Tangrada-Nii

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"The Tangrada-Nii people—that's a culture, not a species—they said Oridol was the face of one of their gods, back in the days when gods were still something to be feared."
―Palal Seedia, to Wyl Lark[1]

The Tangrada-Nii were an ancient culture[1] hailing from[2] the Tangrada-Nii system[3] that believed that the Oridol Cluster was a living god.[1] General Mardroon, a member of the culture, passed on a saying the general called crossing the threshold of the mirror, which warned of the risks of understanding your enemy too well.[4] The descendants of the Tangrada-Nii became the Tagra-Tel, who sought to investigate the Oridol Cluster.[1]

Some weeks after the Battle of Endor[1] in 4 ABY,[5] Palal Seedia, a pilot of the Galactic Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing,[4] told the New Republic pilot Wyl Lark about the Tangrada-Nii over a comm channel while in the cluster itself[1] and she later recited Mardroon's teachings to the another New Republic pilot named Chass na Chadic when the pair were stranded on the planet Catadra[4] around 5 ABY.[6]

Behind the scenes

The Tangrada-Nii were first mentioned in the 2019 novel Alphabet Squadron, written by Alexander Freed.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Alphabet Squadron
  2. ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas and a number of maps in the current Star Wars canon (see a list here), stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for Tangrada-Nii in relation to Tangrada-Nii system.
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel to 5 ABY.