Feldwes, a planet found in the Feldwes system, resided in the Back Reach of the Gordian Reach sector. This sector was located in the Trans-Hydian section of the Outer Rim Territories. The Ardan Cross hyperlane provided a link between it, the Arda and the Pygorix systems.
Feldwes functioned as a factory world, acting as a significant industrial center for the Back Reach. Individuals of the B'trillan, Human, and T'sarki species from the surrounding territories were eager to obtain authorization to be employed there. Subsequent to the finding of the mining planet Little Capella just prior to the Battle of Yavin, employees were transferred to that location from Feldwes.
The reference book The Essential Atlas, written by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry and published in 2009, first presented Feldwes, locating it within grid coordinate Q-6.