Expansion Region

The Expansion Region was a region of the galaxy located between the Inner Rim and the Mid Rim.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary In addition to the Ghost Nebula sector, which contained the Umbara system, the Expansion Region included the Cvetaen and Sumitra star systems, as well as the planets Aquaris, Kerkoidia, Thustra, and Sibensko.
==History==
===Clone Wars===
During the Clone Wars, the worlds of the Expansion Region served as battlegrounds due to the region's location between the Inner Rim and the Mid Rim. The Mud Jumpers of the 224th Division of the Grand Army of the Republic fought Separatist forces on the Expansion Region world of Mimban. They also armed and trained the indigenous Mimbanese Liberation Army, promising them freedom when the Separatist Droid Army was repelled.Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
In 20 BBY,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 Expansion Region world of Umbara was the site of a prolonged battle between the Grand Army of the Republic and the native Umbarans, who had aligned themselves with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Numerous clone troopers and Umbaran soldiers were killed during the fighting. The Besalisk Jedi Master Pong Krell commanded the 501st Legion during the battle and proved unpopular with his men. After Krell's treason was revealed, the trooper Dogma executed the fallen Jedi for betraying the Galactic Republic. In the aftermath of the battle, the Republic occupied Umbara.
===Imperial Era===
During the Imperial Era, much of the Expansion Region fell under the jurisdiction of the Galactic Empire, a new regime that replaced the Republic. Following the theft of Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's personal starship Carrion Spike, an Imperial comms officer calculated that the Expansion Region planets of Aquaris and Thustra were the closest sites to the location of the stolen ship while it was at the location sector-designated as LCC-4-4-7. The same officer also estimated that LCC-4-4-7 was located equidistant to the Sumitra and Cvetaen systems. Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit also theorized that the Imperial facility on the Expansion Region world of Cartao would be the next target of Berch Teller's rebel cell.
In 10 BBY, Diles Anevi served as the governor of the Expansion Region while Moff Bin Essada governed the Circarpous sector from the administrative world of Gyndine. Essada ordered Imperial forces to strip Mimban of all its resources. That same year, the Mimbanese Liberation Army resisted Imperial forces, who wanted to exploit Mimban for its energy mining resources. Han Solo served as a swamp trooper of the Imperial Army's 224th Imperial Armored Division before deserting with the liberated Wookiee slave Chewbacca to join Tobias Beckett's gang.Solo: A Star Wars Story
In 0 BBY,This event takes place during Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the events of Rogue One in 0 BBY. the Rebel Alliance intelligence officer Cassian Andor visited the Expansion Region trading post known as the Ring of Kafrene to investigate why Imperial shipments of kyber crystals were being shipped across the galaxy. There, Andor encountered the rebel informant Tivik, who informed him that an Imperial pilot Bodhi Rook had defected with information about a planet-killing superweapon. Andor was forced to kill Tivik after the latter was wounded during a skirmish with stormtroopers.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Following the destruction of Alderaan and the Battle of Yavin, the Imperial officer Ciena Ree counseled the disillusioned TIE fighter pilot Thane Kyrell to find work somewhere in the Expansion Region and Outer Rim Territories after failing to convince him to return to the Empire. Thane later joined the Rebel Alliance.Lost Stars
===New Republic===
In 28 ABY,The Star Wars Book establishes that events of the novel Bloodline occur 28 years after those of the film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to the year 0 ABY; therefore, Bloodline occurs in 28 ABY. the watery planet Sibensko was reputed throughout the New Republic as a crime haven. It had an underwater city that served as the headquarters of the Amaxine warriors, a militia group funded by the First Order, a remnant of the Old Empire. The city was later destroyed during a skirmish which wiped out most of the Amaxine warriors.
===First Order–Resistance War===
In 35 ABY, Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and BB-8 traveled to the Forbidden Valley on the planet Pasaana to seek out a Sith wayfinder that could lead them to the planet Exegol. There, they encountered Rebellion hero Lando Calrissian, who helped to locate the Sith assassin Ochi's dagger, which contained information about the Wayfinder, in the Shifting Mires. However, the Resistance team were pursued by the Knights of Ren and First Order forces led by Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, who captured Chewbacca, Ochi's dagger, and the Millennium Falcon.
==Astrography==
The Expansion Region was subdivided into multiple sectors. Sectors located in the Expansion Region included the Circarpous sector, the Ghost Nebula sector, LCC-4-4-7, the Narvath sector, the Ombakond sector,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary and the Thand sector.
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