The Roonstones were extremely valuable crystals found in the Umboo province on the planet Roon. As the maniacal Governor Koong deliberately destroyed the only known cache of roonstones, and the other set was thrown into the Roon Sea, it was presumed that the only surviving gems was the one on display in the Baobab Archives and the one Admiral Terrinald Screed gave to the Emperor.
The stone in the archives was retrieved by the intrepid explorer Mungo Baobab, who set off to find the stones with his droid companions, R2-D2 and C-3PO. This particular gem was encoded with the Dha Werda Verda, an epic poem of the conquest of the Zhell, indigenous people of Coruscant who may have been the ancestors of the Human race, by a warrior race called the Taungs, who later became the Mandalorians.
Kessum was a type of Roonstone.
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel (Mentioned only)
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Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "Tail of the Roon Comets" (First appearance) - Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "The Roon Games"
- Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "Across the Roon Sea"
- Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO — "The Frozen Citadel"
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"Lando Calrissian: Idiot's Array" on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup link on Suvudu)
Sources
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"A Star Wars CELibration" — Star Wars Insider 27 - Shadows of the Empire soundtrack (Liner notes)
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"Galactic Bazaar: Collectors' Comlink" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 9 - Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- The New Essential Guide to Characters
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"Roon: Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds Excerpt 4" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link) - Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Unknown Regions
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Koong, Governor in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) - Roon in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Screed, Admiral in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
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The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
