9497 Republic Striker-Class Starfighter: Who is Satele Shan?

If you follow this blog, it has not escaped your notice that the set 9497 Republic Striker-Class Starfighter will contain the minifigure of a character almost unknown to even the most cultured fans of the Star Wars saga. And for good reason, it is a character created for the game Star Wars The Old Republic released in December 2011.

Created for the webcomic Threat of Peace (accessible here) Introducing the game Star Wars The Old Republic, the character of Satele Shan is a young woman descended from [Darth] Revan, a Jedi turned Sith and then turned back to Jedi (you follow?) and Bastila Shan, a Jedi woman seen in the game Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic released in 2003. In SWTOR, she is the Grand Master of the Jedi Order and fights against the Sith led by Darth Malgus, notably during the Battle of Aldeeran.

Visually the character has evolved a lot between the comic version and the one seen in the two trailers of the game: Hope et Return. Her physical appearance in the game is based on that of the second-class American actress's face. Sno E.Blac and the minifigure will therefore be inspired by this 3D version of the character. She is equipped with a double blue lightsaber and dressed in a sauce jumpsuit heroic fantasy which should appeal to fans.

This is therefore a key character in the Star Wars universe developed in this MMORPG and which will appeal to the most addicted players. The others will undoubtedly be delighted to have the right to an unprecedented character who, even if he is not from the canonical Star Wars universe, is always better than an umpteenth minifigure of Kenobi or Anakin.