Naboo mining disaster

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"While there, he earned the respect of the Naboo monarchy for saving hundreds of lives during a mining accident. He was quick to downplay his bravery, but accounts from survivors suggest that he single-handedly used the Force to hold back a terrible explosion as the miners escaped."
―Harli Cogra on Keaton Murag, in Chronicles of the Jedi[2]

By 232 BBY,[1] a mining disaster took place on[2] the Mid Rim planet[3] Naboo during the High Republic Era. The Jedi Keaton Murag—who was stationed on the world as the marshal of the Naboo temple—saved hundreds of lives during the disaster, and his actions earned him the respect of the Naboo monarchy.[2]

In 229 BBY,[4] Jedi Master Harli Cogra wrote a book titled Chronicles of the Jedi, which detailed the Jedi of the High Republic Era, and included a mention of the disaster in the first chapter of the book within a section dedicated to Murag. Cogra noted that, according to accounts from survivors of the disaster, Murag had single-handedly used the Force to hold back an explosion which allowed miners to escape, and afterward downplayed his own bravery.[2]

Behind the scenes

The Naboo mining disaster was mentioned in Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi, a 2023 in-universe reference book written by Cole Horton.[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi establishes that the mining disater took place before the Great Hyperspace Disaster, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 232 BBY.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  4. ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi establishes that the in-universe book Chronicles of the Jedi was written weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 230 BBY. The issuing of the Guardian Protocols, dated by The High Republic Character Encyclopedia to 229 BBY, are depicted in The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 as taking place one week after Starlight Beacon's destruction. With this, Chronicles of the Jedi must have been authored no earlier than 229 BBY. Chronicles of the Jedi further establishes that Pra-Tre Veter is still a Grand Master of the Jedi Order, meaning it was written before his death, which The High Republic Character Encyclopedia states took place in 229 BBY. Therefore, Chronicles of the Jedi must have been written in 229 BBY.