Grav-ball

Grav-ball was a popular sport within the Galactic Empire. The sport was often played on the planet Lothal and was big at the Junior Academy of Applied Sciences, which hosted a team called the AppSci SaberCats. During his time at this academy, Zare Leonis was selected as center striker for the team, with his girlfriend Merei Spanjaf playing as the kicker.

Rules
Gravball was played with several different types of players - the center striker, two strikers, wing attackers, a kicker, two fullbacks, two defenders and a keeper. The game had several different types of rules, such as Corellian rules. It was played on a 64-meter grid which was divided into eight octets. The toss of a chance cube determined which team would start at the center line dividing the fourth and fifth octets.

Behind the scenes
Grav-ball first appeared in the comic Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel and was later featured in a number of other stories in the continuity of Star Wars Legends. Though these stories are no longer considered canon, grav-ball was featured in the Star Wars Rebels story Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy, which featured a detailed description of the sport along with depictions grav-ball matches. The title's author describes the sport as depicted as "like American football with a bit of net-ball and a touch of hockey."

Appearances

 * Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy