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- "There's an ice moon nearby. It's small, uninhabited; the perfect place for a skirmish."
- ―Jerek Yeager briefs Ace Squadron
Celsor 3 was an ice moon located in the galaxy. Its primary terrain was snow-topped ice pillars and icy ground. It was uninhabited, save for the native jakoosks, who spent most of their time slumbering. The moon was visited by the inhabitants of the supertanker fuel depot Colossus around the year 34 ABY. Running from the militant First Order and looking for food, the resident Warbird gang disembarked from the Colossus to hunt a local jakoosk as a source of food for the station. Though the hunt proved unsuccessful, the Resistance spy Kazuda Xiono and pilot Torra Doza later returned to the moon and managed to kill the beast.
Description
- "All right, what's the plan, Hype?"
"Our target's not gonna be the creature. It's gonna be the ice pillars."
"Ooh, that's brilliant." - ―Kazuda Xiono and Hype Fazon discuss their plan of attack
A small, uninhabited terrestrial moon located in the galaxy, frigid Celsor 3 had a breathable atmosphere[2] and a picturesque landscape covered in ice and snow and dotted with giant ice pillars blanketed in fog. The only creature known to survive on the moon was the jakoosk,[3] a massive flying beast that remained in slumber until unsuspecting visitors disturbed it.[4]
History
- "Aunt Z told us if we catch that jakoosk, she can cook it for the entire platform."
- ―Torra Doza to Imanuel Doza
The Warbirds attempt to kill a massive jakoosk.
After escaping the First Order over D'Qar[5] around the year 34 ABY,[6] the supertanker fuel depot Colossus passed near Celsor 3. New Republic veteran Jarek Yeager chose the moon as a location for training exercises after being placed in command of Ace Squadron, the platform's main defenders. During one of their training exercises, the Aces were attacked by a jakoosk awakened by their flying through the moon's ice pillars, and Yeager was nearly eaten before the Aces shook his starfighter free by shooting one of the pillars so it collapsed onto the creature.[1]
Later, the pirates of the Warbird gang went to Celsor 3 in an attempt to hunt the jakoosk for its meat, as the Colossus had run out of food and the Warbirds' leader, Kragan Gorr, saw an opportunity to undermine the authority of the Colossus' captain, Imanuel Doza. However, the pirates were unprepared for the size of the creature and were eventually forced to retreat. Colossus residents Kazuda Xiono and Torra Doza, daughter of the captain, who had been monitoring the pirates, decided to return to Celsor 3 shortly thereafter and try to hunt the creature themselves by positioning a blaster cannon on the ground to shoot the jakoosk in its vulnerable belly. Despite some problems caused by Torra's pet, Buggles, stowing away in the Fireball and interference from the stranded pirates Snarl and Drell, Xiono and Torra's mission was successful, leaving the Colossus with enough food supplies to feed the entire platform for quite some time.[2]
Behind the scenes
Concept art of the ice moon by Jim Moore
Celsor 3 first appeared in the third episode of the second season of the animated series Star Wars Resistance, titled "Live Fire,"[1] which aired on Disney Channel on October 20, 2019.[7] It was first identified by the title of the following episode, "Hunt on Celsor 3,"[2] which aired on October 27, 2019.[8] Concept art for the ice moon was done by Jim Moore and Andre Kirk.[9]
Appearances
Star Wars Resistance — "Live Fire" (First appearance)- Star Wars Resistance — "Hunt on Celsor 3" (First identified as Celsor 3)
Sources
- Live Fire Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Hunt on Celsor 3 Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Buggles in the Databank (backup link)
- Celsor 3 in the Databank (backup link)
- Jakoosk in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars Resistance — "Live Fire"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars Resistance — "Hunt on Celsor 3"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Celsor 3 in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jakoosk in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "A Quick Salvage Run"
- ↑ The events of the Star Wars Resistance episode "A Quick Salvage Run" take place between the Hosnian Cataclysm, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 34 ABY, and the Battle of Exegol, which Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary places one year later.
- ↑ Live Fire, published by Walt Disney Television on Walt Disney Television (archived from the original on November 4, 2019)
- ↑ Hunt On Celsor 3, published by Walt Disney Television on Walt Disney Television (archived from the original on March 12, 2020)
- ↑ Live Fire Concept Art Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)