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- "I was too young to understand that my mother and my father and my uncle had become living shields."
- ―Numa, reflecting on the Battle of Ryloth
A female individual was the mother of the Twi'lek Numa,[3] who was born four years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Separatist Alliance.[4] Alongside Numa and her father,[3] the mother lived within in a home of the small city of Nabat, located on the Twi'lek home planet Ryloth.[4] Later, during the war in 22 BBY,[5] Ryloth was invaded by the Confederacy's droid armies, which led to an attack on Nabat in time.[4]
In the attack, Numa's mother was gathered alongside several other citizens, including her father and uncle. As a result, they were utilized by the Confederacy as living shields[3] against the Republic during their liberation of the planet.[4] However, Numa's mother was killed, along with her father,[2] by the Separatists at some before Nabat's liberation[6] in 21 BBY.[5] Several years after the rise of the Galactic Empire, Numa reflected on her family's use as living shields during the war by the Confederacy.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Numa's mother as seen in The Clone Wars: Curfew
Numa's was first indirectly mentioned in "Innocents of Ryloth,"[4] the twentieth episode of the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which aired on March 6, 2009.[7] She was further expanded upon in Star Wars: On the Front Lines, a 2017 reference book authored by Daniel Wallace, which established Numa as having a father instead of being referred to as "parents" as mentioned in "Innocents of Ryloth."[3] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Numa's mother was introduced in The Clone Wars: Curfew, an issue of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars comic series, authored by Pablo Hidalgo, illustrated by Katie Cook,[8] and published on March 9, 2009.[9]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth" (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
- "Innocents of Ryloth" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete) (Relationships section) (Indirect mention only)
- Numa in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Indirect mention only)
- Ryloth in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes "Supply Lines" and "Innocents of Ryloth" to 22 BBY and 21 BBY respectively. "Supply Lines" features the start of the Separatists' occupation of Ryloth and "Innocents of Ryloth" features the liberation of Nabat where Numa's father had been held captive as established by Star Wars: On the Front Lines. Numa's father's death is indirectly mentioned to have taken place during the the Separatists' occupation by
Ryloth in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) and as such, his death must have taken place between 22 BBY and 21 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ryloth in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Innocents of Ryloth"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ "Innocents of Ryloth" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete) (Relationships section)
- ↑ The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Innocents of Ryloth on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The Clone Wars: Curfew
- ↑ Jedi Journals: Online Comic - Curfew by Jay on Rebelscum.com (March 9, 2009) (backup link)
