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Contrary to popular belief, and also contrary to the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, Solar is not a star, but merely a lava planet with an exposed mantle, according to both the official Japanese guidebooks for Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Command. Even the official Western Star Fox 64 website clarifies it being a planet. The Western localization of Star Fox Command would also reiterate this in-game, with one of its missions on Solar being named "The Red-Hot Planet".
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the Star Fox 64 3D development staff, Takaya Imamura once again clarified that Solar is a planet, and that the star Lylat exists somewhere in the Lylat System not visible on the map screen. Apparently, the development team did consider changing Solar into being a sun for Star Fox 64 3D, but this was passed over.
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the Star Fox 64 3D development staff, Takaya Imamura once again clarified that Solar is a planet, and that the star Lylat exists somewhere in the Lylat System not visible on the map screen. Apparently, the development team did consider changing Solar into being a sun for Star Fox 64 3D, but this was passed over.
2011 Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
Star Fox 64 JP guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox Command Japanese guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide that erroneously calls Solar a star:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n71/mode/2up
The official western Star Fox 64 website that correctly calls Solar a planet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011006143332/http://starfox64.com/solar.html
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
Star Fox 64 JP guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox Command Japanese guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide that erroneously calls Solar a star:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n71/mode/2up
The official western Star Fox 64 website that correctly calls Solar a planet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011006143332/http://starfox64.com/solar.html
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