Astronavigation Data: Jedha system, freestanding

subsector, Mid Rim

Orbital Metrics: 360 days per year/23 hours per
day
Government: protectorate of the Galactic Empire
Population: 11,300,000
Languages: Basic
Terrain: Deserts, natural mesas
Major Cities: Jedha City
Areas of Interest: Catacomb of Cadera, kyber
mines, Temple of the Whills lightsaber component material. Under the rule of
the Empire, the timeworn streets of Jedha were
Major Exports: Kyber crystals
patrolled by stormtroopers, TX-225 GAVw
Major Imports: Labor "Occupier" combat assault tanks, and AT-STs. The
Background: Located in the Jedha system of the Imperial oppression later led to the formation of a
Mid Rim, Jedha was a small desert moon frosted by resistance, coordinated by the Rebel veteran Saw
a permanent winter that caused a cold climate. Its Gerrera who preferred brutal tactics.
native inhabitants included humans and the
moon's atmosphere was breathable to the species.
Jedha was rich in kyber crystal–Force-attuned
crystals that were fundamental for lightsaber
Preciptating the Battle of Yavin, Rebel
construction. Many settlements on the moon, like
soldiers Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso
Jedha City, sat atop natural mesas.
undertook a mission to Jedha to
The ancient world of Jedha was home to one of retrieve Imperial defector Bodhi Rook,
the first civilizations to explore the nature of the who had been captured by Saw
Force, was considered a spiritual home of the Jedi, Gerrera's rebels. Shortly after their
and the Temple of the Whills–a great temple held arrival, the first Death Star – the
sacred by those who followed the teachings of the Empire's deep-space mobile battle
Church of the Force–was located on the moon. station capable of destroying entire
Some scholars made a case for Jedha as the planets – fired its superlaser with a
location of the Jedi Order's first temple, alongside single reactor ignition at the moon,
other candidate worlds, such as Ahch-To, destroying the holy city and the
Coruscant, Ossus, and Tython. As a result, the surrounding area, including Gerrera's
moon became a holy land for those who followed hideout. After being held captive by
the Force and a place that one would go on a Saw, Andor and Erso narrowly escaped
pilgrimage. the destruction along with Bodhi Rook,
Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe.
Subsequent to the fall of the Jedi Order and the
Galactic Republic, its successor state–the Galactic
Empire–occupied Jedha for possession of the kyber
crystal resources that once served the Jedi Order as