covered with water. Ahto City was the only surface city and spaceport. Since it was the only settlement accessible to offworlders, the only way to the true surface of the planet was in a [[Submersible|submersible]] kept in Ahto City.

Canyons lined the ocean floor, and atop the canyons lay long rifts that were lined with numerous deposits of kolto. One of these rifts, the [[Hrakert Rift]], was home to a giant [[firaxan shark]] known as the [[Progenitor]]. The Progenitor was the guardian of an ancient [[Star Map]] on the ocean floor, a relic of the [[Infinite Empire]]. The [[Dark side|dark side]] energies emitted from the Star Map contributed to the Progenitor's tremendous size. The Progenitor was also somehow connected with the flow of kolto. It in turn fed on the kolto, further increasing the creature's size. Its offspring, the firaxan sharks, protected their mother and inhabited the rift, attacking anything that attempted to endanger the reef.

Deep undersea caverns served as homes to the native aquatic species, and the sentient Selkath built their cities, deep-sea pods, far beneath the surface. The closest pod to Ahto City was the [[Umber pod]].