Sith alphabet

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"The Sith had their own language and script."
―Luke Skywalker[2]

The Sith alphabet was a script[3] used to write ur-Kittât, the language of the Sith. The alphabet was composed of runes, and translating it was made illegal under Galactic Republic law.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Sith alphabet first appeared in the 2019 sequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker,[1] and was first identified as such in the 2020 reference book The Star Wars Book.[3] In the film, the alphabet does not visibly match its previous depictions.[1] In the accompanying reference book Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo, the runes of the Blade of Ochi of Bestoon were identified as "Long-dead ur-Kittât "Old Tongue" runes of the Sith," possibly implying "ur-Kittât" is the name of the alphabet and "Old Tongue" is the name of the language.[4] Subsequent sources identified ur-Kittât as a language.[5][6][2][7]

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shadow of the Sith
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Star Wars Book
  4. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith
  6. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 20
  7. ↑ Star Wars 100 Objects