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- "Silooth…tuk'ata…veergundark…krastenane…"
- ―Dooku, reading from The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth
The silooth was a type of Sith warbeast that was listed with similar creatures in The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth, a tome that the Sith Lord Darth Caldoth had compiled[1] by 1032 BBY.[2] By 88 BBY,[3] the Jedi Order acquired the book and stored it in the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant.[1] That year,[3] the Jedi Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas found the book, and Dooku read the silooth's name aloud from it alongside several other Sith warbeasts, assuming they must be hideous from what he saw.[1]
Sifo-Dyas recognized the names as belonging to Sith warbeasts and informed Dooku, who was shocked to learn the Jedi held a text on the subject. Dooku later recounted the incident to his sister Jenza via holo-letter.[1] Around 23 BBY,[4] Dooku gave data disks of his conversations with Jenza to his recently recruited Sith assassin—Asajj Ventress—for her investigation into Jenza's location, and she listened to the message mentioning silooth.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The silooth originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity.
In the current Star Wars canon, the silooth was mentioned in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott[1] and published on April 30, 2019.[5] The spelling of silooth in canon was confirmed by the audio drama's script release[6] on October 1 of the same year.[5]
The creatures originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were first mentioned in The Dark Side Sourcebook, a supplement to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game written by Bill Slavicsek and J.D. Wiker, and published by Wizards of the Coast in 2001.[7] They were then pictured for the first time in an illustration by Adam Gillespie used in the Jedi Academy Training Manual, a 2009 supplement for the roleplaying game also published by Wizards of the Coast.[8]
Appearances[]
- Dooku: Jedi Lost (First mentioned) (In flashback(s))
- Dooku: Jedi Lost script (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dooku: Jedi Lost
- ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes Darth Caldoth was a member of the Sith, which Star Wars: Timelines states were believed to have been defeated in 1032 BBY. Therefore, The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth must have been written at some point before that year.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the flashback in Dooku: Jedi Lost in which Dooku and Sifo-Dyas break into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts and discover the [[The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth to 88 BBY.
- ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes that Asajj Ventress has recently been recruited by Dooku. Star Wars: Timelines dates Ventress' recruitment by Dooku to 23 BBY, therefore placing the present day events of Dooku: Jedi Lost to around 23 BBY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost script
- ↑ The Dark Side Sourcebook
- ↑ Jedi Academy Training Manual