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- Trennis: "What've you got for us?"
- Mann: "Information—of a worrying nature. According to our contact on Rorak 5, the Hutts are looking to stabilize their dominance of the Kastolar sector."
- Jahen: "With all due respect, Jedi Master Mann, the Hutts are losing ground daily."
- ―Jedi Master Keeve Trennis, Elzar Mann, and Velko Jahen[3]
The Kastolar sector was dominated by the Hutt Clan during the High Republic Era. In the days after the destruction of[3] the Galactic Republic[4] space station Starlight Beacon by the Nihil pirates[3] in 230 BBY,[5] the clan annexed a number of Republic star systems.[3] In 228 BBY,[5] a Republic contact stationed on the astronomical object Rorak 5 learned the clan hoped to stabilize its dominance of the Kastolar sector and informed the Republic. Concerned by the development, Jedi Master Elzar Mann notified the crew of the Republic Longbeam Gios of the news. Republic Commander Velko Jahen told Mann the Hutts had been continually losing territory and noted recent clan losses of star systems.[3]
Behind the scenes
The High Republic (2023) 1 marked the first identification of the Kastolar sector in the current Star Wars canon.
The Kastolar sector was first identified in the current Star Wars canon in the first issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic, released as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[3] Phase III. The issue was written by Cavan Scott and published by Marvel Comics on November 8, 2023.[6]
The Kastolar sector originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity. It was first mentioned in HoloNet News Vol. 531 #55, an issue of the representation of the in-universe HoloNet News[7] written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens[8] and published on May 9, 2002.[9] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, subsequently placed the Kwenn Space Station[10]—which had first appeared in Tatooine Manhunt, a 1998 adventure supplement written by Bill Slavicsek and Daniel Greenberg for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[11]—within the Kastolar sector,[10] thereby retroactively making Tatooine Manhunt the sector's first full appearance.[11]
Appearances
- The High Republic (2023) 1 (First identified as Kastolar sector)
- The High Republic (2023) 2
- The High Republic (2023) 3
- The Living Force (and audiobook)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company (and audiobook) (First appearance)
- Join the Resistance (and audiobook)
"Tales from Wild Space: Mattis Makes a Stand" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 4 (In flashback(s)) (First pictured)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxy Map poster. This assumes that the name "Ootmian Pabol," as used in Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, applies to the canon hyperspace route depicted on the map that matches the depiction of the Star Wars Legends route with the same name in The Essential Atlas per
Jason Fry (@jasoncfry.bsky.social.) on Bluesky (post on January 3, 2025): "They are indeed the same. Same galaxy, same map. In the rare event something needs to be changed, it will be discussed. (In response to: Hi @jasoncfry.bsky.social, was hoping you could confirm for Wookieepedia purposes that the hyperspace routes depicted on the Galaxy Map given out at Celebration are intended to be the same routes as in Legends. Sorry to bother, but would make our lives much easier to have it confirmed!)" (screenshot).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 The High Republic (2023) 1
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force takes place one year and six weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon and its events span a few months, it must be set in 228 BBY. The High Republic: Tempest Breaker establishes the events of the comic series Star Wars: The High Republic (2023) occur concurrently to the events of Temptation of the Force, therefore meaning they must take place in the same year.
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic [Phase III] (2023) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Campaigning Reports from the Mid Rim — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #55 (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Credits — HoloNet News Vol. 531 (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The Official HoloNetNews Discussion Thread (post by IAmTheDarkSide) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (May 9, 2002) (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Tatooine Manhunt
