- "As the number of hostile systems decreases. We are combining our forces into slower-moving but more powerful units. Six of these fleets will deploy along the Corellian Trade Spine, positioning them for rapid relocation to the Western Reaches…"
- ―Gial Ackbar
The Corellian Trade Spine was one of the galaxy's five super-hyperroutes. Beginning at the planet Corellia in the Core Worlds, it intersected with the Rimma Trade Route at Yag'Dhul in the Inner Rim, and the Hydian Way near Terminus. Established 25,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, but not fully formed until 19,500 years later, the Corellian Trade Spine played a major role in galactic history, though less so than the Corellian Run. Like its cousin, however, it ran through every region of the galaxy, taking in the Ison Trade Corridor and the Greater Javin.[8]
The Spine passed through the Anoat sector of the Outer Rim Territories, where the Trade Spine League operated as a powerful union and privateer network. The desert planet Mataou acted as a primary entry point for starships leaving the Corellian Trade Spine to enter the Ison Trade Corridor in the Anoat sector.[3]
History[]
- "The Corellian Trade Spine has reopened after the Bureau of Ships and Services cleared out debris near Kirtarkin. While the disruption only lasted a few days, the economic cost of the incident is still being calculated."
- ―Dorna Parros, HoloNet News
The Devaronian species were among the early explorers along what became the Corellian Trade Spine hyperspace route.[10] During the Galactic Civil War, the Alliance to Restore the Republic's 61st Mobile Infantry lost eight of their own, who were lost during a freighter raid. They held a funeral onboard the Thunderstrike while in a hyperlane three light-years from the spine.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
The Corellian Trade Spine was first created in Star Wars Legends for Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, a sourcebook written by Jonatha Ariadne Caspian and released by West End Games in 1989.[12] Its first mention in canon came in in the 2015 novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, written by Alexander Freed.[11]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 (Picture only)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
- Bounty Hunters 8 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Outlaws (Mentioned only)
- "The Last Flight" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Uprising (Mentioned only) (as Corellion Trade Spine)
- Victory's Price (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 (Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 38 (Guide to the Galaxy: Sentient Species of Endor)
- Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Nexus of Power
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Rogue One
- Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Rogue One? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Dawn of Rebellion
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- Collapse of the Republic
- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
- "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
- SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 223
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Rogue One
- ↑ 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 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: Uprising—Sector Battle: "Mataou"
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 (Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy)
- ↑ Victory's Price
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 29 (Guide to the Galaxy: Major Trade Routes)
- ↑ Star Wars Outlaws
- ↑ Nexus of Power
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin