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{{Quote|I suppose my tastes are pedestrian; you can take a boy out of the Mid Rim, but&hellip;|[[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]|Shatterpoint (novel)}}
The '''Mid Rim''', also known as the '''Mid-Rim''', '''Middle Rim''', '''Mid-systems''', or the '''Mid Rim Territories''', was a region of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] located between the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]] and the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]].
The '''Mid Rim''', also known as the '''Mid-Rim''', '''Middle Rim''', '''Mid-systems''', or the '''Mid Rim Territories''', was a region of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] located between the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]] and the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]].
With fewer natural resources&mdash;and therefore a smaller population&mdash;than many neighboring regions, the Mid Rim was a territory where residents worked hard for everything they had. Several [[Planet/Legends|planets]] built up impressive economies, and [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]] raiders often hid in the relatively unexplored spaces far from major [[Hyperlane|trade routes]].
With fewer natural resources&mdash;and therefore a smaller population&mdash;than many neighboring regions, the Mid Rim was a territory where residents worked hard for everything they had. Several [[Planet/Legends|planets]] built up impressive economies, and [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]] raiders often hid in the relatively unexplored spaces far from major [[Hyperlane|trade routes]].
==Inhabitants==
The worlds of the Mid Rim were more sparsely populated than the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], and as a result its people tended to be less comfortable in dense living quarters. The [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic's]] expeditionary and colonial [[Outbound Flight Project|''Outbound Flight'' Project]] required its planned complement of 50,000 passengers to live in tightly packed housing with little privacy aboard the six [[Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser|''Dreadnaught''-class heavy cruisers]] that would be joined together to form the ''[[Outbound Flight]]''. The living arrangements at the project's [[Preparation Center]] were deliberately cramped to replicate those that the expedition would provide. As a result, many people [[Homeworld/Legends|native to]] the Mid Rim dropped out of the ''Outbound Flight'' Project prior to its launch<ref name="Outbound Flight">[[Outbound Flight (novel)|''Outbound Flight'']]</ref> in [[27 BBY/Legends|27 BBY]].<ref name="OF Date">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]'' dates the events of [[Outbound Flight (novel)|''Outbound Flight'']] to [[27 BBY/Legends|27 BBY]].</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The Mid Rim politically developed as a consequence of a colonization boom in the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]] during the [[Great Manifest Period/Legends|Great Manifest Period]] ([[20,000 BBY|20,000]]&mdash;[[17,000 BBY]]). Profits from business ventures in the Expansion Region prompted several [[Inner Rim]] political systems and religious organizations to colonize and develop the worlds in the Mid Rim's portion of the [[The Slice/Legends|Slice]]. This colonization boom attracted few corporations which chose to remain in the Expansion Region due to the region's business friendly policies. Over the following millennia, colonization in the Mid Rim developed at a progressive albeit leisurely pace which provided successive generations of colonists with ample space to expand into. Due to the stronger presence of central government from [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], there was less criminal activity in the region compared to the more distant [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]. The crime-dominated [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]] bordered the eastern fringes of the Mid Rim.<ref name="TEA" />
The Mid Rim politically developed as a consequence of a colonization boom in the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]] during the [[Great Manifest Period/Legends|Great Manifest Period]] ([[20,000 BBY|20,000]]&mdash;[[17,000 BBY]]). Profits from business ventures in the Expansion Region prompted several [[Inner Rim]] political systems and religious organizations to colonize and develop the worlds in the Mid Rim's portion of the [[The Slice/Legends|Slice]]. This colonization boom attracted few corporations which chose to remain in the Expansion Region due to the region's business friendly policies. Over the following millennia, colonization in the Mid Rim developed at a progressive albeit leisurely pace which provided successive generations of colonists with ample space to expand into. Due to the stronger presence of central government from [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], there was less criminal activity in the region compared to the more distant [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]. The crime-dominated [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]] bordered the eastern fringes of the Mid Rim.<ref name="TEA" />


Around [[15,000 BBY/Legends|15,000 BBY]], the factious [[Aqualish/Legends|Aqualish]] were discovered by the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] following a violent first-encounter which led to the [[Aqualish–Republic War]].<ref name="TNEGTAS">''[[The New Essential Guide to Alien Species]]''</ref> Subsequently, the Aqualish joined the Republic after agreeing to abide by Republic law. In [[12,000 BBY/Legends|12,000 BBY]], [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]] was settled by [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] colonists as a Republic military outpost. Circa [[8000 BBY]], the Republic established an outpost on [[Malastare/Legends|Malastare]] which was home to the sapient quadruped [[Dug/Legends|Dug]] species.<ref name="TNEGTAS" /> In [[7000 BBY]], the reptilian [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] species of [[Trandosha/Legends|Trandosha]] joined the Republic.{{Fact}} In [[4020 BBY]], Kashyyyk was rediscovered by the [[Czerka Arms/Legends|Czerka Corporation]], which renamed the planet "G5-623" and subsequently "Edean".<ref name="KOTOR">''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''</ref>
In [[12,000 BBY/Legends|12,000 BBY]], [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]] was settled by [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]] colonists as a Republic military outpost.<ref name="LCSB74">''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]'', p. 74</ref>


Circa [[4000 BBY/Legends|4000 BBY]] the Mid Rim was known as the Frontier or Galactic Frontier, as it was the limit of the then explored galaxy. Most Mid Rim colony worlds became dependent on low-cost manufacturing and agriculture as the basis of their economies. However, this prosperity attracted the attention of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] who used unexplored space as a hiding place and staging ground for raids on colonies. This became a problem in the period following the [[Sith Civil War]].<ref name="TEA" />
Circa [[4000 BBY/Legends|4000 BBY]] the Mid Rim was known as the Frontier or Galactic Frontier, as it was the limit of the then explored galaxy. Most Mid Rim colony worlds became dependent on low-cost manufacturing and agriculture as the basis of their economies. However, this prosperity attracted the attention of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] who used unexplored space as a hiding place and staging ground for raids on colonies. This became a problem in the period following the [[Sith Civil War]].<ref name="TEA" />
During the [[Mandalorian Wars]], the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorians]] considered invading Kashyyyk and using it as a training center for their troops but later abandoned such plans. Later, the Wookiee [[Chuundar]] seized power as [[Chief/Legends|Chieftain]] from his father [[Freyyr]] and banished his own brother [[Zaalbar]]. Chuundar actively collaborated with the Czerka Corporation by allowing them to exploit Wookiee slave labor in exchange for weapons. Freyyr went into self-exile to the [[Shadowlands/Legends|Shadowlands]] of Kashyyyk. In [[3956 BBY]], Czerka's control of "Edean" was disrupted when the enslaved Wookiee populace, led by [[Freyyr]] and the former Jedi [[Revan/Legends|Revan]], overthrew the local corporate headquarters and drove all outsiders off the planet, save from the [[Ebon Hawk]] crew.<ref name="KOTOR" />
Around [[3951 BBY]], the [[Grizmallt/Legends|Grizmalltian]] Queen [[Elsinoré den Tasia]] sponsored an expedition by the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] explorer [[Kwilaan/Legends|Kwilaan]] who discovered the planet [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]]. The planet became notorious amongst big game hunters who favored the indigenous [[Veermok/Legends|veermoks]], although it would be five decades before permanent Human settlement. Eventually, in approximately [[3900 BBY]], Human refugees fleeing a violent revolution on Grizmallt settled in the mountains and great grass plains. Cultural differences between the Human colonists and the indigenous [[Gungan/Legends|Gungans]] led to tensions and conflict over the millennia.<ref name="TNEC" />
In [[3700 BBY/Legends|3700 BBY]], the discovery of the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Hydian Way]] encouraged colonization in the northern and southern arcs of the region. By this time, the region was organized into structured government-zoned settlement districts. Following the [[Great Galactic War]], large portions of the Mid Rim came under the resurgent [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] after the [[Treaty of Coruscant]] in [[3653 BBY]] including loyalist worlds and species like [[Rodia/Legends|Rodia]] and the [[Bothan/Legends|Bothans]].<ref name="TEA" />


===The [[Republic Classic era]]===
===The [[Republic Classic era]]===
[[File:TF_Battleship.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]] fleet blockade over [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]].]]
During the [[New Sith Wars]] in [[1800 BBY]], Republic forces [[Bombardment of the Uba system|bombed]] the [[Ubese/Legends|Ubese]] homeworld of [[Uba IV/Legends|Uba IV]] and exterminated all life on [[Uba I]], [[Uba II|II]] and [[Uba V|V]] . This led to the near-extinction of the Ubese species who maintained an everlasting belligerence towards the Republic and the Jedi.<ref name="TEA" /> Throughout this period, [[Gap Nine]]<ref name="SWAJ7">[[Star Wars Adventure Journal 7|''Star Wars Adventure Journal'' 7]]</ref> and [[Almas]]<ref name="LFCG">''[[Living Force Campaign Guide]]''</ref> were the sites of battles between the Republic and various Sith factions. In the [[Light and Darkness War]], the [[Brotherhood of Darkness/Legends|Brotherhood of Darkness]] invaded Kashyyyk and Trandosha. However, the Trandoshans slaughtered many of the troopers. The Sith retaliated by invading their world and burning the homes of the Trandoshans, leading the surviving Trandoshans to save themselves from death by pledging loyalty to the Brotherhood. In [[1000 BBY]], the lush world of [[Ruusan/Legends|Ruusan]] was the site of [[Ruusan campaign|seven epic battles]] which culminated in the destruction of the Brotherhood. Following the campaign, the Republic enacted the [[Ruusan Reformation]]s which increased the powers of the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] while reducing the number of [[Senator/Legends|senators]].<ref name="TNEC" />
During the [[New Sith Wars]] in [[1800 BBY]], Republic forces [[Bombardment of the Uba system|bombed]] the [[Ubese/Legends|Ubese]] homeworld of [[Uba IV/Legends|Uba IV]] and exterminated all life on [[Uba I]], [[Uba II|II]] and [[Uba V|V]] . This led to the near-extinction of the Ubese species who maintained an everlasting belligerence towards the Republic and the Jedi.<ref name="TEA" /> Throughout this period, [[Gap Nine]]<ref name="SWAJ7">[[Star Wars Adventure Journal 7|''Star Wars Adventure Journal'' 7]]</ref> and [[Almas]]<ref name="LFCG">''[[Living Force Campaign Guide]]''</ref> were the sites of battles between the Republic and various Sith factions. In the [[Light and Darkness War]], the [[Brotherhood of Darkness/Legends|Brotherhood of Darkness]] invaded Kashyyyk and Trandosha. However, the Trandoshans slaughtered many of the troopers. The Sith retaliated by invading their world and burning the homes of the Trandoshans, leading the surviving Trandoshans to save themselves from death by pledging loyalty to the Brotherhood. In [[1000 BBY]], the lush world of [[Ruusan/Legends|Ruusan]] was the site of [[Ruusan campaign|seven epic battles]] which culminated in the destruction of the Brotherhood. Following the campaign, the Republic enacted the [[Ruusan Reformation]]s which increased the powers of the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] while reducing the number of [[Senator/Legends|senators]].<ref name="TNEC" />


Circa 1000 BBY, Malastare was colonized by [[Gran/Legends|Gran]] colonists from [[Kinyen/Legends|Kinyen]] which resulted in a bloody and violent war. Using their influence in the Senate, the Gran were able to settle the conflict in their favor and established the colonial [[Gran Protectorate/Legends|Gran Protectorate]]. The native Dugs were demilitarized and resettled on Malastere's western continent where they were exploited by their Gran colonial masters over the millennia. Throughout the last centuries of the Republic, the Gran colonists dominated Malastare.<ref name="Gran in the Databank">{{DB|species|gran|Gran|archivedate=20100203070548}}</ref><ref name="Galaxy Guide 12">''[[Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies]]''</ref>
Circa 1000 BBY, Malastare was colonized by [[Gran/Legends|Gran]] colonists from [[Kinyen/Legends|Kinyen]] which resulted in a bloody and violent war. Using their influence in the Senate, the Gran were able to settle the conflict in their favor and established the colonial [[Gran Protectorate/Legends|Gran Protectorate]]. The native Dugs were demilitarized and resettled on Malastere's western continent where they were exploited by their Gran colonial masters over the millennia. Throughout the last centuries of the Republic, the Gran colonists dominated Malastare.<ref name="Gran in the Databank">{{DB|species|gran|Gran|archivedate=20100203070548}}</ref><ref name="Galaxy Guide 12">''[[Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies]]''</ref>


In [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Finis Valorum/Legends|Valorum]] increased taxation of Outer Rim trade routes, prompting the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]] to blockade and occupy Naboo. With the support of the Jedi and the Gungans, the Naboo Queen [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] regained control of the planet during the [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|Naboo crisis]]. Meanwhile, Trandoshan terrorists attempted to assassinate the Wookiee senator [[Yarua/Legends|Yarua]] in protest of their homeworld being directly represented in the Senate by Kashyyyk. In [[23 BBY/Legends|23 BBY]], further tensions between the two species led to a Wookiee blockade of Trandosha and peace talks collapsed when it was revealed that the Trandoshans were seeking to obtain representation with Trade Federation backing.
Under the [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine's]] new [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], Imperial forces invaded Kashyyyk and enslaved the Wookiees with the collaboration of the Trandoshans who profited in the [[Slavery/Legends|slave trade]].<ref name="TEC">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref>
 
In [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], the secession of various Republic worlds into [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku's]] [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] created a flow of [[Loyalist/Legends|Loyalist]] refugees from Separatist worlds. The [[Refugee Relief Movement/Legends|Refugee Relief Movement]] organized the resettlement of these refugees on ten Mid Rim worlds including Naboo, [[Kalarba/Legends|Kalarba]], [[Monastery/Legends|Monastery]], [[Cerea/Legends|Cerea]], [[Sneeve/Legends|Sneeve]], [[Bimmisaari/Legends|Bimmisaari]] and [[Durkteel/Legends|Durkteel]]. The Aqualish government on Ando also joined the Separatists but were opposed by the rival [[Andoan Free Colonies/Legends|Andoan Free Colonies]] which remained loyal to the Republic. Due to Jedi intervention, the backwater world of [[Ansion/Legends|Ansion]] remained within the Republic.<ref name="TNEC" /> Similarly, the Gran Protectorate on Malastare remained loyal to the Republic with its [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Ask Aak/Legends|Ask Aak]] serving on the [[Loyalist Committee/Legends|Loyalist Committee]]. An organization called [[Dugs-for-Democracy]] opposed the [[Military Creation Act/Legends|Military Creation Act]] and fought for the civil rights of Dugs.<ref name="HNNV.531 55">''[[HoloNet News Vol. 531 55]]''</ref>
 
During the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], control of the Mid Rim fluctuated between the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] and the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]. The Confederacy took advantage of interspecies rivalry between the Wookiees of Kashyyyk and the [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshans]] by arming Trandoshan commercial raiders on attacks against Republic shipping. In [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], the Separatist launched their first offensive against Kashyyyk with Trandoshan support but were repulsed by Republic forces. During the [[Dark Reaper campaign]], the Chiss mercenary [[Sev'rance Tann]] raided Wookiee colony on [[Alaris Prime/Legends|Alaris Prime]]. Due to its vital fuel reserves, Malastare was targeted by Separatist forces but were repulsed by local Dug forces and Republic reinforcements under [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi General]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] who accidentally awakened the [[Zillo Beast/Legends|Zillo Beast]].<ref name="TCW:TZB">''[[The Zillo Beast]]''</ref>
 
In [[21 BBY/Legends|21 BBY]], Separatist attempts to encourage the planets [[Junction V]], [[Bezim]], [[Delaluna]] and [[Vicondor/Legends|Vicondor]] to secede failed due to Jedi intervention. Republic forces under [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] also captured the [[Techno Union/Legends|Techno Union]] [[Foreman/Legends|Foreman]] [[Wat Tambor/Legends|Wat Tambor]] on [[Metalorn/Legends|Metalorn]] and destroyed the Confederacy's [[C-B3 cortosis battle droid|cortosis battle droid]] project. In [[20 BBY/Legends|19.9 BBY]], [[Armand Isard/Legends|Armand Isard]]&mdash;the [[Director/Legends|Director]] of the [[Senate Bureau of Intelligence/Legends|Senate Bureau of Intelligence]]&mdash;deployed mutant [[Stone mite/Legends|stone mites]] on the backwater world of [[Orleon]] in response to rumors of Separatist biolabs. While such rumors were later proven false, the devastation wrought by the stone mites destroyed much of the planet's infrastructure; prompting the planet's entire population to emigrate offworld.<ref name="TNEC" />
 
In [[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]], Separatist forces were repulsed at [[Azure/Legends|Azure]]. Towards the end of the war, most CIS forces were repulsed to the Mid and [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rims]]. Separatist forces also launched a [[Battle of Kashyyyk/Legends|massive invasion]] of Kashyyyk in an attempt to capture the [[Claatuvac Guild/Legends|Claatuvac Guild's]] secret archive of [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] routes. Republic reinforcements under [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] crushed the droid army but the Jedi were then targeted for extermination under [[Order 66/Legends|Order 66]].<ref name="TNEC" /> Under the [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine's]] new [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], Imperial forces invaded Kashyyyk and enslaved the Wookiees with the collaboration of the Trandoshans who profited in the [[Slavery/Legends|slave trade]].<ref name="TEC">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref>


===The Empire and Beyond===
===The Empire and Beyond===
[[File:TheMidRim.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Sector/Legends|sectors]] of the Mid Rim circa [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], as reorganized by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]].]]
Following the [[Declaration of a New Order]], a series of Imperial academies were established throughout the Mid Rim. It was heavily patrolled by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]], which feared that it was ripe for the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebellion]] to set up bases there. The region's interstellar markets also profited from favorable trading incentives.<ref name="TEA" />As the Empire withdrew from the Rim following their [[Battle of Endor/Legends|defeat]] at [[Endor/Legends|Endor]], the Mid Rim remained one of the few places unquestionably under Imperial control. In [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], an experimental [[Ssi-ruuvi]] [[Hyperdrive/Legends|Hyperdrive]] system was discovered to have crash-landed on the planet [[Garos IV]] over [[25,000 BBY/Legends|25,000 years before]].<ref>''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref> After the Battle of Endor, it housed many hidden Imperial bases and makeshift [[Shipyard/Legends|shipyards]]. Many rival [[Moff/Legends|Moffs]] maintained "private empires" in this region on the condition that they supply troops and taxes to legitimate Imperial fleets in the region. During the time of the return of Palpatine in [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]], the Mid Rim was still a significant Imperial power base which kept their massive fleets supplied.<ref name="TEA" />
Following the [[Declaration of a New Order]], a series of Imperial academies were established throughout the Mid Rim. It was heavily patrolled by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]], which feared that it was ripe for the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebellion]] to set up bases there. The region's interstellar markets also profited from favorable trading incentives.<ref name="TEA" />As the Empire withdrew from the Rim following their [[Battle of Endor/Legends|defeat]] at [[Endor/Legends|Endor]], the Mid Rim remained one of the few places unquestionably under Imperial control. In [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], an experimental [[Ssi-ruuvi]] [[Hyperdrive/Legends|Hyperdrive]] system was discovered to have crash-landed on the planet [[Garos IV]] over [[25,000 BBY/Legends|25,000 years before]].<ref>''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref> After the Battle of Endor, it housed many hidden Imperial bases and makeshift [[Shipyard/Legends|shipyards]]. Many rival [[Moff/Legends|Moffs]] maintained "private empires" in this region on the condition that they supply troops and taxes to legitimate Imperial fleets in the region. During the time of the return of Palpatine in [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]], the Mid Rim was still a significant Imperial power base which kept their massive fleets supplied.<ref name="TEA" />


In [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]], Palpatine's final clone body and spirit were destroyed during a [[Battle of Onderon (Galactic Civil War)|battle]] at [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]]. Following his demise, the Alliance's successor state the New Republic recaptured much of the Mid Rim. By [[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]], the Empire had been pushed out of the Mid Rim into eighteen backwater sectors in the Outer Rim known as the [[Imperial Remnant]]. During the [[Caamas Document Crisis]], the Bothan capital of [[Bothawui/Legends|Bothawui]] was the site of fighting between various pro and anti-Bothan factions. With the appearance of Imperial forces, these disparate factions united to defeat a common foe. Shortly afterwards, the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic signed the [[Pellaeon–Gavrisom Treaty|Bastion Accords]] which ended the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].<ref name="TEC" />
In [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]], Palpatine's final clone body and spirit were destroyed during a [[Battle of Onderon (Galactic Civil War)|battle]] at [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]]. Following his demise, the Alliance's successor state the New Republic recaptured much of the Mid Rim. By [[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]], the Empire had been pushed out of the Mid Rim into eighteen backwater sectors in the Outer Rim known as the [[Imperial Remnant]]. During the [[Caamas Document Crisis]], the Bothan capital of [[Bothawui/Legends|Bothawui]] was the site of fighting between various pro and anti-Bothan factions. With the appearance of Imperial forces, these disparate factions united to defeat a common foe. Shortly afterwards, the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic signed the [[Pellaeon–Gavrisom Treaty|Bastion Accords]] which ended the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].<ref name="TEC" />
During the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], much of the eastern Mid Rim was invaded by the extragalactic [[Yuuzhan Vong]]. In [[25 ABY/Legends|25 ABY]], Ithor was [[Battle of Ithor|devastated]] by a Yuuzhan Vong bioweapon while New Republic and Imperial forces succeeded in evacuating many refugees from Ord Mantell. In [[26 ABY]], the Yuuzhan Vong conquered and devastated much of the region as part of their campaign to secure the strategic [[Corellian Run/Legends|Corellian Run]]. Several worlds including [[Sriluur/Legends|Sriluur]], [[Druckenwell/Legends|Druckenwell]], Falleen, Ando Prime, Rodia and Ansion were conquered and occupied. Kalarba was [[Battle of Kalarba|destroyed]] by using the [[Yo'gand's Core]] tactic to draw down its moon [[Hosk Station/Legends|Hosk Station]] while Rodian captives were "[[Shaping protocol|shaped]]" into [[Vagh Rodiek]] warbeasts. The Yuuzhan Vong also invaded [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]], capturing Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa.<ref name="TNEC" /> However, they failed to penetrate the well-defended ''[[Bootana Hutta]]'' region. The region was also economically wrecked due to the collapse of the local economy and trade routes. A few worlds managed to escape invasion by aligning themselves with the collaborationist [[Peace Brigade]] only to be raided by [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] forces during the later stages of the war.<ref name="TEA" />
With the end of the war and the [[Battle of Yuuzhan'tar|recapture]] of the galactic capital [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], those Peace Brigade worlds were unpopular with the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]] government&mdash;the successor state to the Republic. Rejecting foreign aid, the Mid Rimmers managed to rebuild their worlds and establish new trade routes which brought a post-war boom to the region. Meanwhile, the slave-trading [[Senex sector/Legends|Senex]] and [[Juvex sector/Legends|Juvex sectors]] encouraged the immigration of refugees.<ref name="TEA" />During the [[Second Galactic Civil War]], [[Bothan sector|Bothan Space]], [[Bimmisaari/Legends|Bimmisaari]], the [[Halla sector/Legends|Halla sector]] and [[Beris]] sided with the [[Corellian/Legends|Corellian]]-led [[Confederation]] against the Galactic Alliance. Following a [[Solo-Niathal coup|coup]] by [[Darth Caedus]], Alliance forces [[Battle of Kashyyyk (Second Galactic Civil War)|attacked]] Kashyyyk for sheltering Jedi. Orbital bombardment of Kashyyyk's forests created a firestorm that engulfed much of the planetwide jungle and killed many Wookiees. In response, the Confederation redirected fleets from [[Kuat/Legends|Kuat]] in the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]] to help the Wookiees which led to the repulsion of Alliance forces. Despite Confederation assistance, the Wookiees joined the [[Jedi Coalition]].<ref name="Inferno 1">''[[Legacy of the Force: Inferno]]''</ref>.
Following the [[Sith–Imperial War]] in [[130 ABY]], [[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire]] seized control of much of the Mid Rim and sought to "divide and conquer" the various worlds and species. Viewing the Wookiees as a potential threat, the Sith Empire did not enslave the entire species as their predecessors but rather isolated Kashyyyk from the rest of the galaxy by destroying all spaceports and shipyards. No Wookiees were allowed to leave or visit Kashyyyk without an Imperial order and [[HoloNet/Legends|HoloNet]] transmissions to the planet were completely cut off. Supplies and traders still could come and go, after swearing under penalty of death not to provide Wookiees with information of the state of the rest of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], but the Wookiees themselves were completely isolated and largely left alone. In contrast, other species like the Trandoshans and Rodians prospered economically and militarily as "favored species". The Trandoshans prospered from the redirection of trade to their homeworld while Rodian [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]] claimed more Jedi bounties than their rivals.<ref name="LECG">''[[Legacy Era Campaign Guide]]''</ref>


==Astrography==
==Astrography==
The Mid Rim was comprised of over 160 [[Sector/Legends|sectors]], and a region of free-standing subsectors on its southwestern flanks.<ref name="EAOC" /> Sectors located in the Mid Rim included:
The Mid Rim was comprised of over 160 [[Sector/Legends|sectors]], and a region of free-standing subsectors on its southwestern flanks.<ref name="EAOC" /> Sectors located in the Mid Rim included:
{{Scroll box|*[[Abaar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
{{Scroll box|*[[Ado sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ado sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Agarix sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Agarix sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Aida sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Aida sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Alderath sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Aldino sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Almak sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Alui sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ariarch sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Barsa sector/Legends|Barsa sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Barsa sector/Legends|Barsa sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Belshar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bortele sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bothan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bothan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bright Jewel sector/Legends|Bright Jewel sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bruanii sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bruanii sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Bryx sector/Legends|Bryx sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Chaama sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Chommell sector/Legends|Chommell sector]]<ref name="EI:TVD">''[[Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref>
*[[Churba sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Churba sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Churnis sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Churnis sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Corbett sector/Legends|Corbett sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Corthenia sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Corweillian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[D'Aelgoth sector/Legends|D'Aelgoth sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[D'Aelgoth sector/Legends|D'Aelgoth sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Daalang sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Daimar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Dohlbani sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Dohu sector/Legends|Dohu sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Doldur sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Doldur sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Dononter sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Droma sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Droma sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Druess sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Druess sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
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*[[Dustig sector/Legends|Dustig sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Dustig sector/Legends|Dustig sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Eclorar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Eclorar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Eidoloni sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Elbaran sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Endocray sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Endocray sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Esaga sector/Legends|Esaga sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Esaga sector/Legends|Esaga sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Esuain sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Eucer sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Far Xandil sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Fei Hu sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Freestanding subsectors/Legends|Freestanding subsectors]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Freestanding subsectors/Legends|Freestanding subsectors]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Gendius sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Glythe sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Glythe sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Graador sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Graador sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hadar sector/Legends|Hadar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hadar sector/Legends|Hadar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Halla sector/Legends|Halla sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Halm sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Halori sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Haserian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Haserian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Herdessa sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hertae sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hevvrol sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hevvrol sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hewett sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hollan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Homon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Homon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Hune sector]]<ref name="teaoc">{{SW|url=news/essential-atlas-extra-sectors-of-the-mid-rim|text=Essential Atlas Extra: Sectors of the Mid Rim}}</ref>
*[[Irishi sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Irishi sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Irnaj sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Irnaj sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Iska sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Iskin sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Iskin sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ividal sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Jalor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Jidlor Marches]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Juvex sector/Legends|Juvex sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Juvex sector/Legends|Juvex sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Kastolar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Kesh sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Kesh sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Kordu sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Kurost sector/Legends|Kurost sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lambda sector/Legends|Lambda sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lambda sector/Legends|Lambda sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lannik Space]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lannik Wilds]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lantillian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lifh sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Lifh sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Likasha sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Londori sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Luuq sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[M'shinni sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[M'shinni sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Maerdocian sector]]<ref name="teaoc" />
*[[Maldrood sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Maldrood sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Manda sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Manoe sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Marzoon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Masla sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mektrun sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mezeg sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mezeg sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Minyavi sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Msst sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mulgard sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mytaranor sector/Legends|Mytaranor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Mytaranor sector/Legends|Mytaranor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Narrant sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Nicandra sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Noolian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Oktos sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Onatos sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Oriolan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ottega sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ottega sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Outer Jalor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Pacor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Paqwepori]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Paqwepori]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Perkell sector/Legends|Perkell sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Perkell sector/Legends|Perkell sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Primtara sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Qiilura sector/Legends|Qiilura sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Quess sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Quess sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Rago sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Roche sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Romintine sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Ryndellian sector]]<ref name="teaoc" />
*[[Sarka sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Semagi sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Semagi sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Senex sector/Legends|Senex sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Senex sector/Legends|Senex sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Sevastol sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Shiwal sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Shiwal sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Sloo sector/Legends|Sloo sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Sombure sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Sombure sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Spirva sector/Legends|Spirva sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Spirva sector/Legends|Spirva sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Strabin sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Strabin sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Talcene sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Taldot sector/Legends|Taldot sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Taldot sector/Legends|Taldot sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tandon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tandon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tashtor sector/Legends|Tashtor sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tennuutta sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tennuutta sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Teraab sector/Legends|Teraab sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Terr'skiar sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Thory sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Thusa sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tiala sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trans-Gascon sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trans-Nebular sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trans-Nebular sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trans-Vulta sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trax sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Trax sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Truum sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tyan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Tyus sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Urce Space]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Urce Space]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vadigult sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Var Hagen sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Venaarian sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vendusii sector]]<ref name="teaoc" />
*[[Vensori sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vilonis sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vilonis sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vish sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vorc sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Vorc sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Wornal sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Wornal sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Xan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Xan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Yucrales sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />
*[[Yushan sector/Legends|Yushan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />}}
*[[Yushan sector/Legends|Yushan sector]]<ref name="EAOC" />}}


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*[[Red Harvest (novel)|''Red Harvest'']]
*[[Red Harvest (audiobook)|''Red Harvest'' audiobook]]
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*[[Cartel Market|''Star Wars: The Old Republic'' Cartel Market]]
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne]]''
*{{TORweb|url=info/news/news-article/20171116|text=Copero Short Story Blog|int=Chasing Copero}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Tales|24|Unseen, Unheard}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (audiobook)|''Darth Plagueis'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Cloak of Deception]]''
*[[Star Wars (1998) 13|''Star Wars'' (1998) 13]] {{Mo}}
*''[[The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{GamerCite|10|Standoff on Leritor}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Jedi Quest: The School of Fear]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard]]''
*{{TCW|Bombad Jedi}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Cloak of Darkness}} {{C|Mentioned only in [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars#Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded|''Decoded'']] episode}}
*{{TCW|Jedi Crash}} {{Flash}}
*{{TCW|Holocron Heist}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (audiobook)|''Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Dooku's Secret Army]]''
*''[[Republic Commando: True Colors]]''
*''[[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel]]''
*''[[Labyrinth of Evil]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|7|Mist Encounter}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|7|Mist Encounter}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
*''[[Flames of Rebellion]]''
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20030619hunger|text=Hunger|int=Hunger|archivedate=20091016010919}} {{Mo}}
*[[Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead 2|''Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead'' 2]]
*{{Journal|1|Breaking Free: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold}}
*{{Journal|1|Breaking Free: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold}}
*''[[Beyond the Rim]]''
*''[[The Jewel of Yavin]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion: Small Victories]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 25|''Star Wars'' (1977) 25]] {{C|As "mid-system trading worlds"}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 25|''Star Wars'' (1977) 25]] {{C|As "mid-system trading worlds"}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 28|''Star Wars'' (1977) 28]] {{C|As "mid-systems"}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 28|''Star Wars'' (1977) 28]] {{C|As "mid-systems"}}
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Princess Leia and the Royal Ransom]]''
*''[[Razor's Edge]]''
*[[Razor's Edge (audiobook)|''Razor's Edge'' audiobook]]
*{{Journal|2|The Prophecy}}
*{{Journal|2|The Prophecy}}
*{{Journal|5|One of a Kind (short story)|One of a Kind}}
*{{Journal|5|One of a Kind (short story)|One of a Kind}}
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*{{Journal|6|Relic (article)|Relic}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|8|Counterstrike (Adventure Journal)|Counterstrike}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|8|Counterstrike (Adventure Journal)|Counterstrike}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Child of Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 2|''Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost'' 2]]
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011018a|text=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|int=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|archivedate=20100325035306}} {{Mo}}
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*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*''[[Alien Anthology]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' (as "Frontier")}}
*''[[Starships of the Galaxy]]''
*''[[The Dark Side Sourcebook]]''
*{{FFCite|12|WOO1, ''Wookiees''}}
*{{FFCite|19|MID1-4, ''Planets of the Mid Rim''}}
*{{LucasArtsCite|url=products/starwarstheclonewars/gameplay/kashyyyk.htm|text=''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' - Kashyyyk Moon|archivedate=20021003233707}}
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*''[[Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' (as "Frontier")
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Figurine Collection 53]]'' {{C|''High-Speed Travel: Hyperspace Routes''}}
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[[Category:Mid Rim| ]]
[[Category:Mid Rim| ]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 27 March 2023

The Mid Rim, also known as the Mid-Rim, Middle Rim, Mid-systems, or the Mid Rim Territories, was a region of the galaxy located between the Expansion Region and the Outer Rim Territories. With fewer natural resources—and therefore a smaller population—than many neighboring regions, the Mid Rim was a territory where residents worked hard for everything they had. Several planets built up impressive economies, and pirate raiders often hid in the relatively unexplored spaces far from major trade routes.

History

Early Beginnings

During the Pre-Republic era, the Wookiees of Kashyyyk were ruled by the galactic-spanning Infinite Empire of the Rakata who terraformed the planet's surface for agricultural purposes. The collapse of their empire left the terraforming machines unattended which resulted in the planet's abnormally large foliage. The Hutt Empire encompassed a number of Mid Rim worlds including Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa.[3] However, the Bothans were able to resist Hutt expansion and carve up their own independent region of space which evolved into the Bothan sector.[1]

The Mid Rim politically developed as a consequence of a colonization boom in the Expansion Region during the Great Manifest Period (20,000—17,000 BBY). Profits from business ventures in the Expansion Region prompted several Inner Rim political systems and religious organizations to colonize and develop the worlds in the Mid Rim's portion of the Slice. This colonization boom attracted few corporations which chose to remain in the Expansion Region due to the region's business friendly policies. Over the following millennia, colonization in the Mid Rim developed at a progressive albeit leisurely pace which provided successive generations of colonists with ample space to expand into. Due to the stronger presence of central government from Coruscant, there was less criminal activity in the region compared to the more distant Outer Rim Territories. The crime-dominated Hutt Space bordered the eastern fringes of the Mid Rim.[1]

In 12,000 BBY, Ord Mantell was settled by Corellian colonists as a Republic military outpost.[4]

Circa 4000 BBY the Mid Rim was known as the Frontier or Galactic Frontier, as it was the limit of the then explored galaxy. Most Mid Rim colony worlds became dependent on low-cost manufacturing and agriculture as the basis of their economies. However, this prosperity attracted the attention of pirates who used unexplored space as a hiding place and staging ground for raids on colonies. This became a problem in the period following the Sith Civil War.[1]

The Republic Classic era

During the New Sith Wars in 1800 BBY, Republic forces bombed the Ubese homeworld of Uba IV and exterminated all life on Uba I, II and V . This led to the near-extinction of the Ubese species who maintained an everlasting belligerence towards the Republic and the Jedi.[1] Throughout this period, Gap Nine[5] and Almas[6] were the sites of battles between the Republic and various Sith factions. In the Light and Darkness War, the Brotherhood of Darkness invaded Kashyyyk and Trandosha. However, the Trandoshans slaughtered many of the troopers. The Sith retaliated by invading their world and burning the homes of the Trandoshans, leading the surviving Trandoshans to save themselves from death by pledging loyalty to the Brotherhood. In 1000 BBY, the lush world of Ruusan was the site of seven epic battles which culminated in the destruction of the Brotherhood. Following the campaign, the Republic enacted the Ruusan Reformations which increased the powers of the Galactic Senate while reducing the number of senators.[3]

Circa 1000 BBY, Malastare was colonized by Gran colonists from Kinyen which resulted in a bloody and violent war. Using their influence in the Senate, the Gran were able to settle the conflict in their favor and established the colonial Gran Protectorate. The native Dugs were demilitarized and resettled on Malastere's western continent where they were exploited by their Gran colonial masters over the millennia. Throughout the last centuries of the Republic, the Gran colonists dominated Malastare.[7][8]

Under the Emperor Palpatine's new Galactic Empire, Imperial forces invaded Kashyyyk and enslaved the Wookiees with the collaboration of the Trandoshans who profited in the slave trade.[9]

The Empire and Beyond

Following the Declaration of a New Order, a series of Imperial academies were established throughout the Mid Rim. It was heavily patrolled by the Empire, which feared that it was ripe for the Rebellion to set up bases there. The region's interstellar markets also profited from favorable trading incentives.[1]As the Empire withdrew from the Rim following their defeat at Endor, the Mid Rim remained one of the few places unquestionably under Imperial control. In 4 ABY, an experimental Ssi-ruuvi Hyperdrive system was discovered to have crash-landed on the planet Garos IV over 25,000 years before.[10] After the Battle of Endor, it housed many hidden Imperial bases and makeshift shipyards. Many rival Moffs maintained "private empires" in this region on the condition that they supply troops and taxes to legitimate Imperial fleets in the region. During the time of the return of Palpatine in 10 ABY, the Mid Rim was still a significant Imperial power base which kept their massive fleets supplied.[1]

In 11 ABY, Palpatine's final clone body and spirit were destroyed during a battle at Onderon. Following his demise, the Alliance's successor state the New Republic recaptured much of the Mid Rim. By 19 ABY, the Empire had been pushed out of the Mid Rim into eighteen backwater sectors in the Outer Rim known as the Imperial Remnant. During the Caamas Document Crisis, the Bothan capital of Bothawui was the site of fighting between various pro and anti-Bothan factions. With the appearance of Imperial forces, these disparate factions united to defeat a common foe. Shortly afterwards, the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic signed the Bastion Accords which ended the Galactic Civil War.[9]

Astrography

The Mid Rim was comprised of over 160 sectors, and a region of free-standing subsectors on its southwestern flanks.[2] Sectors located in the Mid Rim included:

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 The Essential Atlas
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The New Essential Chronology
  4. ↑ The Last Command Sourcebook, p. 74
  5. ↑ Star Wars Adventure Journal 7
  6. ↑ Living Force Campaign Guide
  7. ↑  Gran in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
  8. ↑ Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Essential Chronology
  10. ↑ The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
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