Lol sector

The Lol sector was a sector in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Merel, Skine, and Tolonda sectors. During the High Republic Era, the sector fell within the Galactic Republic's Galactic Frontier exploration region. The Lol sector became part of the Occlusion Zone following its formation in 230 BBY as one of ten sectors sealed behind a barrier preventing hyperspace travel.
==Description==
The Lol sector was a space sector located in the Outer Rim Territories. The sector bordered the Merel, Skine, and Tolonda sectors.
==History==
During the High Republic Era, the Galactic Republic designated a section of the Outer Rim—which included the Lol sector—as the Galactic Frontier, locations considered removed far enough from the galaxy's center to send explorers there. In 230 BBY, the Nihil marauder organization formed the Occlusion Zone—an area of space in the Outer Rim's Frontier that was situated behind the Stormwall barrier preventing hyperspace travel.Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
As one of the ten sectors forming the boundary of the Occlusion Zone, the Lol sector was cut off from the rest of Republic space and the worlds within it were forced to pay tributes to the Nihil.The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness Weeks afterward, in 229 BBY, the Vurk Jedi Master Harli Cogra wrote a book titled Chronicles of the Jedi, which detailed the Jedi of the High Republic Era. In the book's afterword, Cogra lamented the formation of the Nihil's region and the ten sectors it affected.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, the ten sectors forming the Occlusion Zone were first mentioned, albeit unidentified, in a flashback in the second issue of the Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm comic-book miniseries. The issue was written by Charles Soule and released by Marvel ComicsThe High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 on March 2, 2022 as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I. The Lol sector was later identified by name and specified to be one of the Occlusion Zone sectors via a map in the first issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. The issue was written by Daniel José Older, illustrated by Harvey Tolibao and Nick Brokenshire, and published by Dark Horse Comics as part of Phase III on December 6, 2023.
The Lol sector originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the 1993 sourcebook Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim, authored by Simon Smith and Eric S. Trautmann and published for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim The StarWars.com Online Companion to the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry later placed the Drexel system in the sector. The Drexel system had first appeared in the ninth issue of Marvel Comics' 1977 comic-book series Star Wars, which was written by Roy Thomas, illustrated by Howard Chaykin,Star Wars (1977) 9 and published on December 13, 1977, thus retroactively becoming the first appearance of the Lol sector.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 
*The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness 
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi 
*Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia 
==Notes and references==
 
Category:Occlusion Zone
Category:Outer Rim Territories sectors