- "Best day of your life, my grabby friend!"
"I don't know, you've never been to a Mynock roast on Ardennia. It's nuts!" - ―Tobias Beckett and Rio Durant
Ardennia was an Outer Rim Territories planet that was the homeworld of the sentient Ardennian species. The human Juronus Opto and the Wayuning Topi Topi were also native to that world, and the inhabitants of Ardennia held repeated events known as Mynock roasts. The latter fact was known to the Ardennian pilot and thief Rio Durant, who hailed from Ardennia as well.
Description[]
Ardennia was a terrestrial[3] planet[5] located in the regions known as the Outer Rim Territories[1] and the New Territories.[2] Situated within grid square K-6 of the Standard Galactic Grid, it was connected via a hyperspace route to[1] the Carlac system[6] as well as the Mid Rim astronomical object Orinda.[1] Ardennia also shared its name with the Ardennian Guild of Technicians that was active during the High Republic Era.[7]
History[]
Ardennia's native sentient species, the Ardennians,[4] were already known off-world[8] by 382 BBY.[9] Rio Durant, an Ardennian pilot and thief who had served with the Galactic Republic-aligned Freedom's Sons army during the Clone Wars[10] of 22 BBY–19 BBY,[11] hailed from Ardennia.[10]
In 10 BBY,[11] during an attempted theft[3] of a shipment of valuable refined coaxium from a Galactic Empire 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport on the planet Vandor,[10] the human Tobias Beckett, the leader of the crew of criminals that Durant was a part of, excitedly declared that their upcoming haul would render that day the best of the Ardennian's life. In response, Durant quipped that he was not sure about that since Beckett had never participated in a Mynock roast event on Ardennia.[3]
Ardennia was also the homeworld of the human Juronus Opto and the Wayuning Topi Topi, which was noted in the postings of bounties issued for them by the time of the First Order occupation of the planet Batuu[12] in 34 ABY.[13] At some point, Ardennia was also mentioned in an entry of an artist's journal dedicated to the Ardennians. The entry was included in a section of the work describing sentient species that originated in wet habitats. The journal was restored, expanded, and displayed at the Graf Archive[4] at some point no earlier than 34 ABY.[14] In addition, the Mynock roasts of Ardennia were noted in the journal of the Galactic Society of Creature Enthusiasts cartographer Ardis San Tekka,[5] which was published at some point no earlier than 35 ABY.[15]
Inhabitants[]
- "Mynock roasts are a popular form of entertainment on planets such as Ardennia […]"
- ―Ardis San Tekka's journal
Ardennia was the homeworld of the Ardennian species, members of which had four arms as well as prehensile toes on their two feet.[4] The natives of the planet also included the human Juronus Opto and the Wayuning Topi Topi.[12] Ardennia's inhabitants repeatedly held events known as Mynock roasts, which the Ardennian Rio Durant once described as "nuts."[3] The events involved the cooking of mynocks[5]—edible, silicon-based, ergovorous creatures[4] that originated from the planet Ord Mynock[16] and could survive in deep space as well as in planetary surface conditions.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Ardennia was first mentioned in the 2018 Star Wars Anthology Series film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[3]
Appearances[]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (First mentioned)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Datapad — Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters (Screenshots: 1, 2) (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "Tobias Beckett and Other Characters of the Underworld" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
- Star Wars Galaxy Map
- SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars Galaxy Map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxy Map places Ardennia in the area of space Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide identifies as the New Territories.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Star Wars: Alien Archive
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 79 (Guide to the Galaxy: Carlac – Frozen Outer Rim World)
- ↑ The High Republic: The Rising Storm
- ↑ The High Republic: Quest for Planet X
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Quest for Planet X to 382 BBY.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars: Datapad — Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters (Screenshots: 1, 2)
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, which includes those of Star Wars: Batuu Bounty Hunters, to 34 ABY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive, which is presented as a restored in-universe journal, mentions Poe Dameron's mutiny against Amilyn Holdo, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY, meaning the document must have been published at some point no earlier than that year.
- ↑ The in-universe journal represented by Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy mentions the defeat of the clone Galactic Emperor Palpatine, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 35 ABY, meaning the document must have been published at some point no earlier than that year.
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Creature Stall