Joganman

Joganman was an establishment located in the main square of a village on the planet Genbara in the Outer Rim Territories. Positioned near the storehouse Mamura's and adjacent to the road leading to Tono's Teahouse, it featured blue and green lights and an Aurebesh banner with its name.

Twenty years after the Sith rebellion, the area around Joganman became the site of a confrontation between the Bandit Troopers led by the Sith Kouru and bounty hunters hired as bodyguards for the villagers. The battle, which drew in the former Sith known as the Ronin, ended with the defeat of the invaders and no apparent damage to the building itself.

Description

Joganman^[2] was situated on a central^[1] courtyard^[3] in a village on Genbara, a planet in the Outer Rim Territories.^[1] The building overlooked the grand storehouse Mamura's and was situated in a corner between the main square and a narrow street that led outside of the village in the direction of Tono's Teahouse, an establishment just outside the village. Joganman had a grated window and a door. The exterior of the building was decorated with several lanterns with blue and green-colored lights on a short awning, fabric dividers, a bench in front of the entrance, and a vertical banner with the name of the establishment written in Aurebesh.^[2]

History

Twenty years after the Sith rebellion, the former Sith known as the Ronin visited Tono's Teahouse. From the teashop, he saw villagers meeting in the central square near Joganman to discuss business matters. A few moments later, the self-styled Dark Lord of the Sith Kouru led a group of Bandit Troopers aboard a Troop Transport Tank from a deserted village across the mountain into the town for a raid, stopping in the central square Joganman was located near. The bandits, seeking goods from the villagers as a form of tax, were denied it by the village chief. Moments later, bounty hunter guards began an assault on the invaders, and a firefight ensued in front of the establishment.^[1]

Kouru, emerging from the transport, aided her troopers in taking the village, but soon became embroiled in lightsaber combat with the Ronin, who engaged her near Joganman. Thanks to Kouru's intervention and a new wave of bandit trooper reinforcements, the town was captured and the villagers were rounded up in the main square in front of Mamura's. The Ronin, who had taken his duel with the bandit leader away from the village, then activated his wrist cuff, which prompted his companion astromech droid R5-D56 to launch a salvo of missiles that took down the raiders. Near a waterfall, the Ronin killed Kouru, thus eliminating the threat to the villagers. By the end of the confrontation, Joganman appeared structurally intact.^[2]

Behind the scenes

Joganman first appeared in "The Duel," a non-canon short film released as part of the first volume of the Star Wars: Visions series, produced by Kamikaze Douga and released on Disney+^[2] on September 22, 2021.^[4] Before the short's release, it was first pictured in the original^[5] and English dub trailers for the series uploaded to the official Star Wars YouTube channel on August 17 of the same year.^[6]

In "The Duel," a nobori-style^[7] banner outside the establishment has Aurebesh writing that transliterates to "JOGANMAN." Next to it, the word "VORAYA" was written in smaller characters.^[2] In a deep-dive article into the making of the short published on the website CGWORLD on April 12, 2022, a sketch containing annotations on several aspects of the building and its surroundings was published.^[7]

The illustration indicated the presence of an All Terrain Scout Transport piece as part of the façade, as well as noren,^[7] a short split curtain hung at entrances of establishments.^[8] Other items outside the building include escape pod-shaped paper lanterns, a fuel tank, and a bag owned by Finn,^[7] a major character in the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.^[9] It also noted that the design of the door was reminiscent of a base belonging to the dark side of the Force.^[7]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Visions — "The Duel" (First appearance)

Sources

• Star Wars: Visions | English Dub Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First pictured, simultaneous with Original Trailer)
• Star Wars: Visions | Original Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
• Star Wars: Visions Filmmaker Focus — "The Duel"
• Visions Revisited: 5 Highlights from "The Duel" on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "It's a Love Letter": The Producers of Star Wars: Visions Celebrate the Unique Anime Collection on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
• "The Duel" Episode Guide | Star Wars: Visions on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Five Films that Inspired Star Wars Storytellers on StarWars.com (backup link)

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