Thape was a celestial body[2] located in the Thape system, a part of the Lambda sector[1] in the Slice portion of[2] the Mid Rim.[1] A hyperlane linked it to the Ando and Leritor systems. Between around 25,000 BBY and 22,000 BBY, the society of Force-sensitives known as the Order of Dai Bendu[2]—which was present on[3] the Ando system planet[4] Ando Prime as early as approximately 37,453 BBY[3] and as late as around 32 BBY[5]—had a presence at Thape.[2]
Behind the scenes
Thape was first mentioned in the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, which placed it in grid square Q-15.[2] It shares its name with "Usby C. J. Thape," a misspelling present in Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas—a 1984 biography of the Star Wars franchise's creator, George Lucas, by Dale Pollock[6]—of the name of "C. J. Thorpe," the "padawaan learner" of the "Jedi-bendu" Mace Windy mentioned in Journal of the Whills (Part) I, which was the earliest story outline that Lucas wrote in 1973 while developing the first part of the original trilogy, the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[7]
Sources
- The Essential Atlas (First mentioned)
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Thape system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
- ↑
Ando: Planet of the Walrus Men on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The events of Star Wars: Episode I Racer, which include the appearance of the Order of Dai Bendu on Ando Prime, take place at some point by the time of those of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 32 BBY.
- ↑ Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas
- ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition