Star Map (Star Wars)
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Star Maps, in the Star Wars videogame Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, were ancient semi-sentient devices created during the reign of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. The Star Maps were created to show a visual representation of the entire Infinite Empire and the route to Rakata Prime, the location of the Star Forge and home world of the Rakata. During the collapse of the Infinite Empire, the Star Maps were sabotaged by the remaining Rakata so that nobody would discover the location of the Star Forge. However, being made of the same technology as the Star Forge, the Star Maps auto-repaired themselves, and gradually recovered the lost data.
During the Mandalorian Wars, Darth Revan and Darth Malak discovered the Star Maps on Dantooine, Korriban, Manaan, Tatooine and Kashyyyk, and were able to use their data to piece together the location of the long forgotten Star Forge. Following the destruction of Taris by the reborn Sith Empire, the Jedi Council sent a team of Jedi to seek out the location of the Star Forge by finding the same Star Maps Revan and Malak used.
The term "Star Map" is more generally used throughout the Star Wars galaxy to refer to general navigation charts used in spaceflight.
