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{{Quote|The rainbow bridge will appear and disappear. And the gods will make it seem that they are the authors of a great conflict. When the eclipse of the sun will then be, the divine omen will be seen in plain sight. Quite otherwise will one interpret it, for when a menacing stranger appears at the portal, look close at hand for the amphistaff that will send the stranger on its way.|The [[Shamed Ones|Shamed One]] [[Onimi]] recites a prophetic passage that [[Supreme Overlord]] [[Shimrra Jamaane]] claimed to have heard|The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force}}
{{Quote|The rainbow bridge will appear and disappear. And the gods will make it seem that they are the authors of a great conflict. When the eclipse of the sun will then be, the divine omen will be seen in plain sight. Quite otherwise will one interpret it, for when a menacing stranger appears at the portal, look close at hand for the amphistaff that will send the stranger on its way.|The [[Shamed Ones|Shamed One]] [[Onimi]] recites a prophetic passage that [[Supreme Overlord]] [[Shimrra Jamaane]] claimed to have heard|The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force}}
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'''The Bridge''', also known as the '''Rainbow Bridge''' or the '''rainbow bridge''', was a [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary ring]] around the [[Planet|world]] of [[Coruscant]], created in [[27 ABY]] by the [[species]] [[Yuuzhan Vong]] after they [[Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)|captured]] the world. The invaders destroyed the planet's largest [[moon]] via [[gravity]] manipulating [[dovin basal]]s, and used the resulting debris to fashion a ring that [[orbit]]ed Coruscant, which the Yuuzhan Vong had renamed Yuuzhan'tar. However, two [[year]]s later in [[29 ABY]], the Bridge was destroyed when the [[Sentience|sentient]] [[hyperspace]]-capable planet [[Zonama Sekot]] arrived in the orbit of Coruscant, sundering the Bridge in the process.
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'''The Bridge''', also known as the '''Rainbow Bridge''' or the '''rainbow bridge''', was a [[planetary ring]] around the [[Planet|world]] of [[Coruscant]], created in [[27 ABY]] by the [[Yuuzhan Vong]] [[species]] after they [[Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)|captured]] the world. The invaders destroyed the planet's largest [[moon]] via [[gravity]] manipulating [[dovin basal]]s, and used the resulting debris to fashion a ring that [[orbit]]ed Coruscant, which the Yuuzhan Vong had renamed Yuuzhan'tar. However, two [[year]]s later in [[29 ABY]], the Bridge was heavily damaged when the [[Sentience|sentient]] [[hyperspace]]-capable planet [[Zonama Sekot]] arrived in the orbit of Coruscant, sundering the Bridge in the process. Despite this, the planetary ring was still in place around the planet a hundred years later.
==Description==
==Description==
{{Quote|Magnificent, isn't it?|[[Vergere]], on the Bridge|The New Jedi Order: Traitor}}
{{Quote|Magnificent, isn't it?|[[Vergere]], on the Bridge|The New Jedi Order: Traitor}}
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The Bridge, also referred to as the Rainbow Bridge or the rainbow bridge, was an artificially created [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary ring]] that [[orbit]]ed the [[planet]] of [[Coruscant]]<ref name="Traitor" /> in the [[Core Worlds]].<ref name="Atlas" /> Angled seventeen degrees away from the ecliptic of Coruscant, the ring consisted of dust, gravel, and lumps of hardened [[magma]]. Viewed from the surface of Coruscant, the Bridge took up almost a third of the [[Atmosphere|sky]], and appeared as a vibrant rainbow of colors to those who viewed it; the light from the rings outclassed the reflected light from most [[moon]]s at night.<ref name="Traitor" /> The [[Coruscant Prime|sun]] of Coruscant would also set the bridge ablaze in the [[day]], making it appear jeweled like.<ref name="Force">''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]''</ref>
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The Bridge, also referred to as the Rainbow Bridge or the rainbow bridge, was an artificially created [[planetary ring]] that [[orbit]]ed the [[planet]] of [[Coruscant]]<ref name="Traitor" /> in the [[Core Worlds]].<ref name="Atlas" /> Angled seventeen degrees away from the [[Wikipedia:Ecliptic|ecliptic]] of Coruscant, the ring consisted of dust, gravel, and lumps of hardened [[magma]]. Viewed from the surface of Coruscant, the Bridge took up almost a third of the [[Atmosphere|sky]], and appeared as a vibrant rainbow of colors to those who viewed it; the light from the rings outclassed the reflected light from most [[moon]]s at night.<ref name="Traitor" /> The [[Coruscant Prime|sun]] of Coruscant would also set the Bridge ablaze in the [[day]], making it appear jeweled like.<ref name="Force">''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]''</ref>
==History==
==History==
{{Quote|The planet appeared out of darkspace and hurtled into the Yuuzhan'tar system, Fearsome One. It nearly grazed the holy world, sundering the rainbow bridge and scattering the moons—the innermost of which nearly struck Yuuzhan'tar as it was outward bound. It is a catastrophe of epic proportions, Warmaster.|[[Supreme Commander]] [[Saluup Fing]] reports the destruction of the Bridge to [[Warmaster]] [[Nas Choka]]|The New Jedi Order| The Unifying Force}}
{{Quote|The planet appeared out of darkspace and hurtled into the Yuuzhan'tar system, Fearsome One. It nearly grazed the holy world, sundering the rainbow bridge and scattering the moons—the innermost of which nearly struck Yuuzhan'tar as it was outward bound. It is a catastrophe of epic proportions, Warmaster.|[[Supreme Commander]] [[Saluup Fing]] reports the destruction of the Bridge to [[Warmaster]] [[Nas Choka]]|The New Jedi Order| The Unifying Force}}
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In the [[year]] [[25 ABY]], the [[extra-galactic]] [[Yuuzhan Vong]] [[species]] invaded [[the galaxy]], engaging governments like the [[New Republic]] in the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]].<ref name="ERC" /> The invaders [[Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)|captured]] the New Republic's [[capital]] [[planet]] of [[Coruscant]]<ref name="Traitor" /> in [[27 ABY]],<ref name="ERC" /> and wishing to change the planet into a replica of the destroyed Yuuzhan Vong [[homeworld]] [[Yuuzhan'tar]], began the process by destroying Coruscant's largest [[moon]]<ref name="Traitor" /><ref name="Note">The moon destroyed was either [[Centax-1]] or [[Centax-3]], as the two remaining moons both appeared in sources dated after the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], with [[Centax-2]] featured in ''[[Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines]]'', and [[Hesperidium]] appearing in ''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]''.</ref> with the help of [[gravity]] manipulating [[dovin basal]]s linked via the [[Telepathy|telepathic]] capabilities of [[yammosk]] creatures. The Bridge was created out of the resulting debris as they were organized into a planetary ring by the dovin basals to mimic the ring that once orbited Yuuzhan'tar. With Coruscant [[Terraforming|terraformed]] into an image of Yuuzhan'tar, the captured planet was named after the Yuuzhan Vong's homeworld.<ref name="Traitor" />
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In the [[year]] [[25 ABY]], the [[extra-galactic]] [[Yuuzhan Vong]] [[species]] invaded [[the galaxy]], engaging governments like the [[New Republic]] in the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]].<ref name="ERC" /> The invaders [[Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)|captured]] the New Republic's [[capital]] [[planet]] of [[Coruscant]]<ref name="Traitor" /> in [[27 ABY]],<ref name="ERC" /> and wishing to change the planet into a replica of the destroyed Yuuzhan Vong [[homeworld]] [[Yuuzhan'tar]], began the process by destroying Coruscant's largest [[moon]]<ref name="Traitor" /><ref name="Note">The moon destroyed was either [[Centax-1]] or [[Centax-3]], as the two remaining moons both appeared in sources dated after the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], with [[Centax-2]] featured in ''[[Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines]]'', and [[Hesperidium]] appearing in ''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]''.</ref> with the help of [[gravity]] manipulating [[dovin basal]]s linked via the [[Telepathy|telepathic]] capabilities of [[yammosk]] creatures. The Bridge was created out of the resulting debris as it was organized into a planetary ring by the dovin basals to mimic the ring that once orbited Yuuzhan'tar. With Coruscant [[Terraforming|terraformed]] into an image of Yuuzhan'tar, the captured planet was named after the Yuuzhan Vong's homeworld.<ref name="Traitor" />
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For the Yuuzhan Vong, who had taken the new Yuuzhan'tar as their home, the Bridge became symbolic of the communications between them and their high [[Yun'o|god]] [[Yun-Yuuzhan]]. However, in [[29 ABY]], as the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]]—the successor state of the New Republic—and its allies mustered their forces to recapture Coruscant, the [[Sentience|sentient]] world [[Zonama Sekot]], capable of [[hyperspace]] travel, made a hyperspace jump that landed it in the orbit of Yuuzhan'tar,<ref name="Force" /> sundering much<ref name="TCSWE" /> of the Bridge in the process. After the breaking of the rings, with the Galactic Alliance [[Battle of Yuuzhan'tar|assaulting]] Yuuzhan'tar, [[Supreme Overlord]] [[Shimrra Jamaane]] claimed to have heard a prophecy that foretold of the destruction of Bridge before an eventual Yuuzhan Vong triumph, and used this revelation to help spur on his forces in an attack on Zonama Sekot. Despite this, the Yuuzhan Vong were defeated as Coruscant was reclaimed by the Galactic Alliance.<ref name="Force" />
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For the Yuuzhan Vong, who had taken the new Yuuzhan'tar as their home, the Bridge became symbolic of the communications between them and their high [[Yun'o|god]] [[Yun-Yuuzhan]]. However, in [[29 ABY]], as the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]]—the successor state of the New Republic—and its allies mustered their forces to recapture Coruscant, the [[Sentience|sentient]] world [[Zonama Sekot]], capable of [[hyperspace]] travel, made a hyperspace jump that landed it in the orbit of Yuuzhan'tar,<ref name="Force" /> sundering much<ref name="TCSWE" /> of the Bridge in the process. After the breaking of the ring, with the Galactic Alliance [[Battle of Yuuzhan'tar|assaulting]] Yuuzhan'tar, [[Supreme Overlord]] [[Shimrra Jamaane]] claimed to have heard a prophecy that foretold of the destruction of Bridge before an eventual Yuuzhan Vong triumph, and used this revelation to help spur on his forces in an attack on Zonama Sekot. Despite this, the Yuuzhan Vong were defeated as Coruscant was reclaimed by the Galactic Alliance.<ref name="Force" />
Though the Bridge's integrity was compromised by the Zonama Sekot incident, the planetary ring was still in place around Coruscant<ref name="TCSWE" /> a century later,<ref name="Legacy">''[[Star Wars: Legacy 0]]''</ref> at the time of [[Galactic Emperor|Emperor]] [[Roan Fel]]'s reign.<ref name="TCSWE" />
Though the Bridge's integrity was compromised by the Zonama Sekot incident, the planetary ring was still in place around Coruscant<ref name="TCSWE" /> a century later,<ref name="Legacy">''[[Star Wars: Legacy 0]]''</ref> at the time of [[Galactic Emperor|Emperor]] [[Roan Fel]]'s reign.<ref name="TCSWE" />
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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The Bridge first appeared in [[Matthew Stover]]'s ''[[The New Jedi Order: Traitor|Traitor]]'', a [[2002]] a part of ''[[The New Jedi Order]]'' series. The planetary ring later appeared in two more books of ''The New Jedi Order'', ''[[The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy|The Final Prophecy]]'' and the ''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force|The Unifying Force]]'', written by [[Gregory Keyes]] and [[James Luceno]] respectively, with both released in [[2003]]. In [[2008]], the Bridge was mentioned in ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''. Though the Encyclopedia clarifies that the Bridge survived the incident and was in existence when the [[Rings of Coruscant]] orbited the planet, there is no confirmed connection between the two rings.
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The Bridge first appeared in [[Matthew Stover]]'s ''[[The New Jedi Order: Traitor|Traitor]]'', a [[2002]] a part of ''[[The New Jedi Order]]'' series. The planetary ring later appeared in two more books of ''The New Jedi Order'', ''[[The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy|The Final Prophecy]]'' and the ''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force|The Unifying Force]]'', written by [[Gregory Keyes]] and [[James Luceno]] respectively, with both released in [[2003]]. In [[2008]], the Bridge was mentioned in ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''. Though the Encyclopedia clarifies that the Bridge survived the incident and was in existence when the [[Rings of Coruscant]] orbited the planet, there is no confirmed connection between the two.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==