Crystal Caves (Ilum)
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The Crystal Caves were located atop a cliff on the frozen world of Ilum. It was tradition for many Jedi to come and find an Adegan crystal to use in the creation of their lightsaber.
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[edit] History
During the Clone Wars, Luminara Unduli and her apprentice Barriss Offee came to the Crystal Caves to complete Offee's training; however, they were ambushed by Chameleon droids sent to destroy the caves by Count Dooku. During the skirmish, the caves were heavily damaged by bombs placed by the droids. Soon after, however, they were rescued by Yoda.
After Ilum's coordinates were revealed to the Separatists, the Jedi Council ordered that the crystals be harvested and brought to the Jedi Temple, while the themple within the caves took a year to rebuild.
In the months following the Great Jedi Purge, two surviving Jedi, Fy-Tor-Ana and Garen Muln sought refuge from the Galactic Empire in the Crystal Caves. Fy-Tor-Ana eventually left for Coruscant, while Muln remained behind. Ferus Olin rescued Muln a few months later.
Jedi searching for crystals often had to face visions from the Force before finding what they were looking for, making the retrieval sort of a quest on its own.
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The interior of the caves were made of natural shiny black stone; a rock that swallowed light instead of reflecting it. As time progressed and the Jedi Order grew, the many Jedi that visited the cave recorded their histories on its walls. In the black stone grew the crystals the Jedi used in their sacred weapons, the lightsaber.
Weaving between the pillars of stone, a bridge was erected that led into a large open area and a dais upon which Jedi completed their lightsabers. The bridge led along the cave's great chasms and to its main door, set in the frozen facade of the cliff wall.
It had a secret entrance that was guarded by a nest of gorgodons.
[edit] Appearances
- Jedi Quest: Path to Truth (First appearance)
- Jedi Quest comic
- I am a Jedi Apprentice (Mentioned only)
- Clone Wars Chapter 14
- Clone Wars Chapter 15
- Clone Wars Chapter 16
- The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
- The Last of the Jedi: Underworld (Mentioned only)
- The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire at War (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (Mentioned only)
