Rishi Maze/Legends

The Rishi Maze, formally known as Companion Aurek, was a satellite dwarf galaxy in a close and decaying orbit above the galactic plane. 
==Astrography==
Vast fields of gravitation, energy, and debris stretched out on all sides of the Rishi Maze. With large cosmic radiation fields that spanned the dwarf galaxy which shifted quickly. Access between the main galactic disk and the Rishi Maze was the ancient hyperspace lane, the Zareca String. 
It was located twelve parsecs away from the planet Kamino, located in Wild Space,Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds toward the galactic north.
==History==
The satellite dwarf galaxy of the Rishi Maze derived its name from the planet Rishi. However, the Rishi Maze formal name was "Companion Aurek", derived from Aurek, the first letter of the Aurebesh alphabet. Sometime prior to the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance established Firebase Alpha, an illegal energy-mining station, near a black hole inside the Rishi Maze. The smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca were contracted to deliver supplies to the station.
==Behind the scenes==
The Episode II DVD-ROM Exclusive Content states that "the cluster known as the Rishi Maze may be the bright object that Luke and Leia stare at the end of The Empire Strikes Back." However, Leland Chee confirmed on the StarWars.com Message Boards that the object seen in Episode V is the Star Wars galaxy, despite this requiring the Rebel fleet to have traveled a very long distance from the galaxy. However, such a travel is possible according to the Outbound Flight Project led by Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth. The Rebel fleet could also be in the Rishi Maze during this scene, and thus able to view the main galaxy from outside.
The Rishi Maze was given the formal nomenclature of Companion Aurek in The Essential Atlas.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic 
*Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
*Darth Plagueis 
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*Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones junior novelization 
*Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones 2 
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*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption 
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===Non-canon appearances===
*Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace 
==Sources==
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*Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
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*Star Wars: Complete Locations
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
*Star Wars Fandex Deluxe Edition
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas 
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
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*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
==Notes and references==
Category:Galaxies