Simplificando, o sistema Endor era simultaneamente incrivelmente remoto (reduzindo drasticamente as chances de alguém tropeçar no projeto por acidente) e altamente acessível se você soubesse os códigos de navegação secretos que eram necessários para acessar o Sanctuary Pipeline ", uma longa rota hiperespacial que levou diretamente de Sullust a Endor.
Red lines appeared on the spiral arms—the great trade routes that connected the galaxy’s star systems. Ackbar gestured, and a red dot sprang into existence in a location Leia recognized: Sullust, the homeworld of Nien Nunb. Then another dot appeared, on the edge of the galaxy. A dotted blue line stretched between them.
“The Empire has used S-thread boosters to create and maintain a secret hyperspace route running from Sullust all the way to the galactic edge,” Ackbar said. “It’s called the Sanctuary Pipeline and is one of the Empire’s most important military secrets. Fortunately, our agents discovered the navigational data that will allow us to use it, too.”
Sobre o porquê de Endor ter sido escolhido (sobre, digamos, outro planeta mais acessível, mas ainda inexplorado), isso foi para o próprio Imperador.
The shield generator could have been built in any of thousands of desolate, lifeless planetary systems. But the Emperor himself picked this spot from several suggested by Imperial engineers.
The engineers liked the idea of burning up the moon’s resources to fuel the shield.
And the Emperor liked the idea of crushing something beautiful.