Ansett, a planet, existed in the Outer Rim Territories and also the New Territories, specifically within the N-5 grid square of the Standard Galactic Grid. Notably, it contained Ansett Island, which served as the location for the Battle of Ansett Island. During this conflict, sometime between roughly 10 ABY and 33 ABY, Company 77, a unit of stormtroopers belonging to the First Order, received directives to kill a group of non-combatants. The whole company disobeyed this command and instead deserted, fleeing aboard a cruiser which the members of the company eventually piloted to the Endor system.
The initial mention of Ansett occurred in a galaxy map. This map was produced for the book Star Wars: Timelines and distributed as a promotional poster at Celebration Anaheim on May 27, 2022. This occurred before the book was released during Celebration Europe from April 7 to 10, 2023.
- Star Wars Galaxy Map (Initial Mention)
- SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)