The Coachelle system was situated in the Mid Rim's Terr'skiar sector. A part of the Silly Rabbit constellation, it contained five planets, among which was Coachelle Prime. The latter was the homeworld of the sentient Lepi species, including the smuggler Jaxxon. At some point, the Lepi colonized all the worlds of the Coachelle system as well as most of its asteroid belt, and Jaxxon eventually departed his homeworld aboard a freighter.
Description[]
The Coachelle system was a part of the Terr'skiar sector of the Kashyyyk Region, within the Slice portion of the Mid Rim.[1] It constituted a part of the constellation[3] that the inhabitants of[4] the Outer Rim Territories'[5] asteroid Oseon 6845 had named the Silly Rabbit,[4] and it contained an asteroid belt as well as five planets,[2] one of which was the terrestrial world Coachelle Prime.[3]
The Ootmian Pabol hyperlane linked the Coachelle system to the Terr'skiar system and originally also connected it to the Ota system of the neighboring Mytaranor sector; however, after the destruction of the Kyyr system by a supernova[1] in 4000 BBY,[6] the resultant formation of the Thornhedge Pulsar and the Thornhedge Nebula severed the Coachelle–Ota segment of the hyperspace route. Afterward, Coachelle Prime became shrouded in the nebula's streamers of gas and dust.[1] The system shared its name with Coachelle Automata, a droid manufacturing company that designed the LEP servant droid.[7]
History[]
Coachelle Prime was the homeworld of the Lepi Jaxxon.
The Lepi, a sentient species native to Coachelle Prime who spoke the Lepese language,[3] were known off-world[8] by 3637 BBY.[9] In response to overpopulation on Coachelle Prime, the Lepi invented the hyperdrive and went on to colonize all the other worlds in their star system[3] as well as a large portion of its asteroid belt. That expansion appeared to have provided ample room for[2] the spacefaring species, which had many starships left poorly guarded in the Coachelle system.[3]
The Lepi future smuggler Jaxxon was born on Coachelle Prime. Longing to travel off-world, when he was twelve years old, Jaxxon stole away from his homeworld aboard a freighter, traveling to the Outer Rim Territories[3] at some point by 21 BBY.[10]
Behind the scenes[]
The Coachelle system was introduced in the article "The Starhoppers of Aduba-3," which was authored by Pablo Hidalgo with Cory J. Herndon and Michael Mikaelian for use with Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game and published in the fourth issue of the Star Wars Gamer magazine[3] on June 19, 2001.[11] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the system in in grid square P-10.[1]
The name of the Coachelle system was chosen as a reference to a line in the cartoon short "Bully for Bugs" by the character Bugs Bunny (pictured).
In 2006, Hidalgo confirmed that, given the character Jaxxon had originally been created as an homage to the Looney Tunes cartoon short character Bugs Bunny, the name of the Coachelle system had also been chosen in reference to that franchise. The Star Wars Gamer article contains the phrase "[…] having colonized all five worlds of the Coachelle system and the asteroid belt therein […]," which references Bugs Bunny's line from the 1953 short "Bully for Bugs:"[12] "Pardon me, sir, but could you direct me to the shortest route to the Coachella Valley and the Big Carrot Festival… therein?"[13]
Sources[]
"The Starhoppers of Aduba-3" — Star Wars Gamer 4 (First mentioned)- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II ("Lepi") (Indirect mention only)
- The Essential Atlas
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ultimate Alien Anthology
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "The Starhoppers of Aduba-3" — Star Wars Gamer 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
- ↑ The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Oseon system
- ↑ Lords of Nal Hutta
- ↑ Scavenger's Guide to Droids
- ↑
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter — Emote: Lepi Hop from the Cartel Market
- ↑ According to Forums: Dear Story Team, What Year Are We Currently In? on The Old Republic's official website (backup link), Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel takes place from early to mid 3638 BBY, and further Game Updates that were released in 2013 take place in the latter half of that year. The post also states that Game Updates released in 2014 can be placed in early and mid 3637 BBY, Shadow of Revan takes place near the end of that year, and that the events of Game Updates 3.1 through 3.3 can be placed in early and mid 3636 BBY. Therefore, the events of Game Update 2.6 and the 2014 update to the Digital Expansion Galactic Starfighter can be placed in 3637 BBY.
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 62 (21 BBY 17–18, Defense of Kamino) dates "ARC Troopers" to 21 BBY, while The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 7 (KAT2, King Katuunko) dates "Pursuit of Peace" to 21 BBY. Since Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronological Episode Order on StarWars.com (backup link) places "Hostage Crisis" between those two episodes, it can be concluded that "Hostage Crisis" also takes place in 21 BBY. Therefore, the events of The Clone Wars: Invitation Only, which lead into those of "Hostage Crisis" and feature a bounty posting poster for Jaxxon on Keyorin, must be set in that same year as well.
- ↑
The Wild Side of Star Wars Gamer on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
"Tales of the Big Green Bunny: Behind the Scenes of Gamer #4 — The Coachella Valley, and the Giant Carrot Festival" — Fragments from the Mind's Eye — Pablo Hidalgo's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- ↑ "Bully for Bugs"
External links[]
- "Tales of the Big Green Bunny: Behind the Scenes of Gamer #4 — The Coachella Valley, and the Giant Carrot Festival" — Fragments from the Mind's Eye — Pablo Hidalgo's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)