Nythlide Array

The Nythlide Array, or Nythlide sector, was an Inner Rim Territories sector controlled by the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. In 5 ABY, the Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing attacked and engulfed the planet Dybbron III in the sector as part of an effort against Imperial worlds that had broken away from the loyalist forces of the Empire. Around the same time, a New Republic battle group led by General Hera Syndulla fought Nythlide's Imperial blockades for a week until they had been broken through.

Following the blockades' defeat, Syndulla moved on from the Nythlide Array, leaving two carriers under Major Jaun to support the local militia against the remaining Imperial presence until their operations were finished with. Some of Jaun's forces were redirected to Dybbron III to look for survivors after Syndulla learned of the 204th's genocidal attacks.

Description

The Nythlide Array,^[3] also known as the Nythlide sector, was a sector^[1] within the Trailing Sectors^[2] portion of the Inner Rim Territories. It included the Dybbron system,^[1] containing the planet Dybbron III,^[3] at the coordinates L-15 on the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1]

History

Warring factions

During the Galactic Civil War, the region of space known as the Nythlide Array, or Nythlide for short, was controlled by the Galactic Empire. In the eleven months following the Battle of Endor^[3] in 4 ABY,^[4] much of the Empire's territory was captured by or ceded to the New Republic, but Nythlide remained as one of the territories in the galaxy controlled by Imperial warlords and opportunists that had become separated from the Empire's loyalist forces. Those territories became increasingly isolated by the New Republic.^[3]

In 5 ABY,^[5] the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing, aligned with the Empire's loyalists, was sent to carry out a string of genocides against breakaway Imperial worlds, targeting Dybbron III.^[3] The fighter wing's forces engulfed the world, taking in some Imperial recruits and salvaging a pirate gunship from the local evidence yards. Meanwhile, a New Republic battle group led by General Hera Syndulla attacked the Imperial blockades in the Nythlide Array, breaking through them after a week of fighting.^[3]

Aftermaths

After the defeat of the blockades, Syndulla left two of her carriers in Nythlide under Major Jaun to support Nythlide's local militia against the remaining Imperial presence there. The general subsequently moved on from the territory to continue her hunt for the Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing. In a meeting between members of the New Republic High Command, a holographic map of the galaxy was presented to represent the remaining Imperial control there and the New Republic's progress in clearing out the faction, with the diminished Imperial presence in the Nythlide Array being represented on the map. During the meeting, Admiral Gial Ackbar asked Syndulla whether Nythlide was secure from the Empire, and the general provided him with an update.^[3]

Meanwhile, the 204th continued with genocidal attacks on two other planets, Kortatka and Fedovoi End^[3] of the nearby Croynar sector,^[1] which soon came to the attention of Syndulla and her forces as they followed leads on the fighter wing's whereabouts. Jaun's carriers were set to leave Nythlide once their operations were finished and regroup with Syndulla's forces, but the general instead rerouted them to look for survivors among three fallen planets as they had all gone radio silent.^[3]

Behind the scenes

The Nythlide Array appeared holographically in the 2021 novel Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel, which was written by Alexander Freed as the third installment of the Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron trilogy.^[3] It was identified as the Nythlide sector in the appendix "Star Systems of the Galaxy," published on StarWars.com alongside the Star Wars Galaxy Map^[1] on June 24, 2025. Both works were authored by Jason Fry.^[6]

Appearances

• Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook) (First appearance) (Appears in hologram)

Sources

• Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)

Notes and references