Jabiim

Jabiim was a terrestrial planet^[10] situated within the regions known as the Outer Rim Territories^[1] and the Slice.^[2] Connected to Sy Myrth and Taskeed by hyperspace routes, it was positioned at the coordinates S-7^[1] on the Standard Galactic Grid.^[11] Ore was one of the main exports of Jabiim.^[5]

History

By the Imperial Era, Jabiim was a planet that had been largely forgotten by the galaxy.^[12] It was only known for its mining operations and as a way station for more desirable destinations,^[13] becoming a dumping ground and sanitation depot.^[14] Due to this reputation,^[12] the Hidden Path, an underground network that helped Force-sensitives escape Imperial persecution, used a safehouse on Jabiim as the penultimate destination on "the Path," in which Jedi and other Force-sensitives received new identities.^[9]

In 9 BBY,^[15] Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tala Durith, and young Princess Leia Organa joined the rest of the Path in getting Leia to safety. However, Leia's companion droid, L0-LA59 had been outfitted with a tracking device by the Third Sister, allowing her and Darth Vader to follow them to the planet.^[6] During the attack, the Path, Kenobi and Organa among them, managed to escape Vader's wrath. The Third Sister would also attempt to assassinate Vader soon after in revenge for his role in the Great Jedi Purge, but Vader humiliated the former Youngling and left her to die before revealing that the Grand Inquisitor, whom she thought she had also assassinated, had survived.^[8]

During the First Order-Resistance War, Jabiim fell under the control of the First Order, who trafficked Wookiee slaves from Kashyyyk to mine ore on Jabiim. When the Resistance operative Chewbacca was captured during the blockade of Kashyyyk, a First Order stormtrooper commander planned to send him to Jabiim along with a group of slaves. With the assistance of a porg named Terbus, however, Chewbacca managed to free the Wookiee prisoners and escape enslavement.^[5]

Behind the scenes

Jabiim was first shown in the new Star Wars canon on a map in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2016.^[1] It made its live-action debut in "Part IV" of the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series.^[6] As noted by artist Doug Chiang, the team behind Obi-Wan Kenobi believed Jabiim had a very strong graphic design to it, which informed both its color palette and form as a crater. Taking inspiration from these designs, they designed Jabiim with the hope it would come across as a galactic dumping ground or sanitation depot.^[14]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Jabiim first appeared in the comic Republic 55, written by W. Haden Blackman, penciled by Brian Ching, and published by Dark Horse Comics^[17] on July 2, 2003.^[18] In Legends, it was depicted as a planet that had sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars between the CIS and Galactic Republic. In response, the Republic launched an invasion^[17] in 22 BBY^[19] and kicked off the grueling Battle of Jabiim, which Obi-Wan Kenobi took part in as a Jedi General.^[17] Following its appearance in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Matt Martin of the Lucasfilm Story Group compared its role in the Legends Republic comics and canon television series by joking about how Kenobi always seemed to have a tough time when he stepped foot on Jabiim.^[16]

Appearances

• Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part III" (Mentioned only)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part IV" (First appearance)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part V"
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part VI" (In flashback(s))
• "Ghosts of Kashyyyk, Part 3" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 29 (Mentioned only)

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