- "Zonama Sekot's sun is behind us. These two spectacular dancers, the red giant and the white dwarf, with their long spiral tail, are its companions."
- ―Charza Kwinn, to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
A red giant star orbited close to a white dwarf in the Gardaji Rift, a part of the Outer Rim Territories region of the galaxy. Plasma from the red giant was pulled toward the white dwarf and then flung outward in a glowing spiral of red and purple gas, which resembled a large pinwheel and provided an impressive source of illumination in the skies of the planet Zonama Sekot.
Description[]
- "Two stars, a red giant and a white dwarf, orbit close to each other. Zonama Sekot circles the third star, a bright yellow sun, which orbits much farther out, several light-months distant."
- ―Charza Kwinn
A red giant star was located within a trinary star system in the Gardaji Rift,[2] which was part of the Gardaji sector in the Outer Rim Territories region of the galaxy.[1] The red giant orbited close to a white dwarf star. A yellow dwarf lay at a distance of several light-months from the pair and was orbited by the sentient planet Zonama Sekot[2] until the year 29 BBY, when the planet left the system.[3]
The white dwarf pulled from the red giant a ribbon of plasma, which then curled around the smaller star and was flung outward in a long spiral of red and purple ionized gas. The motion of the double-star system and the gas resembled a large pinwheel that stretched across the northern sky of Zonama Sekot, illuminating the planet both during the day and at night.[2]
History[]
- "Wow."
- ―Anakin Skywalker, upon first seeing the red giant–white dwarf interaction
When they visited Zonama Sekot[2] in 29 BBY,[3] the Human Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker; the Human starship designer Raith Sienar; and the Priapulin pilot Charza Kwinn were all impressed by the glowing display of the double-star system.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The red giant first appeared in Rogue Planet, a 2000 novel written by Greg Bear.[2] The Essential Atlas, a 2009 reference book, placed the Gardaji Rift, and therefore the red giant, in grid square M-1.[3]
The 2012 book The Essential Reader's Companion later claimed that during the events of Rogue Planet, Zonama Sekot was situated in square M-3 instead.[4] However, that placement would result in the star system containing the planet at the time[2] to be located outside of the Gardaji sector,[5] in which lay the Gardaji Rift, the location of Zonama Sekot in Rogue Planet.[2] As a result, this article treats the placement from The Essential Reader's Companion to be erroneous.
Appearances[]
- Rogue Planet (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Gardaji Rift
- ↑ 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 Rogue Planet
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion
- ↑ The Essential Atlas Extra: Outer Rim Sectors on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for grid square M-3