Merel sector

The Merel sector was a sector in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Lol, Skine, and Tolonda sectors. During the High Republic Era, the sector fell within the Galactic Republic's Galactic Frontier exploration region. The Merel 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 Merel sector was a space sector located in the Outer Rim Territories. The sector bordered the Lol, Skine, and Samix sectors.
==History==
During the High Republic Era, the Galactic Republic designated a section of the Outer Rim—which included the Merel 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 Merel 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 Merel 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 Merel sector originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim, a 1993 sourcebook written by Simon Smith and Eric S. Trautmann for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim In 2012, the sector was first visually depicted on a map designed by Modi and published in The Essential Atlas Extra: Outer Rim Sectors, a feature of the StarWars.com Online Companion to the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas.
==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==
Merel sector 
Category:Occlusion Zone
Category:Outer Rim Territories sectors