Timon Medon

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Timon Medon was a Pau'an who was credited as the Unifier of Utapau. Medon united the disparate species and city-states of the planet Utapau peacefully through negotiations, drafting treaties, and the construction of a constitution. His descendant, Tion Medon, became Master of Port Administration of Pau City because of his ancestry.

Biography

Tion Medon (pictured) was the direct descendant of Timon Medon.

Tion Medon (pictured) was the direct descendant of Timon Medon.

Timon Medon was a Pau'an, a species native to[1] the Outer Rim Territories planet[2] Utapau. In Medon's time,[1] Utapau had scattered cultures[3] and was populated with disparate city-states.[1] Medon worked to peacefully[4] unite the planet's city-states[1] and its two native species, the Pau'ans and the Utai.[4] He[1] worked through negotiation,[4] drafting treaties between the city-states and moulding a constitution of beneficial principles.[1] He came to be known as the Unifier of Utapau[5] and was revered for his role.[1] Timon Medon Plaza in Utapau's capital, Pau City, was named in honor of him.[5]

Medon's direct descendant, Tion Medon,[1] received the position of Master of Port Administration of Pau City because of his heritage to Timon.[6] Tion served in the position for over two hundred years[2] prior to the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY.[7] He became the unofficial planetary leader when Utapau was occupied by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the war, and he carried on Timon's tradition of diplomatic compromise in that time.[3]

Personality and traits

Rather than resorting to violence, Timon Medon worked to peacefully unite Utapau[4] and was willing to make diplomatic compromises.[3]

Behind the scenes

Timon Medon was first mentioned in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, a 2005 reference book written by James Luceno.[2] The thirty-seventh issue of the revised run of The Official Star Wars Fact File, published on September 17, 2014,[8] stated that Tion Medon had unified the cities of Utapau,[9] in contrast to previous sources that had established Timon's role in doing so, including the ninth issue of the Fact File[4] published on March 5 of the same year.[10]

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Databank title Utapaun in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Databank title Medon, Tion in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 9 MED 1-2: Tion Medon
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
  6. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  7. ↑ The New Essential Chronology places the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith in 19 BBY.
  8. ↑ The archived snapshots of DeAgostini-Logo Star Wars Fact File - DeAgostini Shop UK on De Agostini's official United Kingdom website (original site is defunct) show that the 2014 re-make edition of The Official Star Wars Fact File was published weekly, starting on January 8, 2014, with a week off at the start of each year as well as a three-week delay for issue 61, as stated here. Thus, it can be determined that The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 37 was published on September 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 37 UTA 1-6: Utapau
  10. ↑ The archived snapshots of DeAgostini-Logo Star Wars Fact File - DeAgostini Shop UK on De Agostini's official United Kingdom website (original site is defunct) show that the 2014 re-make edition of The Official Star Wars Fact File was published weekly, starting on January 8, 2014, with a week off at the start of each year as well as a three-week delay for issue 61, as stated here. Thus, it can be determined that The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 9 was published on March 5, 2014.