- "The Sinking Fields always make me think of an old scavenger named Riok Ragul. Every few weeks, Riok traveled into the Sinking Fields, wearing big flat-soled shoes that spread his weight out and kept him from going under—a Teedo trick he said."
- ―Rey writes about Ragul in her guide
Riok Ragul was a scavenger on the desert planet Jakku during the New Republic Era. He traveled out into the region known as the Sinking Fields every few weeks using a water recycler and large shoes with flat soles that helped spread out his weight and prevent him from sinking into the sand. Ragul claimed the shoes were a technique used by members of the Teedo species.[1]
After Ragul failed to return from one of these trips, other residents of Jakku speculated that he had been dragged under the sands by a predatory nightwatcher worm or discovered a Teedo secret that had led to them causing his disappearance. The scavenger Rey, who considered Ragul old, was always reminded of him by the Sinking Fields.[1] By 34 ABY,[2] she[3] wrote about him in her survival guide and speculated on his disappearance, listing getting lost, getting caught in a X'us'R'iia storm, or one of his shoes or his recycler breaking, as the most likely causes.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Riok Ragul was mentioned in Rey's Survival Guide, a 2015 replica journal written by Jason Fry.[1]
Sources[]
- Rey's Survival Guide (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rey's Survival Guide
- ↑ Rey's Survival Guide includes an addendum at the end describing some of the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, written several days after they take place. The addendum is the final entry in the guide and is included chronologically after the entry mentioning the Sitter. Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 34 ABY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines