Friday night's episode of The Clone Wars, "Trespass," took place on the frozen planet Orto Plutonia, where Anakin and Obi-Wan met the furry, primitive, non-space-faring Talz.
Most fans will remember the most-prominent member of this four-eyed, cigarette-butt-mouth species — Muftak — from A New Hope, where he can be glimpsed in the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine. His appearance on another planet, 20 years after the Clone Wars, poses no apparent problems with continuity. A lot can happen in 20 years, especially after a primitive species is discovered by an advanced civilization like the Galactic Republic. (In fact, Muftak was born on Tatooine.)
The continuity problem involves the Talz pictured above, Foul Moudama, who was a Jedi Master at the end of the Clone Wars. (He appeared in the final chapter of the original animated series, Star Wars: Clone Wars, in 2005.) Being a Jedi Master means that Moudama must have been part of the Jedi Order for many years — most likely since infancy (that is, most Force-sensitive individuals are identified by the Jedi as infants and removed from their families to be trained on Coruscant). Therein lies the problem: If the Talz were discovered during the Clone Wars, then how could Moudama have been trained, matured and reached the rank of Jedi Master in only three years — the approximate duration of the Clone Wars?
Ah, but the Star Wars tapestry of history and continuity is a wild and winding weave indeed. Apparently, the Talz also exist on the planet Alzoc III, which is more likely to be Moudama's home world than Orto Plutonia.
Should it seem strange that Obi-Wan, himself a Jedi Master, didn't know about the Talz of Alzoc III? Maybe not. The Jedi Order must comprise hundreds (if not thousands) of species, and Foul Moudama may have been the only Talz who was a Jedi during the Clone Wars.
However, still unanswered is the riddle of how the same species can exist on two different planets in two different star systems. In Star Trek, we might chalk it up to the convenient cure-all called "Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planet Development." I don't know whether any such panacea exists in the Star Wars universe, so I suppose there must be an alternative possibility — for example, some Talz were removed from Orto Plutonia and relocated to Alzoc III.
But who did it? Why? And how long ago?
Most fans will remember the most-prominent member of this four-eyed, cigarette-butt-mouth species — Muftak — from A New Hope, where he can be glimpsed in the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine. His appearance on another planet, 20 years after the Clone Wars, poses no apparent problems with continuity. A lot can happen in 20 years, especially after a primitive species is discovered by an advanced civilization like the Galactic Republic. (In fact, Muftak was born on Tatooine.)
The continuity problem involves the Talz pictured above, Foul Moudama, who was a Jedi Master at the end of the Clone Wars. (He appeared in the final chapter of the original animated series, Star Wars: Clone Wars, in 2005.) Being a Jedi Master means that Moudama must have been part of the Jedi Order for many years — most likely since infancy (that is, most Force-sensitive individuals are identified by the Jedi as infants and removed from their families to be trained on Coruscant). Therein lies the problem: If the Talz were discovered during the Clone Wars, then how could Moudama have been trained, matured and reached the rank of Jedi Master in only three years — the approximate duration of the Clone Wars?
Ah, but the Star Wars tapestry of history and continuity is a wild and winding weave indeed. Apparently, the Talz also exist on the planet Alzoc III, which is more likely to be Moudama's home world than Orto Plutonia.
Should it seem strange that Obi-Wan, himself a Jedi Master, didn't know about the Talz of Alzoc III? Maybe not. The Jedi Order must comprise hundreds (if not thousands) of species, and Foul Moudama may have been the only Talz who was a Jedi during the Clone Wars.
However, still unanswered is the riddle of how the same species can exist on two different planets in two different star systems. In Star Trek, we might chalk it up to the convenient cure-all called "Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planet Development." I don't know whether any such panacea exists in the Star Wars universe, so I suppose there must be an alternative possibility — for example, some Talz were removed from Orto Plutonia and relocated to Alzoc III.
But who did it? Why? And how long ago?
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