Gordian Reach
Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories[1]
Systems	Arda system[2] Arkuda system[2] Atorra system[2] Barison system[2] Betshish system[2] Bronsoon system[2] B'trilla system[2] Capella system[2] Chenowei system[2] Durgen's Star system[2] Elamposnia system[2] Far Indosa system[2] Feena system[2] Feldwes system[2] Feswe Minor system[2] Feswe Prime system[2] Glade system[2] Gulvitch system[2] Jovan system[2] Kalishik system[2] Karsten's World system[2] Kli'aar system[2] Korphir system[2] Kravos system[2] Krylon system[2] Kushibah system[2] Ladarra system[2] Little Capella system[2] Mannova system[2] Marrovia system[2] Mogoshyn system[2] Near Indosa system[2] Pinoora system[2] Povanaria system[2] Presbalin system[2] Pygorix system[2] Quanducial system[2] Selitan system[2] Tenara system[2] Tertiary Feswe system[2] The Cometwash system[2] The Roil system[2] Torque system[2] Trinovat system[2] Troos system[2] Usta system[2] Vaal system[2] Wetyin's Colony system[2] Xochtl system[2] Yavin system[2]
Nebulae	Denarii Nebula[1] The Roil[1]
Other objects	Vallusk Cluster[1]
Trade routes	Junction-Tierrel Loop[1] Yavin Bypass[1] Pinooran Spur[1] Wetyin's Way[1] Korphir Trace[1] Feena Run[1] Ardan Cross[1] Pinooran Spur[1]
Quadrants/regions	P-5, P-6, Q-5, Q-6[1]
Societal
Native species	Arkudan B'trillan Bagmim Barisoni Betshishi Bronsoonian Gerb Kli'aari Korphiri Kushiban Mannovan Melodie Povanarian Selitani Slith Tarron Neb's species Trinovate
Sector capital	Torque[1]
Affiliation	400100500260026 Rebel Alliance Zsinj's Empire
Sector battles
Galactic Civil War	Battle of Yavin - Blockade of Yavin - Battle of the Corridor

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The Gordian Reach was the name of an old hyperroute and later of the sector of space through which the route had run.

HistoryEdit

When the Sith Lord Naga Sadow escaped from the Galactic Republic's forces towards the end of the Great Hyperspace War in 5,000 BBY, he hid in the Gordian Reach, on the moon Yavin 4 of the Yavin system.^[3] A millennium later, the Sith Lord Exar Kun used the temples Sadow built as his personal base during the Great Sith War.^[4]

In 3,955 BBY, Supreme Chancellor Cressa assigned a G0-T0 infrastructure planning system to restore the area to its former glory. However the droids began a bloody coup, setting themselves up as dictators and seizing all 16 habitable worlds. After millions were slaughtered, Cressa sent a military task force to deal with the rogue droids.^[5]

During the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker and Asajj Ventress fought a duel on Yavin 4.^[6] Jedi Master Eeth Koth was captured by the Separatist General Grievous in the Arda system.^[7]

It was represented by Quorl Matrin in the Imperial Senate, after the Galactic Empire rose to power.^[8] Under the New Order, the Reach was part of Bright Jewel Oversector. Following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, the entire sector was blockaded by the Galactic Empire in an attempt to bottle up the Alliance to Restore the Republic's headquarters in the Yavin system.^[9]

After the Battle of Endor, the populations of many planets of the Reach were massacred in the Stenax Massacres, in which the Stenax destroyed the Imperial military outposts on many Reach worlds and also killed many non-Stenax civilians.^[8]

Planets in the Gordian Reach included Arda-2, Yavin, Betshish, Glade, Jovan, Krylon, Mazhar,^[10] Pinoora, Setor, Torque, Vaal, and Wetyin's Colony. It also included 400100500260026 and the Vallusk Cluster.

AppearancesEdit

• MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (Mentioned only)
• Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Mentioned only)
• Death Star
• Star Wars 25: Siege at Yavin (First appearance)
• Star Wars 27: Return of the Hunter
• "Crimson Bounty"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 14 (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars Gamer 1
• Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
•  "Unusual Suspects"—Star Wars Gamer 6
•  The Hunt Within: Valance's Tale, Part 4 on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links on Archive.org)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Atlas
•  Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link on Archive.org)
• "Blaster"—Star Wars Insider 111
• Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts: The Visual Guide
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

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