Unidentified dark star

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"Decided to go after one of the Maz's tougher prizes: the Graceful Promising, a derelict Vontorian treasure ship locked in close orbit around a dark star."
―Han Solo, Smuggler's Guide[2]

A dark star[2] located at the Slice's eastern edge[1] had a massive gravitational shear and glowed in multiple colors. The Graceful Promising, a wrecked Vontorian treasure ship used as a treasure cache by the famed pirate queen Maz Kanata, was locked in close orbit around the star[2] by 10 BBY.[3] Kanata mapped the starship's location in her book, the Smuggler's Guide.[2]

Between 0 ABY and 3 ABY,[4] the smuggler Han Solo, captain of the light freighter Millennium Falcon, acquired the Smuggler's Guide and conducted a mission to acquire the treasures above the dark star with his partner Chewbacca and a small unit of Alliance Pathfinders led by Lieutenant Caluan Ematt. Solo wrote in the book that the gravity of the dark star made the mission very risky, adding an image depicting the Graceful Promising above the star and bragging that he had the experience for it after flying the Kessel Run on the Falcon in under twelve parsecs. Solo's mission was ultimately successful.[2]

Behind the scenes

The dark star was introduced in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, written by Daniel Wallace. It was illustrated by Adrián Rodriguez.[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide places the dark star at the eastern edge of the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Slice.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
  3. ↑ According to Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, Maz Kanata included in the Smuggler's Guide a map of the galaxy noting the location of the dark star at some point before Lando Calrissian lost ownership of the Millennium Falcon, an event that Star Wars: Timelines dates to 10 BBY.
  4. ↑ Per Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, Han Solo's entries in the Smuggler's Guide related to the Graceful Promising were made while he was affiliated with the Rebel Alliance and in debt to Jabba Desilijic Tiure. According to Star Wars: Timelines, Solo's affiliation with the Alliance began in 0 ABY and his debt to Jabba culminated with him falling into the crime lord's custody in 3 ABY.