Sister Charal of the Nightsisters,^[2] a group of Force-sensitive women who lived on the planet Dathomir,^[4] wore a type of armor. Consisting of a distinctive metal breastplate,^[2] the personal armor^[1] was used as bodily protection.^[3] This breastplate was segmented and secured by laces attached at the wearer's back.^[1] She often wore the armor in conjunction with a black grafiform robe and a feathered cape.^[2]

Whenever Charal,^[1] who was stranded on the Forest Moon of Endor about a century before the Galactic Civil War,^[5] shapeshifted into a raven using the artifact known as the Talisman of the Raven, her armor disappeared until she transformed back into Human form.^[1] In 3.5 ABY,^[6] the Ewok Wicket Wystri Warrick destroyed Charal's talisman by shooting it with an arrow, and the Nightsister was permanently turned into a raven, leading to a final disappearance of her set of armor, as well.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Charal's armor first appeared in the 1985 television film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.^[1] Its design was developed by director and artist Joe Johnston.^[5] Contrary to its original depiction as a segmented armor set,^[1] the 2003 Sony Online Entertainment video game, Star Wars Galaxies, depicted Charal's armor as a single plate of metal adorned with mystical carvings.^[7]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
• Star Wars: Ewoks—Shadows of Endor
• The Ring, the Witch, and the Crystal: An Ewok Adventure
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (First appearance)
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor book-and-record

Sources[]

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (Picture only)
• The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
• "Endor and the Moddell Sector" — Star Wars Gamer 9
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 10 (END 1-4: The Forest Moon of Endor) (Picture only)
• "Return to Endor" — Star Wars Insider 62 (Picture only)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 123 (TOW 1-4: Cindel Towani) (Picture only)
• Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Squadrons Over Corellia (Card: Charal) (backup link) (Picture only)
• "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Nightsisters but Were Afraid to Ask" — Star Wars Insider 122 (also reprinted in Special Edition 2014) (Picture only)
• Charal in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)
• "Memoirs of an Ewok" — Star Wars Insider 143 (also reprinted in Special Edition 2016) (Picture only)
• The Nightsisters from Dathomir: A History on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)

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