Discovery of Korriban

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Discovery of Korriban
Date	6900 BBY
Place	Korriban
Outcome	The Exiles meet the Sith
Affiliations involved	Exiles Sith

"The history of the Sith, and those serving them, had been one of accidental arrival and exile."

―Grand Lord Varner Hilts, Testament of Varner Hilts

The Discovery of Korriban was the arrival of the Dark Jedi Exiles on the Sith species's homeworld of Korriban, eventually leading to the creation of the Sith Empire.

History

Discovery of Korriban

Following the defeat of the Dark Jedi at the Battle of Corbos, the Jedi banished a number of captives to uncharted space aboard a galleon. The captives were known as the Exiles, an assortment of Dark Jedi led by high-ranking Force-sensitives such as Remulus Dreypa, Ajunta Pall, Karness Muur, XoXaan, and Sorzus Syn. With the guidance of the latter, the Exiles' flight into the unknown was not without direction; after years of cataloging rumors and extracting information from refugees, Syn eventually led the Dark Jedi to the planet Korriban. The twelve surviving Exiles made landing at the Valley of Sleeping Kings on the world, and they were greeted by the native Sith species.

Legacy

By subjugating the Sith species following the Discovery of Korriban, the exiled Jedi Knights found a haven on Korriban for practising the dark side of the Force, plotting and waiting to exact their revenge on the Jedi in the meantime. The Sith eventually submitted to the Dark Jedi exiles and the two groups interbred, laying the foundations of the Sith Empire.

Sorzus Syn later wrote of the event in her chronicle, which was later collected by Darth Sidious into his Book of Sith. Syn considered the Exiles' arrival to be solidified by their triumph over the Sith species. An account of the Discovery of Korriban was also recorded in scripture and existed as a memorabilia of the reconstituted Sith Empire.

Behind the scenes

The Discovery of Korriban was introduced in flashbacks in the prologue issue of the Tales of the Jedi comic series' Golden Age of the Sith sub-series, published by Dark Horse Comics on July 31, 1996, with writing by Kevin J. Anderson and illustrations by Dario Carrasco, Jr. The event was later named in the 2011 video game Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Appearances

• Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 0 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
• Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 2 (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (First identified as Discovery of Korriban)
• Lost Tribe of the Sith — Spiral 1 (Indirect mention only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Ascension (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
• Legacy (2006) 30 (In flashback(s))

Sources

• Tales of the Jedi Companion
• The Essential Chronology
• Star Wars: Secrets of the Sith
• The Dark Side Sourcebook
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 1 SIT 1-2: Dark Lords Of The Sith
• The New Essential Guide to Characters
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 75 JED 1-4: The Jedi
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 133 KOR 1-4: Korriban
• Revenge of the Sith Preview 9 on Wizards.com (original site is defunct) (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• The New Essential Chronology
• "Heritage of the Sith" — Star Wars Insider 88 (reprinted in Star Wars: The Official Magazine 65)
• Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties on Hyperspace (backup link) (original site is defunct)
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
• Sith Pureblood on The Old Republic Holonet (original site is defunct)
• Sith in the Databank (original site is defunct)
• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
• Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook