Mid Rim Territories

The Mid Rim Territories, also known as the Middle Rim, or as the Mid Rim, was a region of the galaxy located between the Expansion Region and the Outer Rim Territories. The moon WasskahUltimate Star Wars and the planets Aleen, Bothawui, Coyerti, Crul, Dinzo, Gan Moradir, Haidoral Prime, Ithor, Kashyyyk, Malastare, Naator, NaJedha,Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide Phorsa Gedd, Shu-Torun, Takodana, Naboo, and Trandosha were all located within the Mid Rim.
After being allowed access to key Mid Rim trade routes through the Hutt Clan–Republic treaty during the Clone Wars,Halcyon Legacy 3 the Hutts had come to control part of the Mid Rim, by the time of the Galactic Civil War though, most was the territory of the Galactic Empire.
==Description==
The Mid Rim was a region of the galaxy that formed a ring between the Expansion Region and the Outer Rim Territories, making it the furthest region from the Deep Core that was considered part of the "inner planets." The Mid Rim was full of varied worlds, many of which boasted successful governments and thriving economies; however, their distance from the Core meant that they lacked the fame of notoriety of Core Worlds like Corellia. Parts of the Mid Rim overlapped with the Western Reaches.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
==History==
===Early history===
A thousand years before the Cold War, a battle was fought on the Mid Rim world of Takodana between the ancient Jedi and Sith. Maz Kanata's castle was later built on the site of the battlefield. Jedha was a moon in the Mid Rim holy to many Force religions. Sacred sites such as the Temple of the Kyber existed on the moon.The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
===High Republic Era===
In 382 BBY,Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Path of Vengeance to 382 BBY. the Path of the Open Hand cult took advantage of the religious tensions of Jedha and fanned its flames into a massive riot. At the same time, a summit on Jedha occurredThe High Republic: The Battle of Jedha due to its status as neutral ground in the Eiram and E'ronoh War.The High Republic: Convergence Due to Path interference, however, the peace talks broke down and reignited the conflict, which resumed there on Jedha and only worsened the violence started by the riots. The Path used the chaos as a cover to try and steal the Rod of Daybreak. While the Battle of Jedha would eventually cease and the peoples of Jedha began to work together on rebuilding their home in an uneasy peace, word of the incident and the Path's apparent involvement—quickly blamed on Herald Werth Plouth alone by the equally-guilty Mother Elecia Zeveron—spread out from the Mid Rim.
===Malastare Narrows===
At some point before the Clone Wars, the Corporate Alliance led by the Harch Admiral Trench blockaded the Mid Rim world of Malastare. A Galactic Republic force consisting of Wullf Yularen and a Jedi-led task force put an end to the blockade, which resulted in heavy losses for both sides as well as the Harch commander's first presumed death.
===Naboo Crisis===
In 32 BBY, the Trade Federation and the Republic were embroiled in a dispute over the taxation of trade routes to outlying systems including the Mid Rim world of Naboo. As a result, the Trade Federation invaded and occupied the planet. The Federation was eventually expelled from the planet by a coalition of the human Naboo, the indigenous Gungans, and the Jedi.
===The Clone Wars===
Until the Clone Wars, the Mid Rim was considered a tranquil region, but it saw extensive fighting between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the conflict. The treaty established between the Republic and Hutt Clan in the aftermath of the mission to Jabba's PalaceStar Wars: The Clone Wars film gave the Hutts access to important trade routes that ran through the Mid Rim. During a skirmish aboard the MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser Halcyon, Senator Padmé Amidala convinced a Lord Hutt on the ship to help Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and her by noting the Republic had the power to revoke the Hutt access to those key routes.
After General Grievous ambushed Republic Navy forces above the planet Falleen, Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi advised Skywalker to take his fleet out of Bothawui to regroup. Skywalker's fleet instead clashed with Grievous' fleet above Bothawui in 22 BBY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the early events of the Battle of Ryloth and the mission to Rodia to 22 BBY. As the episode this event takes place within takes place between the events of the pieces of media the other events are attached to according to , this event must also take place in 22 BBY. During the battle, R2-D2 was lost but was later rescued. The defense of Bothawui protected the Republic's grip over the Mid Rim, which the Confederacy had nearly finished establishing its own foothold within.Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
Later, Amidala, Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks, the Jedi, and clone troopers discovered that the Separatist scientist Nuvo Vindi was operating a biological weapons laboratory on Naboo. Following a lengthy struggle, they neutralized Dr. Vindi's Blue Shadow Virus and prevented it from escaping into Naboo's atmosphere.
In 21 BBY,The Star Wars Book places the Battle of Malastare to twenty-one years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states that A New Hope begins in 0 BBY, the Battle of Malastare must have occurred in 21 BBY. Malastare became the site of fighting between the Republic and the Separatists due to its fuel supplies. During the battle, the Jedi signed a treaty with the Dug Council after agreeing to destroy an ancient monster called the Zillo Beast. The Jedi and clone troopers managed to stun the beast with cannons and smuggled it back to Coruscant for research.
In 20 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the mission to Mortis and the Battle of Mon Cala to 20 BBY. As the episode this event takes place within takes place between the events of the episodes the other events are attached to according to , this event must also take place 20 BBY. the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano was kidnapped by Trandoshan bounty hunters and transported to the Trandoshan moon of Wasskah. There, she teamed up with the former Jedi younglings Kalifa, O-Mer, and Jinx to survive. The Jedi then joined forces with the Wookiee Chewbacca to fight back against the Trandoshans. They were rescued by a Wookiee relief force led by General Tarfful.
Later that year,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the Battle of Mon Cala and the skirmish in Theed to 20 BBY. As the episode this event takes place within takes place between the events of the episodes the other events are attached to according to , this event must also take place 20 BBY. the Gungan minister Rish Loo, a Separatist agent, attempted to manipulate Boss Lyonie into helping the Separatists attack the Naboo capital Theed. Loo's plot was foiled by Binks, Amidala, and Jedi Knight Skywalker. The Gungans captured Grievous but were forced to release him after the Separatist leader Count Dooku took Skywalker hostage.
Later, the Mid Rim planet of Aleen experienced severe earthquakes, which killed many of the native Aleena. With forces from the 104th Battalion redirected to Aleen instead of the defense of the Qiilura system, the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 took part in a Republic relief mission led by Clone Commander Wolffe. During the course of the mission, C-3PO and R2-D2 encountered the underground-dwelling Kintaro and the amphibian being Orphne, who revealed that the earthquakes had been caused by a breach on the surface. After returning to Aleen's surface, the two droids helped seal the breach, which ended the earthquake and restored peace to both the underworld and surface. C-3PO and R2-D2 then embarked on an unplanned adventure which took them to the planets Patitite Pattuna and Balnab.
Some time after, Kenobi, Skywalker, and Mace Windu foiled a plot by Cad Bane and Count Dooku to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly known as Darth Sidious. In 19 BBY, the planet Ord Mantell was the site of a battle between the former Sith apprentice Maul and his Shadow Collective and Grievous, which ended in the latter's capture.Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 2 In response, the Republic sent a team of Jedi led by Windu to Ord Mantell to investigate Maul's activities.Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 3
During the Outer Rim Sieges, the Jedi General Quinlan Vos moved his forces to Boz Pity. Master Yoda commanded Wookiee and clone forces during the Battle of Kashyyyk. Yoda was forced to flee the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk when Sidious issued Order 66. Shortly thereafter, the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire and the Separatist leadership was destroyed, ending the Clone Wars.
===Imperial Era===
During the Imperial Era, the Mid Rim along with much of the galaxy came under the dominion of the Empire. At one point, a series of chaotic Mid Rim uprisings were launched against the Empire by rebelling monarchies, but the revolt was put down by Imperial Starfighter Pilots.Star Wars: Squadrons In 14 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Tarkin to 14 BBY. the Imperial Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit identified the Mid Rim world of Lantillies as a potential target of Berch Teller's rebel cell.
In 10 BBY,The timeline provided in Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide places the Heist on Vandor nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. As that film takes place in 19 BBY according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, the heist on Vandor must take place in 10 BBY. the criminal Tobias Beckett and his gang including Imperial deserter Han Solo and Chewbacca undertook a heist to steal a train cargo of coaxiumSolo: A Star Wars Story on the Mid Rim world of Vandor.Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide The heist failed due to the intervention of Enfys Nest and her rebel group the Cloud-Riders, leaving Beckett and his crew indebted to the Crimson Dawn crime lord Dryden Vos. After convincing Dryden to give them a second chance, Solo, Beckett, Chewbacca, and the Crimson Dawn lieutenant Qi'ra convinced the smuggler and gambler Lando Calrissian to help them steal coaxium from the Pyke Syndicate on Kessel.
On one occasion, HoloNet News reported that the 212th Attack Battalion led by General Kahdah had quelled a Wookiee revolt on Kashyyyk. As a result, civilian travel to the planet was restricted. The xenophobic Empire also enslaved the Wookiees of Kashyyyk, viewing them as an expendable source of slave labor. Many Wookiees were fitted with inhibitor chips while Kashyyyk was renamed Imperial Territory G5-623.Aftermath: Life Debt Nevertheless, some Wookiees like Chewbacca and Lohgarra managed to flee offworld and live free lives.Lost Stars
In 4 BBY,According to Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, in the year 7973 C.R.C., Ketsu Onyo resigned from the Black Sun. It also dates the Battle of Scarif to 7977 C.R.C., four years after Onyo's resignation. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Jyn Erso's mission to steal the plans of the first Death Star, which concluded with the Battle of Scarif, to 0 BBY. Therefore, it can be calculated that 7973 C.R.C. is equal to 4 BBY. Since Onyo states in "Blood Sisters" that she currently works for the Black Sun, that episode must occur by 4 BBY. Additionally, Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Siege of Lothal to 4 BBY. Since "Wings of the Master" occurs after the Siege of Lothal but before the events of "Blood Sisters," it can be concluded that the episode took place in 4 BBY. the Spectres rebel operative Hera Syndulla traveled to the Mid Rim world of Shantipole on behalf of the rebellion to obtain a prototype B-wing starfighter from the Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie. As a result, the rebellion gained access to the B-wing starfighters.
In 3 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places Leia Organa's birth in 19 BBY. The events of Leia, Princess of Alderaan commence just after Organa's sixteenth birthday, which places the events of the novel in 3 BBY. Saw Gerrera's Partisans assassinated Naboo's Imperial governor, Moff Quarsh Panaka.Leia, Princess of Alderaan
By 1 BBY, Imperial forces had occupied Jedha. The Empire mined Jedha for kyber crystals, which were used as part of the Death Star's superlaser. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin later destroyed Jedha City in order to test the Death Star's superlaser. The Rebel Alliance operatives Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso managed to smuggle the Imperial defector Bodhi Rook, who had knowledge on how to destroy the Death Star, offworld. To conceal the Death Star, the Empire told the Imperial Senate that Jedha City had been destroyed in a mining accident. In addition, the Empire ran a penal labor camp on the planet Wobani.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Following the destruction of Alderaan, Darth Vader visited the Mid Rim volcanic mining world of Shu-Torun to ensure that the King of Shu-Torun and his people remained loyal to the Empire. Vader defeated a plot by the King and his family to assassinate him with the help of the assassin droids 0-0-0 and BT-1. Vader then forced the King's youngest daughter Princess Trios to become the new Queen of Shu-Torun. Trios helped the Empire to subdue several rebellious ore-dukes during the War on Shu-Torun.Star Wars: Darth Vader Book III: The Shu-Torun War
During the Galactic Civil War, several Mid Rim worlds and systems including Haidoral Prime, Coyerti, the Chonsetta system, the Redhurne system, and the Elochar sector became battle sites between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire during the Mid Rim Retreat. After months of fighting, Alliance forces became overstretched and Alliance High Command was forced to order a retreat as Imperial forces counter-attacked.
===Rise of the New Republic===
After the Battle of Endor, crowds celebrated the death of Darth Sidious in the streets of Naboo's capital Theed. Later, the Naboo Queen Sosha Soruna accepted an offer from Princess Leia Organa to join the New Republic, the successor government to the Rebel Alliance. In the days after the events at Endor, Naboo was targeted by Operation: Cinder, a contingency plan to scour several worlds in the event of the Emperor's death. General Lando Calrissian saved the planet from being destroyed by several Imperial climate disruption arrays.Shattered Empire 3 The New Republic also repelled three attempts by Imperial forces to retake the planet.
In the months following Endor, Grand Moff Valco Pandion abandoned an Imperial communications station on Malastare. Despite this setback, Imperial remnant forces under Grand General Kenner Loring still controlled the planet. During the Galactic Civil War, Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana was regarded as a neutral sanctuary for smugglers, pirates, Imperials, and rebels.
Solo and his co-pilot Chewbacca later led a campaign to liberate Kashyyyk from Imperial rule. Despite several setbacks and the New Republic's hesitance, Solo and Chewie managed to disable Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck's inhibitor chips and inspire a Wookiee revolt in 5 ABYAftermath: Empire's End features the Battle of Jakku, an event that Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 5 ABY. with the help of Wookiee exiles, former slaves, the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus, the bounty hunter Jas Emari, and the New Republic Special Forces soldier Jom Barell. A New Republic fleet led by Admiral Ackbar then forced the surrender of the remaining Imperial ships above Kashyyyk, ending the Imperial subjugation of the Wookiees. In the months leading up to the Battle of Jakku, Wookiee and New Republic forces mopped up Imperial holdouts, liberating many Wookiee slaves including Waroo, Chewbacca's son.Aftermath: Empire's End
The Mid Rim world of Naboo also became a refuge for many orphans and refugees. One of these, Mapo, befriended Binks, who had become a street performer. Around 9 ABY, the Mid Rim came under repeated attack by the Pirate Nation, with the New Republic failing to defend the region.
===Cold war===
Prior to the outbreak of open war, the First Order used a series of false flag pirate raids on the Colossus oil refueling platform on the Mid Rim planet Castilon to pressure Captain Imanuel Doza into accepting a military occupation of the Colossus. Following the Hosnian Cataclysm, Team Colossus, led by Resistance spy Kazuda Xiono and New Republic veteran Jarek Yeager expelled the First Order and took the space station into space. In response, the First Order launched a hunt for the runaway station.
In 34 ABY, Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana was attacked by the First Order. The Hosnian Cataclysm was also witnessed by many at Maz Kanata's castle.
===First Order/Resistance War===
During the war between the First Order and the Resistance, Poe Dameron, Finn, Chewbacca, and Klaud undertook a mission to the Sinta Glacier Colony, where Boolio informed them that a First Order spy had confirmation that Darth Sidious had returned from the dead.
Later, Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, C-3PO, BB-8, and D-O traveled to Kijimi City seeking a droidsmith who could retrieve the memory of the inscriptions on Ochi's dagger from 3PO's memory banks. The group found a droid mechanic named Babu Frik, who got C-3PO to translate the Sith inscription at the cost of losing his memories, a choice that 3PO willingly made to help his friends. With the help of Poe's former spice-running associate Zorii Bliss, the group escaped offworld, rescued Chewie, and retrieved the Millennium Falcon from the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast. In 35 ABY, the resurrected Darth Sidious ordered Allegiant General Enric Pryde to send the Xyston-class Star Destroyer Derriphan to destroy Kijimi in order to intimidate the galaxy into submitting to the Emperor's Sith Eternal.
==Astrography==
===Sectors===
The Mid Rim Territories contained a number of distinct sub-regions known as sectors. These included:
*Barsa sectorThrawn
*Bothan Space
*Bright Jewel sector
*Bryx sector
*Chommell sector
*Dohu sector
*Dustig sector
*Elochar sectorBattlefront: Twilight Company
*Esaga sectorStar Wars Galaxy Map — Based on corresponding data for Aloxor.
*Freestanding subsectorsStar Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
*Hadar sector
*Juvex sectorTarkin
*Kontahr sectorStar Wars Battlefront
*Lambda sector
*Metatessu sector
*Mytaranor sector
*Perkell sector
*Qiilura sector
*Senex sector
*Sloo sector
*Taldot sector
*Tashtor sector
==Behind the scenes==
A galaxy map in Daniel Wallace's 2018 reference book Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide depicts an unlabeled Mid Rim Territories area the borders of which correspond toStar Wars: Smuggler's Guide those of the Ottega sector of the Mid Rim in the Star Wars Legends continuity.
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
*William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
*William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second
*Disney Infinity 3.0
*William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third
*LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III 
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*The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
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