Cheelit

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"Not recommended for control of: flesh-eating daggerworms (Trenwyth), brain crawlers (Cheelit), Maxilan's explosive bloatworm (Lanteeb)."
―Instruction leaflet for Happy-Bore Medicated Dewormer included in Rey's survival guide[2]

Cheelit was an astronomical object[2] in the Cheelit system of the Mid Rim Territories' Semagi sector in grid square I-16 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] It was the homeworld of brain crawlers, a type of parasitic worm that could infest happabores, domesticated creatures found on worlds throughout the Western Reaches.[2] Cheelit shared its name with the Thulgars of Cheelit, a group that existed[3] by around 19 BBY[4] and killed those who betrayed them.[3]

The instructions for the slurry formulation of Galacti-Stok's Happy-Bore Medicated Dewormer mentioned Cheelit alongside the worms while advising against the use of the dewormer on the parasites.[2] By 34 ABY,[5] the scavenger Rey had acquired a copy of the instructions and included it in a survival guide that[2] she[6] compiled.[2]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, Cheelit was first mentioned in Rey's Survival Guide, a 2015 replica journal written by Jason Fry.[2] The world originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in "Dark Lord's Conscience," a comic strip written by Alan Moore, illustrated by John Stokes, and first published in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 155 in April 1982.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Cheelit system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Rey's Survival Guide
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
  4. ↑ PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Star Wars: Edge of the Abyss on Penguin Books' official United Kingdom website (backup link) establishes the events of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear take place thirteen years before the events of Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss. Instagram-Logo Rebecca Roanhorse (@rebeccaroanhorse) on Instagram (post): "Title and updated release date of my upcoming STAR WARS novel announced at SDCC. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS takes place a year before Andor S1." (backup link) states that Edge of the Abyss takes place a year before the events of Andor Season 1, which are set in 5 BBY per the reasoning here. Therefore, the events of Edge of the Abyss must be set in 6 BBY, and the events of The Mask of Fear in 19 BBY.
  5. ↑ Rey's Survival Guide includes an addendum at the end describing some of the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, written several days after they take place. The addendum is the final entry in the guide and is included chronologically after the entry mentioning Lanteeb. Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 34 ABY.
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  7. ↑ "Dark Lord's Conscience" — The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 155
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