Unidentified Aurebesh script (battle helmet)

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«UNTIL WE REACH THE LAST EDGE,
THE LAST OPENING,
THE LAST STAR,
AND CAN GO NO HIGHER»

―Poem in an unidentified script, engraved on Enfys Nest's battle helmet^[3]

An alphabetic script was used in the galaxy as early as 19 BBY. The script was seen on the planet Saleucami and engraved onto Enfys Nest's battle helmet.

Description[]

The script was made of lines, rectangles, and pill-shaped arranged to form complex letters. Some of the letters were visually similar to the common Aurebesh writing system.^[4]

History[]

In 19 BBY,^[5] a sign for^[2] "Iliaen"^[6] in a town on the planet Saleucami was written in the script.^[2] Signage for "Farming Supplies," another business in the town, was also written in this script.^[6]

By 10 BBY,^[7] Enfys Nest's battle helmet was inscribed with a poem in this script, although the the entire text was mirror-inverted.^[3]^[4]

In circa 9 ABY,^[8] a store on Coruscant had "SHOP" written in this script on their business signs.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

"The fonts were made at Gareth's request for R.O. he didn't want a universe with just one text (and mostly one font). They were designed by the art dept graphics team. I was able to use them in any designs that needed text. Dishabesh just seemed to suit Enfys more than the others."

―Glyn Dillon^[9]

A representation of the Dishabesh font. Note that the letters J, Q, X, and Z have not yet been identified, and are therefore left blank.

This unidentified script first appeared in the Star Wars Anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story from 2018,^[4] although it was originally created for the film Rogue One,^[9] which was released in 2016.^[10] In 2019, when Glyn Dillon, a costume designer of Rogue One, was asked about the font on Twitter, he revealed that it was called Dishabesh and had been developed at the request of^[9] director^[10] Gareth Edwards, who didn't want a Star Wars universe with just one font. Dillon later used the font for Enfys Nest's battle helmet in Solo.^[9] The font was designed by Dominic Sikking,^[11] a graphic designer on Rogue One,^[10] and named after^[11] lead graphic designer^[10] Laura Dishington.^[11]

A set of photos posted by Phil Szostak, the Creative Art Manager at Lucasfilm, on Twitter, reveals that "LC", short for "Lando Calrissian," is printed in this font on one side of Lando's helmet when he is disguised in the 2019 film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.^[12] However, this cannot be seen in the actual film.^[13] Costume concept art by Dillon in the behind-the-scenes book The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker shows Finn wearing a yellow jacket with the Dishabesh alphabet on the back, reading "FN 2187" (using alternative Aurebesh numerals) "FINN"/"TICO".^[14]