Cauldron Nebula

The Cauldron Nebula was a nebula located within the Corva sector in the Outer Rim Territories. Consisting of seven supergiant blue stars,^[3] the nebula was home to the Eol Sha system,^[4] where a colony was set up in preparation for a mining operation intended to harvest valuable gases from the nebula through the use of ramjet mining ships.^[5]

History

During his personal vendetta against Imperial Admiral Natasi Daala in 11 ABY, renegade Jedi apprentice Kyp Durron used the Sun Crusher superweapon to ignite the nebula's seven stars in hopes of destroying Daala and the tattered remains of her fleet. As a consequence, the Cauldron Nebula was destroyed when its stars all went supernova.^[6]

Nebula orchids were named after it.^[7]

Behind the scenes

In the book Champions of the Force, the Cauldron Nebula is mistakenly said to have had only five blue supergiants rather than seven.

Appearances

• Jedi Search (First appearance)
• Dark Apprentice
• Champions of the Force (Mentioned only)
• Darksaber (Mentioned only)
• Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy (Appears in hologram)
• Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones (Appears in hologram) (as collapsing stars)

Sources

• The Essential Guide to Characters (Under Daala)
• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
• The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
• The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• The Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Chronology
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• The Essential Reader's Companion

Notes and references