A parang was a weapon after which Parang Squad was named.[1] In 88 BBY,[2] Jedi Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas snuck into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts, a prohibited section of the Jedi Temple Archives on the planet Coruscant, and saw several artifacts, with the latter wondering if he saw a parang.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
A parang was first mentioned in a flashback sequence in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott[3] and published on April 30, 2019.[4] The spelling of parang was confirmed by the audio drama's script release[5] on October 1 of the same year.[4]
Appearances[]
- Dooku: Jedi Lost (First mentioned) (In flashback(s))
- Dooku: Jedi Lost script (In flashback(s))
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ According to Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Dooku was eighty years old at the time of the First Battle of Geonosis. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the battle in 22 BBY, thus dating Dooku's birth to 102 BBY. The script of Dooku: Jedi Lost states that Dooku was fourteen years old when Sifo-Dyas sneaked into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts and allegedly saw a parang, placing the event in 88 BBY.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dooku: Jedi Lost
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost script