Ziost

Ziost was a planet located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories in grid square R-4 on the Standard Galactic Grid. It was one of the noteworthy worlds of the ancient Sith.
As mentioned by the Jedi writer Kli the Elder in the Rammahgon, Ziost once had a fertile environment, until the Sith established their presence there and laid waste to the planet just as they did with Moraband, Exegol, and Asog.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel In the time of the Galactic Republic, Ziost was quarantined along with the likes of Malachor, Jaguada, and Rhelg, and its affiliation to the Sith was hidden from history.
Ziost was the original site of an ancient Sith ritual altar that was present in the Grand Republic Medical Facility on CoruscantStar Wars: Complete Locations in 19 BBY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas Sometime between 0 BBY and 4 ABY,Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 5 ends with Darth Vader imprisoning Vaneé, and as shown in Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle, he doesn't get released until after the end of the Galactic Civil War. As he appears in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places in 0 BBY, Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 5 must take place sometime after 0 BBY. Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle takes place immediately before Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle, and Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 takes place during Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle, meaning that Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 takes place after 0 BBY. As Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 features Darth Vader, who dies in 4 ABY according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, then this series must take place sometime between 0 BBY and 4 ABY. CR-8R considered Fortress Vader on the planet Mustafar the spookiest Imperial stronghold this side of Ziost.
==Behind the scenes==
Ziost was first depicted in the new Star Wars canon on a galactic map in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set.
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Ziost was introduced as the capital of the Sith Empire in the third issue of the comic miniseries Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith, which was written by Kevin J. Anderson, and published by Dark Horse ComicsTales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 3 on December 11, 1996. 
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game 
*Star Wars: Complete Locations
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
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==Notes and references==
Category:Outer Rim Territories planets
Category:Sith planets