Yavin 4

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Yavin 4 is a jungle-covered moon in the Star Wars universe best known as the site of the Rebel Alliance’s hidden base from which the attack on the first Death Star is launched.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yavin 4 canonical 2
Endor 1
Yavin 4 base 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Wars location
astronomical object in fiction
fictional moon
appearsIn Star Wars Legends
surface form: Star Wars Legends continuity

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
surface form: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (special edition holographic briefing)
associatedWithCharacter Chewbacca
General Jan Dodonna
Han Solo
Luke Skywalker
Mon Mothma
Princess Leia
surface form: Princess Leia Organa
associatedWithOrganization Massassi (ancient civilization, Legends)
Rebel Alliance
battle Battle of Yavin
category Star Wars planets and moons
celebrationEvent medal ceremony after Battle of Yavin
celestialBodyType moon
climate tropical
expandedUniverseAppearances Star Wars comics
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
surface form: Star Wars games

Star Wars novels
fictionalGalaxy galaxyFarFarAway
surface form: galaxy far, far away
filmingLocationRealWorld Tikal
surface form: Tikal, Guatemala
firstAppearance Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
surface form: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
governingBody Rebel Alliance
surface form: Rebel Alliance (during Galactic Civil War)
locationOf Massassi Temple
Rebel Alliance headquarters (Battle of Yavin)
medium film
notableEvent Rebel attack on the first Death Star
notableStructure Massassi Temple
surface form: Great Temple (Massassi Temple)
orbits Yavin
primaryFactionBase Rebel Alliance
roleInStory staging ground for the assault on the first Death Star
runwayType jungle-covered temple hangars
status habitable
strategicImportance hidden base for Rebel Alliance
surfaceFeature ancient ruins
dense jungles
stone temples
thick rainforests
terrain forests
jungle
ruins
threatFaced approach of the first Death Star
timePeriod Galactic Civil War era
universe Star Wars
usedBy Rogue Squadron
surface form: Rebel Alliance starfighter corps

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saul and the medium of Endor hasLocation Yavin 4
this entity surface form: Endor
Rebel Alliance headquarters Yavin 4
this entity surface form: Yavin 4 base
Poe Dameron homeworld Yavin 4
galaxyFarFarAway contains Yavin 4
this entity surface form: planet Yavin 4