Yractos Commercial Commons

The Yractos Commercial Commons was a commercial center in downtown, the capital of. Some three hundred meters across, the area was shaped like a pentagon, with large walkways forming the sides of the plaza; the convergence of each pair of walkways led into a skyway toward another part of Yractos, including one which went to the city spaceport. From the middle of each walkway, skybridges connected to a central hub, from which a towering spire projected a holoimage of the Great Seal of Gyndine.

Hundreds of stores, restaurants, boutiques, and entertainment venues fronted the Commercial Commons even though rent was far higher than any other commercial location on the entire planet. Repulsor traffic was banned in the plaza itself, though taxis could deliver to stations just outside the pentagon and an underground mag-lev connected to the plaza. Many thousands of Gyndinians patronized the Commons each day; the area also hosted panhandlers and homeless beings who slept there at night.

In 1,386 BBY, the Commons was the site of a duel between eight Jedi and the Darth Vandak. Vandak killed six of the Jedi and several civilians before he was finally killed; the Commons also suffered considerable damage, with one skybridge completely destroyed and much of the central pillar short-circuited or blown up.

Appearances

 * Igniting the Stars