Painting of Duchess Satine Kryze

The painting of Duchess Satine Kryze^[1] was a Mandalorian cubist portrait of the planet Mandalore's leader Duchess Satine Kryze. During the Clone Wars, the painting hung in the Sundari Royal Palace^[2] before the former Sith Lord and one-time leader of Mandalore^[3] Maul eventually took it to his lair on his homeworld Dathomir. The painting had been damaged since its time in the Royal Palace, with Kryze's eyes and neck scratched out. Maul positioned the painting on the wall as part of a shrine to Kryze, which was complete with candles. The ancient Mandalorian weapon known as the Darksaber sat beneath the painting.^[4] In 2 BBY,^[5] when Maul brought the Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger to his lair in an attempt to convince him to learn the ways of the dark side, Bridger noticed the shrine and studied the painting.^[4]

Behind the scenes

The painting of Duchess Satine Kryze first appeared in "The Mandalore Plot,"^[6] the twelfth episode of the second season of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The episode aired on January 29, 2010.^[7] It was first identified in the episode guide for the Star Wars Rebels episode "Visions and Voices,"^[1] the eleventh episode of the show's third season, which released after the episode aired on December 10, 2016.^[8] For the scene in "Visions and Voices" where Bridger looks at the painting, composer Kevin Kiner quoted a piano-only refrain from Duchess Satine's theme.^[9]