Kitel Phard system

The Kitel Phard system was situated in the Atrisian Commonwealth sector of the Core Worlds^[1] and the Interior.^[2] It was located in grid square J-12 of the Standard Galactic Grid^[1] and lay along the hyperspace route known as the Giju Run that connected it to the Deymasoll system of the Colonies.^[5]

The system contained the terrestrial celestial body Atrisia,^[3][4] which was governed by rulers known as Atrisian Emperors long before the armed conflict between the First Order and the Resistance^[6] that began in^[7] 34 ABY.^[8] The Kitel Phard system also shared its name with the Kitel Phard dynasty, which, during the reign of the Galactic Empire, was associated with a style of expensive vases.^[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 position of the Kitel Phard system.^[11]

Behind the scenes

The Kitel Phard 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] Its 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 system was identified by name in "Star Systems of the Galaxy," an appendix published with the Star Wars Galaxy Map article on StarWars.com^[1] on June 24, 2025. Both works were authored by Jason Fry.^[15]

The Star Wars Legends continuity counterpart of the Kitel Phard system, the Atrisi system, was introduced in the Imperial Sourcebook, a 1989 supplement written by Greg Gorden for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.^[16] The entry of the original StarWars.com Databank for the Galactic Empire, which was published at some point by June 24, 2001, subsequently introduced the alternate name "Atrisian system."^[17]

In the Appendix section of Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry's 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas^[18] and in the StarWars.com Online Companion to the book,^[19] as well as on galactic maps included in The Essential Atlas^[18] and the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, the Atrisi system was referred to by the name of^[20] its principal planet,^[21] Kitel Phard.^[18] The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct, a webcomic authored by Pablo Hidalgo and released on StarWars.com^[22] over the span of the 2009^[23]–2010^[24] second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series,^[23] featured the first appearance of the Atrisi system.^[22]

Appearances

• 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 First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — 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 Galaxy Map poster (also published on StarWars.com)
• 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 Kitel Phard system)

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