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- "Look at this. All the database says is: "Abafar: information on Planet Void."
- ―Meebur Gascon
Abafar was a remote desert planet located within the Outer Rim Territories, and was host to massive amounts of rhydonium, a scarce and volatile fuel source. The large desert was known as the Void, and light was twisted in a way by the strange regolith that made it impossible to see tracks because there were no shadows. During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems set up a mining installation in the settlement of Pons Ora. The planet wasn't very populated.[7] During the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure had a drilling platform on Abafar to mine rhydonium.[8] Following the Battle of Endor, the New Republic pilot Wedge Antilles visited Abafar whilst looking for Imperial forces that may have been hiding in the Outer Rim.[9]
Description
Abafar was located in the Sprizen sector of the Outer Rim Territories.[1][2] Its primary terrain was desert. The planetary desert was known as the Void due to properties of the planet's atmosphere and surface regolith that made it impossible to see the sun or any tracks left on the ground, making it extremely easy to get lost.[1][5] Known fauna included the Void striders, bird like creatures that traversed the Void in search of surface water.[5] Abafar's primary resource was its valuable and highly explosive rhydonium fuel.[7]
History
By the time of the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars, interest in Abafar had dried up due to the rhydonium having been largely mined up. After the Battle of Sarrish, a devastating loss for the Galactic Republic, one of the survivors of the battle, clone commando Captain Gregor, crash-landed on Abafar near the town of Pons Ora, but was left amnesiac with no memory of anything but his name. The Sullustan Borkus, owner of the Power Sliders diner, took advantage of Gregor's amnesia and hired him as a dishwasher at his restaurant.[7]
In 20 BBY, forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems came to Abafar near the town of Pons Ora to mine rhydonium for a plot to bomb the Republic strategy conference at Carida.[7][10][11] At the same time, the D-Squad, a Republic force of droids led by the Zilkin Colonel Meebur Gascon, crash-landed on the planet after having run into a comet swarm on their way back from stealing a Separatist encryption module.[5] After eventually making it to Pons Ora, the squad's astromech droids were sent to scout out the town and look for a ship while Gascon and pit droid WAC-47 looked for food for the colonel.[7]
Gascon and WAC-47 entered Power Sliders, but were chased out by Borkus after Gascon loudly announced his identity as a Republic military officer, in part as the Sullustan did not want them to see Gregor. However, the two went around the back after WAC-47 suggested that Gascon scavenge food from the garbage and encountered Gregor anyways, quickly realizing there was something wrong with his memory as he did not recognize the term "clone". Meanwhile, R2-D2 and the astromechs found Pons Ora's spaceport full of battle droids, a Republic attack shuttle, and barrels of rhydonium. Strategizing, the members of D-Squad pointed out to Gascon that attempting to sneak in would be a suicide mission, and Gascon decided they would have to recruit Gregor in order to escape.[7]
Behind the scenes
Abafar first appeared in "A Sunny Day in the Void", an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that first aired on December 7, 2012.[12]
Appearances
- Master & Apprentice (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Sunny Day in the Void" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Point of No Return"
- Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath (Mentioned only)
Sources
- "A Sunny Day in the Void" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Missing in Action" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Point of No Return" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Abafar in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Mister Borkus in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Abafar in the Databank (backup link)
- Mister Borkus in the Databank (backup link)
- Rhydonium in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Abafar in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Missing in Action" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Although the technical information on this article about Abafar was drawn from the Concept Art Gallery of the "Missing in Action" Episode Guide, the same information is presented during the episode, although it is not fully readable. Additionally, most of the numbers provided do not feature an accompanying unit of measurement.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Sunny Day in the Void"
- ↑ During the episode "A Sunny Day in the Void", a holographic display of the Galactic Republic's database entry on Abafar provided some information in Aurebesh, including on climate and vegetation.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Missing in Action"
- ↑ Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure
- ↑ Aftermath
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Point of No Return"
- ↑ Star Wars Galactic Atlas
- ↑ "A Sunny Day in the Void" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link (explore/the-clone-wars/ep511/#!/about) not verified!)