Norway was a rough shoot:
Tunisa wasn't much better:
Tunisa wasn't much better:
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Yeah, I like that instead of going the usual route with this kind of story where they have to build up the idea of the "Treasure Island/Planet/El Dorado/McGuffinland" as some far off exotic place that you only get to see in the final act, they establish it right up-front as the most mundane and unassuming place imaginable . . . but with a hint of something not quite right going on.
While I'd love to have this date back to the capital 'O' Old Republic; my money is still on this being a left-over "Great Work" of the High Republic. Not sure where the "eternal treasure" aspect fits in with colony of middle class bureaucrats. Simple mineral wealth would feel a little anti-climactic, though I can see it being some old Banking Clan world, set up to provide financial services and kept secret for security purposes, and they're sitting on an Emperor's ransom sized repository of currency from across the galaxy. So Fort Knox meets Los Alamos; complete with accommodations for families that aren't technically prisoners, but can't exactly leave either.
As for what they're doing there and how they got cut off; the Great Disaster seems like a logical choice. Maybe the Banking Clan kept the place so secret only one facility had the jump co-ordinates and was their only com-relay to the rest of the galaxy, and of course it got vaporised by an emergence? I'm assuming they all got stuck there because the droid caretakers weren't programmed to go for help (I'm assuming they have starships somewhere, since how else are the parents going to go looking for them?) so they just maintained the status quo, and waiting for new instructions that never arrived.
Doesn't answer all the questions of course, like why it was so special in the first place (I'm assuming it had a history before the Banking Clan or whoever settled on it), beyond just it's obscurity, whether the barrier is a natural thing, or artificially created by those uniform red glowy dots in the sky, how the Onyx Cinder found it's way there, or why it crashed (I'm assuming "because: mutiny!").
The opening crawl placed it in the New Republic era, and the inclusion of this guy, who was the only surviving pirate from Mandalorian season 3, places it squarely in the Mandalorian era.
Vane
Vane was a male[2] Kajain'sa'Nikto pirate who was a member of Gorian Shard's gang[1] as the second-in-command.[2] During the pirate siege on Nevarro, Vane deserted Shard to save his own skin. Vane was considered one of the most famous pirates in the galaxy, stories about Vane were shared by...
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I'm not talking about the show though. I'm talking about the actual planet. The mystery behind it and why it's a legend/can't be found.The opening crawl placed it in the New Republic era, and the inclusion of this guy, who was the only surviving pirate from Mandalorian season 3, places it squarely in the Mandalorian era.
Vane
Vane was a male[2] Kajain'sa'Nikto pirate who was a member of Gorian Shard's gang[1] as the second-in-command.[2] During the pirate siege on Nevarro, Vane deserted Shard to save his own skin. Vane was considered one of the most famous pirates in the galaxy, stories about Vane were shared by...
The assumption is that the Barrier is a cloaking field of sorts to prevent pirates from finding the place. But like some cloaking fields, it cloaks in both directions. They can't see in, and you can't see out. Since the lessons we see from the school are all math and money based, the assumption is that this was a major treasury from the Republic back in the day. A place with so much wealth that it required a planet's worth of accountants to keep up with the interest.
I did have a thought on the bulk freighter the pirates attack at the beginning. This is a New Republic ship, that is supposed to be carrying a ton of credits. Yet there is exactly one credit in the middle of the floor of an otherwise empty vault. I am suspicious of that. Specifically, because one of the leaders of the New Republic is Princess Leia Organa. Whose husband is renown smuggler Han Solo. What are the bets that the vault has hidden compartments in the floors and maybe walls? And all the credits are in there, while the New Republic keeps a single credit in the room to discourage any pirate that hits the place. The pirates will leave in frustration, and the Republic will come and gather the remains of the ship and recover their credits.
I did have a thought on the bulk freighter the pirates attack at the beginning. This is a New Republic ship, that is supposed to be carrying a ton of credits. Yet there is exactly one credit in the middle of the floor of an otherwise empty vault. I am suspicious of that. Specifically, because one of the leaders of the New Republic is Princess Leia Organa. Whose husband is renown smuggler Han Solo. What are the bets that the vault has hidden compartments in the floors and maybe walls? And all the credits are in there, while the New Republic keeps a single credit in the room to discourage any pirate that hits the place. The pirates will leave in frustration, and the Republic will come and gather the remains of the ship and recover their credits.
They're using Prequel Era Republic credits, so that narrows it down.
I liked the first two episodes. I love all the characters, so far.
And, I'm loving the pirate references (various eye patch and peg leg jokes). I'm intrigued to find out what the goings-on are at At Attin.
The allusions to the opening of the original 1977 film were also fun.
And, I'm loving the pirate references (various eye patch and peg leg jokes). I'm intrigued to find out what the goings-on are at At Attin.
The allusions to the opening of the original 1977 film were also fun.
That reminds me, they all seemed shocked by all the stars they saw on the other side of the Barrier. I'm not able to go back and check right now, did anyone notice if the night sky was completely black? Or did they never show it?
There was some sort of cloud in the sky blocking everything out.
At Attin has me puzzled. Something off about it. Maybe there is a mine where they send people who misbehave.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it was. I just thought the choice was interesting. I would guess in this case, "earth" just means "home".
"Crimson Jack"! Now that's a deep cut.
Jack apparently has history in the new Canon, but he first showed up an issue 11 of Marvel's old comic back in 1978. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Jack/Legends
Jack apparently has history in the new Canon, but he first showed up an issue 11 of Marvel's old comic back in 1978. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Jack/Legends
And they actually made them look physically different, which is a nice touch
I think I saw some old Dell laptops in the observatory lmao
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Damn, Wookiepedia editors are quick, some already added a note about there being a second Crimson Jack.
It was nice to get some answers about stuff already, instead of doing a massive info dump in the finale.
I'm especially glad they got the Jod= Silvo thing out of the way already since it was incredibly obvious. He definitely does seem to have Force training, so my thinking is that he's another Kanan Jarrus, a former Padawan who survived by hidding in the underworld.
And it looks like At Attin has been hidden since at least the days of the Old Republic.
I liked Kh'ymm a lot, her design was cool, and she was a fun character. I hope this isn't the only time we see her.
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