The celestial body Maya Kovel was located in the Moddell sector of the Outer Rim Territories[1] in grid square H-16 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[2] It was linked via the Houche Run hyperspace route to the astronomical objects Thonner and Vasha.[3] Maya Kovel was depicted on a Moddell sector map included with the Rebel Alliance collection of non-electronic documents known as The Rebel Files.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Maya Kovel was introduced in the current Star Wars canon via a mention in the eighteenth issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine,[3] published around May 6, 2015.[4] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the planet Maya Kovel was introduced in the ninth issue of the Star Wars Gamer magazine[5] on February 22, 2002.[6] Within the magazine, the planet was mentioned in the source article "Endor and the Moddell Sector" as well as the roleplaying adventure "Race for the Tessent," both being written for use with Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game.[5][7]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 (Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files places Maya Kovel in the Moddell sector, which Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game designates as part of grid square H-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 (Guide to the Galaxy: Sectors of the Galaxy)
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Wyman, Chris on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (archived from the original on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 18 was published around May 6, 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Endor and the Moddell Sector" — Star Wars Gamer 9
- ↑ Starfighters Soar in Gamer #9 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ "Race for the Tessent" — Star Wars Gamer 9