Sinton
The planet[5] Sinton was located in the Sinton system, a part of the Mid Rim's Rago sector.[1] It lay along the Rago Run hyperlane,[3] which connected it to the Moro and Gilatter systems.[2] Sinton was populated by non-Humans,[5] and at some point by 3 ABY,[6] the planet was subjugated by the Galactic Empire,[5] which subjected the planet's inhabitants to slave labor.[2]
By 12 ABY,[7] Sulamar, a fraudulently self-titled Imperial general, claimed to have participated in the Subjugation of Sinton, among many other purported military conquests[8]—some nonexistent.[9] In reality, Sulamar was a low-level Imperial technician with a failed military career.[8] By that same year, Sinton lay within the borders of the New Republic.[4]
Behind the scenes
Sinton was first mentioned in the 1995 novel Darksaber, written by Kevin J. Anderson, in which the character Imperial General Sulamar alleges to have played a part in the Subjugation of Sinton. Sulamar's claim is later called into doubt once he is exposed as a fraud.[8] Both the planet and its subjugation were subsequently elaborated upon through the 1997 Dagobah Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, thus proving Sinton's in-universe existence.[5] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas placed the Sinton system, and therefore the planet Sinton, in grid square I-7.[2]
Appearances
- Darksaber (First mentioned)
Sources
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: Lieutenant Commander Ardan) (backup link)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I ("Ardan, Lieutenant Commander")
- The Essential Atlas
Ardan, Lieutenant Commander in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)- The Essential Guide to Warfare
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!) — Based on corresponding data for Sinton system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Essential Atlas places Sinton along a hyperlane that Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen identifies as the Rago Run.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare — Based on corresponding data for Sinton system
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: Lieutenant Commander Ardan) (backup link)
- ↑ The Subjugation of Sinton must have occurred at some point by the events of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, as evidenced by Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: Lieutenant Commander Ardan) (backup link), which is set during the film's events. The New Essential Chronology dates the events of The Empire Strikes Back to 3 ABY.
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Darksaber, which includes Sulamar claiming to have participated in the Subjugation of Sinton, to 12 ABY.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Darksaber
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 195 ("Sulamar, General")