Oseon Belt

The Oseon Belt was a part of the Oseon system in the Outer Rim Territories' Centrality. It contained a subtropical moon which the gambler Lando Calrissian won ownership of at one point by 10 BBY. By thirteen years later, the gambler Zana Gatta was expelled from the Oseon system after apparently breaking the rules of the gaamja game during a match in the Oseon Belt.

Description

The Oseon Belt^[5] was situated in the Oseon system^[3] of the Centrality region. It was a part of the regions known as the Outer Rim Territories^[1] and the Slice.^[2] Along with the rest of the Oseon system, the Oseon Belt was located in grid square T-8 of the Standard Galactic Grid and lay on a hyperspace route that linked it to the Junkfort Station^[1] and Marleyvane systems.^[6] Another route, known as the Sanity Skip, also connected the Oseon system to the Kessel system.^[4] The Oseon Belt contained a subtropical moon.^[5]

History

At some point by 10 BBY,^[8] the human gambler Lando Calrissian won ownership of the Oseon Belt's subtropical moon.^[3] in a game of cards.^[5] That year,^[8] Calrissian mentioned his acquisition of the natural satellite during a game of sabacc with the thief Han Solo^[5] in the saloon known as the Lodge on the planet Vandor.^[9]

In 3 ABY,^[10] flight FY-47 to the Oseon Belt that was scheduled to depart from Mirogana Spaceport's gate W1 on the moon Toshara of the Outer Rim's Shadola sector was cancelled after the moon's Galactic Empire Governor Thorden closed down a section of the spaceport. A cycle earlier, the human gambler Zana Gatta participated in a match of gaamja in the Oseon Belt that was witnessed by a friend of a Rodian. For an apparent breaking of the game's rules, Gatta was expelled from the Oseon system.^[7]

In 3 ABY,^[10] the Rodian shared details about Gatta's match in the Oseon Belt with the thief Kay Vess while they were both aboard the casino cruiser Morenia.^[7]

Behind the scenes

The Oseon Belt was first mentioned in the 2018 Star Wars Anthology Series film Solo: A Star Wars Story.^[5] The accompanying reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide by Pablo Hidalgo spelled its name as the "Oseon belt."^[9] The origins of the Oseon Belt lie in the Star Wars Legends continuity. Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu,^[11] the June 12, 1983^[12] first entry in The Lando Calrissian Adventures trilogy of novels by L. Neil Smith, saw the first appearance of the asteroid-filled Oseon system.^[11] That star system was then established to have contained multiple asteroid belts by the trilogy's^[13] September 12, 1983^[12] second entry, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon. On that book's original cover, an illustration by William Schmidt also provided the first visual depiction of the system's asteroid Oseon 6845.^[13]

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are," a 1990 roleplaying source article published in the thirteenth issue of the Voyages SF magazine, referred to the Oseon system's group of asteroids as a more unitary object, referring to it as the "Oseon Belt" and describing it as a singular asteroid belt. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process, its canonicity with respect to Star Wars Legends was never confirmed.^[14]

Beginning with the 1996 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded rulebook authored by Bill Smith for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game^[15] as well as Hidalgo's 1996 Second Edition of^[16] the 1989 The Roleplaying Game sourcebook Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back,^[17] unambiguously canonical Star Wars sources began following suit,^{[15][16][18][19][20][21][22]} introducing nomenclature such as the "Oseon asteroid belt,"^[16] the "Oseon asteroid field,"^[15] and the "Oseon belt."^[19] The Wizards of the Coast roleplaying game source article "A Campaign Guide to the Centrality," which was authored by Michael Kogge and published in the fifth issue of the Star Wars Gamer magazine^[23] on July 24, 2001,^[24] was the first work to attempt to reconcile the two perspectives by characterizing the overall object, which it referred to as the "Oseon Asteroid Belt," as indeed consisting of several smaller belts.^[23]

Appearances

• Solo: A Star Wars Story (First mentioned)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 3 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Mentioned only) (Wild Card DLC)

Sources

• Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide

Notes and references