Bellassa

Bellassa was a world^[3] located in the Bellassa system^[2] of the Core Worlds. It was situated within grid square M-11 of the Standard Galactic Grid. The Hydian Way^[1] super-hyperroute^[4] connected Bellassa to^[1] the planets^[5][6] Exodeen and Fedalle. Bellassa shared its name with^[1] the Bellassan pepper^[7] and the Bellassan Galaxy Petitionists rebel group.^[8]

Around 9 ABY,^[9] the crew of^[3] the Onyx Cinder^[10] starship traveled to the Observatory Moon to ask^[3] the astronomer^[11] Kh'ymm for assistance with finding the lost planet At Attin. While Kh'ymm searched her archive for potential locations of At Attin, Bellassa was one of multiple locations that was listed on her computer's screen in the Aurebesh script.^[3] In 34 ABY,^[12] Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon passed by Bellassa on a cruise from the Core Worlds' Chandrila system to the Outer Rim Territories. Several screens aboard the starship displayed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated Bellassa's position.^[13]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, Bellassa was first mentioned in the fifty-second issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine,^[14] in an article written by Mark Newbold,^[15] published by De Agostini around December 30, 2015.^[16] Bellassa first appeared in-universe when it was depicted on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida^[13] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022,^[17] and had its final voyage from September 28 to 30, 2023.^[18]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the planet Bellassa first appeared in the 2005 young reader novel The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission, written by Jude Watson as the first installment of the Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi series.^[19] It was then first pictured in Pablo Hidalgo's 2012 reference book The Essential Reader's Companion.^[20]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Very Interesting, As an Astrogation Problem" (Mentioned in Aurebesh on computer screen)
• Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (First appearance) (Pictured on screen only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)

Sources

• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 52 Guide to the Galaxy: The History of Neimoidia (First mentioned)
• Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

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