Berchest/Legends
Berchest was a major tourist destination, and later a trading planet, in the Anthos sector of the Inner Rim. It was an extremely beautiful world whose highly saline seas and strong tides result in immense crystal deposits on the planet's shores that the native Berchestians sculpted into entire cities. One of these cities was Calius saj Leeloo, or the City of Glowing Crystal. It was carved entirely from one massive crystal that was created over the centuries from salt deposits from the adjacent Leefari Sea and was considered one of the Twenty Wonders of the Galaxy.
History

The planet suffered a major groundquake in 22 BBY. It was liberated from the Confederacy of Independent Systems by Freedom's Sons in 21 BBY. Though the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War cut into the planet's tourism, the planet was able to leverage its position on several important trade routes and turn itself into an important trade nexus. During the Thrawn campaign, Berchest was well behind Imperial lines, and Grand Admiral Thrawn used the world as a red herring for the New Republic's attempt to follow deployment of his new clone forces. It was ruled by Governor Raccyx Staffa.
Behind the scenes
The PC game Star Wars: Rebellion mistakenly places Berchest in the Fakir sector of the Core Worlds. The Fakir sector is actually located in the Inner Rim.
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
Groundquakes Hit Berchest Cities — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #47 (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:7:02 (Mentioned only)
- CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:10:05 Edition (Mentioned only)
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (Advertised destination only)
- Star Wars: Rebellion
"Side Trip" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics section)
- The Last Command (First appearance)
- The Last Command audiobook
- Vision of the Future (Mentioned only)
- Vision of the Future unabridged audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources
- The Last Command Sourcebook
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
- Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
- Heroes & Rogues
- TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
- Platt's Smugglers Guide
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
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 Berchest system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Last Command Sourcebook
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 The Last Command Sourcebook
- ↑ The Essential Atlas
- ↑ File:SWTOR mini.png Star Wars: The Old Republic—Scavenging Crew Skill mission: "Calius saj Leeloo"
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