Yavin

Yavin (also known as " Yavin Prime ", to distinguish it from its moons) is a fictional planet in the Star Wars saga. It first appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope and is depicted as a large red gas giant with an extensive system of satellite moons. The Rebel Alliance's hidden military base is located on its fourth moon, Yavin IV.

The climactic space battle at the end of the film, in which the Rebel Alliance destroys the Death Star, takes place in orbit around the planet Yavin. In the Star Wars fandom and the Star Wars Expanded Universe, this event is especially significant as it is a method used to mark an epoch in the fictional Star Wars universe.. Events in the Star Wars Legends continuity are usually dated in terms of years BBY ("Before the Battle of Yavin") or ABY ("After the Battle of Yavin). of Yavin").

Representation

In early drafts of the Star Wars story, author George Lucas began inventing names of characters and planets and assigning roles and characteristics. In The Star Wars (1973), Yavin is depicted as a jungle planet inhabited by eight-foot-tall Wookiees. This concept was eventually modified, although the setting of a Wookiee homeworld resurfaced further. late as the planet Kashyyyk, as seen in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

In Lucas's 1975 second draft, The Adventures of the Starkiller Episode I: Star Wars, the heroes of the story land on Yavin in escape pods and are attacked by insects. They find the Massassi rebel outpost and meet the likes of Bail Antilles, General Dodonna, and the rebel commander is Grand Moff Tarkin. It is here that Luke Skywalker ends his search for him by reuniting with his elderly father.In later revisions to the story, Tarkin becomes an Imperial officer and Luke's father is removed from action. He later reappears in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as the hidden identity of the main antagonist, Darth Vader. In the fourth draft (1976), Lucas added a scene in which Luke also reunites on Yavin with his childhood friend, Biggs Darklighter, a scene that was actually filmed but later cut from the final cut of Star Wars. . The scene was reinserted in the 1997 Special Edition Star Wars Trilogy. The final scene of a victorious awards ceremony appears in early drafts, but is originally set on a planet from gaseous clouds called Ophuchi.

According to Lucasfilm Star Wars Story Group executive Leland Chee, "Yavin 4" ("Yavin Four" in dialogue) is the correct spelling, not "Yavin IV".

Movie

The planet Yavin made its first appearance in the original 1977 Star Wars film. The planet is shown in space during the approach of the spacecraft Millennium Falcon like a big red gas giant planet. In orbit around this planet, Yavin 4 (the fourth moon), appears on screen as a green/blue colored Earth-like world. The scenes showing the Rebel Base are set on this Moon, which is covered in dense, mist-shrouded jungles. The Rebel Alliance has established its hidden base in a complex of ancient temple ruins, known as the Massassi ruins. Tall observation towers are perched high above the treetops to monitor entry to and exit from the base. Once discovered by the Galactic Empire, Yavin Base is threatened by the Death Star, the Empire's giant space station that has the ability to destroy entire planets. The Rebellion launches an attack on the Death Star with X-wing and Y-wing fighters. Luke Skywalker launches proton torpedoes and successfully destroys the Death Star. The film concludes with a triumphant award ceremony on Yavin in which the heroes are honored for their bravery.

This battle has become known as the Battle of Yavin, and its date is used as a place marker for events in the Star Wars expanded universe. Events before the Battle of Yavin are marked by BBY ("Before the Battle of Yavin"), and events that occur after are marked by ABY ("After the Battle of Yavin" 3. 4;).

After the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, the Rebellion leaves the moon to seek refuge elsewhere. However, Yavin's base appears once again in the 2016 film, Rogue One. Set shortly before Episode IV, Rogue One follows the story of a young outlaw named Jyn Erso who becomes involved with the rebels. Erso is brought to the base on Yavin 4, and several scenes depict characters that originally appeared in previous Star Wars films, including Senator Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and General Dodonna. Erso argues with the rebel leadership on Yavin 4 about a planned attack on an Imperial base to steal the Death Star schematics. Defying his decision against the operation, Erso joins a task force to steal the plans for the Death Star, thus setting in motion the events leading up to Episode IV.

Filming locations

As with other fictional Star Wars settings, various real-world filming locations have been used to create the location of the moon Yavin IV. For the original 1977 film, Guatemala was chosen for second unit filming to create establishing shots for the Yavin base, and in March 1977, a crew led by Richard Edlund traveled to Guatemala. The exterior panoramic shots showing the landscape of Yavin 4 were filmed overlooking the ancient Mayan pyramid complex of Tikal in the middle of a dense tropical jungle. The rebel perspective post was built from rubbish bins glued together and mounted on a pole. Special effects artist Lorne Peterson was persuaded to climb onto the precarious structure to pose in rebel uniform for the shot.

The Rebel hangar scenes were shot inside a pair of disused World War II aircraft sheds at RAF Cardington in England. Shed 1 served as the rebel hangar in Episode IV. The exterior of the hangar entrance was filmed in Cardington through a matte painting of a temple structure. When film crews returned to Cardington in 2015 to film Rogue One, they used Shed 2.

Other media

Yavin 4 appears in the 2015 comic book miniseries Star Wars: Shattered Empire as the home of Shara Bey and Kes Dameron, the parents of Poe Dameron. Oscar Isaac, who plays Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, specifically requested that Yavin 4 be his character's homeworld after learning that scenes set on the moon were filmed in his home country of Guatemala..

Star Wars Legends

With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the original 1977 Star Wars< film /i> were renamed Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon for the franchise in April 2014.

In the Legends continuity, it is said that the giant temples on the moon of Yavin 4 were built centuries ago by the Massassi to worship Naga Sadow, a Sith Lord who had enslaved and mutated the Massassi using Sith Alchemy. In the Tales of the Jedi comic series, Yavin 4 is stated to be the location where Naga Sadow hid from the Republic in 5,000 BBY and was discovered several hundred years later by the fallen Jedi Freedon. Nadd According to the comic series, the Massassi warriors who built the ruins used by the rebels were brought to the planet by the Sith Order in its early years.

In the 1994 Jedi Academy trilogy books, Kevin J. Anderson suggested that Jedi Knight Exar Kun had the temples built. Shrouded in the dark side, Kun rose to the height of a god. He enslaved the Massassi and forced them to build an intricate complex of massive temples that were used for arcane Sith ceremonies and rites as a focus for the dark side. In the same series, Yavin 4 was the base of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum., where he personally trained the next generation of Jedi Knights. Once Skywalker had trained enough Jedi, this duty was assumed by the married Jedi Masters, Battlemaster Kam Solusar and his wife, Head Librarian Tionne Solusar, as well as another former Skywalker apprentice, Streen. The Praxeum was destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong during their invasion of the moon in 26 ABY. The Praxeum eventually moved to the Jedi's former homeworld of Ossus. The original Praxeum was the main setting for the series Young Jedi Knights, based on Skywalker's teenage niece and nephew Jaina and Jacen Solo.

In the novel for young readers The Lost City of the Jedi, it is discovered, as the title suggests, that the ancient Jedi built a lost city on Yavin 4.

In the animated micro-series Star Wars: Clone Wars, Yavin 4 was the site where Anakin Skywalker had a fierce battle with Asajj Ventress, a follower of Count Dooku. Anakin defeated Asajj, sending her tumbling down a dark chasm.

In the Star Wars video games, Yavin 4 appears in the downloadable content for the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Yavin 4 has also been added in the latest expansion (December 2014) of the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic. Titled "Shadow of Revan," the expansion makes a connection to the previous game.

The Super Star Destroyer Knight Hammer was destroyed here when it was diverted toward the planet's core after a collision with a Rebel ship.