Roon
Roon was an astronomical object located in the Outer Rim Territories that was a junction between the Cloak of the Sith, the Death Wind Corridor, the Mumble's Turnaround, and the Triellus Trade Route hyperlanes. The celestial body made up one of three corners of the Spice Triangle trade network. The resident Roonians, which included many humans, in Roon's military defense forces supported the Galactic Republic's war effort during the Clone Wars. The Roonians Mekedrix and Oron led a company against Separatist Alliance forces on the agriworld Abrion Major around 22 BBY.
Later, in the time of the Galactic Empire, Roon was ruled by an Imperial governor, while the Pyke Syndicate controlled underworld trade there and in the rest of the Spice Triangle. Sometime by 10 BBY, the smuggler Tryphon Leo planned to lock down the Spice Triangle, wishing to bribe the Pykes and the governor of Roon to make way for their plans, but they were killed before they could enact their plans. Following the theft of the Death Star plans in 1 BBY, the Rebel Alliance corvette Tantive IV took a route via Roon to the planet Tatooine.
Description[]
- "Tell me. What use has death for a sunrise? When the light falls on the Iquoonian Peaks in the morning, catching the bands of gemstones just right…"
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Mekedrix[5]
Roon was the endpoint of the Mumble's Turnaround hyperspace route.
Roon was an astronomical object[1] in the Roon system[4] of the Outer Rim Territories[1] and the Slice,[3] situated in grid square S-15 of the Standard Galactic Grid.[1] It lay along the Triellus Trade Route hyperlane[2] between the celestial body Molavar[1] and[6] a gas giant above which the layer of mantle known as the Cosmatanic Steppes was suspended.[7] The astronomical body formed the endpoint of the Mumble's Turnaround, a hyperspace route favored by smugglers which connected it to the planet Seylott. Roon was additionally linked to[2] the planet[8] Ryloth by the hyperlane known as the Cloak of the Sith.[2] The Death Wind Corridor, a spice trade route, also passed through the celestial body.[5]
Roon and[2] the planets[8] Tatooine and Ryloth formed the three corners of the Spice Triangle, a trade network connected by the Triellus Trade Route, the Corellian Run, and the Cloak of the Sith.[2] Roon orbited a sun[5] and appeared blue and green when viewed from space.[2] The astronomical body was home to the Iquoonian Peaks, which bore bands of gemstones that were exposed to the rising sun in the morning.[5] It also shared its name with the Roon Tours travel agency,[9] the Roon Drainsweeper sport,[2] and the Abrion sector hyperlane Roon way.[10]
History[]
Republic era[]
- "We've had our suspicions about Mekedrix since he vanished. That the namesake 'Death Wind' trade corridor passes by his homeworld of Roon only strengthens the connection."
- ―Wullf Yularen, on Mekedrix's possible affiliation with the Death Wind group[5]
Roon's military defense forces (pictured) fought for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
Roon possessed its own military defense forces during the time of the Galactic Republic. Following the outbreak of the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist Alliance[4] in 22 BBY,[11] Roon's forces supported the Republic and notably fought at a space station near Molavar.[4] Around that year,[12] the military defense forces sent a company led by the Roonians Commander Mekedrix and Lieutenant Oron to support the Republic's 212th Attack Battalion, led by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, at the agriworld Abrion Major. Oron was lost in the subsequent battle.[4]
Mekedrix continued to serve the Republic until shortly after the Devaron massacre[5] in 20 BBY,[11] where he went rogue and began leading a death-worshipping terrorist group known as the Death Wind. Admiral Wullf Yularen became suspicious of the commander's newfound allegiance, partly because his homeworld of Roon was situated along the Death Wind Corridor, and sent Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to deal with the traitor.[5]
Kenobi and Skywalker found Mekedrix on the planet Ando, where Kenobi attempted to sway the rogue commander against his death-revering views by arguing that life gave "meaning" to a sunrise, citing the morning sunrise that came upon Iquoonian Peaks and its gemstones. Mekedrix snapped back that the Jedi Master knew nothing about his homeworld, but Kenobi nevertheless continued his efforts to connect to the Roonian, questioning what "use" death had for Roon. Mekedrix subsequently attacked the two Jedi, only to be killed by Skywalker. In his final breaths, Mekedrix claimed his failed assault was only the "quickest way back to the sunrise."[5]
Imperial era[]
- "I'll need to pay off the Hutts and the Pykes, at least at first, the Imperial governor of Roon too. But who doesn't take bribes this far from the Core?"
- ―Tryphon Leo, the Smuggler's Guide[2]
The Clone Wars ended in 19 BBY with the fall of the Separatist Alliance,[11] and Roon continued under the rule of the Galactic Empire,[2] the Republic's successor,[11] with an Imperial governor in charge.[2] By 10 BBY,[13] the Pyke Syndicate controlled underworld trade around the Spice Triangle, including Roon, and the former pirate queen Maz Kanata marked it as a point of interest on a map of treasure caches, shadowports, outlaw garages, and other points of interest that she included in the book that would become known as the Smuggler's Guide.[2]
Tryphon Leo (pictured) intended to lock down the Spice Triangle, which included Roon.
After stealing the Smuggler's Guide and discovering the locations of Kanata's treasure caches in its map, the smuggler Tryphon Leo planned to acquire some of the caches' wealth and fund an operation to lock down trade in the Spice Triangle and collect tolls. Leo believed bribing the Pykes, the Hutt Clan, and Roon's governor would pave the way for their plans and wrote about what they intended to do in the Smuggler's Guide. The smuggler's plans were cut short when they perished while trying to reach one of Kanata's caches.[2]
In 1 BBY,[11] the Rebel Alliance stole the plans to the Empire's superweapon battle station, the Death Star. The plans were taken aboard the Alliance corvette Tantive IV, commanded by Captain Raymus Antilles and the Alderaanian Princess Leia Organa, and the vessel fled to a number of Outer Rim locations, including Roon, in order to reach Tatooine.[8] Roon was mentioned in "Index of Organizations," a survival compendium sent out by the human Carson Teva during the New Republic Era, as part of the Spice Triangle where the Pyke Syndicate had operations.[14] In 34 ABY,[15] the Chandrila Star Line's Star Cruiser Halcyon had a number of screens that showed a partial map of the galaxy that indicated Roon's position.[16]
Inhabitants[]
- "The Roonians had recently distinguished themselves in combat on a space station near Molavar… but that was just a skirmish…"
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, in his journals[4]
Roon's inhabitants included humans, who were known as Roonians. The Roonians had their own military defense forces that were affiliated with the Galactic Republic.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Roon was first introduced in the current Star Wars canon in a galactic map included with Fantasy Flight Games' 2016 roleplaying boxed set Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game.[1] It was later visually depicted in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, written by Daniel Wallace.[2] Roon's first in-universe appearance came when it was depicted on a map viewable in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, an immersive roleplaying experience at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida[16] that was first opened to the public on March 1, 2022.[17] The planet Roon originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was introduced in "Tail of the Roon Comets," the tenth episode of the animated television show Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO,[18] which aired on November 9, 1985.[19]
Appearances[]
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- The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1 (Picture only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)
- Obi-Wan 3 (Mentioned only)
- Obi-Wan 4 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (First appearance) (Pictured on screen only) (Based on correspondence between the galactic map and maps in other sources)