Ton-Falk

Ton-Falk was a celestial body^[4] located in the Ton-Falk system, a part of the Pakuuni sector^[1] in the Slice portion of^[2] the Outer Rim Territories.^[1] It was situated on the Overic Griplink hyperspace route, which linked it to the Florn and Pakuuni systems.^[3]

At some point between 2 BBY^[2] and the 0 BBY,^[5] the Battle of Ton-Falk of the Galactic Civil War was fought over Ton-Falk. The battle was an embarrassing defeat for the Galactic Empire due to the loss of an entire Imperial Navy battle group to a small number of Rebel Alliance starfighters, and it led to Kuat Drive Yards designing the Ton-Falk-class escort carrier for Imperial use.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Ton-Falk's name was introduced via a mention of the Battle of Ton-Falk in Greg Gorden's 1989 Imperial Sourcebook that was published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.^[6] "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are," a 1990 roleplaying game source article published in the thirteenth issue of the Voyages SF magazine, described Ton-Falk as a location. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process, its canonicity within the Star Wars Legends continuity was never confirmed.^[7]

Stephen J. Sansweet's 1998 Star Wars Encyclopedia subsequently provided the first unambiguously canonical description of Ton-Falk being a location in Star Wars Legends,^[8] and the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry placed it on a galactic map in grid square T-5.^[2] Ultimately, Stay on Target, a 2014 sourcebook published by Fantasy Flight Games for use with the Star Wars: Age of Rebellion line of Star Wars Roleplaying products, more firmly established Ton-Falk as a distinct celestial body.^[4] "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" also placed Ton-Falk in the Heterkus sector, but the StarWars.com Online Companion to The Essential Atlas overrode that placement by establishing that the Ton-Falk system, and therefore the celestial body, was part of the Pakuuni sector instead.^[1]

Appearances

• "The Stele Chronicles" — Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Mentioned only) (In Battle of Ton-Falk's name)

Sources

• Imperial Sourcebook (First mentioned) (In Battle of Ton-Falk's name)
• Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition (In Battle of Ton-Falk's name)
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition (In Battle of Ton-Falk's name)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 12 REG 1-2: The Alliance Regroups
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Atlas
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 29
• Essential Atlas Extra: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare (In Battle of Ton-Falk's name)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 28 3 ABY 1-2: The Alliance Regroups
• Stay on Target

Non-canon sources

• "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" — Voyages SF 13 (Unlicensed) (First described)

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