Lettow was a Core Worlds planet. After leaving the Jedi Order in 24,500 BBY, the Jedi Knight Xendor founded the Legionnaire Academy on Lettow for studying alternative Force-user traditions. Other like-minded individuals who came to follow Xendor named themselves the Legions of Lettow, and the group eventually came into conflict with the Jedi. After Xendor's death at the Battle of Columus, Jedi armies attacked the Legionnaires at Lettow, who held them off long enough to escape beyond the borders of the Galactic Republic. Over the subsequent millennia, Lettow became a legendary lost world.

Description[]

Lettow was a terrestrial planet^[2] located in the Lettow system, a part of the Arrowhead, or the Slice portion of the Core Worlds. It was situated near the border of the Deep Core.^[1]

History[]

In 24,500 BBY,^[5] Jedi Knight^[6] Xendor requested permission from the leadership of the Jedi Order to create an academy devoted to the study of the alternative Force-using traditions of the galaxy. After the request was denied, Xendor left the Order and founded the facility^[4] known as the Legionnaire Academy on Lettow.^[3] He was followed by his lover, Arden Lyn, and soon by others who rebelled against the Jedi Order's control over the study of the Force. Those followers of Xendor named themselves the Legions of Lettow, and the disagreements between the Legionnaires and the Jedi eventually escalated into the conflict known as the First Great Schism.^[4]

After the Jedi killed Xendor at^[4] the Battle of Columus,^[7] the Jedi armies advanced on Lettow with the intent of killing the rest of the Legions.^[4] Lyn, who had inherited the leadership of Xendor's forces,^[1] realized the only viable strategy was for the Legionnaires to hold off the Jedi at Lettow, which they did long enough for the former to escape beyond the borders of the Galactic Republic.^[4] Jedi Master^[8] Awdrysta Pina, however, eventually tracked down the fleeing Lyn to the celestial body Irkalla, and during the ensuing confrontation, Pina placed Lyn in a state of stasis that lasted until 4 BBY.^[4]

Lettow fell within the Republic's borders around 22,000 BBY,^[1] but over the subsequent millennia, its location became lost to history, and the events related to it were relegated to the status of legend.^[3] In 4 BBY, Lyn was awakened from her stasis by agents of the Galactic Empire and mentioned Lettow in a debriefing, selections of which were filed by^[4] Grand Inquisitor Laddinare Torbin.^[9] By the time of the Galactic Civil War, researchers believed that the holocron of the Jedi Grand Master and Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Biel Ductavis, who had lived eleven thousand years prior, could allow for the rediscovery of mythical worlds such as Lettow, although the artifact itself had been lost for millennia on the planet Ossus.^[3]

Behind the scenes[]

As first documented in the 1997 book Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays by Laurent Bouzereau, the name "Lettow" originated in George Lucas's 1974 first script draft for the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In the draft, "Legions of Lettow" was a name used for a faction that would ultimately morph into the Sith that served as the antagonists of the trilogy.^[10]

The name of the Legions of Lettow was reclaimed for canonical use with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity in the 2002 Power of the Jedi Sourcebook, which was published for use with Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game.^[11] Daniel Wallace and Fry's 2009 reference book The Essential Atlas subsequently established that Lettow was a distinct celestial body and placed it in grid square M-11.^[1]

Appearances[]

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• Star Wars: The Old Republic (First described) (Mentioned only) (Codex entry)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays (First mentioned) (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Power of the Jedi Sourcebook (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• "The Dark Forces Saga, Part 4" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The New Essential Chronology (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• "Heritage of the Sith" — Star Wars Insider 88 (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link) (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The New Essential Guide to Droids (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• "May The Facts Be With You: Part One: #1-50" — Star Wars Insider 93 (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Mentioned in multiple entries, but without own entry) (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The Essential Atlas
• "May The Facts Be With You: Part One: #1-50" — Star Wars Insider Special Edition 2010 (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare
• Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 12: Tales of the New Republic on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook
• Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition (In Legions of Lettow's name)
• Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition (In Legions of Lettow's name)

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