With the release of Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 VICTORY AND DEATH, many of us asked the
question, what was the icy moon that Darth Vader found Ahsoka’s Lightsaber on?
Was this a known location in the Galaxy or is a place that we’ve never seen before?
I’m going to break down every single possibility for the location of this Icy moon, including
some interesting theories related to the Original Trilogy.
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After Darth Vader appeared in the final ever scene of the Clone Wars, many of us wondered
where exactly Ahsoka and Rex’s Republic cruiser landed after being ripped out of hyperspace
by Maul.
There are a few potential known locations in the current Canon that could hold the answer
to the question.
So I’ve looked through all of your comments and picked out planets that you guys think
could be the location of the crash, and I’m going to go through each of them to break
down the possibilities.
The first and most obvious is Hoth, from the Empire Strikes back.
This is honestly the first place that popped into my mind when watching the episode, especially
with the familiar faces that appeared.
While the sight of Hoth Snowtroopers, storm troopers and Imperial probe droids may make
this look like Hoth, it is extremely unlikely that Ahsoka and Rex landed there.
When Ahsoka and Rex landed on the moon, it contained a visibly temperate surface, with
ice only remaining frozen at the poles.
This would mean that when Darth Vader arrived on the moon and found Ahsoka’s lightsabers,
it would have been in the winter season of the moon.
As far as we know, in Current Canon, Hoth is a completely frozen planet for 100% of
its rotation.
A cool theory that has been floating around is that this scene is actually during The
Empire Strikes Back, after Vader arrives on Hoth.
The theory states that while the Rebels are engaged in combat with Imperial forces, Vader
discovers the lightsaber of his old apprentice.
The theory also states that the Rebels built Echo base out of the remains of the crashed
Venator.
Although this is a really cool theory, it is simply not correct.
Echo base was carved out of a glacier on the planet, and looked nothing like the inside
of a republic cruiser.
On top of this, Hoth is a planet, whereas the Republic Cruiser crashed on a moon, as
stated in the episode.
Although I’d love this to be true, it unfortunately cannot be Hoth.
The next possibility is Ilum, the sacred Jedi world, where many younglings would go to retrieve
the kyber crystal for their lightsaber.
Ilum does have some very similar traits to the frozen moon that Darth arrives on in the
Clone Wars, including its icy surface and rocky structures, but is again instantly eliminated
by the simple fact that it is simply not a moon.
On top of this only a year after the Empire was formed, Ilum was claimed by the empire.
Not long after that they began strip mining the planet for Kyber crystals as part of a
large scale terraforming project.
The empire used the kyber crystals in the construction of the Death Stars, along with
Jedha.
Ilum was also later used by the First Order as it’s brand new super weapon, Starkiller
Base, clearly ruling it out.
Another suggestion people were making was that the venatorthat crashed on Zeffo in Jedi
Fallen Order is the same one that Rex and Ahsoka crashed in.
Once again, Zeffo is clearly not a moon, and it’s surface is not similar at all to the
one seen in the Clone Wars.
Furthermore, we already know that the Venator that crashed on Zeffo belonged to a female
Jedi Master named Chiata.
Chiata's Venator crashed onto the planet Zeffo and Order 66 was executed shortly after the
crash, with her clone troopers turning on her and her Padawan.
Although they attempted to fight back, Chiata was fatally wounded, dying from her injuries.
This once again definitely rules out Zeffo as the location of the crash.
Following that, I also saw some people saying that this could be the Moon Pantora, which
is home to the Pantorans that we saw earlier in the series.
Unlike the others on this list, Pantora is actually a moon.
Unfortunately however it is very unlikely to be this moon.
Although the landscape is similar, and prone to freezing over during the winter, Pantora
is located on the opposite side of the Galaxy to Mandalore and Coruscant.
If you want to try to look through every planet that is on the Mandalore-Coruscant hyperspace
route, I will link an interactive map down in the comments below.
Overall, the most likely and I’d almost say definite answer is that the moon we see
Darth Vader appear on, in the Clone Wars is an unidentified moon that has not been seen
anywhere before, in Star Wars.
This moon may feature in a Clone Wars: Aftermath series, if Dave Filloni ever wants to return
to the time period directly following the end of the Clone Wars.
So just to repeat, the moon that Darth Vader appears on is an unnamed moon, that has never
been seen before.
So let me know if you have any other suggestions outside of the ones that I’ve compiled here.
Let me know if you have any other suggestions for me to break down in the comments below,
I’d love to hear them.
Hopefully Dave Filloni eventually comes out and confirms the exact name and location of
this icy moon, very soon.
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