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Huulia was a planet[3] located in the Huulia system of the Colonies.[1] In 32 BBY,[4] the nacelle from a Huulian starfighter was among the junk stored in the scrapyard of the Toydarian Watto's junkshop in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine.[2] Huulia was the homeworld of Kit Valent, a pilot that perished flying for the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Rogue Squadron during the Battle of Hoth[3] in 3 ABY.[5]
Behind the scenes
In the current Star Wars canon, Huulia was first mentioned indirectly via its demonym in the 2016 reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations.[2] The planet was then directly mentioned in "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance," an entry in De Agostini's Star Wars Encyclopedia series[3] that was released on March 4, 2022.[6] The material in Complete Locations was reprinted[2] from the 2000 reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I, which was written by Kristin Lund and marked the first, albiet indirect, mention of the world in the Star Wars Legends continuity.[7] The first direct mention in Legends then occurred in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, which was written by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[8]
Sources
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
- "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (First identified as Huulia)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Huulia system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, as depicted in Star Wars: Complete Locations, to 32 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑
Official Star Wars Encyclopedia on Altaya's official French website (backup link)
- ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare