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- "Melshi. Gone too soon, but it's good to see the old nek's name once more. I served with him on Gaulus."
- ―Caluan Ematt, in an annotation of The Rebel Files
Gaulus was a planet where Rebel Alliance forces, including Lieutenant Caluan Ematt and Sergeant Ruescott Melshi, were active at one point. When the Alliance subsequently retreated from Gaulus, the rebel UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft were used as medical evacuation lifters.
Description[]
Gaulus was a terrestrial planet[1] that shared its name with the Gaulus sector of the Outer Rim Territories.[3]
History[]
Rebel Sergeant Ruescott Melshi served on Gaulus.
By 1 BBY,[4] the Rebel Alliance had been active on Gaulus. Sergeant Ruescott Melshi and Lieutenant Caluan Ematt served together there,[2] becoming friends thereafter.[1] The Alliance eventually had to retreat from Gaulus, with UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft used as medical evacuation lifters during the withdrawal.[2]
The U-wing's use on Gaulus was noted in a report made by rebel General Antoc Merrick for the Alliance's Commander-in-Chief Mon Mothma, in which the former proposed the wider use of the support crafts as multi-role starships. Merrick's report was eventually collected by archivist Hendri Underholt, who included it in the compilation of non-electronic documents known as The Rebel Files. When The Rebel Files later fell into the hands of the Resistance[2]—a military group with roots in the Alliance[5]—in 34 ABY,[6] Resistance officers, including Major Ematt, annotated the documents inside. Ematt saw a report from his old comrade Melshi within and recalled in an annotation that they had served together on Gaulus.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
In the current Star Wars canon, Gaulus was first introduced by mention in the 2017 reference book Star Wars: The Rebel Files, written by Daniel Wallace.[2] The planet Gaulus originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the West End Games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game supplement The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, written by Paul Murphy and released in 1990. Artist Allen Nunis depicted Gaulus in the book.[7]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files (First mentioned)
"The Heroes of Rogue One" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Heroes of Rogue One" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ In Star Wars: The Rebel Files, the report mentioning the UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft's use on Gaulus is set between the defection of Bodhi Rook and the Liberation of Erso, both dated to 1 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rebel Files establishes that The Rebel Files was buried on the same day as the Battle of Endor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 4 ABY. As the former also states that The Rebel Files was rediscovered thirty years after the battle, the artifact must have been found in 34 ABY.
- ↑ The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook