Carbonite Sith Army

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The Carbonite Sith Army was an army of Sith troopers that had been frozen in carbonite and put into storage on an unknown, rocky planet. At the head of the cavernous chamber where the army was placed in rows, a prominent statue of what was likely a Sith Master wielding an ignited lightsaber had been erected. Soon after the Battle of Endor, the Nightsister Silri rediscovered the army by following information obtained from a Sith holocron.

[edit] History

At an unknown point in time, a host of soldiers that appeared to be Sith troopers were frozen in carbonite and placed in neat rows and columns in front of the statue of an unknown cloaked individual. It was believed that they had survived the process because their carbonite casings were still blinking when they were uncovered during the Galactic Civil War. The troopers were placed inside a large tomb-like cavern, which had been sealed off. A single Sith holocron held the location of the army within its database; when accessed, the information revealed a diagram much like that of a Star Map, which led the user to the planet where the army had been placed.

The great tomb was discovered by the Nightsister Silri not long after the Second Battle of Kuat. She had been examining the holocron, which Tyber Zann and Urai Fen of the Zann Consortium had attempted to steal from Jabba the Hutt on Felucia, and later reacquired after a daring raid on Emperor Palpatine's personal vault on Coruscant. Silri was then able to follow the Star Map to the planet where, after apparently entering a code into a terminal located next to the large stone doorway, the entrance slid open, revealing the army standing in suspended animation.

[edit] Behind the scenes

This Carbonite Sith Army is reminiscent of the Terracotta Army found just outside of Qin Shi Huang's tomb in China. Both have inanimate soldiers lined up in formations adorning a long-preserved seclusion.

Though not seen in the cutscene which reveals the frozen army (and therefore may well not be canon), an unknown Sith was also frozen in carbonite. Next to his frozen figure sat an urn, whose contents are unknown. On the lid of the urn sat a lightsaber. It is assumed he is the same Sith as the robed statue at the rear of the room.

Besides the few moments of the game's ending cutscene, no information is given whatsoever on the Carbonite Sith Army. The most that can be determined, until more information is released, are educated guesses. Because the carbonite Sith Lord is not seen in the cutscene, it may not be canon, meaning that it might be just a statue and troops. There are hints to the army being Sith and there being a frozen Sith Lord only in text for spawning the game objects, so it is possible, but quite unlikely that there are no Sith inside the cavern at all.

The emblem of the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War is on the back of the huge statue at the end of the room. Although the symbol itself is not seen during the in-game cutscene, it can be spotted by examining the object in the Forces of Corruption Map Editor. The presence of the emblem could possibly be meant to suggest that the statue is one of Darth Revan (as well as that the frozen soldiers are from that era), but the nature of the Carbonite Sith Army is currently open to speculation.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (First appearance)