The Pleiades was a constellation.[2] It contained Endymion,[1] a planet in the Kalamith sector of the Outer Rim Territories[3] that was the site of a skirmish between Jedi and Sith during a galaxy-wide war.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Pleiades was fleetingly mentioned for the 2010 book Star Wars Art: Visions as the home for the planet Endymion in Michael Haynes's artwork Skirmish on Endymion.[1] According to Haynes' website, he originally meant for the Pleiades to be a constellation,[2] although this information was ultimately absent from the final version of the book.[1] In real-life astronomy, the Pleiades is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus.[4] A June 12, 2015 update to the Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Companion added an Endymion system in the Kalamith sector of the Outer Rim, though no mention of the Pleiades was made.[3]
Sources
- Star Wars Art: Visions (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars Art: Visions
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Michael Haynes Art - Miscellaneous on mhaynesart.com (original page now obsolete)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ Messier Object 45 on messier.seds.org (backup link archived on November 2, 2017)
