Eroudac

Eroudac was a terrestrial planet located in the Mid Rim and the Slice regions of the galaxy. It was orbited by a pink moon, and its terrain featured crystal mountains and seas. Due to centuries of natural disasters, the world's healing quiraawa flower eventually became widely considered extinct. However, some legends claimed the flowers had been preserved in some form.

During the High Republic Era, a Jedi temple operated on Eroudac. Several Jedi Masters and Jedi younglings were stationed there by 230 BBY, including the youngling Jamil Sollis. However, the Jedi evacuated the temple in 230 BBY following the Jedi High Council's recall of all Jedi to the Core Worlds planet Coruscant, upsetting Sollis as he struggled to adjust away from home. In 228 BBY, Churo the Hutt traveled to Eroudac in search of a quiraawa flower to heal his homeworld, Nal Hutta. With the help of Jedi Knight Sul-Nath-Rune, Churo eventually found a group of native Heart of Eroudac, who explained that he could not take a quiraawa flower from Eroudac without harming the world. Knowing this, the Hutt decided to leave Eroudac with Rune to seek a different solution to help Nal Hutta.

At some point no earlier than 21 ABY, the Garsea family settled on Eroudac and established themselves in the Eroudac Citadel. The family's daughter, Izal Garsea, attended a local academy while there to appease her father but often spent most of her time in a local spaceport instead. Sometime after her parents died, Izal left the planet after failing a smuggling job for one of her academy professors.

Description

Eroudac was a small terrestrial planet^[5] located in the Doldur sector's Eroudac system, in the Mid Rim^[1] and the Slice regions of the galaxy.^[2] The planet was situated in grid square P-15 on the Standard Galactic Grid.^[1] Eroudac was orbited by a pink-colored moon that shone light down on the planet below^[3] as well as at least one other moon. The world's terrain featured multicolored^[4] crystal mountains, warm seas,^[3] and highlands. Flora included the quiraawa flower, a type of flower with healing properties, as well as other trees and other ground vegetation. Eroudac's fauna included multiple varieties of colorful insects and other creatures. The world had a pink^[4] Type I atmosphere breathable to humans,^[6] Hutts, Cereans, and Heart of Eroudac.^[4]

History

Mountain Jedi temple

For many centuries, Eroudac suffered from natural disasters, which threatened to drive the quiraawa flowers on the world to extinction. According to one legend, the last remaining quiraawa flower on Eroudac was preserved by a priestess at the top of one of the world's mountains. Another version of the legend claimed that the flowers only appeared once in a decade under the light of Eroudac's waning moons. Both versions were known to some individuals^[4] by 228 BBY,^[7] by which time the quiraawa flower became widely considered extinct.^[4] By the High Republic Era, Eroudac was home to a temple of the Jedi Order, which was built into the side of one of the world's crystal mountains.^[3] By 230 BBY,^[8] several Jedi younglings and Jedi Masters were present there, though the temple's population was notably less than that of^[3] the Core Worlds planet^[9] Coruscant's Jedi Temple at that time.^[3]

One of the Jedi younglings who considered Eroudac home was Jamil Sollis, who received rigorous training from the temple's Jedi Masters. While there, he stayed in the facility's dormitories and enjoyed looking up at the pink light of Eroudac's moon through a skylight. At one point, Sollis also swam in Eroudac's warm seas and experienced more chilling waters pushed in by a wave.^[3] In 230 BBY,^[8] the Jedi High Council recalled all Jedi to Coruscant and implemented the Guardian Protocols, hoping to protect the Jedi Order against the dangers of the Nihil marauders and their Force-consuming Nameless creatures.^[10] Sollis and the other younglings on Eroudac evacuated the world with their Jedi Masters aboard a ship and were informed of the threat they faced as they traveled to Coruscant.^[3]

While stationed in Coruscant's Jedi temple^[3] in 228 BBY,^[8] Sollis reminisced on missing Eroudac and its temple, having felt out of place and unable to focus in his new environment. The youngling later participated in a mission to the planet Palagosal, often thinking about the crystal mountains of his home when overwhelmed. He felt that his fellow youngling Tep Tep—who had been displaced from her original temple on^[3] the Outer Rim planet^[10] Valo—understood what it felt like to miss home and sought her out to talk about his feelings.^[3]

Search for healing

Later that year,^[7] the Hutt scientist Churo looked for a way to heal^[4] his homeworld^[3] Nal Hutta, which had been infested by Drengir,^[4] a type of carnivorous plant.^[3] As part of his endeavor, he spent time researching at the library of Senator^[4] Rina Greylark,^[3] learning of the Eroudac legend of a priestess preserving the world's last quiraawa flower on a mountaintop. Around the same time, Jedi Knight Sul-Nath-Rune and his unit visited Eroudac on a relief mission to the world with the Republic Defense Coalition. During the mission, the Jedi became separated from his unit and was injured.^[4]

Churo later traveled to Eroudac in his starship, the Glowworm, to search for the flower. There, he encountered a weakened Rune, who approached Churo for help. After treating the Jedi with a medkit, the Hutt told him about the versions of the legend he had learned of, which had prompted him to visit Eroudac to try to find the quiraawa flower. Rune reflected that he had heard of the healing flower's tale, leading the two to discuss the different meanings of "quiraawa" in the Eroudan language. As they approached a mountain, Churo spotted a glowing key high above him. Rune moved a rock with the Force to use as a key, helping the Hutt out of gratitude for the latter treating his injuries.^[4]

Hidden oasis

The key's usage opened up a cavern entrance before the pair, prompting both to go in as they discussed their reasons for coming to Eroudac. However, a large group of insects began attacking them, leading both Churo and Rune to run down a different tunnel to avoid harming them. As they ran, a hole in the ground opened up and Rune fell in, leaving Churo alone and surrounded by the now-calm insects. He kept moving through the tunnel until it opened into a wider cavern with lush vegetation and a large tree.^[4]

There, he met several Heart of Eroudac—Eroudac's native species—who informed him he was allowed to enter the oasis only because he had sought them out, specifically, with his research of Eroudac legends. The Heart of Eroudac confirmed his query that a quiraawa flower would heal Nal Hutta. However, when Churo was informed by a Heart of Eroudac that the cost of the miracle for his homeworld would result in negative consequences for Eroudac, he tearfully decided to leave the oasis. After leaving the cavern, Churo met Rune outside, and the pair departed the planet together aboard the Glowworm to search for the biologist Glenna Kip, who might have another solution for Nal Hutta's troubles.^[4]

A new beginning

While in the Khepi Tomb in the Khepi system^[11] in 3 ABY,^[12] a Rokana Raider boasted about having beaten a drift-skipper squadron on Eroudac's moon.^[11] In 21 ABY,^[13] the Garsea family moved out from the Outer Rim planet Batuu and eventually arrived on Eroudac, where they settled at the Eroudac Citadel. Afterward, the daughter of the family—Izal Garsea—began attending a local academy to appease her father. Garsea spent most of her days on Eroudac at the spaceport, where she would board her family's light freighter, the Meridian, and fly it around the planet. Izal's mother, Ixel Garsea, had been able to smooth-talk her way out of citations and get landing permits from the police officers in the world's local law enforcement agency.^[5]

Following the death of her parents, Izal Garsea took a Galactic Politics course at the academy on Eroudac, during which she met a fellow student and started dating him. The relationship ended after she met her boyfriend's parents, who did not care for an orphaned woman like Garsea; she had no social status on Eroudac and no aspirations of becoming a politician's wife. Sometime later, Garsea accepted a smuggling job from the academy's genetic science professor. She was set to travel to the planet Haneli aboard her starship, acquire some haneli flowers, and smuggle them offworld. During the job, however, Garsea was caught with the flowers and decided to drop the cargo and to abandon her home on Eroudac rather than returning to face her professor.^[5]

Planning the future

In 34 ABY,^[14] Garsea returned to Batuu, where she reunited with her old childhood friend Julen Rakab. Explaining where she had been, she told Rakab everything that had happened at Eroudac. After a skirmish at a local farm, Garsea learned that Rakab owned a starship, which motivated her to invite Rakab on a date on Eroudac.^[5]

Rakab was initially confused about the choice of Eroudac, but Garsea explained that it was the last place where she had lived with her parents, and that it had ancient ruins and a pink moon. Rakab agreed to go on the date once his ship was repaired. Rakab and Garsea started dating, but their plan to go to Eroudac did not come to fruition, and they instead hoped to visit it together one day.^[5] That same year,^[15] the historian Eloc Throno included Eroudac on a map in his book Traveler's Guide to Batuu.^[9]

Inhabitants

By the time of the High Republic Era, numerous Heart of Eroudac hailed from Eroudac, and due to the nature of their role as the planet's heart, if one of them were to leave the planet, the world's lifeblood and synchronicity would wane.^[4] Several Jedi, including the human Jamil Sollis, lived on Eroudac^[3] by 230 BBY.^[8] Izal Garsea and her family also resided on the world for some time following their departure from Batuu during the time of the New Republic, as did others such as her boyfriend and academy professor.^[5] Additionally, the Eroudan language originated from the world and was known to at least some individuals.^[4]

Locations

By the High Republic Era, a Jedi temple was built into the side of one of the world's mountains.^[3] Other mountains, such as the Quiraawa Mountains, were also a feature of the world.^[4] The Eroudac Citadel was a residence where the Garsea family lived during their stay on Eroudac. Other points of interest included the local spaceport, an academy, and ancient ruins.^[5]

Behind the scenes

Eroudac was created for^[16] the 2019 young-adult novel A Crash of Fate, written by Zoraida Córdova, which introduced it via mention.^[5] The planet's name is an anagram for Ecuador,^[17] the country where Córdova was born,^[18] and its topography was based on the country.^[19] Mentions of Eroudac were later included in the junior novel The High Republic: Beware the Nameless, also authored by Córdova and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's^[3] Phase III on August 27, 2024.^[20] Córdova confirmed the reference to Eroudac in Beware the Nameless was an intentional callback to her previous Star Wars work,^[16] having created the planet for Izal Garsea.^[21]

Ahead of its release, on December 12, 2024, the author also revealed that Eroudac's first full appearance and visual depiction would be in the then-upcoming one-shot comic The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual within her story about Churo,^[16] "The Adventures of Churo the Hutt and the Heart of Eroudac." The comic story was illustrated by Juan Samu and published by Dark Horse Comics as part of The High Republic's Phase III^[4] on January 29, 2025.^[22] Before the interview, uncolored, unlettered comic pages from "The Adventures of Churo the Hutt and the Heart of Eroudac" had been revealed during the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel at New York Comic Con on October 19, 2024.^[23] Thus, that preview marked Eroudac's visual debut.^[16][23]

Córdova was excited for Eroudac to make its visual debut, reflecting that while editing the comic, she had never imagined seeing the world in visual form. Although the author had originally created Eroudac for A Crash of Fate, she enjoyed being able to revisit subjects she had created in more of her Star Wars work, having remarked that she had been unsure if she would be able to.^[16] Córdova felt that Churo's mission to Eroudac was because he wanted to "save the galaxy," noting that she was excited to have picked up a copy of the comic upon its release.^[19]

Appearances

• The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "The Adventures of Churo the Hutt and the Heart of Eroudac" — The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual (First appearance)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Mentioned only) (A Pirate's Fortune DLC)
• A Crash of Fate (and audiobook) (First mentioned)

Sources

• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
• Star Wars Droids Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
• NYCC 2024: All the Star Wars News and Reveals from New York Comic-Con on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)
• The High Republic Author Roundtable: "The End of the Beginning" on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references