Raxus Address

For other uses, see Raxus.

No. I am your father!

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"I could see war was brewing after a man named Count Dooku made a divisive speech on Raxxus and the Confederacy split away."

―Journalist Ricta Varsh^[5]

The Raxus Address was a speech given by the former Jedi Count Dooku^[1] in 24 BBY^[2] that was credited with essentially setting the stage for the Separatist Movement. Dooku commandeered a HoloNet relay station in the Raxus system^[3] and denounced the Galactic Republic as a futile enterprise that was hopelessly burdened by corruption and favoritism toward the Core Worlds. Following the address, Dooku founded the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and the ensuing Separatist Crisis would eventually lead to the Clone Wars.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The Raxus Address was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon, albeit unidentified, in the 2014 novel Tarkin written by James Luceno and published by Del Rey.^[3] It was later first identified in the canon continuity in Rise of the Separatists, a 2019 supplement to Fantasy Flight Games' series of Star Wars Roleplaying products.^[1] The Address was originally created for the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in the article "Dooku Spotted in Gree Enclave" in the 2002 web post HoloNet News Vol. 531 #54.^[6]

The 2023 reference book Star Wars: Timelines dated the Raxus Address to circa 24 BBY.^[4] However, Rise of the Separatists^[1] and the 2020 reference book The Star Wars Book had previously concretely established it to be in 24 BBY proper by, respectively, placing it two years before the Clone Wars, which began in 22 BBY, and twenty-four years before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,^[2] which corresponds to 24 BBY.^[4] The "A Certain Point of View" feature in Star Wars Insider 234^[7]—which was released on October 14, 2025^[8]—would, again, concretely date the film to be twenty-four years before A New Hope.^[7]