Mortisologist

Mortisologist was a title held by a scholar who researched the ethereal place known as Mortis. Minister Veris Hydan,^[1] leader of the Galactic Empire's Ministry for Antiquity,^[2] was one of the Empire's leading Mortisologists. After^[1] the Empire's discovery of the Lothal Jedi Temple on the planet Lothal in 3 BBY,^[3] Hydan was assigned to study the temple's ruins. A vergence in the Force was located there.^[1]

Hoping to find an entrance to the mysterious Force realm known as the World Between Worlds,^[4] which the Mortis gods held the clue to,^[5] the Mortisologist had the site of the temple excavated^[6] in 1 BBY^[3] as part of the research. Although Hydan was unable to decipher the painting of the Mortis gods, the Jedi-in-training Ezra Bridger and fellow rebel Sabine Wren opened the portal to the World Between Worlds. Hydan captured Wren and forced^[5] her^[3] to explain the painting, but the Mortisologist was later lost in a chasm that consumed the entire temple.^[5]

Behind the scenes

A Mortisologist first appeared in "Wolves and a Door,"^[6] the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. The episode premiered on February 26, 2018.^[7] The title was first identified in the 2023 reference book Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide,^[1] within a section written by Pablo Hidalgo.^[8]