Cauldron Nebula

The Cauldron Nebula was a nebula located within the Corva sector in the Outer Rim Territories. Consisting of seven supergiant blue stars,The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia the nebula was home to the Eol Sha system,The Jedi Academy Sourcebook where a colony was set up in preparation for a mining operation intended to harvest valuable gases from the nebula through the use of ramjet mining ships.Jedi Search
==History==
During his personal vendetta against Imperial Admiral Natasi Daala in 11 ABY, renegade Jedi apprentice Kyp Durron used the Sun Crusher superweapon to ignite the nebula's seven stars in hopes of destroying Daala and the tattered remains of her fleet. As a consequence, the Cauldron Nebula was destroyed when its stars all went supernova.Dark Apprentice
Nebula orchids were named after it.The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
==Behind the scenes==
In the book Champions of the Force, the Cauldron Nebula is mistakenly said to have had only five blue supergiants rather than seven.
==Appearances==
*Jedi Search 
*Dark Apprentice
*Champions of the Force 
*Darksaber 
*Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy 
*Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones 
==Sources==
*The Essential Guide to Characters 
*The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
*The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
*The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*The Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Chronology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*The Essential Reader's Companion
==Notes and references==
Category:Corva sector astronomical objects
Category:Destroyed astronomical objects
Category:Outer Rim Territories nebulae