- "A captured cargo vessel destined for Regent Solculvis of Mol'leaj revealed an alarming assortment of exotic creatures prohibited by law for private ownership."
- ―Police Commissioner Exantor Divo, Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
The Mol'leaj system[4] was located in the Expansion Region[1] and the Slice,[2] within grid square O-14 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] It was ruled by Regent Solculvis,[4] who controlled multiple worlds in territory neighboring that of King Grevoth Prana IX of the Kaboryth cluster.[3] By around 34 ABY,[5] Solculvis' regency was independent and did not enjoy a favored status with the New Republic.[3]
Around that year, the New Republic Sector Rangers discovered the cargo starship Sketter's Quarrel dead in space. The vessel, which had been destined for Solculvis, had been transporting several exotic creatures the private ownership of which was illegal,[3] and later around that same year,[6] information from the Rangers' file on the case, which mentioned Solculvis' regency in the Mol'leaj system, was published in the book Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, which was authored by New Republic Police Commissioner Exantor Divo.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- "So, you're carrying these rathtars to a collector?"
"I got three going to King Prana. Kings not only like to collect, they like to boast about their collections. Seems Prana's in competition with the regent of the Mol'leaj system." - ―Rey and Han Solo, as presented in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
The Mol'leaj system was simultaneously first mentioned in[7][8][9] the December 18, 2015[10][11][12] Alan Dean Foster's adult novelization of the sequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens,[7] the novelization's audiobook version,[8] and the reference book Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo.[9] In the novelization, the scene where Han Solo tells Rey and Finn that he is transporting three rathtars aboard[7] the freighter Eravana[9] features a different dialogue[7] than the one present in the film,[13] with Solo mentioning King Grevoth Prana IX's rivalry with the regent of the Mol'leaj system.[7]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook and Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map places the Mol'leaj system in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the Slice.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious dates the discovery of the Sketter's Quarrel to 8011 (C.R.C. date) and gives 7977 (C.R.C. date) as the year that the secret mission to Tatooine took place. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the mission to Tatooine to 0 BBY, the discovery of the Sketter's Quarrel must therefore have taken place around 34 ABY.
- ↑ The latest entries chronologically in Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious are dated to 8011 (C.R.C. date) and gives 7977 (C.R.C. date) as the year that the secret mission to Tatooine took place. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the mission to Tatooine to 0 BBY, 8011 C.R.C. must therefore correspond to around 34 ABY. Scum and Villainy also mentions Hosnian Prime as still being capital of the New Republic, meaning the in-universe Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious must have been published prior to the destruction of the planet, which Galactic Atlas dates to 34 ABY. As the publishing must have occurred between the time of the latest entries and the destruction of Hosnian Prime, it therefore also took place around 34 ABY.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens audiobook
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑
The Force Awakens (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑ The Force Awakens (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Visual Dictionary on Dorling Kindersley's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
