- "The scum of the galaxy pass through Stenness on their way to the Rim."
- ―Unattributed
The Stenness Node, was a group of three[9][1] mining systems in the Inner Rim,[5] known collectively as the Stenness worlds,[9] the Stenness systems,[2][14] or simply the Stenness system.[1] There were twenty-five humanoid races native to the Stenness Node, collectively called "Nessies."[9] The space station known as The Rig was located in an asteroid field in this region. The Node comprised of seven inhabited mining worlds,[15][3] including, Ithull, Taboon,[9] and Kamsul,[3] as well as an asteroid field,[4] with Ambria at the heart of the Node.[8]
History[]
Designated by the Republic Survey Team as the Stenness Node, there was controversy over the regions correct name, as it was also reported as the Stenness Systems. The naming controversy even reached as far as the Senate.[2]
The Hutt crime lord Bogga was a major power in the Stenness Node in the years before the Great Sith War, often dwelling in the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal when not holding court in his headquarters on the moon of Vo Dasha. For a hefty fee, the Hutt's enslaved henchmen and modified Core Galaxy Systems Dreadnaught Enforcer One would protect the Nessies and their mining operations from raids by pirates such as Finhead Stonebone and his motley crew of cut-throats.
Millennia later, Han Solo and Salla Zend smuggled spice to the system.[16][3] Crimelord BolBol the Hutt was known to be practically in control of the Node as of 0 BBY.
Behind the scenes[]
The node originally appeared spelled as "Stenness Node" however it is occasionally misspelled as "Stennes Node"[17] and "Steness Node"[4] in some later sources.
The Tales of the Jedi Companion claimed that the Onderon system was in the Stenness Node, however, in the actual comic appearances of the planet, it is stated to be on "the other side of the galaxy" from the Node. This error was repeated in the Star Wars Gamer 1 article The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series which erroneously grouped the Ambria, Amar and Onderon systems together within the Node.[6] Of the three, the Ambria system is the only confirmed by other sources to specifically reside within the Node.[9][2]
HoloNet News Vol. 531 46 includes reference to the "Stenness Data Node" but does not elaborate what this relates to.[18]
Appearances[]
- Tales of the Jedi 3 (First appearance)
- Tales of the Jedi 4 (as Stenness Node)
- Tales of the Jedi 5
- Merson Pirates Attack Sy Myrth Liner — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #46 (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only) (as Stenness Data Node)
- Republic 65 (as Steness Node)
- Republic 66
- A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (as Stenness System)
- Rebel Dawn (as Stenness System)
Sources[]
- Dark Empire endnotes (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Dark Empire - The Collection ("Salla Zend and the Starlight Intruder" endnotes entry) (as Stenness System)
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded ("Stenness" entry)
- "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 1" — Star Wars Insider 26 (as Stenness systems)
- The Essential Guide to Characters (as Stenness system)
- "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 2" — Star Wars Insider 27 (as Stenness systems)
- "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 3" — Star Wars Insider 28 (as Stenness systems)
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Tales of the Jedi Companion
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- The Essential Chronology (as Stenness system)
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series" — Star Wars Gamer 1
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (PLA8, Planets of the Inner Rim)
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook (as Stennes Node)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 113 (as Stenness systems)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 114 (ORE1-2, Ithullan Ore Hauler)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 140 (HUT15, The Hutts)
- The New Essential Chronology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Mentioned in multiple entries, but without own entry)
- Jedi Academy Training Manual
- The Essential Atlas
- Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Zend, Salla in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Dining at Dex's on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- "Authors of the Expanded Universe: More Tales of the Jedi" — Star Wars Insider 151
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (PLA8, Planets of the Inner Rim)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Tales of the Jedi Companion
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rebel Dawn
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Republic 65
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series" — Star Wars Gamer 1
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Tales of the Jedi 3
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Tales of the Jedi 4
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi 5
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- ↑ Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
- ↑ The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
- ↑ "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 1" — Star Wars Insider 26
- ↑ A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded ("Stenness" entry)
- ↑ Dark Empire endnotes
- ↑ Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
- ↑ Merson Pirates Attack Sy Myrth Liner — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #46 (content now obsolete; backup link)