Jedha

Jedha

Description
Jedha City, or the Holy City, was one of the planet's settlements.

History
Uprisings against the military of the Galactic Empire occurred on Jedha and other worlds. The Cavern Angels, part of Saw Gerrera's Partisans, aquired T-65B X-wing starfighters on Jedha, and Gerrera made his hideout in the Catacombs of Caldera.

Milvayne Authority lawman Tam Posla pursued criminal surgeons Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba to Jedha, beyond his jurisdiction, and there met the Decraniated prototype Caysin Bog, with whom he eventually fell in love. They evacuated the Holy City together ahead of its destruction.

Rebel agents Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor were sent on a Galen Erso, and the Death Star project. They infiltrated Jedha using the UT-60D U-wing LTMR-20, and while on the planet K-2SO attempted to convince a squad of stormtroopers that Erso and Andor were his prisoners. Jyn reunited with Saw Gerrera but was subjected to penetrative interrogation by his bor, leaving her catatonic. Nonetheless, her endurance impressed Saw, and he showed her a holographic message from Galen.

Jedha's Holy City was destroyed during the Galactic Civil War, leveled by the Death Star with a single blast of its superlaser as a demonstration of the battle station's destructive power by Director Orson Krennic. Jyn and Cassian's team escaped the wave of destruction aboard LMTR-20, though Gerrera was killed when the destructive shockwave reached his hideout. Jedha was left in ruins.

Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin became known as the despised butcher of Jedha, as well as other worlds including Antar 4, Geonosis, and Ghorman, assuming control of the Death Star after the Holy City's destruction. The events of Jedha affected Princess Leia Organa, leading her to wonder about her place in the galaxy following the Battle of Yavin.

Inhabitants
Jedha was, as with the likes of Bardotta, Hosra, Ramu-Da, and Arthon, a world with a strong Force tradition, and where religious adherents commonly clung to concepts of the afterlife. Followers of Palawa operated Teräs Käsi dojos on Jedha and trained groups like the Guardians of the Whills. Many Church of the Force recruiters ended up on Jedha. Zealots of Psusan roamed the Holy City's dusty streets, though cultist Agira Nyrat forewent Jedha for the Coruscant club scene. Members of the Central Isopter, a death-worshiping cult, were on Jedha at the time of the Holy City's destruction, though survivors continued the cult in revenant form.

Saw Gerrera's Partisans conducted operations on Jedha, where their Cavern Angels obtained several T-65B X-wing starfighters.