Vandelhelm Cloud

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"Vandelhelm is a single planet system, but it has one of the biggest asteroid clouds you'll ever see."
―Lando Calrissian[3]

The Vandelhelm Cloud was a vast asteroid field that encompassed the Vandelhelm system[3] in the Expansion Region's Epsi Collective.[1] The Vandelhelm Cloud was thick enough that the planet Vandelhelm, though extremely rich in valuable metals,[3] was not discovered until the relatively late date of approximately 3053 BBY.[5] The cloud's asteroids were so thick and unpredictable that it was reputed to take an ace pilot to navigate it. Guildmaster Orrk of Vandelhelm's Metalsmiths Guild mined the Vandelhelm Cloud in 4 ABY in an attempt to prevent the planet's Venerated Ones from returning from Imperial imprisonment, but Alliance of Free Planets hero Han Solo deftly ran the asteroids in his Millennium Falcon to return them home.[6]

Behind the scenes

The Vandelhelm Cloud briefly appeared in Star Wars (1977) 98, written by Archie Goodwin, illustrated by Al Williamson and released in 1985.[6] The cloud was later named in the 2004 Wizards of the Coast supplement Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys, written by Cory J. Herndon.[3]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  2. ↑ The Essential Atlas — Client States and Miscellaneous Regions map
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 WizardsoftheCoast Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys: Part 1: File Vandelhelm-LC/hsnn on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ The Essential Atlas
  5. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys: Part 1: File Vandelhelm-LC/hsnn on Wizards.com (original site is defunct) states that Vandelhelm was discovered 22,000 years after the founding of the Galactic Republic, which Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia dates to 25,053 BBY. Thus, Vandelhelm was discovered in approximately 3053 BBY.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars (1977) 98