- "You were at Serroco, when they turned the Stereb cities into glass craters. At Duro, when basilisk war droids rained like meteors onto the orbiting cities, and when the Mandalorians set fire to the Xoxin plains on Eres III—the fires that still burn."
- ―Atton Rand, to the Jedi Exile
Eres III was a Mid Rim world located in the Esuain sector. During the Mandalorian Wars, the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders attacked it, causing decade-long fires on the world's surface when they ignited its Xoxin plains region. Eres III was a part of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan's empire during the Jedi Civil War, and millennia later, the world's fate was mentioned in the keynote address at Brentaal Academy's 412th Proceedings of Galactic Anthropology and History.
Description[]
Eres III,[3] also known simply as Eres,[4] was a terrestrial[3] border world[4] located in the Eres system, a part of the Esuain sector[1] in the Trans-Hydian portion of[2] the Mid Rim.[1] Its surface included the area known as the Xoxin plains.[3]
History[]
- "Neo-Crusaders broke through the Republic lines and invaded Taris; skirted the Republic border to attack Ithor, Ord Mantell, and the Zabrak worlds around Iridonia; and blasted the border world of Eres III."
- ―Vilnau Teupt, 412th Proceedings of Galactic Anthropology and History
A battle of the Mandalorian Wars was fought in the Eres system[3] in 3962 BBY[2] between the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders and the military forces of the Galactic Republic, the latter of which included the Jedi Knight known as the Jedi Exile.[3] The Mandalorians blasted Eres III[2] and set the Xoxin plains ablaze, with the fires continuing until at least[3] 3951 BBY.[5] The attackers subsequently left the world cowed[2] and ruined.[4] During the Jedi Civil War of 3959 BBY–3956 BBY, Eres III fell within the territory controlled by the empire founded by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan.[2]
In 3951 BBY,[5] in a conversation about the Mandalorian Wars with Atton Rand, a former member of the Republic military, he reminded the Jedi Exile about the fate of Eres III.[3]
Vilnau Teupt also mentioned the attack on Eres III in the keynote address "Industry, Honor, Savagery: Shaping the Mandalorian Soul" at Brentaal Academy's 412th Proceedings of Galactic Anthropology and History in 24 ABY. Teupt, however, erroneously placed the event in 3963 BBY.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Eres III was introduced in the 2004 Obsidian Entertainment video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. In the game, the celestial body can be mentioned in an optional conversation the player character, the Jedi Exile, can have with the character Atton Rand. This article assumes one hundred percent game completion and that the conversation took place as described.[3] The 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas, which mentioned the Eres system and introduced the shortened name "Eres," placed Eres III in grid square Q-7,[2] and the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart confirmed that the shortened name also applied to the world.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (First mentioned)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Eres system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Essential Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords to 3951 BBY.