Koda Station

Koda Station was an Outer Rim Territories space station that included the tavern The End of the World. Around 1 ABY, Arvel Crynyd, a flight instructor for the Rebel Alliance, met a representative of the Virgillian Free Alignment resistance movement at the tavern, receiving news of the death of one of his students. After Crynyd stormed out the bartender Demms Ryx went to comfort the instructor and the two had a drink together. When Crynyd came again, he met with Ryx, with the bartender leaving Koda Station to join Crynyd and the rebels at their spacedock.
==Description==
Koda Station was a space stationStar Wars Galaxy Map located in the Western Reaches portion of the Outer Rim Territories and situated in the grid square I-18 on the Standard Galactic Grid. A hyperspace route connected it to the astronomical object Ryoone.
==History==
During the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, the Volpai Demms Ryx worked as one of the bartenders at The End of the World tavern on Koda Station. Around 1 ABY,"The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels" dates Demms Ryx and Arvel Crynyd's meeting on Koda Station to around three years before the Battle of Endor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 4 ABY. Arvel Crynyd, a flight instructor that taught rebel pilots, was called over to Koda Station by Dagger, a representative of the Virgillian Free Alignment resistance movement, to get a message from one pilots he was teaching. The two met at The End of the World, where Dagger passed on news that one of his students, Raf, had died, offering Crynyd a burned piece of the late pilot's starfighter and the representative's sympathies. Crynyd stormed out of the tavern, a concerned Ryx following after to check on him and offer him a drink. After Ryx politely sent Dagger away, the Volpai had another bartender cover his shift and sat with the flight instructor, the pair speaking about hyperspace and Crynyd's beliefs.
Later, the rebel pilot Pieter brought Crynyd to Koda Station to negotiate a shipment of salvaged parts for RZ-1 A-wing interceptors, the starfighter model flown by Pieter, the late Raf, and other students of Crynyd. Ryx, having waited for Crynyd's return, met him for a drink. Crynyd returned to the spacedock where he taught the pilots afterwards, and Demms left Koda Station with his belongings, hitching a ride to the spacedock to join Crynyd and help the rebels. The two went on to become a couple and made a home together on the planet Cerea with their daughter Starr, in tandem with Crynyd's growing career in the rebellion.
Koda Station was pictured on a galactic map included in the book Traveler's Guide to Batuu, which was written by the historian Eloc Throno.Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu In 34 ABY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to 34 ABY. a number of screens on Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon showed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated Koda Station's position.Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
==Behind the scenes==
Koda Station was introduced in the new Star Wars canon via unlabeled depiction on a galactic map included in the January 29, 2016 StarWars.com article "Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?" by Mark Newbold. The map included in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, an August 2016 Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set, later introduced the station's name. The first in-universe appearance of Koda Station came via depiction on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida that was first opened to the public on March 1, 2022. The space station was originally introduced as Koda Space Station in the 1997 Star Wars Legends continuity novel Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders, the seventh installment in the Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series written by John Whitman.Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders
In the reference book, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu, the book establishes that Koda Station was a planet, while the Galaxy Map released to promote the book Star Wars: Timelines established that Koda Station was a space station. This article considers the information from the Galaxy Map to be the factual information since the map is the most recent source.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 
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*Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game 
*Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
*The High Republic Free Digital Sampler 
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*Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
*Star Wars Galaxy Map 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Outer Rim Territories space stations
Category:Western Reaches space stations