Jackson’s Star is the newest location introduced in Alien: Romulusand here’s everything the franchise revealed about the mining colony planet that serves as one of the film’s main settings. THE Foreigner the franchise has spanned the cosmos through its various films and supplementary materials, with Jackson’s Star being one of the most significant new locations that was introduced in Alien: Romulus. Although most of the film’s planetary dialogue focuses on Yvaga IIIJackson’s Star is the most viewed location, with Alien: Romulus providing lots of details about it.
After being inactive since the release of Alien: Alliance in 2017, Alien: Romulus finally brought the Foreigner the franchise returned to the spotlight, being a huge box office and critical success. Alien: Romulus focuses on an all-new cast of characters in an all-new story, with all of this supported by the film’s new locations. Alien: Romulus begins its events on the planet containing Jackson’s Star, with the main characters being from a Weyland-Yutani mining colony operating on the planet. So here’s everything we know about Jackson’s star.
Jackson’s Star is a mining colony where Rain and Andy live
It is located on the planet LV-410
In the world of ForeignerJackson’s Star is a mining colony that can be found on the planet LV-410. LV-410 is located 65 light years away from Earth, and is also mentioned to be nine years away from the coveted planet Yvaga III. LV-410 is a ringed planet, something that becomes significant thanks to the fall of the Romulo space station later in the film. LV-410 was completely covered in clouds and fog, with no sunlight reaching the planet’s surface, mainly thanks to the various mining operations taking place on LV-410.
The Jackson’s Star mining colony is the only part of LV-410’s surface that is seen, being the location where the film begins. Alien: Romulus the protagonists Rain and Andy live at Jackson’s Starwith them working in the Weyland-Yutani mining colony. Despite this, Rain and Andy want nothing more than to leave the planet, with Rain dreaming of reaching Yvaga III. Life on Jackson’s Star is miserable, with most of the inhabitants having never seen the sun, an opportunity that only arises if they manage to go to space.
Weyland-Yutani employs miners at Jackson’s Star
The planet is basically a corporate city
The Jackson’s Star mining colony is wholly owned by the Weyland-Yutani corporation, the evil corporation that serves as the overarching antagonist of Foreigner franchise. Weyland-Yutani is an interplanetary conglomerate that performs a variety of tasks in the Foreigner universe, such as manufacturing synthetic products, engaging in scientific research, developing weapons and spacecraft, and running mining operations in colonies such as Jackson’s Star. In addition to managing the mining colony in Alien: RomulusWeyland-Yutani also operates the Romulo and Rowing space station laboratories orbiting LV-410, with Rain and the other miners entering it.
Life is miserable for the Weyland-Yutani employees who live in Jackson’s Star, with almost all of them wanting to escape. Jackson’s Star is essentially a Weyland-Yutani company town, with inhabitants who use currency produced by Weyland-Yutani, eat at Weyland-Yutani diners, and live in Weyland-Yutani residences. Most employees are not permitted to leave Jackson’s Star until they have accumulated a certain amount of work hours. However, as Rain Alien: Romulus History shows that these schedules are always subject to change. Jackson’s Star is polluted by crime as well as literal pollution, worsening the planet’s dire conditions.
Conditions in the Weyland-Yutani mining colony are so bad that others Foreigner planets like Yvaga III have banned the company’s presence, showing how much they are hated. Despite this, they are incredibly powerful, with LV-410 being just one of many planets that Weyland-Yutani controls. It is unknown how many mining colonies the company operates on LV-410 outside Jackson’s Star, but the planet’s polluted conditions suggest there are several on the surface.
Every Alien Detail: Romulus Reveals About Jackson’s Stellar Mining Colony
Location, population and more
Alien: Romulus reveals many small details about the mining colony Jackson’s Star, with some facts about the planet and its inhabitants being seen in the first scenes. Although it is located 65 light years away from Earthcan be found in the Alpheios System, a new planetary system that was first introduced in Alien: Romulus. Although details about the other planets have not been revealed, it is known that it neighbors the Yvaga System, explaining the gang’s plan to escape to Yvaga III.
The population of the Jackson’s Star mining colony is 2,781 people, showing the enormous scale and restricted conditions of the operation. It is unknown whether synthetics like Andy are included in this number, with the treatment of artificial people on the planet being very poor based on the bullying Andy received. Although it is unknown how long the colony has been in operation, it has been at least operational as of the year 2142, with Alien: Romulus happening between Foreigner and Aliens on the timeline.
Why are so many people sick at the Jackson Star Mining Colony?
It is due to a combination of factors
One of the most notable details of the Jackson’s Star mining colony is that many of its inhabitants are sick, although the reasons are not explicitly explained. The leading candidate is the environment of Jackson’s Star, with the employees living in the colony being constantly subjected to mine conditions. Planet LV-410 is completely covered in pollutionwhich means the air quality at Jackson’s Star is terrible, another thing that would contribute to health problems. Additionally, the planet’s surface does not receive sunlight, which means employees are likely to have a variety of illnesses and disabilities.
It’s doubtful that Weyland-Yutani Corporation will improve things, as the autocratic company probably doesn’t provide the best healthcare services. Weyland-Yutani likely only cares about employees being healthy enough to explore, meaning illnesses that aren’t debilitating are likely ignored. The health of the planet’s inhabitants is just one of the many reasons why Jackson’s Star is a horrible place to live, with the mining colony being one of the most dystopian locations introduced in Alien: Romulus.