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Kessel

Legends Canon version → Linked from 478 articles

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

Kessel, originally known as Xo's Eye while under Xim's empire, was a planet located in the Kessel sector, in the Outer Rim Territories, and was near the dangerous celestial bodies of the Maw. It was a prison world, and was home to the galaxy's largest glitterstim spice mining operation. Under Imperial rule, slave labor was in extensive use.

The planet was close to Little Kessel and had a single moon, which was destroyed by Tol Sivron using the Death Star prototype.

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

Facts

Region
Outer Rim Territories
The Slice
Sector
Kessel sector
System
Kessel system
Grid coordinates
T-10
Suns
1: Kessa
Moons
Modern: 0 Historic: 1
Garrison Moon
Trade routes
Kessel Run
Kessel Trade Corridor
Rycar's Run
Lengthday
26 standard hours
Lengthyear
322 local days
Class
Terrestrial
Diameter
6,632-7,980 Kilometers
Atmosphere
Type III (breath mask required); artificially generated
Climate
Cold and dry with thin atmosphere; occasionally smoggy
Gravity
0.82 Standard
Terrain
Alkali flats
Barren rocky mountains
Interest
Abandoned mine
Ancient machinery
Detention Center A
Detention Center B
Detention Center C
Calrissian-Nunb Mines
Spice Mines of Kessel
Flora
Kesselian tree
Fauna
Bogey
Energy spider
Taras-chi
Otherspecies
Human
Many alien species
Language
Galactic Basic Standard
Government
Military administration
Population
11,000:
700 (military and administrative)
10,400 (prisoners)
22% Humans
78% Other
Demonym
Kesselian
Cities
Kessendra (capital)
Imports
Foodstuffs
Machinery
Exports
Glitterstim spice
Affiliations
Hutt Cartel
Brotherhood of Darkness
Pyke Syndicate
Galactic Empire
New Republic
Yuuzhan Vong empire
Galactic Federation of Free Alliances
Xim's empire

Appearances

127 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (mentioned only)
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic (mentioned only)
  3. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  4. Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (mentioned only)
  5. Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children (mentioned only)
  6. Star Wars: Episode I Racer (mentioned only)
  7. Star Wars (1998) 17 (mentioned only)
  8. Star Wars (1998) 20 (mentioned only)
  9. Star Wars (1998) 21 (mentioned only)
  10. Star Wars (1998) 22 (mentioned only)
  11. Jedi Quest: Path to Truth (mentioned only)
  12. Jedi Quest 3 (mentioned only)
  13. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (mentioned only)
  14. The Clone Wars: Wild Space (mentioned only)
  15. Looking In: Outward Bound (mentioned only)
  16. The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  17. Dark Times 1 (mentioned only)
  18. Purge
  19. Evasive Action: End Game (mentioned only)
  20. The Paradise Snare (mentioned only)
  21. The Hearing (mentioned only)
  22. The Hutt Gambit
  23. Passages (mentioned only)
  24. Death Star (mentioned only)
  25. Rebel Dawn (mentioned only)
  26. Han Solo's Revenge (mentioned only)
  27. Rebel Bass (mentioned only)
  28. Way of the Wookiee! (first appearance)
  29. Swoop Gangs (mentioned only)
  30. Lumrunners (mentioned only)
  31. Rebel Breakout (mentioned only)
  32. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novelization (mentioned only)
  33. Star Wars: Empire at War
  34. Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
  35. Interlude at Darkknell (mentioned only)
  36. Ringers (mentioned only)
  37. Spare Parts (mentioned only)
  38. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (mentioned only)
  39. Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (first mentioned)
  40. Star Wars (1977) 1 (mentioned only)
  41. A Certain Point of View (mentioned only)
  42. Star Wars: Rebellion
  43. The Plant (mentioned only)
  44. Star Wars (1977) 19 (mentioned only)
  45. Star Wars (1977) 21 (mentioned only)
  46. The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell (mentioned only)
  47. Shadow Stalker (mentioned only)
  48. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
  49. Showdown (mentioned only)
  50. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
  51. A Bitter Winter (mentioned only)
  52. Introductory Adventure Game (mentioned only)
  53. Escape from Mos Shuuta (mentioned only)
  54. The Long Arm of the Hutt (mentioned only)
  55. Trouble Brewing
  56. Debts to Pay (mentioned only)
  57. Rebel Enslaved! (mentioned only)
  58. All Our Sins Remembered (mentioned only)
  59. Imperial Double-Cross (mentioned only)
  60. The Jewel of Yavin (mentioned only)
  61. Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
  62. Galaxywide NewsNets (mentioned only)
  63. Combat Moon (mentioned only)
  64. Idol Intentions (mentioned only)
  65. Side Trip (mentioned only)
  66. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
  67. Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale (mentioned only)
  68. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novelization (mentioned only)
  69. A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale (mentioned only)
  70. X-Wing Rogue Squadron 5 (mentioned only)
  71. Gathering Shadows (mentioned only)
  72. Star Tours
  73. X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  74. X-Wing Rogue Squadron 27 (mentioned only)
  75. X-Wing Rogue Squadron 35 (mentioned only)
  76. The Glove of Darth Vader
  77. The Lost City of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  78. Mission from Mount Yoda (mentioned only)
  79. Queen of the Empire (mentioned only)
  80. Prophets of the Dark Side (mentioned only)
  81. Buyer's Market (mentioned only)
  82. For a Few Kilotons More (mentioned only)
  83. Missed Chance (mentioned only)
  84. X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (mentioned only)
  85. X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
  86. X-Wing: Wraith Squadron (mentioned only)
  87. The Courtship of Princess Leia (mentioned only)
  88. The Last Command (mentioned only)
  89. X-Wing: Isard's Revenge (mentioned only)
  90. Rendezvous with Destiny (mentioned only)
  91. Jedi Search
  92. Firestorm (mentioned only)
  93. Champions of the Force
  94. I, Jedi
  95. Children of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  96. Simple Tricks (mentioned only)
  97. Murder in Slushtime (mentioned only)
  98. The New Rebellion (mentioned only)
  99. Ambush at Corellia (mentioned only)
  100. Specter of the Past (mentioned only)
  101. Vision of the Future (mentioned only)
  102. Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance (mentioned only)
  103. Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty (mentioned only)
  104. Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell (mentioned only)
  105. Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City (mentioned only)
  106. Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
  107. Chewbacca (2000) 1 (mentioned only)
  108. Chewbacca (2000) 2 (mentioned only)
  109. Chewbacca (2000) 3 (mentioned only)
  110. Chewbacca (2000) 4 (mentioned only)
  111. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin (mentioned only)
  112. The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (mentioned only)
  113. The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse (mentioned only)
  114. The New Jedi Order: Balance Point (mentioned only)
  115. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth (mentioned only)
  116. The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey (mentioned only)
  117. The New Jedi Order: Ylesia (mentioned only)
  118. The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (mentioned only)
  119. Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (mentioned only)
  120. Legacy of the Force: Exile (mentioned only)
  121. Millennium Falcon (mentioned only)
  122. Fate of the Jedi: Outcast
  123. Fate of the Jedi: Omen (mentioned only)
  124. Fate of the Jedi: Backlash
  125. Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (mentioned only)
  126. Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (mentioned only)
  127. X-Wing: Mercy Kill (mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances: 3
  1. Star Wars video game (1987)
  2. Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope (mentioned only)
  3. Le facteur X (unidentified)

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