- "The factories of Kuat have been bombed into submission, and the shipyards of Xa Fel, Anadeen, and Turco Prime are all either contested or already lost. But the Outer Rim will be our savior—and it will be the strangling cord we tie around the neck of the New Republic. We already have three worlds under our sway there: Zhadalene, Korrus, and Belladoon."
- ―Gallius Rax, to the Shadow Council
Zhadalene was a world located in an intersecting portion of the Outer Rim Territories[1] and the New Territories.[2] Situated within grid square N-4 of the Standard Galactic Grid,[3] it lay along the Veragi Trade Route hyperlane[4] between the astronomical objects Argazda[5] and Sh'ung-tesk.[3] By 5 ABY,[6] during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the New Republic, Zhadalene contributed to the Imperial Military. In a meeting with his new Imperial Shadow Council[1] that year,[6] Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax spoke about Imperial holdings in the Outer Rim being vital to the Empire's progress in the war, listing Zhadalene, Belladoon, and Korrus as worlds in that region that were already under their sway.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Zhadalene was first mentioned in the 2016 novel Aftermath: Life Debt, the second volume in Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: The Aftermath Trilogy.[1]
Appearances[]
- Aftermath: Life Debt (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- 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 1.4 1.5 1.6 Aftermath: Life Debt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map places Zhadelene in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as New Territories.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map places Zhadalene on the hyperspace route
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 37 (Guide to the Galaxy: Visiting Dantooine) identifies as the Veragi Trade Route.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Aftermath: Life Debt to 5 ABY.