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"Oh, you know the Western Reaches. It's a big place. Lots and lots of planets."
―An Imperial officer, to Han Solo[src]

The Western Reaches, also known as the Western Regions, comprised an area of the galaxy. The planet of Jakku was located in a remote section of the Western Reaches.

History[edit | edit source]

"Told you we should have double-checked the Western Reaches."
―Han Solo, to Chewbacca, after discovering that the Millennium Falcon was in the Western Reaches[src]

After the end of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Empire initiated a campaign against Separatist holdouts in the region, which would continue until the fourth year of its reign. Moff Wilhuff Tarkin took part in these campaigns, removed from the media controversy over his role in the Antar Atrocity. After being reassigned to the remote Imperial facility known as Sentinel Base, one false rumor spread that he had been given such an apparently insignificant posting because of a failure while commanding an important operation in the Western Reaches.[11]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The Western Reaches was originally established to be a region of the galaxy in the Star Wars Legends sourcebook The Essential Atlas released in 2008 and written by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace. It was brought into canon by the 2014 novel Tarkin, by author James Luceno.[source?]

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  1. ↑ Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide places Mustafar in the Western Reaches. Ultimate Star Wars places Mustafar in the Atravis sector. Therefore, the Atravis sector must also be located in the Western Reaches.
  2. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu places Batuu in the Western Reaches. Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition places Batuu in the Trilon sector. Therefore, the Trilon sector must also be located in the Western Reaches.
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
  5. ↑ Unlimited Power
  6. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "True Love"—Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I
  8. ↑ Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
  11. ↑ Tarkin
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