Thule

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"A Sith world Thule was long ago."

―Yoda^[1]

Thule was an arid mountainous planet within the Thurra system in the Esstran sector of the Outer Rim Territories. The planet^[1] shared its name with a mercenary gang known as Thugs of Thule.^[4]

History

Millennia prior to the Clone Wars, Thule was ruled by the ancient Sith. The planet contained Sith ruins and artifacts, including a large temple.^[1]

Thule was a planet occupied by the Separatist Alliance during the Clone Wars to develop a Separatist droid factory. The Jedi Council sent Jedi Knights Iskat Akaris and Tualon Yaluna, as well as Jedi General Josk Nivar and a company of clone troopers led by Captain Spider on a mission to destroy said factory after getting the intel on where other droid factories were throughout the galaxy itself. During the trek, Iskat was in awe of a crystal from the Sith temple on the planet, but secretly pocketed it to avoid suspicion from Nivar.^[1]

Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra owned a certificate from the Imperial Institute for Archaeological Exploitation that gave her limited clearance to access Thule, a site of historical importance to the Galactic Empire, according to bylaws 22.750-23.018 of the Harvester Accords.^[3]

Thule was introduced in the current Star Wars canon via mention of the Thugs of Thule in the 2016 reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations. They were part of material reprinted^[4] from the 2003 reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, which was written by Simon Beecroft and Curtis Saxton, illustrated by Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen.^[5] It was subsequently identified as a distinct location by the 2018 reference book Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide, written by Daniel Wallace.^[3] It first appeared as a planet in the 2023 novel Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, written by Delilah S. Dawson.^[1]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Thule was first mentioned in the short story "Bane of the Sith," written by Kevin J. Anderson and published as a part of Star Wars Gamer 3 in 2001.^[6]

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