- "We're told Chadawa was built by an unknown species eons ago. No one knows why or how. But since then billions of people have called it home. They were born, they grew old, and they died here, and their history is part of the galaxy's history. Shadow Wing wants to render Chadawa uninhabitable. They want to make it part of the Empire's story. I say we make sure it sees another eon or two. May the Force be with us all."
- ―Hera Syndulla
Chadawa was an ocean planet located in the Chadawa system[2] of the galaxy's Inner Rim Territories,[1] and was governed by the Chadawan government. An unknown species built the planet eons ago, forming the planet to machine-exact specifications that gave it several unique features. It had engines that powered its rotation and had heating that warmed its oceans, which produced massive amounts of radioactive particles. The particles were then siphoned off by the planet's satellite rings, and periodically expelled the material into space. This flow of particles had a high and low tide. At high tide immediately after the particles were expelled into the Chadawa system, the systems of starships could be disrupted unless they were within the rings that surrounded the planet. Even at low tide, though, the particles still disrupted scanners and communication systems aboard starships.[2]
During the Galactic Civil War[2] in 5 ABY,[3] a battle took place in orbit of the planet as the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing sought to punish the world in a continuation of Operation: Cinder.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Chadawa appeared in the 2021 novel Victory's Price, written by Alexander Freed and published by Del Rey.[2]
Appearances[]
"Galactic Tales: Shockwave" — Star Wars Insider 220 (In flashback(s))- Victory's Price (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Victory's Price audiobook
Sources[]
- 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 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Victory's Price
- ↑ The events of Victory's Price begin after the Cerberon system campaign, and the novel also features the Battle of Jakku at the end of its three main sections. Since Star Wars: Timelines dates both of those conflicts to 5 ABY, the main events of Victory's Price must therefore be set in that year.