The Desolous Legion, numerically designated as the 44th, was a Sith trooper legion of the dark side Sith cult known as the Sith Eternal. The legion had five-thousand troopers as its composition and was active during the war between the First Order and the Resistance until the Sith Eternal's forces were defeated during the Battle of Exegol in 35 ABY. As their history was hidden from the rest of the galaxy, the significance of the legion's name, the ancient Sith Lord Desolous, was only understood by the Sith Eternal's cultists.
Description[]
5,000 Sith troopers (pictured) made up the Desolous Legion.
The Desolous Legion, designated as the 44th, was a legion within the army of the Sith Eternal, a dark side cult that worshipped the Sith and was headquartered on the Unknown Regions Sith[1] throneworld[4] Exegol. All Sith Eternal legions were numerically designated and given the name of an ancient Sith Lord, Desolous for the 44th. Only the Sith Eternal cultists understood the significance of the names given to their legions, as their history was hidden to the rest of the galaxy.[1]
The legion consisted of five-thousand Sith troopers, which were infantry soldiers created from the offspring of cultists, former members of the Galactic Empire,[1] and children conscripted into the ranks of the First Order who were identified and disappeared due to their potential.[5] The legion's troopers were further divided into squadrons of standard infantry and aerial Sith Jetpack Troopers of ten each.[2] With the Desolous Legion comprising of Sith troopers, they were equipped with crimson red Sith trooper armor and could be armed with ST-W48 blaster rifles or FWMB-10B repeating blasters, while Sith Jetpack Troopers were equipped with NJP-900 integrated jetpacks and F-11ABA heavy blaster cannons.[1]
History[]
The Desolous Legion was active by the time of the war between the First Order and the Resistance,[1] which took place from 34 ABY to 35 ABY.[6] The Sith Eternal and its forces were defeated during the Battle of Exegol[7] in 35 ABY[6] when a joint Resistance force and a Citizens' Fleet from across the galaxy defeated Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious and the entirety of his forces,[7] including the Desolous Legion.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The Desolous Legion was first mentioned in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, which was released in 2019 and authored by Pablo Hidalgo.[1]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (First mentioned)
"The Final Order and the Battle of Exegol" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
"The Final Order and the Battle of Exegol" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker establishes that the Battle of Exegol was the final defeat of the Sith, which includes the Sith Eternal and their forces including the Desolous Legion. Star Wars: Timelines dates the battle to 35 ABY.
- ↑
Sith in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker