Metellos Trade Route

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"After a rash of piracy along the Metellos Trade Route, the route leading to Coruscant, landed on Divo's scanners, he put out an interdivisional call for any information regarding Weequay raiders, based on what scant evidence there was. A torrent of reports flooded his receptacle, with one name constantly popping up: Hondo Ohnaka."
―Exantor Divo, Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious[5]

The Metellos Trade Route was a Core Worlds hyperspace route that ran from the N'zoth system to the planet Coruscant, which acted as a junction to many other routes including the Corellian Run and the Perlemian Trade Route. In 7957 C.R.C., Coruscant Security Force Inspector Tanivos Divo investigated a rash of pirate activity taking place along the route.

Description

The Metellos Trade Route was a hyperspace route[5] in the Core Worlds[1] and the Interior.[2] One terminus was at the N'zoth system[1] in the Koornacht Cluster,[4] which the route linked to the Cal-Seti system[1] in the Torranix sector[4] before leading to Coruscant,[5] a planet in the Corusca sector's Coruscant system.[3] Coruscant acted as a junction onto the Corellian Run, Perlemian Trade Route,[6] Koros Trunk Line,[7] Stassia Alley,[10] Nexus Route,[9] and Namadii Corridor routes.[8] The route shared its name[5] with the Core Worlds planet Metellos.[7]

History

The Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka clasps his hands together, wearing a red jacket, a black cap, and googles.

The name of Hondo Ohnaka (pictured) came up during Tanivos Divo's investigation of piracy on the Metellos Trade Route.

In 7957 C.R.C., Coruscant Security Force Inspector Tanivos Divo learned of a rash of pirate activity taking place along the Metellos Trade Route but uncovered little evidence. Based on what he had, Divo put out an interdivisional call for information on Weequay raiders and received a large volume of responses, with many mentioning the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka of the Ohnaka Gang. Divo's grandson, Exantor Divo, later mentioned Divo's investigation relating to the route in his book, Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious,[5] which he published in 34 ABY.[11]

Also in 34 ABY,[12] the Metellos Trade Route was included on a partial map of the galaxy displayed on screens aboard Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon while it traveled from the Core Worlds' Chandrila system to the Outer Rim Territories.[13]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, the Metellos Trade Route was first pictured on a map of the galaxy included in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 Star Wars Roleplaying set published by Fantasy Flight Games.[6] It was then identified in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo.[5]

The route then appeared in-universe for the first time when it was depicted on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida[13] that opened to the public on March 1, 2022,[14] and had its final voyage from September 28 to 30, 2023.[15] The route originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Coruscant and the Core Worlds, a 2003 supplement for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published by Wizards of the Coast.[16]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars Galaxy Map poster. This assumes that the name "Metellos Trade Route" 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 BlueskyLogo 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Metellos Trade Route falls within the area of space that Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Interior on the Star Wars Galaxy Map poster. This assumes that the name "Metellos Trade Route" 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 BlueskyLogo 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious established that Coruscant is part of the Metellos Trade Route. As Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy establishes the planet Coruscant to be part of the Coruscant system and Corusca sector, they must also be part of the route.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars Galaxy Map poster shows that the Metellos Trade Route includes the Cal-Seti system and the N'zoth system, which StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) places in the Torranix sector and Koornacht Cluster, respectively.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Nexus of Power establishes Coruscant to be part of the Koros Trunk Line. As Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious establishes Coruscant to be part of the Metellos Trade Route, the world must act as a junction between the two hyperspace routes.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Collapse of the Republic establishes Coruscant to be part of the Namadii Corridor. As Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious establishes Coruscant to be part of the Metellos Trade Route, the world must act as a junction between the two hyperspace routes.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel" establishes Coruscant to be part of the Nexus Route. As Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious establishes Coruscant to be part of the Metellos Trade Route, the world must act as a junction between the two hyperspace routes.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
  11. ↑ The latest entries chronologically in Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious are dated to 8011 (C.R.C. date) and gives 7980 (C.R.C. date) as the year that the carbon-freezing of Han Solo, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 3 ABY. Therefore, 8011 C.R.C. must have been around 34 ABY. Scum and Villainy also mentions Hosnian Prime as still being capital of the New Republic, meaning the in-universe Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious must have been published prior to the destruction of the planet, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. As the publishing must have occurred between the time of the latest entries and the destruction of Hosnian Prime, it therefore also took place around 34 ABY.
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to 34 ABY.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
  14. ↑ StarWars.com 31 Things We Learned in an Exclusive Preview of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  15. ↑ Disney.com Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on Disney's official website (backup link)
  16. ↑ Coruscant and the Core Worlds
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