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«Blessed be your going out from us.»
―Sidrona Diath, speaking in Tusken[5]

Sidrona Diath was a male Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order up until his death in the Battle of Basilisk in 4017 BBY.

Biography[]

Service to the Republic[]

"Master Diath was a good man and a revered leader of Tatooine who fought valiantly before his fall in the Battle of Basilisk some 4,000 years ago. He also fathered Jedi Knight Dace Diath, a hero in the Sith War."
Tatooine Coalition for the Preservation of the Prominent Past[4]

A Human Force-sensitive, Sidrona Diath settled on the Outer Rim planet, Tatooine during the era of the Old Sith Wars. Receiving training in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order, Diath eventually attained the rank of Jedi Master. During this time, Diath fathered a son named Dace, whom he raised on his homeworld in the ways of the Jedi. The younger Diath would eventually attain the rank of Jedi Knight and study the ways of the Force on Ossus.[6] Sidrona Diath would utter the immortal words "Koroght gaghgt Takt" in Tusken to the Jedi High Council[5] before leaving the Coruscant Jedi Temple to fight in the Great Sith War, disagreeing with their approach to the war effort. The nearest Basic translation was "Blessed be your going out from us."[5]

In 4017 BBY,[2] Master Diath took to the front lines of Basilisk to do battle[3] with the Mandalorians.[2] During the fighting, Diath was killed by the enemy.[3]

Legacy[]

"In our city lies an ancient grave site honoring Jedi Master Sidrona Diath. Sadly, the monument was senselessly defaced by a local group of Jedi haters. It was probably done to curry favor with the local Imperials."
―Tatooine Coalition for the Preservation of the Prominent Past[4]

Sidrona Diath's body was later returned to his homeworld Tatooine and buried there.[4]

In 32 BBY, several millennium after Diath's death, members of the Jedi High Council recalled the famed Jedi Master's last words spoken to members of the Council of the era: "Koroght gaghgt Takt." Master Eeth Koth reflected on these words during a discussion of the famed Jedi-turned-Tusken Sharad Hett.[5]

Master Diath was still revered by the inhabitants of Tatooine centuries after his death.[4][7] Some of his history would be chronicled by Alaikai Trotter during the Galactic Civil War.[7] However, in 1 ABY,[8] Diath's ancient grave site was defaced by an anti-Jedi group. Although Jedi supporters were threatened by the Galactic Empire, the Tatooine Coalition for the Preservation of the Prominent Past recruited a spacer to hunt and fight the defilers.[4]

Behind the scenes[]

The PC game Star Wars: Rebellion mistakenly states that Sidrona Diath was killed by the Sith at the Battle of Basilisk.

Appearances[]

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Tales of the Jedi Companion
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 1
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Terminal Mission: "Defilers of an Ancient Jedi Grave" on Tatooine
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars (1998) 7
  6. Secrets of Tatooine
  7. 7.0 7.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Terminal Mission: "Diath's Shadow" on Tatooine
  8. The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
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