The Taung & Zhell Society was a student society at the University of Coruscant, on the planet of the same name. Tiaan Jerjerrod, a Tinnel IV native who later became a Moff of the Galactic Empire, was once a member of that society.[1]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The Taung & Zhell Society was first mentioned in the canon boxed set and reference book Star Wars: The Rebel Files, authored by Daniel Wallace and released in 2017.[1] Wallace intended it as a reference to the Skull and Bones secret society[2] at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[3]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Taungs and the Zhell were two ancient groups who fought a centuries-long war for control over Coruscant, then known as Notron, from circa 200,000 BBY[4] to sometime before 90,000 BBY.[5]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files (First mentioned)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
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Daniel Wallace (@danwall88) on Twitter: "@LelalMekha That's exactly right, good catch!" (backup link) (In response to "[...] I assume that the 'Taung & Zhell Society' in The Rebel Files is an allusion to the Skull and Bones (mixed with a good old EU reference, of course)?")
- ↑ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Skull and Bones. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved on June 17, 2018.
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Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 2 — Ancient Coruscant on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Atlas
