Codian Moon

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"Codia I had two moons—one moss-covered, forested under starlight. There, ranchers bred reeks for aggression and combat."
―The journals of Obi-Wan Kenobi[1]

The Codian Moon orbited the planet Codia I in the Mid Rim Territories. It featured forests, and wood-moss grew there. At some point, herds of the creatures known as reeks were transplanted to the Codian Moon from their homeworld, Ylesia. On the Codian Moon, ranchers eventually came to breed the reeks as aggressive combat beasts to be exported into the wider galaxy.

Description

The Codian Moon was a terrestrial moon[3] of the planet Codia I, located in the Mid Rim Territories' Codia system[1] within grid square H-15 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[2] Its surface featured forests and was covered with moss,[1] specifically including wood-moss, which grew there in lesser quantities than on[4] the Outer Rim Territories[5] planet Ylesia.[4] The moon was illuminated by starlight.[1]

History

"Reeks are found throughout the galaxy, from Ylesia to Saleucami, to the Codian Moon."
―Ardis San Tekka's journal[6]
Herds of reeks were transplanted onto the Codian Moon.

Herds of reeks were transplanted onto the Codian Moon.

Many of[4] the small,[7] highly territorial herds[4] of the herbivorous grassland creatures known as reeks[3] were transplanted to the Codian Moon from their homeworld, Ylesia. On the Codian Moon, ranchers originally bred reeks for meat. Due to the relative scarcity of wood-moss on the moon, the reeks there eventually became more territorially aggressive than their Ylesian relatives.[4]

At some point, the ranchers on the Codian Moon discovered that the reeks could be forced into becoming carnivorous, and they also learned of the high demand in the wider galaxy for aggressive creatures. Those discoveries eventually led to[4] the reeks being exported across the galaxy.[3] Around 1 BBY,[8] Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi briefly described the Codian Moon in his journals.[1] The habitation of the Codian Moon by reeks was also noted in the journal of the Galactic Society of Creature Enthusiasts cartographer Ardis San Tekka,[6] which was published at some point no earlier than 35 ABY.[9]

Behind the scenes

The Codian Moon was first mentioned in the mobile app Star Wars: Force Collection,[10] which was released on September 4, 2013.[11] Although its release predates the reset of the Star Wars canon on April 25, 2014 and the rebranding of the former Expanded Universe continuity as Star Wars Legends,[12] Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee later confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with the current canon.[13]

The moon originated in Star Wars Legends, where it was first mentioned in the 2002 reference book Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, authored by David West Reynolds.[14] The second issue of the Star Wars Jedi Master Magazine,[15] published on January 19, 2016,[16] misspelled the moon's name as the "Coodian moon."[15]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Obi-Wan 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map poster — Based on corresponding data for Codia system
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Geonosis and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
  7. ↑ Star Wars: Explore the Galaxy
  8. ↑ The frame story of the Star Wars: Obi-Wan comic series, which includes the mention of the Codian Moon in Obi-Wan 2, occurs around 1 BBY per the reasoning here.
  9. ↑ The in-universe journal represented by Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy mentions the defeat of the clone Galactic Emperor Palpatine, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 35 ABY, meaning the document must have been published at some point no earlier than that year.
  10. ↑ SW Force Collection Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Reek (★★★))
  11. ↑ StarWars.com Announcing Star Wars: Force Collection on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  12. ↑ StarWars.com The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
  13. ↑ TwitterLogo Leland Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Twitter (post): "I'm not gonna go through the trouble of changing them and I don't have any reason to believe currently that anyone would. […] On the off-chance that we DID have a current need to change any of these, we would have for Force Collection." (screenshot) (content now obsolete) — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that in-universe information found within Star Wars: Force Collection conforms with Star Wars canon.
  14. ↑ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Star Wars Jedi Master Magazine 2
  16. ↑ TitanThingy Star Wars Jedi Master Magazine on Titan Magazines' official website (original site is defunct)
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