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This article is about the planet Socorro. You may be looking for the Serroco planet or the Serroco gang.

Socorro

Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories^[1]
System	Socorro system
Suns	1: Sokor
Moons	0^[1]
Rotation period	20 standard hours^[1]
Orbital period	326 local days^[1]
Physical
Climate	Arid^[1]
Gravity	Standard^[1]
Primary terrain	Deserts Mountains Volcanic regions
Points of interest	Doaba Badlands Rym Mountains Cjaalysce'l Madra Razoor Mountains Imperial Mission temple Crimson Axe Killee Wasteland Black Dust Tavern Golden Gorg Cantina Soco-Jarel Spaceport Sarlacc's Peak Carbon Score Wastes
Societal
Native species	Humans Chiru Sandfly Monnoks Tailrings Water beetles
Primary language(s)	Socorran
Government	Tribal^[1] Organized crime^[1]
Population	300 million (est.)
Major cities	Vakeyya (capital)^[1]
Major imports	Metals^[1] High technology^[1]
Major exports	Water^[1] Nether ice^[1] High tech skills
Affiliation	Fel Empire

[Source]

"If there is a dark side to this galaxy, Socorro is on the hind side of it. Far beyond the notice of dominions large and faceless—where a man's word and the sweat of his brow are worth more than his scrip. This is truly a most splendid place to be."

―Kirr Cyrs

Socorro was a planet in the Outer Rim Territories with a reputation as a smuggler haven. Located between Coyn and Tatooine and near Duunir, Iyred, Omman, Redcap, and the Nodgra system, Socorro was home to the ferocious Monnoks, as well as several nomadic groups: the Ibhann'I, Bharhulai, Ndowi, and Asilyr. It was also the homeworld of Lando Calrissian and Qu Rahn. Its deserts were composed of distinctive black sand. The name "Socorro" in Old Corellian meant "scorched earth."

1 History
2 Geography
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references

History

Corellians colonized the planet in 3,000 BBY, though only four of their original six colony ships were believed to have survived. The original colonists' descendants may have become the Bharhulai tribe, a hostile group that dwelt in Socorro's dangerous northern polar region.

A young Han Solo may have met Quinlan Vos on Socorro roughly a decade before the Battle of Yavin.

In 137 ABY, Darth Talon attacked the Imperial Mission temple on Socorro to drive Marasiah Fel to her father or for him to come to her. Darth Talon killed the Imperial Knight Elke Vetter at the temple.

Geography

Some of the locations on Socorro include the Asilyr Tribal Lands, the Bharhulai Tribal Lands, Cjaalysce'I the Doaba Badlands, the Ibhaan'I Tribal Lands, the Ndowi Tribal Lands, Norble, Madra, Rym Mountains, and Vakeyya.

Behind the scenes

The planet Socorro shares its name with one of Patricia A. Jackson's horses, Nicholai Socorro. The word socorro means help in Portuguese and Spanish. It is also a city in New Mexico, an hour away from Albuquerque, New Mexico.