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- "During our arms exchange on Bonadan, I purchased a new writing stylus and a billy-bag of finely shredded savory sweetmeats."
- ―Ephant Mon adds an entry to the Smuggler's Guide
Bonadan was a planet in the Outer Rim Territories Corporate Sector that marked the start of the Hydian Way. By 10 BBY, the arms dealers Ephant Mon and Masse Goskey had attended an arms exchange on the planet.
Description[]
Bonadan was a planet located in the Corporate Sector of the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories[1] at coordinates Q-4 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[2] The world was the starting point of the Hydian Way hyperspace route,[1] which linked it to the Salient system.[5]
History[]
Ephant Mon and Masse Goskey attended an arms deal on Bonadan.
During the High Republic Era, the future Jedi Master Torbin was born on Bonadan to paupers.[6] By 22 BBY,[7] the planet had an embassy in the Federal District of Coruscant, the capital world of the Galactic Republic.[8] By 10 BBY[9] the arms dealers Ephant Mon and Masse Goskey attended an arms exchange on Bonadan where Mon purchased a new writing stylus and a billy-bag of finely shredded savory sweetmeats. He then mentioned the planet when writing about the exchange in the book that would become known as the Smuggler's Guide.[4]
The following entry in the book contained a post from a user named "BonadanBouncer" on Cynabar's InfoNet that claimed that the crime lord Azmorigan should be avoided as he had not paid for clean-up after the user transported puffer pigs for him.[4] The smuggler Han Solo had flown to Bonadan[10] by 0 BBY.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
In the current Star Wars canon, Bonadan was first mentioned on a map in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set.[2] The world originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in the 1979 novel Han Solo's Revenge, which was written by Brian Daley.[12]
Appearances[]
The Acolyte — "Choice" (Mentioned only)- The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 91 (Guide to the Galaxy: Zygerria – World of Slavery)- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
"Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- Star Wars Galaxy Map
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Torbin in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ The Acolyte — "Choice"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, as depicted in Star Wars: Complete Locations, to 22 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Ephant Mon's entry in Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide is written prior to an entry by Dryden Vos. Vos dies during a portion of Solo: A Star Wars Story that Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide dates to nine years after the formation of the Galactic Empire. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the formation to 19 BBY, Vos's death must occur in 10 BBY and Mon's entry in the Smuggler's Guide must be written at some point prior to that.
- ↑ The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, as depicted in The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem, to 0 BBY.
- ↑ Han Solo's Revenge