Lesser Plooriod Cluster

The Lesser Plooriod Cluster was a star cluster that contained the Urce sector and shared its name with the Plooriod Cluster.Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy By the time of the Republic Era, a hyperspace route passing through the Urce sector was mapped and used by Ithorians from the planet Ithor and was later charted by the Trade Federation.
In 28 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Queen's Shadow to 28 BBY. the Ithorians sought to make the map of the hyperspace route public in a motion within the Senate of the Galactic Republic. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine opened the Senate floor for debate, allowing a human senator and a Trade Federation delegate to argue with the Ithorian senator proposing the initiative. Senator Padmé Amidala voted in favor of the motion, musing that the Urce sector's inhabitants only held a claim to a part of the route whereas the Ithorians had been using the route long before the Trade Federation mapped it. However, the motion ultimately failed.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current canon, the Lesser Plooriod Cluster was mentioned in Queen's Shadow, a 2019 young-adult novel written by E. K. Johnston. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Lesser Plooriod Cluster was first introduced via mention in the 1980 novel Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, written by Brian Daley as the third installment of the Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures trilogy.Han Solo and the Lost Legacy It then made its first full appearance in Star Wars: X-Wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit,Star Wars: X-Wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit a June 1993 expansion to the Star Wars: X-Wing video game, first released in February of the same year.
==Appearances==
*Queen's Shadow 
==Notes and references==
Category:Star clusters