- "If we can get the Ansionians to commit to pulling out of the Republic, no one will really care. But because of their alliances, their withdrawal should be enough to sway their already vacillating partners in both the Malarian Alliance and the Keitumite Treaty to follow."
- ―Presidente Shu Mai
The Dbari system was a Mid Rim star system that was home to the Dbarian species. By the time of the Separatist Crisis, it was affiliated via the Malarian Alliance to three other star systems. That alliance was part of a larger network of forty systems linked by various alliances and treaties to each other, centered on the inconspicuous planet Ansion.
In 22 BBY, when members of the Malarian Alliance were considering seceding from the Galactic Republic, the Confederacy of the Independent Systems sought to facilitate the secession of the entire network of systems affiliated with Ansion. The Separatist plans were foiled by a Jedi mission to Ansion, which resulted in the planet and its partner systems remaining loyal to the Republic.
Description[]
The Dbari system was a part of the Churnis sector of the Mid Rim.[1]
History[]
- "The Malarian Alliance. On the face of it, one of hundreds of such casual alliances. Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty. Never invoked, but still in force. Now, observe this."
- ―Presidente Shu Mai, before displaying the network of star systems politically connected to Ansion
The Confederacy of Independent Systems intended to use the connections of the planet Ansion to the Dbari system and others for political gain.
By 22 BBY,[5] the Dbari system was a member of both the Galactic Republic and the Malarian Alliance, the latter of which placed it in a web of mutual affiliations with three other systems: the Mamendin system of the Core Worlds and the Mid Rim's Ansion and Malari systems. In addition, Dbari, its partner systems, and the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty—also affiliated with the planet Ansion—all had treaties of their own with other worlds, which led to the seemingly insignificant Ansion lying at the center of a network of approximately forty politically connected star systems. During the ongoing Separatist Crisis,[2] signatory systems of both the Malarian Alliance and the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty were individually considering leaving the Republic.[3]
The Confederacy of Independent Systems intended to facilitate the secession of Ansion from the Republic, which was predicted by the Separatists to cause a cascade of secession by all the systems linked to the planet via its treaties, as well.[2] Presidente[6] Shu Mai of the Commerce Guild explained the Separatist plan to the Corellian industrialist Tam Uliss and his Twi'lek companion during a meeting with Ansion's Senator Mousul in a private chamber on Coruscant,[3] a Core Worlds planet serving as the capital of the Republic,[2] in 22 BBY.[5] Mai also singled out the member systems of the Malarian Alliance,[3] including Dbari,[2] for the group in a holographic projection of the galaxy.[3]
However, a mission to Ansion undertaken at the time by members of the Jedi Order on behalf of the Republic resulted in that world[2] and its partners remaining loyal to the galactic government,[3] foiling the Separatist plans. At some point following the establishment of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, the newly appointed Imperial Moff of the Churnis sector declared all existing treaties and alliances involving Ansion to be null and void.[2]
Inhabitants[]
The Dbari system was home to[4] the sentient Dbarian species.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The Approaching Storm, a 2002 novel by Alan Dean Foster, featured a holographic representation of the several unnamed star systems connected to the planet Ansion via the Malarian Alliance.[3] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, authored by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, subsequently identified one of those systems as the Dbari system and placed it in grid square I-6.[2]
Appearances[]
- The Approaching Storm (First appearance) (Appears in hologram)
- The Approaching Storm abridged audiobook (Appears in hologram)
Sources[]
- The Essential Atlas (First identified as Dbari system)
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 The Approaching Storm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on December 11, 2007 at 7:59 AM; accessed February 2, 2024): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. This article treats the Dbari system as the location of one such homeworld with regard to the Dbarian species.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of The Approaching Storm, during which the Malarian Alliance is in effect, to 22 BBY.
- ↑
Mai, Shu in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
