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- "I was under the impression that Darth Maul's home world was Iridonia."
"Dathomir is the planet where Maul was raised. Iridonia is where the rest of the males of the species dwell." - ―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu
Iridonia was a planet[3] located in the galaxy's Mid Rim, in grid square J-7[1] on the Standard Galactic Grid.[6] It was the homeworld of the near-human Zabrak species,[3] with Zabraks hailing from Iridonia being specifically known as Iridonian Zabraks.[4] The planet was tough and arid, and so created tough natives.[2]
Iridonia was the homeworld of the Zabrak bounty hunter Sugi[7] and her niece Jas Emari, who considered it to be brutal and unforgiving.[8] Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi mistakenly believed the Dathomirian Zabrak Darth Maul's homeworld to be Iridonia[5] when in fact he was born on the planet Dathomir,[9] home to a tribal group of male Zabrak known as the Nightbrothers.[5]
During the Clone Wars, Sugi's sister lived on Iridonia, and was sent what few credits her sister had left after she had paid her crew and maintained her gear.[10] Iridonia was mentioned in an artist's journal, which was restored, expanded, and displayed at the Graf Archive[11] at some point after 34 ABY.[12]
Behind the scenes[]
Iridonia was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in "Witches of the Mist,"[5] a 2011 episode of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' third season.[13] The planet was originally created for the 2000 Star Wars Legends young readers novel Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul, written by Jude Watson.[14]
The 2014 reference book Star Wars: A Galaxy at War mistakenly claims that Darth Maul was born on Iridonia.[15] However, sources like the Encyclopedia on StarWars.com have established that Maul was born on Dathomir.[9]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Witches of the Mist" (First mentioned)- Aftermath (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Uprising (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: A Galaxy at War
- "Monster" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Witches of the Mist" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Collapse of the Republic
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 (Databank A-Z: Zabrak–Zillo Beast)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
- "The First Order" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "The Battle of Endor and the Fall of the Empire" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Scarif and Other Outer Rim Planets" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 (Databank A-Z: Zabrak–Zillo Beast)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Witches of the Mist"
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Aftermath
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Darth Maul in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive
- ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive establishes that the restored in-universe journal discusses Poe Dameron's mutiny against Amilyn Holdo, which is depicted in Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. The Star Wars Book places the events of The Last Jedi in the same year as the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 34 ABY, meaning the document must have been published after that year.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide
- ↑ Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
- ↑ Star Wars: A Galaxy at War
