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This article is about the planet. You may be looking for the moon Orchis 2.

Orchis was a planet[3] located in the Orchis system of the Inner Rim[1] and New Territories region,[2] in grid square N-8 on the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] In 34 ABY,[4] the historian Eloc Throno included a map with the location of Orchis in his book Traveler's Guide to Batuu, a guide that detailed the planet Batuu.[3] Orchis was located in the same system as the moon Orchis 2,[1] home of the Graf Archive.[5]

Behind the scenes

Orchis was mentioned in the 2020 reference book Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu, written by Cole Horton.[3]

Sources

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Orchis system
  2. 2.0 2.1 According to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu, Orchis lies in the territory Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the New Territories.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
  4. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu establishes that at the time of the book's setting the Resistance was based on Batuu. Star Wars: Timelines dates both the establishment of the Batuu Resistance base and its eventual relocation to Ajan Kloss to 34 ABY. Therefore, the in-universe guide must have been authored that year.
  5. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas: Updated Edition
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