- "Soon as we're done here, we head back to the Ash Worlds."
- ―Saw Gerrera
Po'yin was a celestial body[3] in the Phelleem sector's Po'yin system, within the Outer Rim Territories[1] and the Slice.[2] It was situated in grid square S-7 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] Po'yin had valuable red water.[3]
When it was occupied by the Galactic Empire[3] around 19 BBY,[4] the red water became a rare and sought-after, especially to those from Po'yin. Several weeks before the attack on Eyo-Dajuritz, the Onderonian Saw Gerrera and his rebel Partisans made a deal with a group from Po'yin to trade them red water stolen from their homeworld. Shortly after the attack, Gerrera and the freedom fighters Vorgorath and Rynark arrived at a salt-filled smoke den at Po'yin with the water casks, looking to trade them in exchange for weapons and credits. When they were alerted of an attack on the planet Coruscant involving their former associate Soujen Vak-Nhalis, Gerrera told Vorgorath to prepare their starship, the Dalgo, so they could soon leave Po'yin and return to the Ash Worlds.[3]
Behind the scenes
Po'yin first appeared in the 2025 novel Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, written by Alexander Freed as the first installment of the Star Wars: Reign of the Empire trilogy.[3]
Appearances
- Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook) (First appearance)
Sources
Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Po'yin system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places Po'yin in the area of realspace between the Perlemian Trade Route and the Corellian Run, which are the borders of the Slice as defined by "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
- ↑ Star Wars: Edge of the Abyss on Penguin Books' official United Kingdom website (backup link) establishes the events of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear take place thirteen years before the events of Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss. Rebecca Roanhorse (@rebeccaroanhorse) on Instagram (post): "Title and updated release date of my upcoming STAR WARS novel announced at SDCC. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS takes place a year before Andor S1." (backup link) states that Edge of the Abyss takes place a year before the events of Andor Season 1, which are set in 5 BBY per the reasoning here. Therefore, the events of Edge of the Abyss must be set in 6 BBY, and the events of The Mask of Fear in 19 BBY.
