The Samix sector was a sector in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Merel, Skine, and Sujimis sectors. During the High Republic Era, the sector fell within the Galactic Republic's Galactic Frontier exploration region. The Samix 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 Samix sector was a space sector located in the Outer Rim Territories. The sector bordered the Merel, Skine, and Sujimis sectors.^[1]

History[]

During the High Republic Era, the Galactic Republic designated a section of the Outer Rim—which included the Samix 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.^[3]

As one of the ten sectors forming the boundary of the Occlusion Zone, the Samix sector was cut off from the rest of Republic space^[1] and the worlds within it were forced to pay tributes to the Nihil.^[4] Weeks afterward, in 229 BBY,^[5] 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 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^[6] on March 2, 2022^[7] as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I.^[8] The Samix 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.^[9]

The Samix sector originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations. The 1994 sourcebook was written by Rick D. Stuart for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.^[10] The StarWars.com Online Companion to the August 18, 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry later placed the Nedij system in the sector.^[11] That system's planet Nedij had been featured in a hologram in the 2008 novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves, thus retroactively becoming the Samix sector's first full appearance.^[12] On September 10, 2009,^[13] the sector was first visually depicted on a map designed by Modi and published in The Essential Atlas Extra: Outer Rim Sectors,^[14] a feature of the Online Companion.^[11]

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 Samix sector)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)

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