Belsavis was an astronomical object located in an intersecting portion of the Mid Rim Territories, the Senex-Juvex sectors and the Western Reaches. Situated at the coordinates L-18 on the Standard Galactic Grid, it was connected via hyperspace route to the astronomical object Karfeddion and was located near the Thull's Shroud, a location where the Nihil marauder group operated during the High Republic Era.
The Galactic Empire had a penal site at Belsavis. In 5 BBY, the Empire sent a group of newly convicted prisoners on the planet Niamos, including the human Tuck Hybecks, to Belsavis to where they would carry out their sentences.
Belsavis was introduced in the new Star Wars canon on a galactic map included in the article "Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?" by Mark Newbold, published on StarWars.com on January 29, 2016. It's name was obscured in that article, but Belvasis's complete name was introduced in a map included in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, an August 2016 Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set. Originating in Star Wars Legends continuity, Belsavis was introduced in the 1995 novel Children of the Jedi, written by Barbara Hambly.
Belsavis was introduced in the new Star Wars canon on a galactic map included in the article "Where in the Galaxy Are the Worlds of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?" by Mark Newbold, published on StarWars.com on January 29, 2016. It's name was obscured in that article, but Belvasis's complete name was introduced in a map included in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, an August 2016 Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying boxed set. Originating in Star Wars Legends continuity, Belsavis was introduced in the 1995 novel Children of the Jedi, written by Barbara Hambly.