Beltire was a celestial body located in the regions known as the Mid Rim Territories^[1] and the Western Reaches.^[2] It was situated in grid square J-17 of the Standard Galactic Grid and lay on a hyperspace route connecting it to the astronomical objects Riflor and the Entropian Hive.^[1] In 4 ABY, after the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance liberated Beltire.^[3]

Behind the scenes[]

Beltire was first introduced as part of the name of the Beltire Liberation in the second issue of Marvel Comics' Star Wars: Shattered Empire comic-book mini-series. The issue was written by Greg Rucka^[4] and published on October 7, 2015.^[5] Beltire was subsequently denoted as a celestial body on a map^[3] created for the reference book Star Wars: Timelines and given out as a promotional poster at Celebration Anaheim^[6] on May 27, 2022^[7] prior to the book's release during Celebration Europe^[8] of April 7 through 10, 2023.^[9]

Appearances[]

• Shattered Empire 2 (First mentioned) (In Beltire Liberation's name)

Sources[]

• Star Wars Galaxy Map (First described)
• SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Timelines

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