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- "Ten sectors were sealed away behind a barrier that prevents hyperspace jumps into the Exclusion Zone. Communications in and out of this region have failed, and the Nihil have begun to expand their presence in the Outer Rim. Wherever they rule, horrific brutality follows."
- ―Harli Cogra about the Occlusion Zone sectors, in Chronicles of the Jedi
The Kathol sector was a sector in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Minos Cluster. During the High Republic Era, the sector fell within the Galactic Republic's Galactic Frontier exploration region. The Kathol sector became part of the Occlusion Zone following its formation in 230 BBY as one of ten sectors sealed behind a barrier preventing hyperspace travel.
Description[]
The Kathol sector was a space sector located in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Minos Cluster[1] and shared its name with the Kathol Rift region.[3]
History[]
Harli Cogra documented the formation of the Occlusion Zone, of which the Kathol sector was a part, in Chronicles of the Jedi.
During the High Republic Era, the Galactic Republic designated a section of the Outer Rim—which included the Kathol sector—as the Galactic Frontier, locations considered removed far enough from the galaxy's center to send explorers there.[2] In 230 BBY, the Nihil marauder organization formed the Occlusion Zone—an area of space in the Outer Rim's Frontier that was situated behind the Stormwall barrier preventing hyperspace travel.[4]
As one of the ten sectors forming the boundary of the Occlusion Zone, the Kathol sector was cut off from the rest of Republic space[1] and the worlds within it were forced to pay tributes to the Nihil.[5] Weeks afterward, in 229 BBY,[6] the Vurk Jedi Master Harli Cogra wrote a book titled Chronicles of the Jedi, which detailed the Jedi of the High Republic Era. In the book's afterword, Cogra lamented the formation of the Nihil's region and the ten sectors it affected.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
In the current canon, the Kathol sector was first identified in the first issue of the 2023 Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures comic series.
In the current Star Wars canon, the ten sectors forming the Occlusion Zone were first mentioned, albeit unidentified, in a flashback in the second issue of the Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm comic-book miniseries. The issue was written by Charles Soule and released by Marvel Comics[7] on March 2, 2022[8] as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I.[9] The Kathol sector was later identified by name and specified to be one of the Occlusion Zone sectors via a map in the first issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. The issue was written by Daniel José Older, illustrated by Harvey Tolibao and Nick Brokenshire, and published by Dark Horse Comics[1] as part of Phase III on December 6, 2023.[10]
The Kathol sector originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first introduced in Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition. The sourcebook was written by Jonatha Ariadne Caspian for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[11] and published in 1995, at some point by July of that year.[12] The sector made its first full appearance concurrently in Timothy Zahn's short story "The Saga Begins" and several roleplaying adventures, all of which were included in The DarkStryder Campaign, a boxed set of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game material released by West End Games[13] on July 17, 1995.[14]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s))
- The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1 (First identified as Kathol sector)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi — Based on corresponding data for the Occlusion Zone
- ↑ Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi establishes that the in-universe book Chronicles of the Jedi was written weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 230 BBY. The issuing of the Guardian Protocols, dated by The High Republic Character Encyclopedia to 229 BBY, are depicted in The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1 as taking place one week after Starlight Beacon's destruction. With this, Chronicles of the Jedi must have been authored no earlier than 229 BBY. Chronicles of the Jedi further establishes that Pra-Tre Veter is still a Grand Master of the Jedi Order, meaning it was written before his death, which The High Republic Character Encyclopedia states took place in 229 BBY. Therefore, Chronicles of the Jedi must have been written in 229 BBY.
- ↑ The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic - Eye of the Storm (2022) #2 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #1 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition includes an advertisement page in the back of the book previewing the July 1995 release of The DarkStryder Campaign, meaning it must have been released by that month.
- ↑ The DarkStryder Campaign
- ↑
Star Wars the Roleplaying Game: Darkstryder Campaign Boxed Set on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)
