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Byss
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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.
Byss was a planet in the Deep Core, near the center of the galaxy, discovered no earlier than 45 BBY. A local day lasted 31 standard hours, and a local year lasted 207 local days. It was the endpoint of the Byss Run.
Byss itself was somewhat of a myth, seeming to be the perfect place to live. Its eerie blue-green glow, caused by its sun, also added to the strangeness of the world. Despite this outward appearance, however, Emperor Palpatine's dark-side energies were everywhere, corrupting not only the inhabitants, but the planet itself.
Byss was a secret throne world of the Emperor and the location of his towering citadel and his secret supply of clone bodies there. Byss was also a redoubt for the Galactic Empire due to its location being almost impossible to reach safely through hyperspace, due to the high density of stars.
Text and facts from the “Byss/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.
Facts
- Region
- Deep Core
- Deep Core Security Zone
- System
- Beshqek system
- Grid coordinates
- K-11
- Suns
- 1: Beshqek
- Position
- 5
- Moons
- 5
- Trade routes
- Byss Run
- Lengthday
- 31 standard hours
- Lengthyear
- 207 local days
- Class
- Terrestrial
- Diameter
- 21,600 kilometers
- Atmosphere
- Type I (breathable)
- Climate
- Temperate
- Gravity
- Standard
- Terrain
- Urban sprawls
- Plateau reserves
- Canyons
- Lakes
- Water
- Moderate
- Interest
- Byss shipyards
- Desolation Peak
- Emerald Splendor Estates
- Emperor's Citadel
- Imperial Freight Complex
- Rakatan stronghold
- Fauna
- Nocturnal wildlife
- Otherspecies
- Human
- Other
- Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Government
- Dark-side theocracy
- Population
- 19.7 billion (98% Human, 2% other)
- Cities
- Emperor's ruling city (capital)
- Imports
- High technology
- Foodstuffs
- Processed foods
- Weapons
- Exports
- None
- Affiliations
- Infinite Empire
- Galactic Empire
- Dark Empire
- Imperial Remnant
Appearances
42 works, in story order
- Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
- Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 4 (in a flashback)
- Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan 1
- Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan 5
- Evasive Action: Recruitment
- The Traitor's Gambit (indirect mention)
- The Queen of Air and Darkness (mentioned only)
- The First to Strike (indirect mention)
- Jaws of the Sarlacc
- The Farrimmer Cafe (mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Galaxywide NewsNets (mentioned only, indirect mention)
- Uhl Eharl Khoehng (mentioned only)
- Dark Forces: Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Dark Forces: Jedi Knight audio drama (mentioned only)
- Dark Empire audio drama
- Dark Empire 2 (first appearance)
- Dark Empire 3 (mentioned only)
- Dark Empire 4
- Dark Empire 5
- Dark Empire 6 (mentioned only)
- Dark Empire II audio drama
- Dark Empire II 1
- Dark Empire II 2 (mentioned only)
- Dark Empire II 3
- Dark Empire II 4
- Dark Empire II 5
- Dark Empire II 6 (mentioned only)
- Empire's End audio drama
- Empire's End 1
- Empire's End 2
- Crimson Empire audio drama (mentioned only)
- Crimson Empire 0 (in a flashback)
- Crimson Empire 3 (in a flashback)
- Jedi Search (indirect mention)
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Before the Storm (mentioned only)
- Tyrant's Test (mentioned only)
- Vision of the Future (mentioned only)
- Lightsider
- Love Is a Warm Blaster
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