Orinda

Orinda was a planet on the Entralla Route in the Orinda system in the Irishi sector in the Mid Rim Territories and New Territories. The rebel Cloud-Riders raided a fueling depot there by 10 BBY and were joined by one of the depot's security guards, Batcha Hunaris. The 204th Imperial Fighter Wing was involved in an event known as the Orinda Massacre there during the reign of the Galactic Empire.

By 28 ABY, Orinda was represented in the Senate of the New Republic by the Centrist senator Fatil, whom fellow Centrist Ransolm Casterfo thought might want the Empire to return. When the First Order emerged from the Unknown Regions in 29 ABY, Orinda seceded from the New Republic and joined the First Order, although the state was defeated in 35 ABY.

Description

Orinda was a terrestrial^[4] world^[6] of the Orinda system located in the Irishi sector of the Mid Rim Territories^[1] and New Territories^[2] in square K-6 of the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] It was part of the hyperspace route known as the Entralla Route^[3] which connected it to^[1] the Bright Jewel sector planet^[7] Ord Mantell and^[1] the planet^[8] Ardennia.^[1]

History

Imperial Era

The brutish Batcha Hunaris worked as a security guard in a fueling depot on Orinda until it was raided by the rebel Cloud-Riders, at which point Hunaris joined them and left Orinda^[4] by 10 BBY.^[9] During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing took part in an event on Orinda that they referred to as the "Red Insurgency," although others named it the Orinda Massacre, after which they took on the motto "Where shadows fall, all things die."^[10]

When the former 204th pilot Yrica Quell briefed a group of her new allies in the New Republic on the fighter wing aboard the bulk freighter Buried Treasure^[10] in 4 ABY,^[11] she explained the origin of the wing's nickname, Shadow Wing, as being caused by its elusiveness. New Republic Intelligence agent Caern Adan then brought up an alternate story where the nickname originated from the wing's motto, but Quell dismissed the Red Insurgency on Orinda and the motto's origin as having happened after the nickname. Adan used the name Orinda Massacre instead, which Quell acknowledged. By that same time, New Republic General Hera Syndulla had felt a numbing dismay when reading about the 204th's connection to Orinda.^[10]

New Republic Era

By 28 ABY,^[12] long after the fall of the Empire, Orinda was a member of the New Republic and was represented in the New Republic Senate by Senator Fatil, a member of the Centrists faction. During a party held by fellow Centrist Ransolm Casterfo, she admired and praised every item in his collection of Imperial memorabilia, causing him to believe that she wished to bring back the Empire, take him to bed, or both.^[5]

When the First Order—a successor to the Empire—emerged from the Unknown Regions^[6] in 29 ABY,^[13] Orinda seceded from the New Republic to join the new state.^[6] In 34 ABY, the First Order destroyed the New Republic Senate and took control of the galaxy until its defeat by the Resistance in 35 ABY.^[14]

Following the fall of the First Order, the Resistance historian Beaumont Kin speculated in^[6] his^[7] book, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, that Orinda and other Centrist worlds like Kuat and Arkanis must have provided either financial support or construction expertise to the First Order prior to its emergence on the galactic stage. He described the world as wishing for a return to a central dominant ruler of the galaxy, as Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine had been during the Empire's reign.^[6]

Locations

A fueling depot was located on Orinda.^[4]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, Orinda was first mentioned in the 2016 novel Bloodline, which was written by Claudia Gray.^[5] The world originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the 1996 novel Before the Storm, which was written by Michael P. Kube-McDowell and the first entry in the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy.^[15] It then appeared for the first time in the second issue of the 2011 comic book series Star Wars: Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost. The issue was written by Mike Richardson, illustrated by Paul Gulacy, and published by Dark Horse Comics^[16] on November 30, 2011.^[17]

Appearances

• The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s); based on correspondence between the map and maps in other sources)
• Alphabet Squadron (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Bloodline (and audiobook) (First mentioned)

Sources

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• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
• The High Republic Free Digital Sampler (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Melee and Ranged Weapons" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s); based on correspondence between the map and maps in other sources)
• "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) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
• Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))

Notes and references

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