Gibbela system
- "In the name of the Emperor, I claim this planet as Imperial territory."
- ―An Imperial officer on Gibbela
The Gibbela system was a part of the Atrivis sector in the New Territories portion of the Outer Rim Territories.[1] It was located far from even minor hyperlanes and contained the isolated terrestrial planet Gibbela.[2] Gibbela was the homeworld of the shapeshifter Dazouri species.[3] When provoked, the Dazouri would transform from their normal non-threatening Humanoid form into three-meter-tall homicidal and frenzied[4] predators.[5] As a result, spacers tended to avoid visiting Gibbela.[2]
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, that government made plans to colonize Gibbela. An Imperial scout detachment,[5] consisting of a Sentinel-class landing craft carrying an Imperial officer and a stormtrooper escort,[2] was dispatched to the planet.[5] However, when the starship landed at the farm of one of the Dazouri and the Imperial officer claimed Gibbela as Imperial territory and demanded the farmer's surrender, the Dazouri underwent[2] their species' characteristic[3] transformation and wiped out the Imperial force.[2] Between 4 ABY and 12 ABY, the Gibbela system fell within the Pentastar Alignment's borders.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Gibbela system was introduced via an appearance of Gibbela in "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated," a comic story written by Ken Lizzl, illustrated by Lucas Marangon, and published in the nineteenth issue of the Star Wars Tales comic-book series[2] on May 14, 2004.[6] With respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, Lucasfilm considered plausible stories in Star Wars Tales 1–20 to be S-canon,[7] or "secondary" canon,[8] by default until they were referenced in a non-Tales source, at which point the subject matter was elevated to C-canon,[7] or "continuity" canon.[8]
The events of the comic story from Star Wars Tales 19 were later mentioned in an entry for Gibbela in the 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.[5] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, authored by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, named the Gibbela system and placed it in grid square L-5.[1]
Appearances
- "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated" — Star Wars Tales 19 (First appearance)
Sources
- The Essential Atlas (First identified as Gibbela system)
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated" — Star Wars Tales 19
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hiding in Plain Sight: Star Wars Shapeshifters on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ The Star Wars Planets Collection
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 340 ("Gibbela")
- ↑
Star Wars Tales (1999) #19 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Leland Y Chee on June 4, 2006 at 03:05 AM. (content now obsolete; backup link) "Consider everything that's not completely outrageous or intentionally comic as S-canon. If it's referenced in another non-Tales source, then elevate it to C-canon."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Tasty Taste on January 21, 2004 at 09:16 AM. (content now obsolete; backup link)