Giju

Giju was a planet located in the Colonies. Due to its placement on the Rimma Trade Route and the Herglic Alley hyperspace routes, it received many visitors and had tapcafes and cantinas to serve them. In 0 ABY, a group of underground Alliance to Restore the Republic leaders were evacuated from Giju by three members of the Alliance's Red Squadron, who fought the Galactic Empire's forces over the world. The Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs also visited Giju and tried several variants of the Giju Glug beverage there while on a culinary tour of the galaxy at some point between 34 ABY and 35 ABY.
==Description==
Giju was a planetThe Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure that appeared blue in color from orbit.Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi 1 It was located in the Colonies and the Interior in grid square L-13 of the Standard Galactic Grid. The Giju Run hyperspace route had one of its termini at Giju and connected the world to the planet Bardotta in the Shasos sector's Bardotta system,Nexus of Power while the Herglic Alley route ran from Giju to the planet Byblos, which also sat on the Corellian Run. Giju also fell on the Rimma Trade Route, a super-hyperroute that connected it to the astronomical object Dentaal and the planetStar Wars: Timelines Ghorman.
==History==
===Getting off of Giju===
By 10 BBY,The entry in Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide mentioning Giju is placed chronologically prior to an entry written by Tobias Beckett. Star Wars: Timelines dates Beckett's death to 10 BBY, and so his entry in the guide and those chronologically before it must all be set by 10 BBY. the pirate queen Maz Kanata had marked Giju as a location of interest on a map in the book known as the Smuggler's Guide. In 0 ABY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the main events of The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure to 0 ABY. a group of underground Alliance to Restore the Republic leaders were evacuated from Giju on board a transport ahead of agents of the Galactic Empire. The transport was escorted by a trio of rebel X-wing starfighters from Red Squadron but encountered a patrol of TIE fighters amidst the space lanes above the planet, leading to a firefight between the two groups of starfighters. Many of the other starships on the lanes above Giju, including two freight tenders and a line of bulk freighters, then moved away from the fight as quickly as possible while more Imperial forces arrived.
Although the sheer amount of traffic above Giju meant there were numerous places for enemy vessels to hide in, the rebels instead managed to destroy several TIEs before the transport safely made a jump to hyperspace. The three X-wings then followed scatter protocol and each of them individually jumped to hyperspace, with the rebel pilot Luke Skywalker following a randomly chosen zigzag pattern of jumps to reach the planet Devaron, which was not far from Giju.
===Maps, tales, and recipes===
Shortly before the Alliance established a base on the planet Hoth, that world was missing from a star chart titled Giju plot 773/B.Star Wars: The Rebel Files At some point between 33 ABY and 34 ABY,The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure depicts the droid C-3PO with a red arm. Star Wars: Timelines establishes that he acquired this arm in 33 ABY and replaced it with a golden arm in 34 ABY. the protocol droid C-3PO told a story that relayed Red Squadron's mission to Giju to the Resistance pilot Jessika Pava. 
During a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took between 34 ABY and 35 ABY, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs stopped at Giju and visited several tapcafes and cantinas, discovering several variations of a commonly available drink that the locals called Giju Glug. He mentioned Giju when including a recipe for his favorite variation, which included Blutopia pearls, in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published in 35 ABY.
==Locations==
Due to the Herglic Alley's connection between the Rimma Trade Route and the Corellian Run, numerous travelers ended up at Giju during journeys across the galaxy. To cater to these visitors, the world had a wide array of cantinas and tapcafes that each offered unique assortments of beverages.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, Giju first appeared in the 2015 novel The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure, which was written by Jason Fry. It was then depicted for the first time in the first part of the comic adaptation of the novel, which was written by Alec Worley, illustrated by Ruairí Coleman, and published in Star Wars - Magazin 19 on March 29, 2017.
Giju originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the Dark Force Rising Sourcebook, a 1993 supplement for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Bill Slavicsek and published by West End Games.Dark Force Rising Sourcebook The planet was then depicted for the first time in the 2005 reference book The New Essential Chronology, which was written by Daniel Wallace.The New Essential Chronology Giju's first full Legends appearance then occured during a flashback in Purge – Seconds to Die, a comic book written by John Ostrander, illustrated by Jim Hall, and published by Dark Horse ComicsPurge – Seconds to Die on November 11, 2009.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 
*The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure 
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
*Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
*The High Republic Free Digital Sampler 
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*Star Wars Galaxy Map
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
==Notes and references==
Category:Colonies planets
Category:Rimma Trade Route
Category:The Interior planets