The Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion is a series of articles on the official Star Wars website published in the wake of the release of The Essential Atlas by its authors Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace. The articles are the lists of systems that appear in the appendix of The Essential Atlas, but many systems now have an entry for which sector they are located in, a feature that the published work does not. The lists are intended to be used as a dynamic document, with updates and revisions planned to either correct erroneous information, add detail to existing placements, and add locations as new works are released. The Online Companion also included galaxy maps with the localization of the sectors by Modi.
According to comments made by Atlas co-author Jason Fry, as revealed on TheForce.net's Jedi Council Forums, the Online Companion's database listed star systems according to names of well-known celestial objects, rather than proper system names, and that the database's listing was not intended to create new system names or override previously established continuity.[1] He also stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names.[2]
On March 15, 2011, a map of the Mid Rim sectors and a new appendix were released. The appendix contained the sectors information for Mid Rim systems, the forgotten systems from previous versions, and the newly created systems (including those from The Clone Wars).
An email from Jason Fry revealed that an appendix update and an Expansion Region sector map was to be released, and that the Atlas material is available on starwars.com/atlas. On October 25, 2012 these updates were posted.
On June 11, 2014, Jason Fry exclusively provided a HD version of the previously released Expansion Region sectors map to Wookieepedia. He also revealed that Lucasfilm Ltd. accepted publication of more appendix updates and sector maps.[3]
Sectors
Systems (by Region)
The systems below are listed alphabetically by region and are as named by The Essential Atlas Online Companion; not necessarily by their canon names.
Colonies
Core Worlds
Deep Core
Expansion Region
Extragalactic systems
Hutt Space
Inner Rim
Mid Rim
Outer Rim Territories
Sith Worlds
Unknown Regions
Wild Space
Unplaced systems
Systems unmentioned by The Essential Atlas Online Companion
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Systems (complete list)
Online updates
- The Sectors of the Expansion Region
- The Sectors of the Mid Rim
- The Knight Errant Gazetteer
- Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster
- The Sectors of the Outer Rim
Map gallery
Notes and references
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by Senator_Cilghal on September 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM; accessed November 29, 2013) (backup link (posts/30422084/) not verified!)
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on December 11, 2007, 7:59am; accessed November 29, 2013): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link)
- ↑ Email communication between Jason Fry and Hk 47.
External links
- Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Appendix in PDF format (backup link on Archive.org)
- The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board) (backup link (threads/21938930/) not verified!), with Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace
- "Wars: The Essential Atlas — Mapping a Living Book {{{3}}}" — {{{4}}} — [[{{{5}}}|{{{5}}}'s]] StarWars.com Blog (Wars: The Essential Atlas — Mapping a Living Book backup link (2012/11/12/star-wars-the-essential-atlas-mapping-a-living-book/Star Wars: The Essential Atlas — Mapping a Living Book) not verified!)
- Unstated Canon in Star Wars: The Essential Atlas on geekosity.blogspot.com
- Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 1 of 5) on geekosity.blogspot.com
- Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 2 of 5) on geekosity.blogspot.com
- Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 3 of 5) on geekosity.blogspot.com
- Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 4 of 5) on geekosity.blogspot.com
- Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 5 of 5) on geekosity.blogspot.com