Nixus(Haileap system)
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Nixus
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- "Is that a double gas giant?"
"Certainly looks like it. Since we're still in the Haileap system I'm guessing those are Nixus and Neralus. Which means there is nothing anywhere nearby." - ―Avon Starros and Vernestra Rwoh[4]
Nixus was agas giant located in theHaileap system of theOuter Rim Territories. It formed adouble planet with thegas giantNeralus, and both wereorbited by themoonWevo. The system formed by the twoplanets and their natural satellite was noted in analmanac of planetscomposed by theGalactic RepublicexplorerLeric Schmireland around532 BBY.
Three centuries later, the double planet was observed by the aspiring inventorAvon Starros from ashuttle aboard which she and a group of other individuals had escaped thedestruction of thestarshipSteady Wing.Jedi KnightVernestra Rwoh then guessed that the planets were Neralus and Nixus, and Starros'protocol droid,J-6, later looked up information on the gas giants and Wevo in Schmireland's almanac.
Description[]
Nixus was agas giant that formed adouble planet with thegas giantNeralus andorbited twosuns in theHaileap system. It was a part of theDalnan sector,[4] asubsector of theTunka sector[3] in theOuter Rim Territories[1] and theWestern Reaches,[2] and was located in grid square I-19 of theStandard Galactic Grid.[1] The smalljunglemoonWevo orbited Neralus and Nixus, with one of the two planets appearingbrown-and-orange-striped from the moon's surface and looming large in itssky.[4]
History[]
- "But, as to your other question, there is one location in the almanac that describes a heavily forested area with a corrosive rain. It orbits a double gas giant with dual suns and is designated as Moon Two-Three-One-Two-Three-Four, but known colloquially as Wevo."
- ―J-6, to Avon Starros[4]
Nixus and its sister planet, Neralus, were orbited by the moon Wevo (pictured).
The system formed by Nixus, its sister planet, and their moon was noted in analmanac of planets catalogued by theGalactic RepublicexplorerLeric Schmireland and his team[4] around532 BBY. In232 BBY,[5] amaintenance shuttle of[4] thestar cruiser[6]Steady Wing, aboard which a party consisting ofJedi KnightVernestra Rwoh,JediPadawanImri Cantaros, the aspiring inventorAvon Starros, thehumanDalnanHonesty Weft, and thedroidsJ-6 andSD-7 had escaped thestarship'sdestruction, traveled through the Haileapsystem, eventually approaching Wevo. When Cantaros let Starros know of the latter fact, she observed the double planet and its moon through the spacecraft'sviewport, and Rwoh speculated that, since they had not left the Haileap system, the planets had to be Neralus and Nixus, further noting that there was "nothing anywhere nearby." After the shuttle landed on Wevo, Starros requested that J-6, herprotocol droid, look up any information on their location present in Schmireland's almanac, with the droid subsequently reporting that the document indeed mentioned Wevo and the planets it orbited.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Nixus appeared in the2021 junior novelThe High Republic: A Test of Courage, written byJustina Ireland and published as part of theStar Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[4]Phase I.[7] The book's cover art, done byPetur Antonsson, depicts one of the two planets orbited by the moon Wevo, but it has not been specified whether the world seen in the illustration is Nixus.[8]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: A Test of Courage(andaudiobook)(First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.3Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide — Based on corresponding data forHaileap system
- ↑2.02.1Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide places theHaileap system, and thereby Nixus, in the area ofspaceStar Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as theWestern Reaches.
- ↑3.03.1
Star Systems of the Galaxy onStarWars.com(current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for theHaileap system - ↑4.004.014.024.034.044.054.064.074.084.094.104.114.12The High Republic: A Test of Courage
- ↑Star Wars: Timelines dates the events ofThe High Republic: A Test of Courage, which establishes thatLeric Schmireland'scomposition of analmanac mentioning Nixus took place approximately threecenturies prior, to232 BBY.
- ↑The High Republic: Mission to Disaster
- ↑ EveryStar Wars: The High Republic Book and Comic Series (So Far) onStarWars.com(backup link; content not present oncurrent version)
- ↑
Petur Antonsson (@paacart) onArtStation:Star Wars The High Republic(backup link)