Shadda system

The Shadda system was located in the Outer Rim Territories. In 228 BBY, it found itself within the Nihil marauders' Occlusion Zone territory expanded that year, the interior of which was cut off from hyperspace travel to and from the rest of the Galactic Republic's territory.

Description

The Shadda system was situated in the Outer Rim Territories^[1] and Trailing Sectors^[2] and was located in grid square O-18 of the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] It shared its name with the Toblain sector's^[3] Shadda Nebula^[4] as well as that sector's^[5] planet Shadda-Bi-Boran—the sun of which was dying^[6] by 39 BBY^[7]—both of which were situated in the same area of space^[4][8] as the Shadda 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.^[9] Two years later,^[10] the Stormwall and thereby the Occlusion Zone were expanded,^[11] and as a result Shadda also became situated within the Nihil territory.^[1] Later that same year,^[12] 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.^[13]

Behind the scenes

Shadda was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in Pablo Hidalgo's 2025 reference book Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide.^[1] The name "Shadda" was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity via the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, which established it as the name of the sun of the planet Shadda-Bi-Boran.^[14]

The star was first mentioned in the novelization of the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones that was written by R. A. Salvatore^[15] and in the illustrated version of the film's screenplay included in The Art of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones,^[16] both of which were published on April 23, 2002.^[17][18] The scene in the film that mentioned the star was ultimately cut from the final release,^[19] which premiered on May 16, 2002.^[20] The deleted scene was included on the DVD release of Attack of the Clones, which launched on November 12, 2002.^[21] In the current Star Wars canon, Shadda-Bi-Boran's star was first mentioned in the 2019 novel Queen's Shadow, written by E. K. Johnston; however, no connection has been made between it and the canonical celestial body Shadda.^[6]

Sources

• Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide (First mentioned)

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