- "The Aionomica, the Rammahgon, a dozen other mystic-sounding made-up names—the foundation of the ancient faith."
- ―Luke Skywalker
The Aionomica were a collection of sacred Jedi texts located in the tree library carved out of an uneti tree on Temple Island on the planet Ahch-To.[4] The text was written in an ancient, lost language[5] and was preserved in two volumes, the Aionomicum I and Aionomicum II by Jedi Master and historian Ri-Lee Howell. The two-volume combination of codex, correspondence, and scrapbook collected many of the earliest accounts of explorations and codifications in the Force. The physical books contain passages written in the hands of the original sages, however the books' contents would later be stored in holocrons which were lost prior to 34 ABY. There was rumored to be a third volume of the Aionomica, which was the subject of a forgery scandal 300 years prior to the Great Jedi Purge.[2]
On the spine of the book, "JE DI DE O" was written in Aurebesh, the letters stacked on top of each other in an haphazard way. Another Aurebesh word, "MARTYN", was also printed on the spine, in a regular, neat way. "MD" was printed on the spine in High Galactic.[6][7]
In 34 ABY,[8] Rey discovered the tree library and Luke Skywalker explained to her what it was. In doing so, he told her the names of the books Aionomica and Rammahgon. Rey took the sacred Jedi texts, including the Aionomica, onto the Millennium Falcon when she left Ahch-To.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The Aionomica first appeared in the 2017 movie Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi.[3] It was first identified in Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition, the 2018 novelization of the film written by Jason Fry.[4] Although initially not written in italics in the novel, the title of the text was later shown to be italicized in the 2019 reference book Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo.[2]
The name on the spine, "Martyn,"[6][7] is the same as Martyn Doust, who worked as a prop workshop supervisor on Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.[9]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook) (First identified as Aionomica)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
- The Last Jedi: Rey's Journey
- The Last Jedi Adaptation 1
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
"General Equipment (I)" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- Star Wars 100 Objects
- The Force in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- ↑ Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
AurekFonts (@AurekFonts) on Twitter (April 16, 2020): "Here's a quick #SacredJediTexts for you.
in white:
- JEDI***DEX ( #Aurebesh )
in red:
- MARTYN ( #Aurebesh )
- ***TYN ( #Aurebesh )
- MD ( #HighAlphabet aka Latin Alphabet )
Weird coincidence that an ancient Jedi bookbinder has the same name as a Star Wars prop maker!" (backup link) (Note that the tweet says "DE X" instead of "DE O", but the Aurebesh version of O is flat on top, while the Aurebesh X is pointed. The last character is definitely flat on top.)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens in 34 ABY. Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi takes place immediately after the end of The Force Awakens.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker