Tython is an extremely important planet, located in the Deep Core of the Galaxy,
orbited by two Moons, Ashla and Bogan. In Star Wars Legends,
Tython was a planet with an incredibly rich connection to the force and even became the
planet where the Jedi Order originated, long before the Republic was formed.
So with Ahsoka Tano instructing Din Djarin to take The Child,
now Known as Grogu, to the planet Tython to signal for a Jedi in the Mandalorian Season 2 episode 5,
I’m going to break down everything we know about Tython’s role in the
formation of the Jedi order in Canon, and how it connects the story from Star Wars: Legends.
So before we get into it,
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In Canon, Tython is a rocky planet, far into the deep core of the Galaxy, similar to how it is
in Legends. One difference however, is that in the only Canon appearance of the planet,
the world has been depicted as having a thick layer of ice coating the surface of
the rocky world, a massive series of ice caps in the southern parts of the planet
Unfortunately that’s all the knowledge we have in Canon, on its geography and setting.
We don’t even have confirmation that the two very important moons of the planet,
Ashla and Bogan still exist, so hopefully we see them appear in the Mandalorian Season 2.
As for it’s history, we do know slightly more,
but nowhere near as much as we knew in Star Wars: Legends.
Tython’s history is shrouded in myth,
with many rumours spreading around the galaxy about its purpose and history. It was however,
home to a Jedi Temple, and is believed to be the Jedi Order’s first temple, but between the Jedi
Temples on Ahch-to, Coruscant, Jedha and Ossus, it is not clear which is the first in Canon.
During the Galactic civil war, in an attempt to save her loved ones who were located at
Echo Base on Hoth, Archaeologist, Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra lured Darth Vader and his imperial
forces to Tython, diverting his attention from the true location of the Rebel Base on Hoth,
giving the Rebels crucial time to prepare for attack.
Aphra lured Vader to a location known as the Martyrium of Frozen Tears,
at the southern Ice caps on Tython, which was a sacred and spiritual area where the earliest
versions of the Jedi Order went to confess their sins, directly to the Force Itself.
Jedi Master Ssker also owned a pendant which was carefully crafted on the planet Tython,
likely keeping it because it was a sacred artifact from an important part of Jedi History
And that is absolutely everything we know about Tython in Canon.
Following that, I’ll now explain how Tython became the birthplace of the Jedi Order and
a sacred world for their members, in Star Wars: Legends. I’m not going to cover
the events that took place during the Star Wars: The Old Republic Game in this video,
but if you guys want me to cover that in another one, just let me know down below!
So, here’s the legends story:
Tython was a dense, terrestrial world located in the Tython System of the Deep core.
The planet varied quite a bit geographically, holding vast plains, tall hills, rocky mountains
and even wide canyons. The planet was also orbited by two very important Moons, Ashla and Bogan,
and was incredibly sensitive to the force, with connections to both the light and the dark side.
Many thousands of years before the formation of the republic,
a species of enormous sized creatures constructed a settlement on Tython’s largest content, called
Talss, which later was discovered and became known as the ancient “Old City”. Eventually,
a species known as the “Gree”, which were one of the earliest species to achieve
interstellar travel in the galaxy, discovered Tython and came to inhabit the Old City where
they were rumoured to have constructed a a structure known as a “Hypergate”,
which theoretically would allow ships to travel to any location in the galaxy nearly instantly.
Many years after this, a series of ships known as the eight great pyramid ships arrived on Tython,
bringing a huge group of force sensitive travellers from over a dozen worlds to the planet,
which caused the planet to react intensely, unleashing a horrific force storm on the surface.
This mass of force sensitive settlers then spread out in different directions,
creating towns, villages and settlements in various locations across the planet’s very
livable surface. Eventually, the force sensitive settlers of Tython came together and realized that
the whole purpose for their journey across the stars and gather in a single location was to study
the force and harness it’s powers. As a result of this, a cohesive culture was formed, with all of
the settlers from a variety of species coming together under the creed known as the Tythans.
Eventually, as the Tythans gazed up at their hazy night sky, they noticed that the two moons
of their planet, the bright Ashla and the Dark Bogan, were in an eternal dance with eachother
and related that to their knowledge of the force. They quickly realized that the two moons,
represented the two sided nature of the force, with Ashla representing the light
side and Bogan representing the Dark side of the force. They also noticed that Tython would
react to imbalances in the force through powerful quakes and violent force storms.
Using this knowledge, the Tythans formed an order of force users named Je’daii.
And this is not Je’daii spelt how you think, this is spelt with an A and was the precursor
organization to the Jedi Order you will be familiar with. I’ll get into that very soon.
After Je’daii order was formed, the quickly began bringing their hardest working members together,
building 9 Jedi temples, including at the exact sites where the original
“Eight Great Pyramid Ships” first landed on the planet.
These temples later became known as the 9 great temples of the Je’daii order.
They were called:
Akar Kesh - which was The Temple of Balance, Anil Kesh - which was The Temple of Science,
Bodhi - which was The Temple of the Arts, Mahara Kesh - which was The Temple of Healing,
Kaleth - which was The Temple of Knowledge, Padawan Kesk - which was The Je’daii academy,
Sav Kesh - which was The Temple of Martial Arts, Qigong Kesh - which was The Temple
of Force Skills, and finally, Vur Tepe - which was The Forge,
where students learned the ways of the force through blacksmithing and metallurgy.
Following the construction of these temples and for the first thousands years of the Je’daii’s
time on Tython, their world was ravaged by intense force storms and other force related disasters,
because the Order had not yet discovered how they could restore balance to the planet,
and calm the storms through the force.
The Je’daii order also constructed numerous cities across the surface of Tython, but as time went on,
it became clear to everyone on the planet that those born without attunement to the force,
or those who weren’t force sensitive could not survive on the harsh environment of the planet,
almost as if the force had designated the planet of Tython only for those
who could harness its power and respect it’s will.
Eventually, one of these incredibly powerful and destructive force storms
took aim at a city known as Aurum, where almost all non force sensitives who lived there were
brutally killed. This event sent shockwaves through every Jedaii settler on Tython,
being one of the major factors in the Je’daii’s decision to encourage all
non-force sensitives to leave Tython and settle on other worlds in the same star system.
Eventually, after fending off dissent from the non-force sensitive settlers of the other
planets in the Tython system. A massive split took place in the Je’daii order’s beliefs,
with those favouring the philosophy of the Ashla, the light side, clashing with those who followed
the ways of the Bogan, the dark side. This send the Je’daii order into a bloody and vicious civil
war, with almost all combatants using katana swords, imbued with their powers in the force.
At this point, those who followed the way of the Ashla called themselves the Jedi Order,
this time without the A, and were led by a High Council, made up of their greatest minds.
Following their split, the Jedi believed that their power was limited to the planet Tython only,
but this was quickly proven to be false, causing the Jedi to leave Tython and liberate other
worlds around the galaxy, leading them to become the Jedi Knights of the Galaxy.
In the aftermath of the civil war on Tython, the new Jedi Knights abandoned their old world
and moved the planet Ossus, relinquishing their ties to the world that birthed the Jedi Order,
leaving it to be all but forgotten.
During the time of the Old Republic however, Ossus was almost completely destroyed after a cluster of
stars near the planet was made to go supernova, again causing the Jedi order to relocate,
this time to Coruscant. While there, the order discovered old records of Tython’s existence
and the fact that terrific beasts called terentateks were created in their absence,
as a direct product of Sith alchemy being conducted there.
After hearing of these disgraceful creatures roaming the sacred birthplace of their order,
the Jedi High council directed some members of the order to hunt down these foul creatures
and execute them with extreme prejudice, an event that was later known as the great hunt.
Soon after the great hunt came to an end, and Tython was cleansed of the disgraceful creatures,
the hyperlanes to the deep core world collapsed and
it was once again abandoned for several centuries.
Many more wars and conflicts occured on the planet throughout the Old Republic Era,
before eventually coming under iron grip of the Empire, under Emperor Palpatine.
So that is the everything we know about Tython’s deep connection to the Origin of the Jedi Order,
which we will hopefully see in live action in the upcoming episodes of
the Mandalorian Season 2, maybe episode 6 or 7.
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys,
hope to see you in the next one.