Tarawa was a celestial body[3] located in the Tarawa system, a part of the Steniplis sector[1] in the Western Reaches portion of[2] the Outer Rim Territories.[1] At some point between 2 BBY and 0 BBY, the Rebel Alliance prevailed over the Galactic Empire at a confrontation at Tarawa.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Tarawa was mentioned in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[3] The StarWars.com Online Companion to the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Tarawa system, and therefore the celestial body itself, in grid square L-19.[1] Tarawa shares its name with the Pacific Ocean atoll Tarawa, where the United States was victorious over the Empire of Japan in a battle of World War II.[4]
Sources[]
- The Essential Guide to Warfare (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Tarawa system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places the Tarawa system, and therefore Tarawa itself, in grid square L-19, which The Essential Atlas in turn places in the Western Reaches.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ Tarawa by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica on Encyclopædia Britannica (January 7, 2018) (archived from the original on March 22, 2023)