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- "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
Keitum was a Mid Rim planet located in the Ariarch sector. It was the origin point of the Keitumites and was a member of the Galactic Republic and a signatory of the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty, the latter of which bound it to the planet Ansion. In 22 BBY, the Confederacy of the Independent Systems sought to facilitate the secession of the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty participants from the Republic; however, the Separatist plans were foiled by a Jedi mission to Ansion, which resulted in the planet and the alliance remaining loyal to the Republic.
Description[]
Keitum[2][7] was a planet[4] situated in the Keitum system, a part of the Ariarch sector of the Mid Rim.[1] It lay at the endpoint of the hyperlane known as the Rago Run,[3] which connected it to the Churba sector's Ansion system.[5]
History[]
- "Assuming the internal divisions continue to widen, I would expect a formal vote on whether to withdraw from the Republic within half a standard year."
"At which point we can look on with satisfaction as those who have been traditionally allied to Ansion follow suit, and those allied to the allies fall in turn." - ―Ansion's Senator Mousul and Presidente Shu Mai
The Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty linked Keitum to Ansion (pictured).
Space surrounding Keitum was explored at some point between 3000 BBY and 1000 BBY.[2] By 22 BBY,[8] the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty linked the planet to[4] the Mid Rim planet Ansion[2] both commercially and militarily.[4] By that year,[8] Keitum was also a part of the Galactic Republic.[4] The Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty placed Keitum in a web of mutual affiliations with the Dorin and Mondress systems of the Expansion Region; the Eeropha system in the Colonies; and the Ansion, Glom Tho, Lonnaw, and Malari systems in the Mid Rim. Keitum, its partner star systems, and the Malarian Alliance—also affiliated with Ansion—all had treaties of their own with other worlds as well, which led to the superficially insignificant Ansion lying at the center of a network of approximately forty politically connected systems.[2] The signatory systems of both the Malarian Alliance and the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty were individually considering leaving the Republic[6] during the Separatist Crisis.[2]
The Confederacy of Independent Systems attempted 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. However, a mission to Ansion undertaken by members of the Jedi Order on behalf of the Republic resulted in both that world[2] and its partners remaining loyal to the galactic government,[6] foiling the Separatist plans.[2] During the first campaigns of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, the Republic's Seventh Sector Army was tasked with defending Keitum's vicinity against the military forces of the Confederacy.[5] 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] and, by 17 BBY, Keitum lay within the borders of the Empire. Between 12 ABY and 17 ABY, the planet was situated in New Republic–controlled space,[5] but control over it had been assumed by the Imperial Remnant by 40 ABY.[2]
Inhabitants[]
Keitum was the origin world of the social group known as the Keitumites.[4] The Keitum system's population around 25 ABY numbered between one hundred and five hundred million.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Keitum was first indirectly mentioned in 2008's The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.[4] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Keitum system, and therefore the planet, in grid square J-6.[2] Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, has stated that the star systems listed in the book's Appendix section are named after the most prominent planets or celestial bodies located in those systems. This article therefore considers the origin world of the Keitumites to be named in accordance with the Keitum system.[7]
Sources[]
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II ("Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty") (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
- The Essential Atlas (First identified as Keitum)
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Collector's Guide & Galaxy Chart
- This Is Podracing: Sports in the Star Wars Galaxy, Part 1 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Keitum system
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 The Essential Atlas — Based on corresponding data for Keitum system
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Essential Atlas places the Keitum system, and therefore Keitum, at the endpoint of a hyperlane that Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen identifies as the Rago Run.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 206 ("Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty")
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The Essential Guide to Warfare — Based on corresponding data for Keitum system
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The Approaching Storm
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) on Twitter (screenshot)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 206 ("Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty") establishes that Keitum was both a signatory of the Keitumite Mutual Military Treaty and a member of the Galactic Republic by the time of the events of The Approaching Storm, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 22 BBY.
