- "In the farthest reaches of the borderlands, unscrupulous Sienar taskmasters created appalling working conditions to meet the unreasonable output quotas of TIE fightercraft and related technologies. Such toil was often masked by depictions of goodwill in enormous murals. When Sienar Fleet Systems arrived on a new world and dominated a population center, such images would accompany them. This particular example hails from Lothal, a mineral-rich world in a backrocket sector of the Outer Rim."
- ―Janyor of Bith
The Sienar Fleet Systems mural was a piece of persuasive artwork created by Saespo Choffrey to promote the installation of Sienar Fleet Systems on Lothal. The mural depicted a city on Lothal with several clouds on an otherwise sunny day and three Star Destroyers flying overhead, plus six TIE fighters flying in formation, an Imperial engineer smiling, and four shadowed people, one of whom was carrying a TIE fighter model, running to the cityscape, with the words "Support Your Empire" at the center of the mural, plus three checkmarked questions, two on the left and one on the right of the aforementioned declaration, stating, respectively, "Patriotic?", "Looking for Work?", and "Mechanically-inclined?", with another phrase immediately below the center stating "Build TIE Fighters", "The latest in defense against threats to peace", and lastly, "Sienar Fleet Systems — Bringing Jobs and Prosperity to Lothal". There existed a version using Aurebesh and another using High Galactic, both of which were distributed through the outlying neighborhoods and residential districts of Capital City.[1]
A truncated, alternatively colored version of the mural, containing only the middle section and written in Aurebesh, was also found in the city.[2] This version could also be seen in the streets of a town outside the Capital City, next to a wanted poster for Sabine Wren.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (First appearance)
Star Wars Rebels — "Idiot's Array"
Star Wars Rebels — "Vision of Hope"
Star Wars Rebels — "An Inside Man"
Star Wars Rebels — "Rebel Assault"
Sources[]
"Spark of Rebellion" Part 1 Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Sienar Fleet Systems mural)
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
"An Inside Man" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link)
"The Occupation" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Rebel Assault" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
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Star Wars Rebels — "Rebel Assault"
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Star Wars Rebels — "An Inside Man" (Note that in this episode, the mural is too far away to discern the motif.)