Tarawa

Tarawa was a celestial bodyThe Essential Guide to Warfare located in the Tarawa system, a part of the Steniplis sector in the Western Reaches portion of the Outer Rim Territories. At some point between 2 BBY and 0 BBY, the Rebel Alliance prevailed over the Galactic Empire at a confrontation at Tarawa.
==Behind the scenes==
Tarawa was mentioned in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart. The StarWars.com Online Companion to the 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Tarawa system, and therefore the celestial body itself, in grid square L-19. Tarawa shares its name with the Pacific Ocean atoll Tarawa, where the United States was victorious over the Empire of Japan in a battle of World War II.
==Sources==
*The Essential Guide to Warfare 
==Notes and references==
Category:Outer Rim Territories astronomical objects
Category:Steniplis sector
Category:Western Reaches astronomical objects