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Dantooine Farmer's Weekly
date posted: Oct 27, 2005 4:31 AM
Paxi Sylo and his influence on Star Wars: Clone Wars
Paxi Sylo only appears in chapters 12 and 13 of Star Wars: Clone Wars, but there is some debate as to how big a part he plays in the series as a whole.

Paxi is a young boy who lives with his family on a farm on the desolate planet of Dantooine. Nearby, a battle erupts between Separatist troops, attempting to conquer the planet, and Jedi Master Mace Windu. Paxi watches in awe as Mace destroys the Separatist army single handedly then swoops up to Paxi's vantage point where the young boy offers him a drink.

Mace defeats the army with ease, and so some wonder whether what we see in the cartoon is an actual representation of the battle, or rather Paxi's interpretation. This could explain why some of the events seem to be exaggerated. We know from his databank entry that Paxi loved to doodle and this quote from the same source supports the argument that battle is illustrated by Paxi:

History has lost track of whatever became of Paxi Sylo. By the time of the Empire, the Sylo farm had been completely abandoned. However, at the height of Palpatine's New Order, a bootleg animated holographic video file began propagating in the shadier parts of the HoloNet. It depicted the heroic exploits of Mace Windu on Dantooine.

The Imperial Security Bureau did what it could to stop proliferation of such a treasonous piece of media, but it gained a cult status among would-be Rebels. Though the holovid is unattributed, the style does match up with the early illustrations of a young Paxi Sylo.


If the fight between Mace and the Separatists was Paxi's interpretation, maybe the rest of the series is too. As Paxi lived on Dantooine, far from most of the events of the Clone Wars, this could explain some of the continuity errors or more spectacular storylines.

I think the theory is definitely an interesting one, but like many aspects of Star Wars, you'll just have to make up your own mind.

Further reading: Databank entry for Paxi Sylo and Clone Wars Discussion Thread

  Osilio Remus
date Posted: Oct 27, 2005 5:18 AM
Haha what a boy.. =), I wonder.. the Jedi in Clone Wars.. they are like superman, destroying droids with their hands, if so, coulden't they have done that on Geonosis?
  Darth Kore
Somewhere Far Far away...
date Posted: Oct 27, 2005 7:29 AM
I noticed that when they posted his entry. I wonder if he was still there when the empire searched on Dantooine and "found the remains of a rebel base, but estimate it has been deserted for some time."
  Brother Jephso
Dantooine Farmer's Weekly
date Posted: Oct 27, 2005 8:34 AM
Haha what a boy.. =), I wonder.. the Jedi in Clone Wars.. they are like superman, destroying droids with their hands, if so, coulden't they have done that on Geonosis?

Yeah, that's kind of my point.

I wonder if he was still there when the empire searched on Dantooine and "found the remains of a rebel base, but estimate it has been deserted for some time."

I've read The Ruins of Dantooine, which is about the Empire's search on Dantooine. No Paxi Sylo though.
  rappingrancor
Rappingrancor's Pit -- And No, I Don't Mean My Room!
date Posted: Mar 31, 2006 7:01 AM
Darn. I was kinda hoping it was narrated by some other guy. Maybe it was Paxi, maybe it wasn't.
  Brother Jephso
Dantooine Farmer's Weekly
date Posted: Mar 31, 2006 7:39 AM
Yeah. 'Tis only a theory.
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