Shimia

Shimia was an Outer Rim celestial body located in the Shimia system of the Dalchon sector. It was represented in the Galactic Republic's Senate, and the agricultural planet Mynos III was under its protectorate. Shimia was the homeworld of the Pacithhip Bok Askol.

Description

Shimia was a celestial body^[3] situated in the Shimia system of the Outer Rim Territories' Dalchon sector within grid square R-17 of the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] It shared its name with the Shimiese language spoken by the Pacithhip^[4] Ketwol.^[5]

History

Shimia was represented in the Senate of the Galactic Republic, and the Dalchon sector's agricultural planet Mynos III was under its protectorate.^[2] In 228 BBY,^[6] three Pacithhip representatives of Shimia, Lord Salk and two secretaries, traveled to Coruscant,^[2] the Core Worlds capital planet of the Republic,^[7] to request help from the Jedi Order in dealing with Nihil marauders who had overrun Mynos Three. During a mission briefing in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Jedi Knight Lyssa Votz informed the Padawan Ram Jomaram of the meeting between Shimia's representatives and the Jedi High Council.^[2]

Shimia was the homeworld of the female Pacithhip Bok Askol,^[3] who was born around 56 BBY.^[8] By the time of the First Order's occupation of the planet Batuu^[3] in 34 ABY,^[8] the pirate Hondo Ohnaka had obtained a stolen identity profile of Askol that mentioned Shimia.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Shimia's name was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set published by Fantasy Flight Games.^[9] It was then both first established as a distinct celestial body and given its first visual depiction by the app Star Wars: Datapad that was launched alongside the themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,^[3] which was opened to guests at Disneyland Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019.^[10]

The planet Shimia was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Alien Encounters, a 1998 roleplaying sourcebook published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.^[11] The planet was given its first visual depiction in the 2006 reference book The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, which was written by Ann Margaret Lewis and Helen Keier and illustrated by Chris Trevas and William O'Connor.^[12]

Appearances

• The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Datapad — "Flight Crews Wanted" (Screenshots: 1, 2) (First described) (First pictured)

Sources

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game (First mentioned) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• "The First Order" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Galaxy Map poster (also published on StarWars.com) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))
• Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Appears as point(s) on galactic map(s))

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