Pilot's End (Akkadese Maelstrom)

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This article is about the region of the Akkadese Maelstrom.
You may be looking for the Pilot's End area of the Kijimi Nebula.

"Nearby you'll find lots of hazards that wary spacers have given nicknames: the Maw, the Black Pits, Pilots' End, and other perils."
―Midnight's book[3]

Pilot's End was a navigational hazard in the Akkadese Maelstrom, a region[3] of the Outer Rim Territories[1] and the Slice[2] that consisted of ionized gas, dust clouds, water vapor, ammonia, carbonbergs, and gravity wells.[4] Pilot's End had been named by wary spacers and was situated near[3] the Kessel system's[5] world Kessel at the center of the Maelstrom.[3] At some point between 10 BBY and approximately 1 ABY,[6] the barkeep known as Midnight mentioned Pilot's End as one of Kessel's nearby hazards—and also included a map of the Akkadese Maelstrom with Pilot's End featured on it—in a book they were writing.[3]

Behind the scenes

Pilot's End was mentioned in the 2018 book Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor, authored by Jason Fry and illustrated by Sam Gilbey.[3]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information from Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 29 Guide to the Galaxy: Major Trade Routes, and the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game places the Akkadese Maelstrom—which included Pilot's End per Tales from Vandor—in the Outer Rim Territories.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor places the Akkadese Maelstrom, which included Pilot's End, in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Slice.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
  5. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  6. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor is presented as an in-universe book written by Midnight that mentions Lando Calrissian losing the Millennium Falcon to Han Solo in a game of sabacc and that is also set prior to the former becoming the Baron Administrator of Cloud City. Star Wars: Timelines dates the sabacc game between Calrissian and Solo to 10 BBY. Additionally, Calrissian becomes Baron Administrator at some point after the flashback events of Halcyon Legacy 4 and years prior to the events of The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?, which Timelines dates to approximately 1 ABY and 3 ABY, respectively. Therefore, Midnight's book must have been authored at some point between 10 BBY and approximately 1 ABY.