Ludwin Katarkus was a Jedi Master serving the Jedi Order during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. They were sent on a diplomatic mission to mediate the Virgillian Civil War with their Padawan, Danyawarra, and two other Jedi. The Jedi Master died during the mission, but their Padawan survived, going on to serve in the Clone Wars. Three weeks after the Jedi Master's disappearance, Katarkus's death was announced in the HoloNet News, and the Jedi Temple announced it would hold a funeral for them.
Biography[]
Ludwin Katarkus was a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order who took an individual called Danyawarra as their Padawan sometime before the start of the Clone Wars.[1] In 23 BBY,[3] the Jedi High Council assigned Katarkus as a diplomatic envoy on a mission to negotiate an end to the ongoing Virgillian Civil War between the Virgillian Free Alignment and the Aristocracy, which had begun two years earlier in the Virgillia system. Consisting of two Master-Padawan teams, the envoy was comprised of Katarkus and Danyawarra, as well as Master Everen Ettene and Halagad Ventor.[1]
In the last month of 23 BBY, as the ship carrying the Jedi envoy arrived[1] on the planet[4] Virgillia 7,[2] it was destroyed. After the diplomatic team was missing for three weeks, they were all presumed dead, according to the CoCo District Edition of HoloNet News published on 13:2:28 GrS. The same article announced that memorial services for them would be held by the Jedi Temple on[1] the planet[5] Coruscant the next day.[1] Katarkus had indeed died on the mission,[6] as did Ettene,[2] but both Danywarra[7] and Ventor[2] actually survived the attack and reunited with the Order, serving as a commander[7] and a general, respectively, in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.[8]
Behind the scenes[]
Ludwin Katarkus was first mentioned in the article "Virgillian Jedi Envoy Declared Lost" in HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45, an in-universe issue of the HoloNet News[1] written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens[9] and published on the HoloNet News website before March 10, 2002.[10]
Appearances[]
Virgillian Jedi Envoy Declared Lost — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (content now obsolete; backup link) (First mentioned)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Virgillian Jedi Envoy Declared Lost — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story
- ↑ Virgillian Jedi Envoy Declared Lost — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (content now obsolete; backup link) is set on the date "13:2:28," which corresponds to 23 BBY per the reasoning here.
- ↑ The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 165 ("Danyawarra")
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
"Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" — Star Wars Insider 84
- ↑ Domain of Evil
- ↑ Credits — HoloNet News Vol. 531 (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
The Official HoloNetNews Discussion Thread on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by IAmTheDarkSide on March 10, 2002 at 7:24 PM; accessed September 13, 2022) (backup link)
