A human[1] female individual was at one point a Jedi priestess.[2] A giant statue of the Jedi was located in[1] the Great Hall[3] at the entrance of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. It held a book in it's left hand and a ball was permanently floating above it's outstretched right arm.[1] A second statue also stood in another similar hall in the Temple.[4] A much smaller version of the statue also stood in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu next to the entrance of the Den of Antiquities of the Ithorian merchant Dok-Ondar,[5] who was an avid collector of Jedi and Sith artifacts.[6] This version was mostly identical to the one at the Temple, but had the ball directly attached to it's finger tips.[5] Izal Garsea thought the statue looked severe and reverent.[2]
Behind the scenes
The statue of the individual first appeared in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.[1] It was envisioned by concept artist Ryan Church to fill the empty space of the animatics of the Great Hall, on which Eric Carney and director George Lucas were currently working on. Afterwards it's the design was refined by Aaron McBride[7]—with concept art dated to March 12, 2004—and a painted sculpture was done by Industrial Light & Magic model shop sculptor Richard Miller.[8] A replica of the statue stands in front of the gift shop Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at at both Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios,[5] which first opened on May 31, 2019.[9] The 2019 spin-off novel A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova then identified the individual as a Jedi priestess.[2]
Appearances
- "A Jedi's Duty" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (Statue only)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance) (Statue only)
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I" (Statue only) (In flashback(s))- Galaxy's Edge 4 (Statue only)
- Galaxy's Edge 5 (Statue only)
- A Crash of Fate (and audiobook) (Statue only)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Merchant Row (Statue only)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities (Statue only)
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Black Spire Outpost" (Statue only)- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (Statue only)
Non-canon appearances
Sources
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (Statue only) (Picture only)- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu (Statue only) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 A Crash of Fate
- ↑ "A Jedi's Duty" — Stories of Jedi and Sith
- ↑
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities
- ↑ Galaxy's Edge 3
- ↑ The Art of Revenge of the Sith
- ↑
Aaron McBride (@amcb_toraidhe) on Instagram (post): "Statue concept I did for the Jedi Temple atrium in #StarWars #RevengeoftheSith (2005) From l-r: Concept art, final painted sculpture done by legendary @ILMVFX Model Shop sculptor Richard Miller & in the finished film." (content obsolete and backup link not available) (Post mirrored by
Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) on Twitter (post on July 23, 2019) (backup link))
- ↑
Disney A to Z: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on D23.com (backup link)
