Ronin

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For other uses, see Ronin.
Wandering Jedi, like Ahsoka Tano, were called Ronin.

Wandering Jedi, like Ahsoka Tano, were called Ronin.

In Melitto culture, a ronin was a male warrior who had survived the defeat of his myrmitrix, thus becoming a hiveless outcast. The ronin Sarco Plank ended up working as a bounty hunter, jungle guide, and tomb raider on Devaron.[1]

Ronin was also a term that could be applied to wandering Jedi. Ahsoka Tano was a Ronin,[2] and Grand Admiral Thrawn told Tano that being stranded on the wastelands of the planet Peridea suited her.[3]

Behind the scenes

Melitto ronin first appeared in Jason Fry's junior novel The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure, in the person of Sarco Plank.[4] However, the term itself was coined in Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy, also written by Fry.[1] In real-life, rōnin were vagrant, masterless samurai warriors.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy
  2. ↑ Ahsoka 2
  3. ↑ AhsokaTitle-Template Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
  4. ↑ The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real Rōnin on Encyclopædia Britannica (backup link archived on March 31, 2019)