Closed

This unnamed near-Human species, also known as Closed, after their political faction, immigrated to Carnelion IV and were locked in a civil war against the Open, a group of Human colonists.

Biology
Closed are externally almost entirely identical to Humans, with the only external difference being three horizontal slits in place of ears. They have no other known physical differences. Internally, they bear red blood, and it is unknown if Closed have any other physiological differences from Humans.

Culture and society
Little is known of original Closed society. They were known to undertake interstellar colonization, and were once willing to live alongside other species on new worlds, such as Humans. On Carnelion IV, this species helped build the planet's advanced society, with cities built in the valleys of the planet's icy mountains. They were known to make statues of their historical figures, and appeared to have once favored the Jedi, or simply the Republic, during the Old Republic wars against the Sith, but they were not affiliated with the Republic by the time of the civil war. However, after the devastation of Carnelion IV, surviving members of this species formed the Closed, a political faction marked with blue tattoos that tried to take the remains of the planet from the Open, an opposing faction of surviving Humans. They became incredibly hateful of the Open, refusing to mix any Open technology with their own and blaming them for the events of the war, with the only common ground between the two sides being that they wished to forget the previous society, including parts of galactic society, such as the Jedi. Closed society was relocated to the mountains to avoid the toxic seas of gas created during the war, where they continued to fight the Open, destroyed "skygifts" of pre-war artifacts sent by a lonely Human scavenger, and showed hostility towards offworlders. It is unknown what became of Closed society after the Republic forced the Open-Closed War to come to an end.

Technology
Closed technology was once advanced, able to create presumably hyperspace-faring spacecraft and artificial satellites of varying sizes and designs. After the planetary cataclysm, Closed technology was rendered primitive, reducing them to using gas-powered airships, ballistic weapons, and blades.

History
Thousands of years ago, in the time of the Old Republic, members of this species were attacked by a Sith warrior, the event recorded in a holographic tablet. At another point in time, members of this species immigrated to Carnelion IV alongside a group of Human colonists, where they built an advanced society, although they did not join the Republic, nor did it provide any important exports to the Republic. At a point before 32 BBY, a war broke out between the Carnelion members of this species, known as the Closed, and a rival faction of Humans, known as the Open. The exact cause of the war is unknown, with the Closed believing that the Open spread poisonous gas into the Closed cities, forming the deadly Celadon Sea, while the Open claimed that the Closed were driving the planet to ruin. Regardless, the war destroyed the Carnelion civilization, forcing the survivors to the mountains. Using primitive ballistic and gasbag airship technology, Closed continued to fight the Open, although they were unable to get surviving military mechs operational again. A Human survivor named Sera, who took refuge in a sealed building in the Celadon Sea, began to send artifacts of the previous civilization to Open and Closed territory with balloons, which both sides began to refer to as skygifts, but both sought to destroy skygifts, intent on forgetting the old civilization.

In 29 BBY, Sera managed to repair part of a pre-war spaceship and used it to contact the Jedi Order. Two Human Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker, responded to the signal, where they came across an airship battle between Open and Closed by a cliff face. The Closed airship shot the Open airship down, with two female Opens named Mother Pran and Kolara managing to escape, as the Jedi pulled their ship towards the cliff with the Force. The Closed airship, piloted by a male Closed officer named Grecker, began shooting at the Jedi and Open, but Obi-Wan used his lightsaber to slash through the airship's gasbag, bringing it down. Grecker managed to jump from the burning airship, and while it appeared he wasn't going to make it, Anakin managed to save him, much to Pran's anger. Pran and Grecker promptly pulled guns on each other, but Anakin used his lightsaber to cut their weapons in half. Regardless, both drew knives, forcing Kenobi to take their weapons with the Force in an attempt to end their hostilities. Kenobi tried to question the two, only for Grecker to accuse the Open of starting the war, while Pran blamed the Closed for the destruction of the planet. Grecker then pointed out that they may all die on the mountain, prompting the Jedi to search for safety, although Grecker refused to combine his airship's relatively intact gondola with the relatively intact gasbag of Pran's airship, claiming that any combination of Open and Closed technology was an abomination. However, both Grecker and Pran agreed to work together when the Jedi mentioned getting a distress signal, realizing it could have only been sent by Sera, but did not say that to the Jedi.

After getting a new airship ready from the parts available, the group set off to where the signal was detected, where Grecker noticed a skygift coming by the ship, plucking it out of the air and throwing it away. Grecker then spoke with Kenobi about his relationship with Anakin, noting that Anakin seemed to idolize Kenobi. Soon afterwards, the airship was attacked by Fishers, where Grecker stood alongside Kenobi in defense of the airship. However, during the flight, Anakin had gotten friendly with Kolara, showing her his skills with machinery, which prompted Pran to knock him out and blow up the airship during the Fisher attack, jumping out with Kolara and Anakin on a glider, intent on using the padawan to repair pre-war military technology to give the Open an unbeatable advantage over the Closed. Grecker and Obi-Wan managed to also escape the airship as it went down, both donning breath masks to protect themselves from the toxic gases of the Celadon Sea, as they went down over it, right into the ruins of a Carnelion city. Obi-Wan managed to scare off Fishers with his lightsaber, despite Grecker telling him it wouldn't work, and both soon reached a sealed building that Sera resided in, although Grecker denied knowing who sent the signal. As Obi-Wan began to question Grecker, they were attacked by Carnelian dragons. While Obi-Wan fought them, Grecker fired off a flare, calling over more Closed forces, just before Grecker was called inside the building by Sera. Upon entering, Grecker tried to leave Kenobi outside as he prepared to kill Sera with his flare gun, but Sera drew a blaster and shot him first.

While Grecker was down, he survived his wound. Within the confines of Sera's fortress, she showed Kenobi a statue of a Closed and the holographic image of a Sith warrior cutting down Closed, mistaking the warrior for a Jedi. When Obi-Wan exited, he was quickly confronted by Closed forces attracted by Grecker's flare, but just as Grecker ordered them to kill Kenobi and burn down the fortress, Pran showed up with Open forces using mechs made operational by Anakin, quickly killing many Closed soldiers. Obi-Wan demanded that Grecker get his forces to stand down, but Grecker angrily refused, declaring that Obi-Wan had no right to demand anything of the Carnelion IV natives and that it was too late to save the planet, only to be killed by an Open mech. Closed scattered, but kept trying to fight, with Anakin swooping in on a rebuilt hoverbike, meeting up with Kenobi again and entering Sera's fortress alongside him, getting communication equipment active again. Kenobi contacted the Republic, and claimed that Carnelion IV had a high supply of valuable tibanna gas, prompting a detachment of Republic Judicial Forces to be sent to the planet, stopping the battle outside the fortress. Wounded Closed soldiers were treated by Jedi who came alongside the Republic troops, the conflict forced to come to an end while the Republic surveyed the planet. Obi-Wan hoped that the Open and Closed would use that forced peace to truly decide if they preferred peace or war. It is unknown what became of the Closed and their relation to the Open after the survey, or during the Imperial era.

Appearances

 * Obi-Wan and Anakin 2 (2016)
 * Obi-Wan and Anakin 3 (2016)
 * Obi-Wan and Anakin 4 (2016)
 * Obi-Wan and Anakin 5 (2016)