- "Well, that's certainly one way to spend your rainy day."
- ―Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna, to Lys Solay
"The Rainy Day Beast" is the first part of the eighteenth episode of the second season the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It was released on Disney+ on March 19, 2025.
Official description[]
The Jedi search for a creature.
Plot summary[]
A rainy day[]
At the Tenoo Jedi Temple, Lys Solay leads her friends Nubs and Kai Brightstar down the stairs and into the hallway. She hopes to see the wagaa birds before they migrate to the other side of the planet. When she opens the door, Solay discovers that it is raining outside. Solay and Nubs are despondent while Brightstar suggests that the birds would delay their migratory flight until the following day. Solay says that today was their last chance to log them into the Galactic Creature Guide and laments the missed adventure.
Brightstar suggests the three of them could find an adventure inside the temple. This cheers Nubs up and Solay agrees. Brightstar takes his friends into the Temple Library and suggests that they could read a book about Jedi adventures. Brightstar accidentally drops the book, which earns him a warning from Bren and the Rodian Jedi youngling Zotti to be silent in the library. Solay reads through the holobook but says it is not the same as finding an adventure. The three Jedi split up with Solay taking an interest in a holobook called the Legends of the Jedi Temple on Tenoo. When she opens a book, a holographic projection of a furry creature pops up.
Seeking an adventure[]
Brightstar notices Solay and the book but bumps into Nubs, who is carrying a stack of books. Resmia and Zotti remind them to be quiet. Solay explains that the creature in the book is a tazi sloth, which is the Guardian of the Tenoo Jedi Temple. The younglings learn that Tazi sloths are extremely rare and can hibernate for centuries. The book adds that the tazi sloth lives at the top of a tree at the center of the Tenoo Jedi temple. This excites Solay while Nubs speaks in Poobian. Brightstar suggests that it is still here, which prompts Solay to come with a plan to find the creature.
Brightstar expresses concern about awakening the tazi sloth but Solay is eager to go on an adventure. She persuades her friends to come along. They reach the base of the Tenoo tree at the centre of the temple where they find a dark-skinned human girl, an orange-haired human girl and a blue skinned Twi'lek boy, the first of whom tells them to shush. Climbing up the stairs, Nubs attempts to climb the trunk of the tree but falls near the other younglings, who tell him to shush. Brightstar proposes using the stairs that lead to the roof of the temple and the tree's canopy.
Disturbing the Guardian[]
Using their Force powers, the younglings leap on top of the branches of the tree until they reach the canopy, which is inhabited by glowing insects. Continuing their adventure, they split up with Solay falling through some leaves in the canopy. She lands on the belly of the sleeping tazi sloth and finds herself in its nest. Solay is excited by her discovery. She is joined by Brightstar and Nubs, the latter of whom lands on the head of the Guardian. This has the effect of awaking the tazi sloth from its centuries-long slumber. The creature grabs Solay with one of its paws before chasing the younglings, deeming them a threat.
The younglings flee out of its nest. Outside, Solay regrets awaking the tazi sloth due to her love for adventure. The three younglings decide to make amends and Solay tasks Brightstar and Nubs with finding branches and leaves to repair the creature's roof. Solays says she will distract it but the creature catches up with them. Nubs and Brightstar flee while Solay attempts to reason with the tazi sloth. The creature however tries to attack her with its claws, forcing her to flee. She tries to outrun the creature but the tazi sloth is fast and maneuverable. While Brightstar and Nubs attempt to find branches and leaves to mend the damage, Solay descends down the tree with the Guardian in pursuit.
During the chase, they accidentally dislodge a branch which crashes onto the roof of the Temple. This alarms the younglings down there and Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna, who wonders what is going on out there. The tazi sloth corners Solay at the end of a branch, which snaps under pressure. Solay falls with the branch which lands between two branches. Solay survives the fall and finds that the sloth has gotten its tail stuck on the stump of the branch. Using her Force powers, Solay jumps upwards to aid the tazi sloth. She attempts to use her Force powers to levitate the creature but the creature is too heavy.
Making amends[]
She calls Brighstar and Nubs for help and they help levitate the creature, freeing its tail from the stump. After putting the creature on a branch, Solay apologizes to the Guardian for disturbing it and thanks him for protecting their Temple. Brightstar tells the creature that they have fixed its nest. The Guardian accepts their overtures and climbs back to its nest to rest. Before leaving, Solay waves to the Guardian and thanks it for the adventure.
Returning to the Temple library, the three younglings are cornered by Master Zanna, who asks them about the loud rainstorm above. Nubs faints while Brightstar tries to explain. Solay interjects that they climbed up to the canopy of the tree above the temple and met the Guardian of the Tenoo Temple. She explains that they were searching for an adventure on a wet day. Master Zanna is forgiving but warns them not to awake the tazi sloth. When Solay asks how she knew it was a tazi sloth, Zanna admits to meeting the tazi sloth when she was younger but says that it will be a long story. She begins reading the Legends of the Jedi Temple on Tenoo.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "The Rainy Day Beast"
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Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Returns for Season 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ The second season of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures spans the dedication of the Starlight Beacon (which appears in the season one finale "The Prince and the Pirate") and the mission to Vrant Tarnum (which appears in "Yoda Rescue"), both of which are dated to 232 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines. Therefore the first 21 episodes of Young Jedi Adventures Season Two, which includes "The Rainy Day Beast," takes place in 232 BBY.
