Sharlissia system

The Sharlissia system was located in the Bon'nyuw-Luq sector of the Outer Rim Territories. In 228 BBY, it was enveloped by the Occlusion Zone territory of the Nihil marauders, the interior of which did not have access to hyperspace travel to and from the rest of the Galactic Republic's territory.

Description

The Sharlissia system was located in the Bon'nyuw-Luq sector^[3] of the Outer Rim Territories^[1] and the Trailing Sectors,^[2] in grid square N-18 of the Standard Galactic Grid. A hyperspace route linked it to the Kabal system.^[1]

History

In 230 BBY, the Nihil marauders formed the Occlusion Zone—an area of space situated behind the Stormwall barrier that prevented hyperspace travel to and from the rest of the Galactic Republic's territory.^[5] Two years later,^[6] the Stormwall and thereby the Occlusion Zone were expanded,^[7] and as a result the Sharlissia system also became situated within the Nihil territory.^[1]

Later that same year,^[8] the Nihil surrendered to the Republic following the Stormwall's fall, which dissolved the Occlusion Zone as a territory. Locations in the former Occlusion Zone were welcomed back into the Republic if they wished to re-join. Some of them, however, opted to retain their independence, while others remained under the control of individual Nihil warlords.^[9] In 34 ABY,^[10] several screens aboard Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon displayed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated the Sharlissia system's position.^[11]

Behind the scenes

The Sharlissia system was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon on a galactic map in the 2016 StarWars.com article "Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?"^[12] The system's first in-universe appearance came in the form of being depicted on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive two-day roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida^[11] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022^[13] and was launched for the final time on September 28, 2023.^[14] The Sharlissia system was first identified in "Star Systems of the Galaxy," an appendix published with the Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com^[3] on June 24, 2025. Both works were authored by Jason Fry.^[15]

The Sharlissia system was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity via the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, which was authored by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry.^[16] The system subsequently made its first appearance in The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct, a webcomic authored by Pablo Hidalgo and released on StarWars.com^[17] over the span of the 2009^[18]–2010^[19] second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.^[18]

Appearances

• The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 (Picture only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 (Map only)
• Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (First appearance) (Pictured on screen only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)

Sources

• Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
• The High Republic Free Digital Sampler (Picture only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition
• Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide
• Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) (First identified as Sharlissia system)

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