The mission to Felucia was a task assigned to Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas by the Jedi High Council prior to the Invasion of Naboo, where he was tasked with resolving a tribal dispute on the planet Felucia. Unbeknownst to the Council, Sifo-Dyas had been sent on a secret mission to Oba Diah to negotiate with the Pyke Syndicate by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum. Sifo-Dyas, accompanied by the Chancellor's aide Silman, departed the negotiations for Felucia, but was assassinated by the Pykes on the request of a man they knew as "Tyranus,"[1] secretly the former Jedi Count Dooku, who had, unbeknownst to the Order, fallen to the dark side and become a Sith Lord and the apprentice of the Dark Lord Darth Sidious,[3] publicly Naboo Senator Sheev Palpatine.[4]
Dooku and Sidious wished Sifo-Dyas dead in order to take control of the clone army Sifo-Dyas had secretly ordered from the cloners of the remote planet Kamino,[1] as he had foreseen a war coming that would require the Galactic Republic to have an army.[3] Dooku then travelled to Felucia with the body,[5] deceiving the tribal elders into thinking that Sifo-Dyas was still alive and that he was another Jedi who had accompanied him. The Sith Lord then faked Sifo-Dyas' death in the conflict and had his body cremated.[1]
The Jedi Council believed Sifo-Dyas had died on Felucia[1] until the last year of the Clone Wars,[6] when the wreckage of Sifo-Dyas' ship was uncovered on the Oba Diah moon, with his lightsaber still inside — clear proof that he could not have perished on Felucia. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi were sent to speak with the Pykes, and discovered the true circumstances of Sifo-Dyas' death and that the Sith had been responsible.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The mission to Felucia was first mentioned in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "The Lost One."[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One" (First mentioned)
Sources[]
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 22 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Geonosis) (First identified as mission to Felucia)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 41 (Highlights of the Saga: The Secret of Kamino)
- Star Wars Inside Intel: The Creation of the Clone Army on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One"
- ↑ "The Lost One" places Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas' death as occurring around the same time period as the Invasion of Naboo. As the invasion is dated to the year 32 BBY by sources including Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, this mission likely took place around that date.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars Inside Intel: The Creation of the Clone Army on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ The Jedi believed Sifo-Dyas had died on Felucia until the events of "The Lost Ones," which is dated to 19 BBY—the last year of the Clone Wars—by Star Wars: Timelines.