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A set of four statues were used onboard an ancient Amaxine space station to contain multiple members of the Drengir, an inherently dark-side attuned sapient plant species. The statues, shaped as a humanoid warrior queen, an avian figure, a crowned insectoid, and an amphibian, were arranged at the center of the station's central globe, around a dais with a throne-like structure. Possibly placed by the Sith, the statues were discovered by several Jedi stranded at the station after the Great Hyperspace Disaster, who misidentified their purpose.

Description

The statues sat in a circle in the middle of the Amaxine space station's central globe, and were overgrown with vegetation when they were first encountered. Each statue was a different figure, and they stood around a central dais. The dais had a throne-like structure in the middle of it, and at the foot of the statues was writing that was indecipherable by the time of the High Republic. It was possibly similar to Old Alderaanian.[1]

Each statue figure was different, though the first figure seen was the most distinct. She was a defiant humanoid queen wearing a headdress, with a highly angular face and her weaponry at her feet. The other statues were an individual from an unknown avian species, a crowned individual from an unknown insectoid species, and an individual from an unknown amphibian species. They all shared building materials, being carved of sandstone and gilded with copious precious stones and metals, only slightly burnished by time. Each figure also had a magnificent halo behind their heads, and shackles around their wrists. The design style on them was similar to the ancient Kubaz.[1]

History

After "reaping" alongside the Drengir, the Sith betrayed the Drengir and used the binding statues to constrain their former allies, slumbering aboard a space station until the arrival of the Jedi.

After "reaping" alongside the Drengir, the Sith betrayed the Drengir and used the binding statues to constrain their former allies, slumbering aboard a space station until the arrival of the Jedi.

The binding statues were likely created by the Sith centuries before the High Republic, when they were more numerous. The statues were turned into Force dampeners by the Sith, and were used to trap a group of Drengir on board of an Amaxine space station in an unknown star system. This trap was successful, and the statues remained in the abandoned space station for centuries until the arrival of the Vessel and its passengers. They were rediscovered at this time, and were initially assumed to be images of gods, mythological figures, or great rulers. However, Jedi Knight Orla Jareni realized that the statues represented defeated individuals, as indicated by the bands around each state's arms which were restraints. The statue were eventually removed from the station after being wrapped in a Force shield by Jedi Knights Jareni, Cohmac Vitus and Padawan Reath Silas due to a belief that they were responsible for a shadow in the Force that was routinely disturbing the Jedi.[1]

They were taken to the Shrine in the Depths under the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be purified, but after the Force shield was dispelled, the truth of the statues was revealed. Realizing that they had allowed an evil to be unleashed on board the abandoned station, the Vessel and its passengers returned to make things right. Jedi Knights Jareni and Vitus were eventually able to reposition the statues and put the Drengir back to sleep, but the arrival of a large group of Nihil forced the Jedi to damage the statues in order to unleash the Drengir. This caused enough chaos for the Jedi and their allies to escape. A decompression on board the station during this process likely sucked pieces of the statues into space.[1]

Behind the scenes

The binding statues first appeared in the 2021 young-adult novel The High Republic: Into the Dark, written by Claudia Gray as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase I.[3] The 2024 young-adult novel The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless[4]—set in 228 BBY[5] and which was written by George Mann and published as part of the multimedia project's[4] Phase III[3]—depicts the statues as still in the Shrine of the Depths on Coruscant.[4] The 2025 Phase III[3] young-adult novel The High Republic: Into the Light[6]—which is set after Tears of the Nameless but also in 228 BBY,[5] and was also written by Gray—states that binding statues had been returned to the Amaxine station "years" before,[6] aligning with the events depicted in Into the Dark.[1]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 The High Republic: Into the Dark
  2. ↑ The Star Wars Book dates the launch of the Starlight Beacon to 232 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 232 BBY in the dating system used by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. As The High Republic: Into the Dark depicts the launch, all of the novel's events, including the destruction of the binding statues, must occur around that year.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic Adventures (2023) 4 takes place one year and two weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY. Since the events of The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 are set immediately following the fourth issue and depict the expansion of the Stormwall, the expansion must have taken place in the same year. Meanwhile, the events of "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal" include the Stormwall's expansion and also depict the start of Pikka Adren's pregnancy. A later story, "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly," states that Adren is eight months pregnant during its events, indicating that it is set eight months after "No Big Deal," and therefore one year, eight months, and two weeks after the fall of Starlight Beacon. "Sparks Fly" is set during the Battle of Eriadu, an event that begins in The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular. As StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places The High Republic: Defy the Storm between the events of "No Big Deal" and The Wedding Spectacular, its events must also be set in 228 BBY.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The High Republic: Into the Light
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