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- "I realize that you have been successful in shipping lommite through Malastare, and circling around Bestine to reach Fondor and the Core."
- ―Dooku, to Wilhuff Tarkin
The Bestine system was located in the Inner Rim. It contained the planet Bestine IV, as well as the trading outpost Kestic Station. Located in grid square M-14, the star system was on the path of the Corellian Trade Spine hyperspace route.
Description[]
The Bestine system[3] was located in the Inner Rim[1] and contained[2] the planet[4] Bestine IV in the fourth orbital position,[2] both of which were located in the grid square M-14[1] of the Standard Galactic Grid.[5] The trading outpost Kestic Station was also located on the edge of the star system,[3] in close proximity to Bestine.[6] The Corellian Trade Spine hyperspace route ran through the Bestine system, passing through Bestine IV and several other worlds.[1]
History[]
- "Rearguard actions across the board… Twenty-First was on Bestine."
- ―Sergeant Maximian Ajax, to First Sergeant Hazram Namir
In the waning years of the Galactic Republic, lommite shipments took place from the planet Eriadu to the Core Worlds. During their journey, the ships carrying the ore circled around Bestine in order to reach the Core.[4] At some point during the Imperial Era, Jek Porkins, a trader from Bestine IV, was forced to leave his homeworld and fought against the Galactic Empire as a member of the Rebel Alliance.[8] During the Galactic Civil War[7] in 3 ABY[9] the Rebel Alliance's Twenty-First traveled to Bestine IV as part of the Alliance Fleet's withdrawal from the Mid Rim.[7] Yipsit, a Shahkirin mechanic, grew up on Bestine IV before leaving at some point to join the Resistance in their war against the First Order.[10]
Behind the scenes[]
The Bestine system was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the 2015 digital card trading application Star Wars: Card Trader.[3] The StarWars.com article "Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?," written by Mark Newbold and published on January 29, 2016, provided the system's first visual depiction.[11]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Bestine system was first mentioned in Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, a roleplaying game supplement to West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. The book was written by Grant S. Boucher and released in 1989.[12]
Appearances[]
- Revelations (2022) 1 (Vision to Darth Vader)
- Bounty Hunters 28 (First appearance)
- Bounty Hunters 29
- Bounty Hunters 30
- Bounty Hunters 31
Sources[]
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Zev Senesca - Snowspeeder Pilot - Base Series 1) (First mentioned)
Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (First pictured)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 5 (Databank A-Z: Barada–Depa Billaba)- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
- SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game — Based on corresponding data for Bestine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Zev Senesca - Snowspeeder Pilot - Base Series 1)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tarkin
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier
- ↑
Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 20 (Starfighter Aces: Zev Senesca)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Jek Porkins - X-Wing Pilot - Base Series 1)
- ↑ In Battlefront: Twilight Company, the mission to Bestine IV occurs in the same week as the Coyerti campaign. The section of Twilight Company including the Coyerti campaign is set twenty-two years after the Clone Wars, which ended in 19 BBY, according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. The Coyerti campaign, and thus the mission to Bestine IV, must have therefore occurred in 3 ABY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope
