Ashla (moon)

Ashla was a moon of the planet Tython. For millennia, it was held as a sacred world to the Jedi Order. Members of the Order would travel to the moon so they could meditate on disturbances and visions they would find troubling.

Description

Ashla was a terrestrial moon that orbited the planet Tython in the Tython system, located in the Deep Core. It had a breathable atmosphere and a surface of saltwater oceans and islands with large golden sand beaches. A native species was the carnivorous flying creature named a wingmaw, which populated the skies of the moon.^[2]

History

Months after the dedication of the Starlight Beacon^[2] in 232 BBY,^[3] Jedi Master Elzar Mann journeyed to the Isle of Seclusion on Ashla aboard his Jedi Vector. Mann had experienced a terrible Force vision during the aforementioned dedication, and chose the Isle as a place where he could meditate in solitude on what he had seen. He waded into the ocean surrounding the Isle, and eventually received a vision that directed him to the planet Valo.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The moon Ashla was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity in the first issue of the comic miniseries Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm, which was written by John Ostrander, illustrated by Jan Duursema, and published by Dark Horse Comics^[4] on February 15, 2012.^[5] In the current Star Wars canon, Ashla was first mentioned as a name for the Light side of the Force in the Rebels episode "The Holocrons of Fate" (October 1, 2016).^[6] The moon Ashla itself first appeared in the 2021 novel The High Republic: The Rising Storm, written by Cavan Scott.^[2]

Appearances

• The High Republic: The Rising Storm (and audiobook) (First appearance)

Sources

• Elzar Mann Communes with the Force in Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm - Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link) (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (Indirect mention only)

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