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- "Your planet—your home—is being drowned in blood! For three thousand years we were loyal to the Republic…the Republic has ignored our cries for help—until they learned that beneath all the mud—our planet has a heart of ore!"
- ―Alto Stratus
Jabiim ((pronounced /dʒə'bi:m/)) was a small, muddy, Outer Rim world. It was most notably the site of three fierce Battles of Jabiim.
Description
Jabiim was a world deluged by torrential rains, experiencing less than five days per standard year without precipitation. Its muddy surface constantly shifted from the weight of the rains. Jabiim was also rich in ore, although by the time of the Battle of Yavin, the valuable ores were dwindling. During the Clone Wars, Jabiim was a world that the Galactic Republic ignored until it was too late.
The world had a very unstable electric field, and electric storms were quite common. Due to this, repulsorcraft of any type were largely unusable on the planet.
History
Early History
Originally known as Gwynhes Minor, the planet was absorbed into Xim's empire as he expanded his borders from the Kingdom of Cron.[3]
During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, the Jabiim system was the theater of a battle concluded with a Sith victory.[5]
Jabiim would later join the Galactic Republic around 3000 BBY, millennia following the fall of Xim's Empire. The planet had paid its dues to Coruscant, but was undefended when tragedy befell the planet. The planet suffered from an outbreak of brainrot plague, which slammed the population of Jabiim. And prior to the Clone Wars, Trandoshan bandits attacked and conquered Jabiim's lands. After the bandits moved on, the Lythian Pirates attacked the world, seizing small communities and killing many. Despite paying its due taxes to Coruscant and requesting aid, Jabiim received no help from the Republic in any of these cases.
Clone Wars
Because of the lack of assistance from the Senate, the Jabiim Congress sided with Count Dooku's growing Confederacy of Independent Systems. Republic agents on Jabiim informed the Galactic Senate that the Congress had been undermined by Separatist influences. In fact, Alto Stratus had orchestrated a coup, killing most of the Loyalist members of Congress. Although he spoke eloquently about the "oppression" of the Republic, many believed these words had been purchased with weapons, supplies, and credits by the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Negotiations spearheaded by the Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps were rebuffed as Jabiim geared towards war. Jabiim was a planet that was rich in valuable ores. None of these ores could fall to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Rather than lose Jabiim and its valuable mines, the Republic decided to retake the world by force. The Republic positioned their strike force on nearby Handooine. General Obi-Wan Kenobi was chosen to lead the attack.
The Battle of Jabiim during the Clone Wars was a disaster for the Republic—the planet was lost to the Confederacy. The Republic was forced to abandon Jabiim, leaving the Jabiimi Loyalists to their fate. Orliss Gillmunn rallied them and continued the fight, until he was killed during a skirmish against Jabiimi Nationalists.[6]
During the Outer Rim Sieges, the Republic came back and attempted to take back the planet. The battle resulted in a costly Galactic Republic victory, but, along with the battles of Saleucami, Felucia, and Boz Pity, led to the fall of the Foundry of the Confederacy, an area known to house numerous Separatist industrial worlds.[7]
However, Jabiim never forgot the Republic's past treachery, and never forgave Anakin Skywalker for his choices.
The Jabiim Nationalists eventually allied themselves to the Galactic Empire; however, Jabiim Loyalists carried the struggle for independence but didn't manage to repel the Imperial forces.
Galactic Civil War
At the start of the Galactic Civil War, Jabiim was the target of an Imperial assault. After a failed Rebel raid on Carida, Imperial leaders decided that Jabiim was the most likely planet as a launching point of the raid. Darth Vader led an Imperial fleet to wipe out the Rebels on the planet. The resulting attack was known as the Battle at Jabiim, which resulted in Vader not only succeeding in taking control of the planet, but also learning the location of Kalast, a Moff who had sided with the Rebels.
Years later, after the Battle of Yavin, Jabiim's ore supplies had been diminished because of Imperial over-mining. Emperor Palpatine was not willing to pull the last of his troopers off Jabiim, despite the repeated harassment of the local Jabiimi rebels, which had persisted for 19 years. The Rebel Alliance dispatched a task force lead by Luke Skywalker to support the Jabiimi. Though as Luke set foot on the planet, he realized that he had stepped into his father's shadow. As a Padawan, Anakin Skywalker had served on Jabiim, and the locals did not forget or forgive.
Later, the Empire launched a second invasion of Jabiim. With superior technology, the Imperials won the battle and crushed the rebellion. However, the Empire also made a deal with a group of wealthy Jabiimi: in exchange for their own freedom, they would give the rest of the planet's population to the Imperials as slaves.
What would complicate things further, was the fact that Darth Vader himself was present in orbit above the planet. Haunted by the memories of his former life, he ordered a full-scale decimation of the planet, destroying all life on its surface with the excuse that the Alliance would thus be deprived of a potential ally.
In the ensuing chaos, the rebel groups managed to escape and kill their Jabiimi captors, with the Jabiim faction fleeing towards the nearest mines, now their only means of escaping the planetary bombardment.
Days later, the last mine-turned-fortress would fall to an Imperial ground force and the survivors led to an awaiting slave-transport.
During the Second Galactic Civil War in 40 ABY, it was believed by the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances that Jabiim would join with the Corellians.
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Jedi: Count Dooku (Mentioned only)
- The Cestus Deception (Mentioned only)
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Mentioned only)
- Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:7:02
- Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim (First appearance)
- Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:9:01
- CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:9:08 Edition
- Star Wars: Republic 59: Enemy Lines (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Republic 62: No Man's Land (Mentioned only)
- Jedi: Yoda (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Republic 67: Forever Young (Mentioned only)
- "Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:01:03" — Star Wars Insider 75 (Mentioned only)
- MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (Mentioned only)
- Jedi Trial (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel (Mentioned only)
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Mentioned only)
- Labyrinth of Evil (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel (Mentioned only)
- Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Star Wars: Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers
- Star Wars: Empire 31: The Price of Power (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire 36: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 1
- Star Wars: Empire 37: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire 38: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire 40: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 5 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Rebellion 0: Crossroads
- Bloodlines (Mentioned only)
Sources
- The New Essential Chronology
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption: Prima Official Game Guide
- "Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" — Star Wars Insider 84
- Order 66: Destroy All Jedi
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 26
- Galaxy at War
- Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 130
- Alpha (A-17) in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ARC troopers in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Jabiim in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Ki-Adi-Mundi in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Asajj Ventress in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
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 Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link (atlas) not verified!)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jabiim in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic — Space Combat: "Jabiim Escort"
- ↑ Star Wars: Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare