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|name=Sluis Van
|region=[[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]<ref name="EAOC">{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-atlas-online-companion|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Atlas'' Online Companion|int=Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion}}</ref>
|sector=[[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]]<ref name="TCSWE">{{CSWECite|III|169|Sluis Van}}</ref><ref name="EAOC" />
|system=[[Sluis system]]<ref name="EAOC" />
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|terrain=*Rocky
*Industrial
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|interest=*[[Sluis Van Shipyards]]<ref name="HttE">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref><ref name="TCSWE" />
**[[Sluis Van Orbit Dock V-475]]<ref name="HttES">''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]'', pp. 90-91</ref>
*[[Sluis Van Outer Starfighter Base|Outer Starfighter Base]]<ref name="TDC">''[[The DarkStryder Campaign]]''</ref>
*[[Sluis Control]]<ref name="TCSWE" />
*[[Sluis Van Central space station]]<ref name="DFR">''[[Dark Force Rising]]''</ref><ref name="TCSWE" />
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|species=[[Sluissi]]<ref name="UAA">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]'', pp. 146-147</ref><ref name="TCSWE-Sluissi">{{CSWECite|III|169|Sluissi}}</ref>
|otherspecies=*[[Human/Legends|Human]]<ref name="WS">''[[X-Wing: Wraith Squadron]]''</ref>
*[[Bith/Legends|Bith]]{{Fact}}
|language=*[[Sluissese]]<ref name="UAA" />
*[[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]]<ref name="UAA" />
|government=*[[Sluis Van Congregate]]<ref name="R&R:TJtC">{{Journal|2|Recon & Report: The Journey to Coruscant}}</ref><ref name="TCSWE" />
*[[Khedive]]<ref name="HNN56">{{Hnn|56|regional/13516_3.html|Sluis Van Offer Met with Doubt|https://web.archive.org/web/20130831183138/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/56/regional/13516_3.html}}</ref><ref name="Insider69">{{InsiderCite|69|CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:9:08 Edition}}</ref>
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|affiliation=*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]<ref name="HNN49">{{Hnn|49|news/13328_4.html|Sluis Sector Secedes; Seswenna Restates Loyalty|https://web.archive.org/web/20050220193909/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/49/news/13328_4.html}}</ref><ref name="TCSWE-Sluissi" /><ref name="Timeline 6">{{TORweb|url=holonet/galactic-history|text=Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire|int=Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire}}</ref>
*[[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]]<ref name="Timeline 6" />
*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]<ref name="HNN49" /><ref name="TEA" />
*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]<ref name="UAA" /><ref name="EotECR">[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]], p. 345</ref><ref name="AoRCR">[[Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Core Rulebook]], p. 366</ref>
*[[Eriadu Authority]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]<ref name="HttE" /><ref name="HttES" /><ref name="TCSWE" />
*[[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances]]<ref name="Exile">''[[Legacy of the Force: Exile]]''</ref><ref name="TEA" />
*[[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire]]<ref name="TEA" />}}
'''Sluis Van''' was the primary [[Planet/Legends|planet]] in the [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]] of the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]. It was the [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of the [[Sluissi]] race and the location of the famous [[Sluis Van Shipyards]].

==Description==
{{Quote|The Sluis sector is a large expanse of sparsely populated space, renowned for its mineral resources and processing facilities. Its primary system, Sluis Van, maintains a formidable shipyard for construction and maintenance.|[[HoloNet News/Legends|HoloNet News]]|HoloNet News Vol. 531 49}}
[[File:Sluissi-TUR.jpg|thumb|left|120px|[[Sluissi]], the native species of Sluis Van]]
Sluis Van was a world located along the [[Rimma Trade Route/Legends|Rimma Trade Route]].<ref name="TEA" /> It was the capital of the [[Sluis sector/Legends|Sluis sector]],<ref name="HNN56" /> in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]].<ref name="EAOC" /> It was the site of an extensive [[Sluis Van Central space station|deep-space docking facility]] and [[Shipyard/Legends|shipyard]], the largest and most impressive in the area. The docking station was defended by perimeter [[battle station]]s, while the shipyards were managed by an outer system defense network as well as the [[Sluis Control]].<ref name="TCSWE" />

The planet was ruled by the [[Sluis Van Congregate]]<ref name="R&R:TJtC" /><ref name="TCSWE" /> The leader of Sluis Van was called a [[khedive]].<ref name="HNN56" /><ref name="Insider69" />

==History==
===Early history===
{{Quote|Not only were the shipyards that encircled the planet destroyed, but we are told that the Sith invaders slaughtered everyone who did not immediately swear allegiance to the apparent leader of the Sith, an unnamed Emperor of whom absolutely nothing is known.|[[Gnost-Dural]]|<ref name="The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural (real-life book)">''[[The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural (real-life book)|''The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural]]''</ref>}}
<div style="float: right">[[File:Sluis_ggw.jpg|thumb|220px|The [[Battle of Sluis Van (Great Galactic War)|fall of Sluis Van]] during the [[Great Galactic War]].]]</div>
Sluis Van was discovered by [[Human/Legends|Human]] and [[Duros/Legends|Duros]] explorers,<ref name="UAA" /> during the [[Subterra Period]].<ref name="TEA" />

The Sluissi were long supporters of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]],<ref name="TCSWE-Sluissi" /> with Sluis Van being home to a vital network of Republic shipyards that were [[Battle of Sluis Van (Great Galactic War)|destroyed]] by the [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] during the [[Great Galactic War]].<ref name="Timeline 6" />

===Clone Wars===
{{Quote|As we speak, a fleet of one hundred twenty-six ships, seventy-five of them capital ships, is investing Sluis Van to block any reinforcements from that sector.|[[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Pors Tonith/Legends|Pors Tonith]], to [[Asajj Ventress/Legends|Asajj Ventress]]|<ref name="JT">''[[Jedi Trial]]''</ref>}}
Millennia later, during the final years of the Republic, they became disgusted with the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] whom they blamed as being massively corrupt and causing galaxy-wide injustice.

The planet was represented in the Galactic Senate by [[Bor Gracus]] in [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]]<ref name="CoD">''[[Cloak of Deception]]''</ref> and then [[Corlissi Ludar]], until [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], when Sluis Van seceded during the [[Separatist Crisis/Legends|Separatist Crisis]].<ref name="HNN49" /> [[Candobar Inglet]] was the the Sluissi Khedive prior and during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]].<ref name="HNN56" /><ref name="Insider69" />

During the Clone Wars, Sluis Van was located in [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Separatist]] space and the Sluis Van shipyards produced starships for the Confederate forces.<ref name="Insider68">{{InsiderCite|68|CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:7:01 Edition}}</ref> However, in [[20 BBY/Legends|20 BBY]], the system was [[Battle of Sluis Van (Clone Wars)|blockaded]] by a massive Separatist fleet to block any Republic reinforcements in the area, particularly during the [[Battle of Praesitlyn]].<ref name="JT" /><ref name="TNEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'', p. 76</ref> At the end of the Clone Wars, the Sluis Van system had become a Separatist stronghold. As well as many other Confederate worlds, it was besieged by Republic forces during the [[Outer Rim Sieges/Legends|Outer Rim Sieges]].<ref name="TEA" /> Sluis Van held off the Republic. However, the civilians didn't fare well, as mass-starvation broke out on the planet as a result of the Outer Rim Sieges.

===Galactic Civil War===
During the [[Imperial Period]], Sluis Van was a major [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] shipyard and was heavily guarded.<ref name="EotECR" /><ref name="AoRCR" />

By [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], the planet had become an Imperial [[fortress world]] under control of [[Superior General]] [[Sander Delvardus]]. Sluis Van was [[Battle of Sluis Van (Delvardus campaign)|liberated]] by the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] in [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]].<ref name="TEA" /> Despite the [[Sluis Van Congregate]] not wanting to cut all connections to the Empire, being as it was one of their largest shipyard clients, the planet joined the New Republic several months after the death of [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]].<ref name="R&R:TJtC" /><ref name="TCSWE-Sluissi" />

[[File:Sluisvan_swkm.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The [[Sluis Van Shipyards]] orbiting Sluis Van]]

During the [[Thrawn campaign]], the [[Sluis Van Shipyards]] were one of the main shipyards of the New Republic.<ref name="TEA" /> The planet was the site of a [[Battle of Sluis Van|battle]] with [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]] during his campaign against the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]].<ref name="HttE" /> He attacked 112 stripped-down warships docked over the planet, attempting to capture some of them. Although he failed, Thrawn's forces managed to leave over 40 of the vessels with inoperable control systems.<ref name="TCSWE" />

===Later history===
During the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], the world and its shipyards were crucial to keeping the New Republic supplied with new warships. Following the [[Battle of Fondor|loss]] of [[Fondor/Legends|Fondor]], additional units of the [[New Republic Defense Fleet/Legends|New Republic Navy]], including several carriers, were deployed to the region for added protection, when Sluis Van took over Fondor's operations.

Sluis Van went on to be a key world in the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]]. During the [[Second Galactic Civil War]], it was feared that its shipyards would be a target for the forces of the newly formed [[Confederation]].<ref name="Exile" /> By [[137 ABY]], the [[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire|New Galactic Empire]] under the control of the [[One Sith]] had seized control of Sluis Van. Despite this, the [[Galactic Alliance Remnant]] stayed influent on the planet and in the region.<ref name="TEA" />

==Behind the scenes==
Sluis Van was named by author [[Timothy Zahn]] after his friend Don Vandersluis.<ref name="HTTE20">[[Heir to the Empire|''Heir to the Empire 20th Anniversary Edition'']]</ref>

The PC game [[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|''Star Wars: Rebellion'']] mistakenly places the Sluis sector and, consequently, Sluis Van, in the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]].

On page 227 in ''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', the name of the planet is misspelled as "Sluis Var".

The planet and shipyards that Sith forces devastated, in the Great Galactic War, look very similar to [[Kuat/Legends|Kuat]].

==Appearances==
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*{{TORweb|url=holonet/galactic-history|text=Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire|int=Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire}} {{Hologram}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught]]'' {{C|Mentioned in hologram only}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (audiobook)|''Darth Plagueis'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Darth Maul: Saboteur]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Cloak of Deception]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Hnn|49|news/13328_4.html|Sluis Sector Secedes; Seswenna Restates Loyalty|https://web.archive.org/web/20050220193909/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/49/news/13328_4.html}}<!--22 BBY--> {{Mo}}
*{{Hnn|56|regional/13516_3.html|Sluis Van Offer Met with Doubt|https://web.archive.org/web/20130831183138/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/56/regional/13516_3.html}}<!--22 BBY-->
*{{Hnn|51|regional/13411_2.html|Kabal Riots Quelled by Separatists; 4 Jedi Among the Dead|https://web.archive.org/web/20040624082308/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/51/regional/13411_2.html}}
*{{Hnn|54|news/1352_2.html|Rodian Senator Uncovers Loyalist-Separatist Ties|https://web.archive.org/web/20130728111410/http://www.holonetnews.com/54/news/1352_2.html}} {{Mo}}
*{{InsiderCite|68|CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:7:01 Edition}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Jedi Trial]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Republic 73|''Republic'' 73]] {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|''Star Wars: Rebellion'']]
*{{WEGCite|book=Twin Stars of Kira (West End Games)|text=''Twin Stars of Kira''|story=For a Few Kilotons More}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|15|The Great Herdship Heist}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|5|Vengeance Strike}} {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: Wraith Squadron]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Dark Force Rising]]''
*[[Dark Force Rising (unabridged audiobook)|''Dark Force Rising'' audiobook]]
*[[Dark Force Rising (abridged audiobook)|''Dark Force Rising'' abridged audiobook]]
*''[[The Last Command]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[The Last Command (unabridged audiobook)|''The Last Command'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Exile]]'' {{Mo}}
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==Sources==
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*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''
*[[Wanted by Cracken (sourcebook)|''Wanted by Cracken'']]
*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]''
*{{Journal|2|Recon & Report: The Journey to Coruscant}}
*{{Journal|3|The Pentastar Alignment}}
*''[[Alliance Intelligence Reports]]''
*''[[The DarkStryder Campaign]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|story=Recon & Report: The Journey to Coruscant}}
*''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*{{WEGCite|book=Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal|story=The Pentastar Alignment}}
*''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
*{{FFCite|3|ACK3, ''Admiral Ackbar''}}
*{{FFCite|5|THR2&ndash;4, ''Grand Admiral Thrawn''}}
*{{FFCite|56}}
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections]]''
*[[Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)|''Starships of the Galaxy'', Saga Edition]]
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*''[[The Unknown Regions]]''
*''[[The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural (real-life book)|''The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''<!--p. 105-->
*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*[[Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Core Rulebook]]
*''[[Strongholds of Resistance]]''
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==Notes and references==
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