- "This station will be a symbol of the Republic in the Outer Rim. A place where we will celebrate our union, and help each other to make it grow. It will send out a signal, for anyone in this sector to hear, at any time. The beacon. The Beacon of the Republic. The sound…of hope."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh
The dedication of the Starlight Beacon was an event that launched the Starlight Beacon, the culmination of Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh's Great Works. Designed to stand as a symbol of the Galactic Republic's promise of peace and hope in the Outer Rim Territories, the space station heralded everything that Soh wanted her administration to stand for. The dedication was almost postponed after the Great Hyperspace Disaster and its subsequent Emergences, a series of hyperspace catastrophes caused by the Nihil marauders that forced the Chancellor to close travel lanes in the Outer Rim. Starlight Beacon was informally opened to the public at this time in order to treat victims of the tragedies with its medical facilities. After an intervention from a joint task force of Republic Defense Coalition and Jedi forces, however, the formal dedication went on as planned[5] in the year 232 BBY.[4]
The ceremony was attended by delegates from across the galaxy, including many members of the Jedi Order. Speeches were given by the Supreme Chancellor,[5] Queen Consort Thandeka of the nearby planet Eiram,[1] and Jedi Master Avar Kriss, who had been named marshal of the station by Grand Masters Veter and Yoda. The dedication culminated with every Jedi raising their lightsabers to the stars, symbolically representing the light that the Beacon would spread across the Republic.[6] Following the ceremony, newly elevated Jedi Master Elzar Mann was struck with a haunting Force vision that saw the deaths of himself and his Jedi comrades. Alone, Mann's thoughts on that day went from beauty and hope to that of terror and fear.[5]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Into the Dark
- The High Republic: Into the Dark audiobook
"Starlight: Part One: Go Together" – Star Wars Insider 199 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (First appearance, simultaneous with The High Republic: Light of the Jedi audiobook and The High Republic: The Great Jedi Rescue)
- The High Republic: Light of the Jedi audiobook
- The High Republic: The Great Jedi Rescue (First pictured)
- The High Republic: A Test of Courage (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: A Test of Courage audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic (2021) 1
"Starlight: Go Together: Part Two" – Star Wars Insider 200 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic (2021) 3 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 2 (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Mission to Disaster (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic (2021) 13 (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic (2021) 15 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Starlight's dedication ceremony)
Sources[]
- The Star Wars Book (First mentioned)
Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh: Characters of Star Wars the High Republic on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
A Deep Dive Into Star Wars: The High Republic, Bringing A Younger Yoda to Life (in VR), and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Star Wars Inside Intel: Jedi of the High Republic on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The High Republic: Into the Dark
- ↑ The High Republic: A Test of Courage
- ↑
"Starlight: First Duty" – Star Wars Insider 201–202
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Star Wars Book dates the dedication of Starlight Beacon to 232 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of that film to 0 BBY, the dedication must therefore take place in 232 BBY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The High Republic (2021) 1