- "I have deployed stormseeds throughout Nihil space, the sectors of the Outer Rim we will claim for our own."
- ―Marchion Ro
The Occlusion Zone, also known as the Exclusion Zone,[4] the Free Sectors, the Liberated Worlds,[9] Nihil space[10] or Nihil territory,[4] sometimes abbreviated as the O. Z.,[3] was an area of space composed of ten sectors[4] located in the Galactic Frontier[10] within the Outer Rim Territories that was claimed by the Nihil[8] and sealed away behind a barrier[4] known as the Stormwall[3] in 230 BBY.[11] In 228 BBY,[12] in response to an assault on the Stormwall by the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic, Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro had the Occlusion Zone expanded to take more territory from the Republic, swallowing two entire sectors, several systems and planets, and bisecting the Seswenna sector just before reaching Eriadu.[3] Following the escape of Jedi Master Avar Kriss from the Occlusion Zone, Ro had the Stormwall expanded a number of times in a manner that seemed haphazard and unpredictable to the Republic and the Jedi. The Occlusion Zone eventually expanded to engulf most of the Chommell sector[1] of the Mid Rim,[13] including the planet Naboo.[1] At its height the Occlusion Zone contained nearly ten percent of Republic space.[14]
During the Battle of Eriadu[15] in 228 BBY,[16] the Nihil surrendered, ending the Nihil conflict and bringing the Occlusion Zone to an end.[15]
Appearances
- The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 4
- The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 2
- The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 3 (Mentioned only)
- "The Call of Coruscant" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
- "The Force Provides" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- "All the Republic" — Revelations (2023) 1 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Escape from Valo (and audiobook)
- The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (and audiobook)
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 2 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 3
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 4 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
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"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal" — Star Wars Insider 222 (Mentioned only) -
"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Friend or Foe?" — Star Wars Insider 223 - The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 (Map only)
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm (and audiobook)
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"Chronicles of Corellia: Heir Apparent" — Star Wars Insider 227 (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s)) - The High Republic Adventures (2023) 7
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 8
- The High Republic Adventures: Crash and Burn
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 9
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 10
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"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Survivors" — Star Wars Insider 224 -
"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Pathogen" — Star Wars Insider 225 -
"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Family Ties" — Star Wars Insider 226 - The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook)
- The High Republic (2023) 1 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Free Sectors and Liberated Worlds)
- The High Republic (2023) 2 (In flashback(s))
- The High Republic (2023) 3 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic (2023) 4
- The High Republic (2023) 5
- The High Republic (2023) 6
- The High Republic (2023) 7
- The High Republic (2023) 8
- The High Republic (2023) 9
- The High Republic (2023) 10
- The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 1 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1
- The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 2
- The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 3
- The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 4
- The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3
- The High Republic: The Edge of Balance: Premonition (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 4
- The High Republic: Seeds of Starlight (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Haunted Starlight (Mentioned only)
-
"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: The Fate of Eriadu" — Star Wars Insider 229 - The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (In flashback(s))
- The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (In flashback(s))
- "Three Younglings & the Snackfrog of Doom" — The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual (Mentioned only)
- "Heart to Heart" — The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual
- "Brothers and Sisters" — The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual (In flashback(s))
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 11
- The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 1
- The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 2
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 12
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 13
- The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 3
- The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 4
- The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook)
- The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (and audiobook)
- The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 14
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"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly" — Star Wars Insider 230 - The High Republic Adventures (2023) 15
- The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Battle of Eriadu
- The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 1
- The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 2
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 16
- The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 3
- The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 4
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"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Out with a Bang" — Star Wars Insider 231 -
"Tales from the Occlusion Zone: The Will to Fight" — Star Wars Insider 232 - The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 5
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 17
- The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 18
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 19
- The High Republic Adventures (2023) 20 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- The High Republic – The Finale 1 (In flashback(s))
- The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1 (In flashback(s))
Sources
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (First identified as Exclusion Zone and Nihil territory)
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Star Wars: The High Republic Show: High Republic Phase II Deep Dive, Star Wars Celebration, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First identified as Occlusion Zone) -
New Concept Art and More Revealed on Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link) - Star Wars: Timelines
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Burryaga's Fate and More Reveals on Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link) -
First Details on Dark Horse's Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only) -
Elzar Mann Mourns Stellan Gios in The Eye of Darkness — First Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link) -
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 222 -
Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: Reunite with the Jedi and the Nihil in Phase III on StarWars.com (backup link) - Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
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Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: Meet the New Heroes of Phase III on StarWars.com (backup link) -
Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: New Faces of the Nihil on StarWars.com (backup link) -
Ty Yorrick Returns in Dark Horse's Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire – Exclusive Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link) -
This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch: Ty Yorrick is Back! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) -
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 223 -
Darth Vader Returns to Mustafar in Marvel's Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only) -
Return of the Jedi Masters Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann in Temptation of the Force — Cover Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link) -
Jedi Master Arkoff is Back in The Edge of Balance— Cover Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only) -
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker Audiobook Original Coming December 3 - Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link) -
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 224 -
This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch: New High Republic Crawl on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) -
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 225 -
Star Wars: The High Republic: Temptation of the Force - First Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link) -
Piece Together Your Own Pip Bookmark on StarWars.com (backup link) -
SDCC 2024: The Acolyte Publishing Program and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel on StarWars.com (backup link) -
NYCC 2024: All the Star Wars News and Reveals from New York Comic-Con on StarWars.com (backup link) -
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 228 - Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide
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Avar Kriss in the Databank (backup link) -
Avon Starros in the Databank (backup link) -
The Nihil in the Databank (backup link) -
Ty Yorrick in the Databank (backup link) -
Vernestra "Vern" Rwoh in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- ↑ The High Republic (2023) 8
- ↑ The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The High Republic: Tempest Breaker
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2
- ↑ The High Republic (2023) 1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ The start of The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness dates itself to a year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 230 BBY. Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic Adventures (2023) 4 takes place one year and two weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY. Since the events of The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 are set immediately following the fourth issue and depict the expansion of the Stormwall, the events in The Eye of Darkness following the expansion must take place in 228 BBY as well.
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 5
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic Adventures (2023) 4 takes place one year and two weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY. Since the events of The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 are set immediately following the fourth issue and depict the expansion of the Stormwall, the expansion must have taken place in the same year. Meanwhile, the events of "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal" include the Stormwall's expansion and also depict the start of Pikka Adren's pregnancy. A later story, "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly," states that Adren is eight months pregnant during its events, indicating that it is set eight months after "No Big Deal," and therefore one year, eight months, and two weeks after the fall of Starlight Beacon. "Sparks Fly" is set during the Battle of Eriadu, an event that begins in The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular. As
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places The High Republic: Defy the Storm between the events of "No Big Deal" and The Wedding Spectacular, its events must also be set in 228 BBY.