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- "Lord Vader, there's been an incident at the Yaga Minor shipyards."
- ―Luitt, to Darth Vader
Yaga Minor[3] was an industrialized planet[4] located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories where shipyards were located.[1] In 14 BBY,[5] members of the Free Ryloth Movement rebel cell, led by the Twi'lek Pok, hijacked an Imperial weapons shipment at the Yaga Minor shipyards and fled into hyperspace. The incident was reported to the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader by the Imperial Captain Luitt of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Perilous, and Vader pursued and slaughtered Pok and his crew.[3]
During the Galactic Civil War, some attacks occurred on Yaga Minor.[6] Around 5 ABY,[7] a member of the Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing called the attacks on Yaga Minor suicidal during discussions aboard the 204th's Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier Aerie.[6] In the era of the New Republic, Yaga Minor was eventually part of the First Order's official territory.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Yaga Minor was first mentioned in the 2015 novel Lords of the Sith, written by Paul S. Kemp.[3] In Star Wars Legends, Yaga Minor was first mentioned in the 1992 novel Dark Force Rising, written by Timothy Zahn,[8] before later first appearing in Zhan's 1997 novel Specter of the Past, the first instalment of the Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology trilogy.[9] In the 1998 Coolhand Interactive video game Star Wars: Rebellion, a generic planet image was used to depict Yaga Minor and a number of other planets.[10]
Appearances[]
- Lords of the Sith (First mentioned)
- Lords of the Sith audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Shadow Fall (Mentioned only)
- Shadow Fall audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Rogue One? on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)- 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)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game places Yaga Minor in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the New Territories.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lords of the Sith
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- ↑ The events of Lords of the Sith, where Yaga Minor is mentioned, takes place eight years after the beginning of the Clone Wars, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 22 BBY. The events of the novel must therefore take place in 14 BBY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shadow Fall
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Shadow Fall to 5 ABY.
- ↑ Dark Force Rising
- ↑ Specter of the Past
- ↑ Star Wars: Rebellion