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Endor, also called Tana by the Ewoks native to one of its moons, was a gas giant located in the Endor system,[1] a binary[2] star system positioned in the Moddell sector of the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. Endor acted almost like a third sun to the moons with its clouds of hydrogen reflecting light.[1] Located in grid square H-16 on the Standard Galactic Grid, it was connected to Cerea and Bakura by a hyperspace route.[3] The planet was orbited by nine major moons,[1] the largest of which[4] was known as the Forest Moon of Endor. The ocean moon of Kef Bir was also one of Endor's moons. Additionally, 48 "sub-lunar" objects orbited the planet.[1]
Before the destruction of the New Republic, the Galactic Senate attempted to rename the planet Tana, in honor of the Ewoks.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Endor was originally created for the 1983 film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,[5] where it appeared as a distant orb, labeled "Planet Endor" by special effects storyboards, above its Forest Moon, not large enough to be definitively labeled a planet.[6]
In the earliest drafts of Return of the Jedi, the Forest Moon of Endor, then known as the "green moon," instead orbited the Imperial capital world of Had Abbadon,[7] which would later evolve into Coruscant.[8]
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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 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑
Endor in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Making of Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Coruscant in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
