- "A monastery, the Catacombs of Cadera, down among the dead."
- ―Baze Malbus, to Cassian Andor
The Catacombs of Cadera were a series of ancient ruins on the moon Jedha. The Catacombs were once an ancient monastery known as the Cadera Monastery, and were located a half-day's walk from the Holy City.[6]
History[]
It served as a burial ground[4] for the skeletal remains of[3] thousands of generations of NiJedhan monks,[4] adherents of a vanished faith,[7] whose name and history have been long forgotten.[5] Their humanoid skulls[6] lined the catacomb walls, a revered but morbid presence.[4] The site had a reputation for being haunted by spirits of the departed and was generally avoided by the locals.[5]
U-wing LMTR-20 flees the catacombs' destruction.
At some point, the Catacombs were inhabited by the Church of the Contained Crescent. While inhabiting the ancient monastery, they added a latticed window. The Contained Crescent eventually left the Catacombs years prior to Saw Gerrera and his Partisans, who repurposed the Catacombs into a base which he named "the Gut."[5] It was destroyed when the Death Star tested its laser on Jedha's Holy City, which not only wiped the city off the map but also caused the surrounding surface of Jedha to peel off and destroy anything in its path, including the Catacombs themselves.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
An earlier iteration of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's story involved Saw Gerrera hiding on a jungle planet by the name of Cadera. Pablo Hidalgo reused the name to refer to Gerrera's hideout on Jedha.[8]
Appearances[]
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization (First identified as Cadera Monastery)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel audiobook
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Rogue One Adaptation 2
- Rogue One Adaptation 3
- Star Wars (2015) 39 (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as Catacombs of Cadera)
- Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Star Wars Helmet Collection 55 (Weapons & Uniforms: Saw Gerrera's Partisans)- Dawn of Rebellion
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 65 (Helmets: Tam Posla)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 65 (Weapons & Uniforms: Inhabitants of Jedha)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 77 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Ashes of Jedha)
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
"The Heroes of Rogue One" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
"Aftermath" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
Catacombs of Cadera in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Dawn of Rebellion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
- ↑ Catacombs of Cadera in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑
Pablo Hidalgo (@@@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter: "An earlier iteration of the story had Saw hiding out, Colonel Kurtz-style, on a jungle planet named Cadera. When it came time to name his otherwise nameless hideout on Jedha, I dusted that off and said he's in the Catacombs of Cadera in the Guide." (backup link) — Pablo Hidalgo indicates that the origin of the name Cadera came from an unused concept regarding a jungle planet named Cadera where Saw Gerrera was hiding in.