Adega was a planet[1] located in the Auril sector of the Outer Rim Territories.[3] It was the source of the earliest lightsaber crystals, known as Adegan crystals,[2] and was also home to venomous creatures known as Adegan eels.[6]
Description
Adega and its surroundings
Adega was a terrestrial planet[1] located within the Adega system,[5] one of the Auril systems,[4] and a part of the Auril sector[3] in the Slice portion of[2] the Outer Rim Territories.[1] It orbited the twin stars Adega Prime and Adega Besh. Adega was situated near the planet Ossus and the Perlemian Trade Route.[2]
History
Adega was located in the Adega system, which was once the site of an important ancient Jedi stronghold.[5] Before the discovery of the planet Ilum around 22,800 BBY, the earliest lightsaber crystals came from Adega.[2] The construction of the first lightsabers would have been impossible without the use of Adegan crystals.[1] Even after Ilum succeeded Adega as the primary source of lightsaber crystals, the three most common varieties—kathracite, mephite, and pontite—were still referred to as Adegan crystals.[2]
By 20 BBY, during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Adega was undecided on its affiliation to either the Republic or the Confederacy.[7]
Inhabitants
Adega was home to the slithery fish known as Adegan eel,[6] a venomous creature with vicious fangs and a slime-covered body.[8]
Behind the scenes
Adega was introduced in the 1998 video game Star Wars: Rebellion, which provided the planet's only visual depiction—an image also used to illustrate twelve other worlds in the game.[5] Star Wars: Rebellion and its accompanying strategy guide placed Adega in the Moddell sector.[5][9]
The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently placed the Adega system, and therefore the planet itself, in grid square R-6. The Essential Atlas described Adega as being a "world near Ossus" in its entry for Ilum. However, the reference book did not list Adega among the planets of the Adega system in its entry for Ossus.[2] Jason Fry, author of The Essential Atlas, confirmed the placement of Adega in the Adega system but was not able to provide an explanation for the discrepancy.[10]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Rebellion (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 53 LIG 9-10: Darth Vader's Lightsaber
"Crossword" — Star Wars Insider 69- The Official Star Wars Fact File 139 WOR 1-2: Worlds of the Clone Wars
- The Essential Atlas
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 1 (2013) LIG 9-12: Darth Vader's Lightsaber
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 1 (2014) LIG 27-30: Darth Vader's Lightsaber
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Official Star Wars Fact File 53 LIG 9-10: Darth Vader's Lightsaber
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Ossus system
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 11 ("Adega system")
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Star Wars: Rebellion
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2
"Crossword" — Star Wars Insider 69
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 139 WOR 1-2: Worlds of the Clone Wars
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 11 ("Adegan eel")
- ↑ Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- ↑ Email from Jason Fry on September 17, 2025 — Used with permission
