The discovery of Alaris Prime[3] by Wookiee explorers[1] occurred between 59 BBY and 56 BBY.[2] Alaris Prime was a moon in the Alaris Expanse in the Kashyyyk system that was geographically hidden by the gas giant Alaris.[1] As a consequence, the moon had been untouched by the galactic community for close to one thousand years, when it had been the site of a skirmish in the New Sith Wars.[4] Independent Wookiee explorers from the planet Kashyyyk in the same star system discovered Alaris Prime[1] when their species began to venture to other worlds.[3]
The Wookiees subsequently petitioned the Senate of the Galactic Republic to give them colonization rights to the moon. After two decades of political debate, Alaris Prime was awarded to the Wookiees, who colonized the moon[1] sometime between 39 and 36 BBY.[2] There, they fought against an illegal Trade Federation presence, after which Alaris Prime became a thriving community within the Republic.[1]
Behind the scenes
The discovery of Alaris Prime was first mentioned in the databank entry for Alaris Prime in the 2001 LucasArts video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.[1] It was identified in the forty-second issue of The Official Star Wars Fact File, a magazine[3] written by Iain Lowson[5] and published by De Agostini around October 16, 2002.[6]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns (Mentioned only)
Sources
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 42 KAS 1-4: Kashyyyk (First identified as discovery of Alaris Prime)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 24 KAS 1-6: Kashyyyk
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds databank
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The New Essential Chronology places the war on Alaris Prime between 39 BBY and 36 BBY, and the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds databank states that the colonisation rights for Alaris Prime took twenty years to be decided, placing the discovery between 59 BBY and 56 BBY.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Official Star Wars Fact File 42 KAS 1-4: Kashyyyk
- ↑ Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil describes a skirmish occurring on Alaris Prime in 1002 BBY. Therefore, for Alaris Prime to be an uncolonized moon as described in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, it must have disappeared from galactic view after 1002 BBY.
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Iain Lowson on LinkedIn (screenshot)
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini magazine The Official Star Wars Fact File was set to be published on January 9, 2002, according to
Star Wars Fact Files Available in UK by Thomas on TheForce.net (December 27, 2001) (backup link archived on June 4, 2022). Additionally, the series announcement on 
First Look: DeAgostini Star Wars Fact Files on StarWars.com (original site is defunct) states that the magazine was to be published weekly. Therefore, it can be calculated that The Official Star Wars Fact File 42 was published around October 16, 2002.
