Unidentified academic paper

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Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

"But again, research. And in an academic paper written during the High Republic, I found a description of a world very strong in the Force."

―The Archivist^[1]

An academic paper written during the High Republic Era contained a description of a world in^[1] the Outer Rim's^[2] Sluis sector named Dagobah, which was very strong in the Force.^[1] Between 0 BBY and circa 1 ABY,^[3] during^[1] her^[4] search for Jedi Grand Master Yoda for Lady Qi'ra—the leader of the criminal syndicate Crimson Dawn—former University of Bar'leth Sava Madelin Sun learned from Imperial prisoner Jeremoch Colton that Yoda had gone into hiding in the Sluis sector after the Jedi Order's collapse. Afterward, Sun began researching the sector's worlds and used the paper to successfully track Yoda's location to Dagobah. After visiting there, however, Sun chose to protect the Jedi's location and instead informed Qi'ra he was dead.^[1] Sometime after Qi'ra's defeat by the Sith^[5] between 3 ABY and 4 ABY,^[6] Sun, now known as the Archivist, documented Qi'ra's efforts to destroy the Sith in a holocron,^[7] including a mention of her use of the academic paper.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The academic paper was mentioned in the third issue of the 2021 comic miniseries Star Wars: Crimson Reign. The issue was written by Charles Soule and published by Marvel Comics^[1] on March 9, 2022.^[8]