- "Every pirate out there's heard the legend of Skara Nal. It traces back to the ancients."
- ―Phee Genoa
The Ancients were a group which predated the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic. The group was based on[1] Skara Nal[3] in the Kaldar Trinary system. They created an ancient four-legged droid walker armed with a superlaser, that was eventually buried on the planet where they were based on previously. The Ancients kept Skara Nal inert by using the Heart of the Mountain, an ancient crystal. The group also created a compass to locate Skara Nal and navigate through the various booby traps in the underground tunnels leading to Skara Nal.[1] Between 19 BBY and 18 BBY,[4] the group was shrouded in mystery with one of their creations, Skara Nal, becoming a pirate legend.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The planet appeared in the Star Wars: The Bad Batch second season episode "Entombed,"[1] released on January 25, 2023.[5]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Entombed" (First mentioned)
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Entombed"
- ↑ The Star Wars Book places the founding of the Jedi Order and Old Republic to around 25,000 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 25,000 BBY in the dating system used by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. As "Entombed" dates Skara Nal, created by the Ancients, as predating the Republic, the Ancients must have been formed before then.
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Skara Nal in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Per the reasoning here, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2, "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences," can be placed in 18 BBY. Therefore, all Season 2 episodes proceeding "The Clone Conspiracy" occur between 19 BBY, which features the end of The Bad Batch Season 1 according to Star Wars: Timelines, and 18 BBY. The Galactic Empire, the formation of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, sent Mayday's squad to Barton IV over a year prior to the events of the twelfth episode, "The Outpost." As it occurs over a year into the Imperial Era and is set shortly after the events of "Truth and Consequences," the events of "The Outpost" occur around 18 BBY. Following that logic, the ninth through eleventh episodes ("The Crossing" through "Metamorphosis") are also set around 18 BBY because they occur between the events of "Truth and Consequences" and "The Outpost." Finally, all season 2 episodes set after "The Outpost" occur shortly after its events, thereby placing those episodes around 18 BBY as well.
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Clone Force 99 Is Back in New Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer on StarWars.com (backup link)