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Ships
Chu'unthor
Craft: |
Republic Fleet Systems Chu'unthor |
Type: |
Custom Jedi Training Cruiser |
Length: |
2,000 Meters, (1,000 Meters Wide) |
Weapons: |
Unknown
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Crew: |
8,500 |
Top Speed: |
Unknown |
Troop Capacity: |
9,990 (Jedi) |
Cargo Capacity: |
5,000 Metric Tons
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Passengers: |
9,990 (Jedi) |
The Chu'unthor is a cruiser that dated back to the days of the Old
Republic. Luke Skywalker discovered the ship's rusting wreckage on
Dathomir and later learned that under the command of Yoda and a number of
other Jedi Masters, it had served as a mobile training academy for groups
of Jedi apprentices.
The ship was immense. At two kilometers long, a kilometer wide, and at
least 40 meters tall, the Chu'unthor had room for nearly 10,000 Jedi
Students, with hundreds of exercise and lightsaber sparring room seemed to
hone every student's body to physical perfection. Workshops gave Jedi's
places to build lightsabers, while hundreds of meditation rooms offered
students a place to develop mental discipline. Dozens of healing and
hospital were used to teach young Jedi healing arts with which they could
help the physically or mentally impaired. The ship also had several
library rooms with texts covering Jedi teachings, advanced and theoretical
sciences, history, literature, languages, the arts, and alien
civilization.
One severe problem for many species when traveling in space is the sense
of confinement experienced in a starship. To alleviate this problem, the
Chu'unthor had wide corridors with high ceilings, while dozens of rooms
had domes or large viewports. By holding classes open to the stars, the
Jedi effectively received a double boon. Not only did this help alleviate
the sense of claustrophobia, but these rooms constantly reminded the Jedi
in training that a Jedi's gifts were not to be used for selfish ends; in
time every Jedi would be called upon to go out and serve upon the stars.
After defeating the evil Nightsisters of Dathomir, Luke Skywalker came to
learn of the history of the Chu'unthor. The ship had been built just four
centuries earlier to gather and train Jedi students from many parts of the
galaxy. The Chu'unthor's noble mission had been cut tragically short when
it crashed into the exile world of Dathomir, home to "witches,"
descendants of a fallen Jedi named Allya. These witches had mastered
Dathomir's unique attunement to the Force, greatly expanding their
inherited powers.
The damaged Chu'unthor had been surrounded and attacked by the witches and
the rancors that were under their control. Master Yoda had saved the life
of a young witch named Rell, and the two had negotiated a truce. The
Chu'unthor and its reader tapes were to be left behind, but the Jedi were
free to leave. Yoda asked Rell to keep the disks hidden until a young Jedi
came to free her world from the Nightsisters, a group of witches who had
turned to evil.
Nearly three centuries later Skywalker fulfilled Yoda's ancient prophecy
by defeating the Nightsisters and the Imperial occupation forces. Rell,
now old and feeble, gave Luke the tapes from the Chu'unthor, thus
providing a solid foundation for the formation of his Jedi praxeum, or
academy, on Yavin Four.
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