Rhinnal

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"I visited the slopes on the Rhinnal island though."
"Did you ski?"
"No. I wanted to see the environmental controls. To maintain that much snow in this heat…"
―Elzar Mann and Samera Ra-oon[4]

Rhinnal was a Core Worlds planet that was part of the Galactic Republic during the High Republic Era. It had a sky-island with a replication of its environment for the Republic Fair on the Outer Rim planet Valo in 231 BBY, as it was considered one of the Republic's key worlds.

Description

Rhinnal was a cold and snowy planet[4] in the Darpa sector's Rhinnal system, located in the Core Worlds[1] and the Interior.[2] It was situated in grid square L-9 of the Standard Galactic Grid, just off the Hydian Way hyperspace route. The Perlemian Trade Route hyperspace route connected it to the astronomical object Shulstine and[3] the planet[5] Brentaal IV.[3]

History

Elzar Mann visited Rhinnal's pavilion at the Valo Republic Fair.

Elzar Mann visited Rhinnal's pavilion at the Valo Republic Fair.

The world was a member of the Galactic Republic during the High Republic Era. Considered a key world of the Republic, Rhinnal received a sky-island with a replication of its environment and a turbo-ski run for the Republic Fair on the Outer Rim planet Valo[4] in 231 BBY.[6]

Since Valo was a considerably warmer planet than Rhinnal, Jedi Master Elzar Mann visited the island to see how its environmental controls were able to maintain the snow on the island despite the summer heat, later mentioning the visit to fair coordinator Samera Ra-oon. Agreeing that the island was a feat of enviro-engineering, Ra-oon insisted that Mann try the ski run when he had time, offering to guide him after the fair's opening ceremony. However, an attack by the Nihil pirates destroyed the sky-islands, preventing Mann from revisiting the Rhinnal island.[4]

Behind the scenes

Rhinnal in the Star Wars Legends continuity

Rhinnal in the Star Wars Legends continuity

In the current Star Wars canon, Rhinnal was first mentioned in the 2021 novel The High Republic: The Rising Storm, written by Cavan Scott[4] as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I.[7] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Rhinnal was first mentioned in the "Galaxywide NewsNets" feature, authored by Paul Sudlow, in the fifth issue of West End Games' Star Wars Adventure Journal magazine, which was published in February 1995.[8]

The planet received an illustration in the 1998 West End Games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplement The Far Orbit Project, authored by Timothy S. O'Brien,[9] and later made its debut appearance in The Fury of Darth Maul, the 1999-published third entry in the Star Wars: Episode I Adventures junior-novel series written by Ryder Windham.[10]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Rhinnal system
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide places Rhinnal in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Interior.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 The High Republic: The Rising Storm
  5. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Vanguard Squadron in the Databank (backup link)
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  7. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  8. ↑ SWAJsmall "Galaxywide NewsNets" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
  9. ↑ The Far Orbit Project
  10. ↑ Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul