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- "I declare this session open. The floor recognizes the representative from Ithor."
- ―Chancellor Palpatine, opening the debate on the hyperlane intersecting the Urce sector
The Urce sector, also known as Urce Space, was a Mid Rim sector that contained the Entuur, Fitca Prime, Pa'hir'al, and Urce systems. In 28 BBY, Ithorians sought to make the map to a hyperspace route running through the Lesser Plooriod Cluster and within the Urce sector public in a motion within the Galactic Senate.
Description
The Urce sector,[2] also known as Urce Space,[1] was a space sector located in the Mid Rim Territories[1] and the Trailing Sectors regions of the galaxy.[3] It was situated within the star cluster known as the Lesser Plooriod Cluster, which was inhabited by humans.[2] The Urce sector contained the Entuur, Fitca Prime, Pa'hir'al, and Urce systems, which were situated in grid squares L-6 and L-7 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1]
History
A hyperspace route mapped by Ithorians from[2] the planet[4] Ithor and later by the Trade Federation[2] megacorporation[5] intersected with the Urce sector.[2] In 28 BBY,[6] the Ithorians sought to make the map of the hyperspace route public in a motion within the Senate of the Galactic Republic. Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine opened the Senate floor for debate, allowing a human senator and a Trade Federation delegate to argue with the Ithorian senator proposing the initiative. Senator Padmé Amidala voted in favor of the motion, musing that the Urce sector's inhabitants only held a claim to a part of the route, whereas the Ithorians had been using the route long before the Trade Federation mapped it. However, the motion ultimately failed.[2]
Behind the scenes
Urce Space in the Star Wars Legends continuity
In the current Star Wars canon, the Urce sector was mentioned in Queen's Shadow, a 2019 young-adult novel written by E. K. Johnston as the first installment of Star Wars: Queen's Series.[2] It was later identified as Urce Space in "Star Systems of the Galaxy," an appendix[1] written by Jason Fry[7] that was published with the Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com[1] on June 24, 2025.[7]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, a region named Urce Space was first introduced via mention in Alliance Intelligence Reports, a 1995 roleplaying sourcebook published by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[8] It was first depicted on a 2011 map designed by Modi, released as part of the StarWars.com Online Companion to[9] the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, authored by Daniel Wallace and Fry.[10] Urce Space was later identified as the Urce sector in The Essential Guide to Warfare, a 2012 reference book written by Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[11]
Appearances
- Queen's Shadow (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
Sources
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) (First identified as Urce Space)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Queen's Shadow
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) places the Urce sector's star systems, and therefore the sector itself, in the area of space Star Wars Galaxy Map on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) establishes to be part of what Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Trailing Sectors.
- ↑ Ithorians in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 200
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Queen's Shadow to 28 BBY.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 About That New Star Wars Galaxy Map… by Jason Fry (@jasonfry) on Substack (June 24, 2025) (backup link)
- ↑ Alliance Intelligence Reports
- ↑ Essential Atlas Extra: Sectors of the Mid Rim on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
