- "The ice age is the result of a moonstrike."
"Yes, it would appear so. The smaller moon was a capture moon, with an irregular orbit. Working backward from Artoo's recordings, we found that the gravity of the larger moon disturbed the capture moon into a decaying orbit—a hundred years, in round numbers, before the fall."
"And the Qella saw it happening. They knew what lay ahead for them. And they used the warning, and the time they had left, to build this vessel." - ―Luke Skywalker and Joto Eckels
A moonstrike was known as an occasion when a satellite was hit with enough force by an asteroid, moon, or other natural satellite to alter its orbit or rotational axis.
Appearances
- Tyrant's Test (First mentioned)