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Maw Cluster

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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

The Maw Cluster, or simply the Maw, was an unstable and mostly unnavigable cluster of black holes within the Maw Nebulae located near the planet Kessel in the Outer Rim Territories. The only reason the Maw was visible was due to the ionizing gases being drawn into it.

The stability of the cluster itself was something of a mystery, with some believing that an advanced civilization might have constructed it, rather than it merging together like a normal cluster would. In 44 ABY, the New Jedi Order learned from the Thuruht hive that the Maw was created by them and other Killik hives to serve as a prison for the dark side entity Abeloth. Under the direction of the Son and Daughter (who had joined the hivemind), the Killiks created Centerpoint Station and Sinkhole Station. Centerpoint was used by The Ones to create the Maw itself, while Sinkhole Station was built to maintain the prison from within.

Text and facts from the “Maw Cluster/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Region
Outer Rim Territories; Maw Nebulae
The Slice
Sector
Kessel sector
Grid coordinates
T-10
Stations
Maw Installation
Maw Imperial Prison
Shelter
Maw colony
Sinkhole Station
Other
Abeloth's planet

Appearances

43 works, in story order
  1. The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (mentioned only)
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic (mentioned only)
  3. Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (mentioned only)
  4. Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison 2 (mentioned only)
  5. Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison 4 (mentioned only)
  6. Echoes of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  7. The Hutt Gambit
  8. Death Star (mentioned only)
  9. Rebel Dawn
  10. Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
  11. Shadow Games
  12. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  13. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
  14. Galaxywide NewsNets
  15. Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
  16. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
  17. Deader than a Triton Moon (mentioned only)
  18. X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (mentioned only)
  19. Jedi Search (first appearance)
  20. Dark Apprentice
  21. Champions of the Force
  22. I, Jedi
  23. Shades of Gray (mentioned only)
  24. Planet of Twilight (mentioned only)
  25. Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
  26. Emissary of the Void (mentioned only)
  27. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
  28. The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
  29. The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way (mentioned only)
  30. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee (mentioned only)
  31. The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion (mentioned only)
  32. The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (mentioned only)
  33. Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (mentioned only)
  34. Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (mentioned only)
  35. Legacy of the Force: Exile (mentioned only)
  36. Millennium Falcon (mentioned only)
  37. Fate of the Jedi: Outcast
  38. Fate of the Jedi: Omen (mentioned only)
  39. Fate of the Jedi: Abyss
  40. Fate of the Jedi: Backlash (mentioned only)
  41. Fate of the Jedi: Allies
  42. Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (mentioned only)
  43. Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse
Non-canon appearances: 1
  1. A Death Star Is Born (mentioned only)

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