Indeed, 'planet' simply means 'wandering star'. While it does 'wander', as distinct from being relatively fixed, it's never going to be a star. Your argument is with nomenclature, not with science.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
