- "Technical Lt. Makkor von Urron was a double TIE ace by age 18, racking up 11 kills against insurgent Y-wings around Oovri II before a lucky shot took out his knee and put him out of action."
- ―"Aces of the Empire"
Oovri II was a celestial body[3] located in the Oovri system, a part of the Tungra sector[1] in the Western Reaches portion of[2] the Outer Rim Territories.[1] At some point during the reign of the Galactic Empire, Imperial TIE fighter pilot Makkor von Urron participated in a skirmish over Oovri II against a group of insurgents' Y-wing starfighters. During the engagement, von Urron shot down eleven of the enemy craft before himself suffering an injury. The pilot's exploit at the skirmish was later mentioned as part of a short profile included in[3] a 3 ABY[4] edition of the Imperial propaganda medium "Aces of the Empire."[3]
Behind the scenes
Oovri II was originally meant to be mentioned in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart; however, the section that would have mentioned the celestial body was cut before the book's release. The information regarding Oovri II was later released in 2014 as part of Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, a series of articles published on the StarWars.com Blog by Fry and[3] Del Rey editor[5] Erich Schoeneweiss containing various cut content from The Essential Guide to Warfare.[3] The StarWars.com Online Companion to the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Oovri system, and therefore Oovri II, in grid square K-18.[1]
Sources
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 10: The Rise of the Empire on StarWars.com (backup link) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Oovri system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places the Oovri system, and therefore Oovri II, in grid square K-18, which The Essential Atlas establishes as part of the Western Reaches.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 8: Tales of the Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Per Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 10: The Rise of the Empire on StarWars.com (backup link), the edition of "Aces of the Empire" mentioning the engagement at Oovri II is set three years after the Second Battle of Ord Biniir, which corresponds to 3 ABY per The New Essential Chronology.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut — The Celestials on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)