Fresia was a terrestrial planet that was home to the Coromon Headhunter. During the Clone Wars, the world's Galactic Republic senator, Seti Ashgad, simply vanished. At some point between 19 BBY and 5 BBY, the partisans of resistance fighter Saw Gerrera conducted a violent raid on an Incom Corporation warehouse on Fresia and stole eight T-65 X-wing starfighters. By 1 BBY, the Alliance to Restore the Republic had arrived on the planet and recruited the human Fresia native Jaldine Gerams as a pilot.
Description[]
Fresia was a terrestrial planet[1] that was home to the fierce creature known as the Coromon Headhunter.[3]
History[]
Around 61 BBY,[6] the human Jaldine Gerams[4] was born a native of Fresia. She became a programmer[1] and computer specialist, authoring starfighter simulator programs and logging countless hours[4] while dreaming of flying a real starfighter.[7] During the Clone Wars, Fresia was represented in the Senate of the Galactic Republic by Senator Seti Ashgad; however, during the war there were increased death threats and assassination attempts on all senators and Ashgad simply vanished.[5]
The starship manufacturer Incom Corporation maintained a warehouse on Fresia in which it stored T-65 X-wing starfighters,[2] also borrowing the name of the Coromon Headhunter for the Z-95 Headhunter starfighter the company produced with Sublights Products Corporation.[3] At some point between 19 BBY and 5 BBY,[8] the resistance fighter Saw Gerrera saw the value of X-wing starfighters and stole eight from the warehouse on Fresia during a violent raid carried out by his partisans. He then used the vehicles to form the Cavern Angels squadron.[2] By 1 BBY,[6] the Alliance to Restore the Republic had arrived on Fresia and encountered Gerams, who jumped at the chance to join up on the day she encountered them so that she could fly a real starfighter as a rebel pilot.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
In the current Star Wars canon, Fresia was first mentioned in the "Incom/SubPro Z-95 Headhunter" article in the "Starship Fact File" department of the De Agostini magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 59,[3] which was released around February 17, 2016.[9]
The planet originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, in which it was first mentioned in the 1987 first edition rulebook for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, which was published by West End Games.[10] The world was first pictured in the 2003 Star Wars Roleplaying Game supplement Coruscant and the Core Worlds, published by Wizards of the Coast,[11] and appeared for the first time in the 2006 video game Star Wars: Empire at War, which was developed by Petroglyph and published by LucasArts.[12]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 59 (Starship Fact File: Incom/SubPro Z-95 Headhunter) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Weapons & Uniforms: Blue Squadron)
- Collapse of the Republic
- "The Birth of the Rebellion" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 59 (Starship Fact File: Incom/Subpro Z-95 Headhunter)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z states that Jaldine Gerams was around sixty years old while serving in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 1 BBY. Therefore, she must have been born around 61 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Weapons & Uniforms: Blue Squadron)
- ↑ Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide establishes that the raid on an Incom warehouse took place between the formation of the Galactic Empire and the events of "Narkina 5." The book dates the Empire's formation and the events of "Narkina 5" to 19 BBY and 5 BBY, respectively.
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (archived from the original on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 59 was published around February 17, 2016.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- ↑ Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War