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During the following years, the fledgling [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] mounted several more or less successful [[Raid on Colony Three|attacks]] on the planet, disrupting the spice production and reducing profits but generally causing little lasting damage.<ref name="THG">''[[The Hutt Gambit]]''</ref> Rebel and Imperial forces were engaged in a [[Skirmish over Ylesia|skirmish]] there in [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]], resulting in the capture of the [[Frigate/Legends|frigate]] [[Salvation (Nebulon-B)|''Salvation'']].<ref name="TFU2">[[The Force Unleashed II (novel)|''The Force Unleashed II'' novel]]</ref> In [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], however, a Rebel and smuggler [[Battle of Ylesia|raid]], led by Han Solo and Bria Tharen, succeeded in shutting down the factories, at least temporarily, and freeing the slaves, and Teroenza was killed.<ref name="RD">''[[Rebel Dawn]]''</ref> | During the following years, the fledgling [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] mounted several more or less successful [[Raid on Colony Three|attacks]] on the planet, disrupting the spice production and reducing profits but generally causing little lasting damage.<ref name="THG">''[[The Hutt Gambit]]''</ref> Rebel and Imperial forces were engaged in a [[Skirmish over Ylesia|skirmish]] there in [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]], resulting in the capture of the [[Frigate/Legends|frigate]] [[Salvation (Nebulon-B)|''Salvation'']].<ref name="TFU2">[[The Force Unleashed II (novel)|''The Force Unleashed II'' novel]]</ref> In [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]], however, a Rebel and smuggler [[Battle of Ylesia|raid]], led by Han Solo and Bria Tharen, succeeded in shutting down the factories, at least temporarily, and freeing the slaves, and Teroenza was killed.<ref name="RD">''[[Rebel Dawn]]''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:00, 13 February 2023
- "Ylesia's most profitable export is glitterstim spice."
- ―Kyp Durron
Ylesia was a tropical world located in Hutt Space. It was controlled by the Besadii Hutts. The planet was used as a slave colony dedicated to spice production covered up as a religious retreat.
Description
- "The population of Ylesia is very scattered. The civilians were slaves of the Hutts, working in glitterstim packing plants scattered over the countryside."
- ―Traest Kre'fey
Ylesia was a tropical world consisting of three small continents.[4] It was located on the Shag Pabol hyperlane.[5]
Ylesia was the homeworld of the nonsentient reek, an ungulate species raised on ranches on the planet and its Codian Moon. The creatures were exported to numerous worlds, including Ithor, Iridonia, and Geonosis, resulting in various breeds used for a wide array of purposes.
History
Old Republic Era
- "Let's see, three bricks of spice out to Ylesia, then with the turnaround...um, no, no, that won't work..."
- ―Quello going over his lists of shipping
Four thousand years before the Galactic Civil War, Ylesia was already one of the major spice-production worlds in the galaxy.[8] The product was shipped from Kessel or Ryloth and processed, and then a number of spice runners made the journey from there to Nar Shaddaa, bringing warm slave bodies on the return trip to work the Ylesian spice factories.
Rebellion Era
In 10 BBY, the Besadii Hutts controlled the planet and purported it to be a religious retreat, but it was in fact a scheme to trap willing slaves in order to process spice. The Besadii would use male t'landa Til to produce what they called the Exultation, a contrived religious ceremony that would grip most sentients in a powerful and addictive pleasure.[4]
The t'landa Til of Ylesia would go on "missionary" journeys, giving the Exultation to crowds. This taste of the Exultation was often enough to ensnare those who were looking for something more to life. Workers were tricked to the planet, becoming "pilgrims" of the "Cult of The One and The All." The pilgrims were then exploited as slaves in the planet's numerous spice-processing factories. One such victim was Bria Tharen. During this period, the planet was ruled by High Priest Teroenza, the leader of the cult. Han Solo's first piloting job was on Ylesia.[4]
During the following years, the fledgling Rebel Alliance mounted several more or less successful attacks on the planet, disrupting the spice production and reducing profits but generally causing little lasting damage.[9] Rebel and Imperial forces were engaged in a skirmish there in 1 BBY, resulting in the capture of the frigate Salvation.[10] In 0 BBY, however, a Rebel and smuggler raid, led by Han Solo and Bria Tharen, succeeded in shutting down the factories, at least temporarily, and freeing the slaves, and Teroenza was killed.[11]
Behind the scenes
The Paradise Snare states that Ylesia had no moon; however, The New Essential Guide to Alien Species states that the Codian Moon was a moon of Ylesia. The Essential Atlas presumably places the Codian Moon in the Codia system on the opposite side of the galaxy.
Appearances
- The Paradise Snare (First appearance)
- The Hutt Gambit
- Rebel Dawn
- Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire (Mentioned only)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 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 Lords of Nal Hutta, p. 86
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 The Paradise Snare
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ Lords of Nal Hutta, p. 32
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The New Jedi Order: Ylesia
- ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ The Hutt Gambit
- ↑ The Force Unleashed II novel
- ↑ Rebel Dawn