Tass root,[2] also known simply as tass, was a kind of plant native to the planet Ruusan.[1] When powdered,[2] mixed with the flowers from the scintil vine, and dampened with water, it formed a highly corrosive paste that could eat through rock and metal.[1] In 990 BBY,[3] Darovit, a hermit living on Ruusan, used the paste to sabotage the construction of a monument being built in the Valley of the Jedi to honor the Jedi of the Army of Light who sacrificed their lives to destroy the Brotherhood of Darkness.[2]
Behind the scenes
Tass root first appeared in the 2007 novel Darth Bane: Rule of Two, written by Drew Karpyshyn as the second installment of the Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy.[2] The plant was identified only as tass in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.[1]
Appearances
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two (and audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 223 ("tass")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- ↑ The part of Darth Bane: Rule of Two that includes Darovit's sabotage is set ten years after the end of the Ruusan campaign, which 'The New Essential Chronology dates to 1000 BBY. Therefore, the sabotage must have occurred in 990 BBY.
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