The kyber crystal research team was a division of the Tarkin Initiative that specialized in the study of Force-attuned kyber crystals. The research team was led by the brilliant scientist Doctor Galen Erso.[1]
Behind the scenes
The kyber crystal research team first appeared in the 2016 anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[3] Concept artwork of the team's uniforms was included in The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[4]
Appearances
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Rogue One Adaptation 3
- Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
Sources
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as kyber crystal research team)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia
- The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – The Official Collector's Edition
- 2017 Topps Star Wars: Rogue One Series 2 Card: Galen's Engineers Assembled (backup link)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Shoretrooper Weapons & Uniforms: Creators of the Death Star
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Death Star Deluxe Book and 3D Wood Model (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
"Superweapons? The False Economies of Scale" — Star Wars Insider 192- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars Inside Intel: The Death Star on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- Death Star Scientists in the Databank (backup link)
- Eadu in the Databank (backup link)
- Galen Erso in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to 1 BBY, and the formation of the Galactic Empire to 19 BBY. Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide further establishes that the kyber crystal research team had been conscripted by the Empire to work on Eadu for nearly twenty years by the former date, meaning it must have started work around 19 BBY, the year the Empire was founded.
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story