Summary

• The Star Wars sequel trilogy introduced many new planets, including Jakku, Takodana, and Ilum/Starkiller Base.
• These planets are located in various regions of the Star Wars galaxy, such as the Outer Rim and the Unknown Regions.
• Some planets have significant historical and narrative importance, such as Jakku being Rey's homeworld and Ilum/Starkiller Base being transformed into a superweapon.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy featured many different planets, and this list explains all of them, from Jakku to Exegol. When George Lucas launched Star Wars back in 1977, he went to great lengths to establish the sheer scale of his saga. Ever since then, every new Star Wars movie or TV show has added new worlds and systems, fleshing out the Unknown Regions, difficult to explore because of hyperspace anomalies.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy - set during after the New Republic Era - is mostly set on the Outer Rim. This is because so many of these planets are remote and uninhabited, allowing groups such as the First Order and the Resistance to operate with a degree of secrecy. The Galactic Core - including planets from the prequels such as Coruscant - is almost entirely absent. Here are all the planets from the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

18 Jakku

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Rey's homeworld, Jakku is renowned as a junkyard planet in the far Western Reaches of the Outer Rim. This was the site of the final battle between the Empire and the New Republic a year after Return of the Jedi, with Palpatine's agents turning the planet into a gigantic bomb that would obliterate their enemies. New Republic agents successfully defused the bomb during the Battle of Jakku, however, and the planet survived - becoming a safe-haven for Rey's parents when they fled from the First Order years later. Jakku is the first planet seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the world where Finn deserts and meets Rey.

17 Takodana

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Located in the Western Reaches of the Mid Rim, Takodana is the location of Maz Kanata's ancient temple. The beautiful planet was once site of a Jedi Temple as well, but this was destroyed by space pirates known as the Nihil during the High Republic Era. Han Solo takes Rey and Finn to meet with Maz in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it is subsequently attacked by the First Order. It is on Takodana that Rey has her first vision, before meetiing Kylo Ren. Han Solo and Leia are reunited after a Resistance counterattack and the destruction of Maz's temple home.

16 Ilum/Starkiller Base

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Located in the Unknown Regions and discovered by the first Jedi using their planets rich in the Force, Ilum is noted for its kyber crystals - the crystals that focus the power of a Jedi's lightsaber. For generations, Ilum was the planet Jedi Younglings were taken to so they could find their crystals. The Empire claimed Ilum, however, and the First Order completed Imperial operations to turn the entire planet into a superweapon called Starkiller Base. It is used to decapitate the New Republic by destroying both the galactic capital and the Defense Fleet, before Ilum itself is destroyed by the Resistance. Han Solo meets his hearbreaking end on Starkiller Base during the attack.

15 Hosnian Prime

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Located in the Hosnian System, Hosnian Prime was the location of the Defense Fleet that was unfortunately all destroyed by Starkiller Base. Only a glimpse of its surface is seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but in that one shot, Korr Sella, a Resistance agent, and Lanever Villecham, the Chancellor of the New Republic, both look up to their oncoming destruction. Hosnian Prime's destruction created a power vacuum the First Order immediately occupied in the galaxy.

14 D'Qar

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

D'Qar is an Outer Rim world covered in hills and forests noted for its ring – something not very common in Star Wars. The Resistance had their headquarters there for years, and it's where many missions like the attack on Starkiller Base are launched from. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the base is destroyed by a First Order dreadnought just before the Battle of D'Qar, which results in the loss of the Resistance bombing fleet.

13 Ahch-To

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ahch-To - located in the Unnown Regions - is believed to be the original homeworld of the Jedi Order some 25,000 years ago. It consisted of mostly islands, and was populated by aliens called Caretakers. Luke Skywalker fled there following the destruction of his new Jedi Temple by Kylo Ren, and it's where Rey finds him and is trained. Luke stays on Ahch-To until his death, and even meets Rey there as a Force ghost when she flees the fight against Palpatine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

12 Ossus

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Introduced in Star Wars Legends, Ossus was envisioned as another potential Jedi homeworld. This remote Outer Rim planet, difficult to find due to navigational hazards, was where Luke Skywalker built his Jedi Temple. In the first two sequel trilogy films, Luke flashes back to see his temple before and after its destruction. Ossus has later been fleshed out in The Book of Boba Fett, where we see the origins of Luke's temple. The planet Ossus in Legends was the location of one of Luke's Jedi Temples as well.

11 Cantonica

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Cantonica is a distant yet wealthy planet in the prestigious Corporate Sector of the Outer Rim, and it is a desert world noted as site of the city of Canto Bight. This world is a playpen for the rich and powerful of the galaxy. Finn and Rose are imprisoned there, before being broken out by BB-8 and DJ, leading to a cross-city Fathier chase to free the abused animals. This is also where the young Force-Sensitive broom boy Temiri Blagg lives, as he's featured in The Last Jedi's epilogue.

10 Crait

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Located in the Outer Rim, Crait is a mineral planet full of crystals and covered in a layer of salt (it actually snows salt on Crait). Crait is a secret old Rebel base established during by Leia's father Bail Organa himself. The Resistance take refuge on Crait while fleeting the First Order in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and they only escape thanks to the help of Luke Skywalker. Luke projects his image to the planet to distract and duel with Kylo Ren in a heroic final stand on Crait, where Rey rescues the Resistance.

9 Mustafar

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

The only prequel world in the sequels, Mustafar is a lava planet in the Outer Rim where Anakin dueled Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. A planet rich in the Force, Mustafar was turned to the dark side when its ruled Lady Corvax attempted to perform a dark side ritual to conquer death itself. It became coveted by the Sith, with Palpatine sending the Separatist leaders there to be slain by Darth Vader - only for Obi-Wan to intervene. Darth Vader had the spirit of the ancient Sith heretic Darth Momin help him construct a fortress that would allow him to tap into the Force on Mustafar, but by the time of the sequels, this is just a ruin. The planet itself is actually recovering from its millennia-old dark side taint, explaining why Kylo Ren finds an area with trees and vegetation in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.