Black hole

A black hole was a celestial phenomenon which was the result of a large star experiencing a supernova following the end of its fusion reactions and their collapse into themselves. A black expanse,Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel a black hole contained a singularity and possessed immense gravity, devouring all available matterBattlefront: Twilight Company including light itself or accumulating it in a region known as its accretion disk.
A super-massive black hole that stars rotated around was located in the center of the galaxy.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas It was called the Galactic Centre.
By 40 BBY, it was possible to take pictures of a black hole from a point just shy of its event horizon. Obi-Wan's friend Jape sent Obi-Wan such images.Master & Apprentice
The Akkadese Maelstrom sub-region around the Kessel sector contained a number of black holes, the most dangerous being The Maw. A cell of the criminal organization Crimson Dawn known as Beckett's gang, along with his partner Lando Calrissian and his female droid L3-37, fell in that black hole and were about to be sucked in, until they used the coaxium as a power source for the Millennium Falcon to escape the hole's gravity.Solo: A Star Wars Story
Shortly after the formation of the Galactic Empire, Lieutenant Commander Orson Krennic, accompanied by Mas Amedda and several others, traveled to a binary black hole formation known as the Hero Twins, where they tested a prototype version of the superlaser that would eventually be installed on the Empire's planet-destroying battle station, the Death Star, by firing it at the deceased stars.
The Executor-class Star Dreadnought Arbitrator, while attempting to escape a New Republic fleet, accidentally input erroneous hyperspace coordinates into its navicomputer, which caused it to exit hyperspace near a black hole, pulling the ship in and destroying it.Star Wars: The Rebel Files
==Appearances==
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
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*Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
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*Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
*Star Wars: Timelines
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
==Notes and references==
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