- "The Glowpoint being a sort of artificial sun?"
"That's right, and someone made it go crazy." - ―Luke Skywalker and Jenica Sonsen
The Glowpoint devastating Hollowtown during the firing of Centerpoint's Starbuster
The Glowpoint was a large, star-like reactor that supplied power to the Centerpoint Station. It was an artificial sun that was suspended in the exact center of the sphere; unbeknownst to those living in the settlement of Hollowtown around the star, Glowpoint was in essence a pilot light—it served to maintain the station's power supply and would generate an immense flare when the station was used. To simulate night, farmers installed adjustable shadow-shields, which appeared as bright patches of gold or silver from above.
On both sides of the Hollowtown sphere, positioned along the spin axis, was a large cone ringed by six smaller cones; the sets were called the North and South Conical Mountains.
Appearances
- Showdown at Centerpoint (First appearance)
- Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sources
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
- The Essential Chronology
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The New Essential Chronology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Suns of Fortune
Galactic Architecture 101 and the History of Centerpoint Station on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
