Ansett Island

Ansett Island was located on Ansett, a celestial body in the Outer Rim Territories and New Territories.Star Wars Galaxy Map places Ansett in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the New Territories. At some point between approximately 10 ABY and 33 ABY,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary establishes that Jannah, a former deserter member of Company 77, was in her early twenties by the time of the events of and that Jannah and other deserters of the company had settled on Kef Bir years prior to that film's events. Furthermore, The Visual Dictionary describes the state of the galaxy up to and during the events of The Rise of Skywalker, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 35 ABY, thereby placing the desertion of Company 77 to some point between 10 ABY and 33 ABY. the First Order was involved in the Battle of Ansett Island there. During the battle, Company 77 of First Order stormtroopers—a training unit filled with teenaged troopers—was ordered to kill a group of civilians. The entire company refused to carry out the order and subsequently deserted, escaping aboard a cruiser that members of the company took offworld.
==Behind the scenes==
Ansett Island was first mentioned as part of the name of the Battle of Ansett Island that the former Company 77 member Jannah mentions to the former stormtrooper Finn in the 2019 sequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition It was also directly mentioned in the accompanying reference book Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo. The 2020 non-canon adaptation William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth by Ian Doescher contains a different version of the line from The Rise of Skywalker mentioning Ansett Island that likewise directly refers to the location.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Screen Comix 
===Non-canon appearances===
*William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
*The Star Wars Book 
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*Star Wars: Timelines 
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Islands
Category:New Territories
Category:Outer Rim Territories