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Canyon

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

Canyon was a planet of arid mountains and plains in the Expansion Region, near Moorja.

The planet was discovered accidentally by an Imperial Victory-class Star Destroyer which collided with a nearby asteroid. The Empire ignored the planet, but the Star Destroyer's distress signal attracted pirates led by Guldus Bemm, who set up a mining colony on Canyon, exporting ores used in starship and electronics construction.

Shortly after the Invasion of Bakura the planet was the site of an attempt to trap Luke Skywalker with promises of a cave bearing crystals that might be suitable for lightsabers. Instead of successfully trapping Skywalker, smuggler Platt Okeefe was captured by Imperial Advisor Bregius Golthan as she had been on planet negotiating with planetary authorities for mineral rights for the New Republic. The pirates continued to control the world well after the Battle of Endor.

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

Facts

Region
Expansion Region
Sector
Montitian Grant sector
System
Canyon system
Grid coordinates
J-15
Lengthday
28 standard hours
Lengthyear
389 standard days
Class
Terrestrial
Atmosphere
Type 1
Climate
Cool
Gravity
Standard
Terrain
Mountains
Valleys
Lakes
Otherspecies
Humans, Rodians, Twi'lek
Government
Colonial administrator
Population
28,000
Imports
High and Mid tech
Exports
Minerals
Affiliations
Pirates, smugglers

Appearances

1 work, in story order
  1. Black Curs Blues

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