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Exar Kun was a Dark Lord of the Sith who flourished thousands of years before Darth Sidious and his Sith apprentice Darth Maul.[3] According to the Qel-Droma Epics, Kun was a former Jedi who turned to the dark side of the Force and became a Sith Lord,[2] leading a Sith Empire with fellow fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma[4] around 4000 BBY.[1] According to the Qel-Droma Epics, the double-bladed lightsaber design dated back to Exar Kun.[2]

During the Imperial Era, crime lord Dryden Vos owned a desk with an obsidian slab as its base, which he had plundered from a Sith temple. The stone was carved with the warding spells,[5] as well as an inscription reading "Our temple honouring Sith Lord Exar Kun."[5][6]

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"The central desk, which represents the administrative seat of his power, is a bespoke piece of furniture. The stone base, that Dryden has plundered from the Sith temple of Exar Kun, is made from polished obsidian and decorated with carved hieroglyphs representing spells that protected its former home."
Lee Sandales[7]
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Exar Kun in the Star Wars Legends continuity

Exar Kun was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in Nexus of Power, a 2016 supplement to the Star Wars roleplaying products made by Fantasy Flight Games.[4] The character was created by Kevin J. Anderson and originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where he first appeared, albeit unnamed, in the 1994 novel Jedi Search[8] before being fully introduced in the sequel released that same year, Dark Apprentice.[9] When creating the character, Anderson was initially unsure whether Kun should be a Dark Lord of the Sith or a "Dark Jedi,"[10] finally making his decision when George Lucas voted on the former.[11]

In the 2018 reference book The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story set decorator Lee Sandales described the obsidian stone used as the base for crime lord Dryden Vos's desk aboard the First Light as having been plundered by Vos from the Sith temple of Exar Kun.[7] Half of the inscription on the base can be seen in the film,[6] while the rest can be seen in the reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide.[5][12]

The 2016 reference book Star Wars: Galactic Atlas contains an illustration of a building resembling[13] the depiction of the Temple of Exar Kun from the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies.[14] The 2021 reference book "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim," a part of De Agostini's Star Wars Encyclopedia series[15] contains the Ralph McQuarrie depiction of the temple from the 1995 reference book The Illustrated Star Wars Universe.[16] Both depictions feature[13][15] a statue of Exar Kun,[9] however, no connection has been made between them.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 According to Nexus of Power, the Qel-Droma Epics dates the destruction of Ossus to approximately 4000 years before the Imperial Era. The Epics also say that Ossus' destruction took place one thousand years after the Great Hyperspace War, it could be calculated that the war occurred approximately 5000 years before the Imperial Era. Nexus of Power also establishes that Exar Kun was active in the millennium following the Great Hyperspace War. Therefore, Exar Kun must have been active approximately 4000 years before the Imperial Era.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gadgets and Gear
  3. 3.0 3.1 AltayaCite "Lightsabers and Jedi Equipment" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Nexus of Power
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
  6. 6.0 6.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story
  7. 7.0 7.1 The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story
  8. Jedi Search
  9. 9.0 9.1 Dark Apprentice
  10. The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine 22
  11. GalaxyCite "ComicScan: Taken by Force" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 8
  12. On translating the runes on Dryden Vos's desk by u/Ender_HappyLeviathan on www.reddit.com (December 17, 2020) (archived from the original on June 17, 2022)
  13. 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  14. SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "The Temple of Exar Kun" on Yavin 4
  15. 15.0 15.1 AltayaCite "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  16. The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
  17. Star Wars: The Dark Side
  18. The Star Wars Book places the supposed destruction of the Sith—which occurred at the end of the Jedi-Sith War according to Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy— to 1,032 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states that A New Hope begins in 0 BBY, meaning the Sith's defeat must have occurred in 1032 BBY. As the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Sacrifice" establishes that Bane created the Rule of Two after the Jedi-Sith War, it must have been created after 1032 BBY.
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