- "I need to find a new hang glider to explore the Surabat River Valley. Can you help me?"
- ―Peekpa's job posting
Surabat River Valley was a location on the planet Batuu[1] that was named after the settler of the planet, Ariana Surabat,[3] who laid down her flag in the valley upon her first arrival on the planet.[4] The deep, curved valley was full of tall, pointed spires of rock that proved difficult for pilots to navigate through, many of which required very treacherous turns.[5] The Surabat vicinity was located in the valley.[1]
At some point after the Battle of Crait during the war between the First Order and the Resistance, the Ewok Peekpa hoped to explore the river valley while on Batuu. She posted a job listing in Black Spire Outpost requesting that someone help her find a new hang glider to explore the valley with. A visitor to the outpost responded, and successfully located the glider at Outer Rim Expedition and Supply, which Peekpa claimed she would pick up and use later on.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The valley was first depicted in trading cards released on December 16, 2017 at Disney's "Galactic Nights" session, an event that previewed locations and details from the then-upcoming themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Similar to other map cards, the card containing the valley contained part of an Aurebesh poem along the border of the card. However, unlike the other cards, it has two Aurebesh lines, due to it being a corner card. The lines were, for the bottom line "COME STAY FOREVER OR", and for the left line, "JUST PASS ON THROUGH".[6]
Appearances[]
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook
- Galaxy's Edge 5
- A Crash of Fate
- A Crash of Fate audiobook
- "The Black Spire" — Myths & Fables (In flashback(s))
- "The Black Spire" — Myths & Fables audiobook (In flashback(s))
- Myths & Fables audiobook (In flashback(s))
- "The Skiff & the Galleons" — Myths & Fables (In flashback(s))
- "Black Spire: Return to a Shattered Planet" — Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (First appearance, simultaneous with Star Wars: Datapad)
- Star Wars: Datapad
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Rise of the Resistance"
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Star Wars: Datapad
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has official backstory elements that, though not directly published for the public, are officially canon details that can be obtained verbally from cast members working in the land.
- ↑ "The Skiff & the Galleons" — Myths & Fables
- ↑
Leia Has a Mission for Vi Moradi in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Black Spire – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Full Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge area map, more location names revealed by trading card set at Walt Disney World by Celestino, Mike on insidethemagic.net (May 29, 2018) (archived from the original on January 22, 2020)
External links[]
- Full Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge area map, more location names revealed by trading card set at Walt Disney World by Celestino, Mike on insidethemagic.net (May 29, 2018) (archived from the original on January 22, 2020)