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Master & Padawan- J-3DI & Zymri🩶🩵

"And I just wanna dance and style and stay a while, the lines on the floor. How did you find me? I wasn't lookin' for love this year. But my robot told me that I shouldn't fear. When I met you, I found you safe and warm. And the robot voices would reassure me." ~ Robot Voices, twenty one pilots

Thank you so much @moonskyrunner (on Instagram) for drawing Jay-three and Zymri!🩶🩵 This piece perfectly captures the duo’s dynamics- their seriousness about being Jedi (although unconventional ones) and their playfulness from the tight bond of teacher and student.

Ever since his parents- Rieve and Nox- discovered his Force sensitivity as an infant, Zymri’s dream has forever been to become the best Jedi in the galaxy. Reluctant to allow their son to join the New Jedi Order and hoping his Jedi aspirations were just childhood wishes, his mothers (specifically Rieve) asked their friend and fellow Hunter, J-3DI, to train Zymri as his padawan. Having already taken Rieve as his first padawan (she denies this), Jay-three accepts to become Zymri’s Master. 

But, to Rieve’s dismay, Zymri’s childhood dreams never faded; instead, they only strengthened with time. Zymri’s resolve to become a Jedi led to the Hunters searching Balada the Hutt’s treasury for every single holo-recording about Jedi- even ones from the High Republic era, J-3DI receiving numerous upgrades from Sprocket- his Mon Calamari creator, and Zymri making his own padawan braid from discarded, grease-stained bolts once belonging to Jay-three; his braid is often clipped to his hip. 

Although Zymri considers it to be uncharacteristic of a Jedi to have a favorite Hunter, he can’t deny that his Master holds a special spot in his heart. Zymri is never far from Jay-three (nor is his hallikset) and he admires his Master’s unwavering commitment to the Jedi code. (But every time J-3DI battles his mother Rieve in her Sith persona, Zymri is conflicted on whose side he should be on.) And even when Zymri leaves Vespaara and receives a new Master, he always carries J-3DI’s teachings with him.🩵🩶

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I did redesign Zymri’s appearance! But, that topic deserves its own post. And thanks again to @moonskyrunner for your patience and creativity as I tried to figure out Zymri’s tattoos!

Fun Fact!: With this commission, I had initially planned that Zymri would have a serious expression like Jay-three as he takes his padawan training very seriously. But after plotting his story, I decided he needs some fun and mischief.😉 Maybe Zymri believes he can finally levitate or steal his Master’s lightsaber without catching his attention!

As J-3DI would say, may the Force be on you!🩵🩶

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Star Wars Hunters (10/?)

Continued from Part 9.

To pair with J-3DI's Prototype Jedi costume, we have the Prototype Saber Design. This is a very bare-bones lightsaber, with a blue wire running up to the blade emitter, matching the stripped down look of C-3PO in The Phantom Menace.

The next Legendary costume for J-3DI is Huttballer Jedi. Most of the characters have their own Huttball costume, each wearing their own number. J-3DI's sports 31 in Aurebesh numerals on the front, and Huttball logos on his shoulder pads (seen better in the texture file).

The weapon wrap that goes along with this costume is Huttballer Saber Design and features the same orange/white styling that each of these Huttball costumes share.

The next costume is pretty cool and sees J-3DI's droid plating switched up to resemble an Imperial Star Destroyer. His head features the Star Destroyer's command bridge and communications tower, with his "Padawan braid" replaced with a mini-Millennium Falcon, referencing the scene in The Empire Strikes Back when Han Solo hides from Death Squadron on the back of the Star Destroyer Avenger.

J-3DI's shoulder pads and tabard recall the Star Destroyer's infamous wedge shape, and on his back he has the three massive Kuat Drive Yards Destroyer-I ion engines that propel Star Destroyers through space.

The weapon wrap for this costume, Destroyer Saber Design, features a pommel modeled after the Star Destroyer's ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome, which feature a geodesic dome shape.

The next Legendary costume is Jedi Master. This costume sees J-3DI sporting gold robes beneath a brown cloak, with the hood pulled up over his head like we've seen many Jedi wear in the films.

The patterns on the robe match those of Kelleran Beq in his appearance on the Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 4 "The Foundling". Beq first premiered in the Jedi Temple Challenge web series, and is played by Ahmed Best, who portrayed Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace.

The weapon wrap for this costume, the simply named Light Saber Design, also has similar patterns as seen on the robes, but doesn't bear much of a resemblance to the lightsaber worn by Beq in either of his appearances.

The next Legendary costume is Super Tactician. This sees J-3DI with his plating reworked to look like an ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid, or super tactical droid, from The Clone Wars series.

J-3DI's color scheme doesn't seem to directly reference any specific super tactical droid from the series, just emulating the general feel of the droid model, complete with third photoreceptor in the middle of his forehead.

The weapon wrap, ST-series Saber Design, directly references the droids' series in its name. The ST-series was produced by Baktoid Combat Automata, who also built the other battle droids used by the Separatists.

J-3DI's next costume is High Republic Jedi, showcasing the gold and white robes worn by the Jedi Order during the High Republic era, ~500-100 years before A New Hope. You can see similar stylings on the robes of Stellan Gios, from concept art for the High Republic novel series.

J-3DI's weapon wrap for this costume, High Republic Saber Design, doesn't seem to directly reference any High Republic Jedi's lightsaber, but does evoke the general feel of the era. Bell Zettifar's lightsaber also has the flared edges, but a much different overall look.

The description for this lightsaber also reference Avar Kriss.

"I have long admired Jedi Master Avar Kriss for her heroism during the Great Hyperspace Disaster. She was truly an inspiration to all Jedi."

It also references the Great Hyperspace Disaster, a major plot point in Phase I of the High Republic novel series perpetrated by the Nihil.

The final Legendary costume for J-3DI is Victorious Jedi. This is a recolor of the X-Wing Knight costume, awarded for attaining the Kyber rank in ranked battles. It features the silhouette of the Hypernova, Balada the Hutt's floating ship, on J-3DI's left shoulder.

The weapon wrap, Victorious Saber Design, features the same gold accents on its hilt.

There is one last costume skin that seems to have gone unused, called the "Endor Skin". It was probably phased out in favor of the Endor Protector costume. It also has an unused weapon wrap as well.

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Star Wars Hunters (9/?)

Continued from Part 8.

The next Epic skin for J-3DI is Medical Jedi. Here J-3DI is dressed as 2-1B, the medical droid from The Empire Strikes Back. He has a similar chest plate to 2-1B along with the medical droid's vocabulator and hose connected to his head. The game files refer to this costume as "Hoth Medic".

The weapon wrap associated with this costume, Medical Saber Design, features a unique look to the blade emitter which resemble the mechanical graspers that act as 2-1B's hands.

The next Epic costume is Tarnished Jedi. This costume references Barriss Offee, who first appeared in Attack of the Clones. Her reputation became tarnished in the fifth season of The Clone Wars. The cape worn by J-3DI resembles the cloak she wore, and the pattern on his plating is similar to that on her gauntlet.

The game files refer to this costume as "Tarnished Wizard".

The weapon wrap, Tarnished Saber Design, directly references Barriss in its description:

"Barriss Offee felt the Jedi turned from their ideals - so she was lured to the dark side of the Force. A shame she could not find a different path."

The lightsaber doesn't match Barriss' design, but it does continue the pattern seen on J-3DI's torso.

Next we have the Tagged Jedi costume. This sees J-3DI covered in graffiti by fellow hunter, Glikkin. On his chest, you can see the symbol for the Jedi Order painted in hot pink.

The weapon wrap, Tagged Saber Design, features the same colorful graffiti-inspired designs.

The next Epic costume is Pirate Jedi. I don't think this specifically references any pirates we've seen in Star Wars, but J-3DI wears a typical pirate outfit with a bandana on his head.

The weapon wrap for this costume, Pirate Saber Design, features a blade on the bottom where the pommel would normally be. This kinda looks familiar but I'm not sure what it references, if anything.

The last Epic costume is Devoted Guardian, which sees J-3DI decorated to resemble the Jedi Temple's hooded guards from The Clone Wars. On his chest he wears the symbol of the Temple Guards, typically worn on their shoulders, and gold designs above his head are taken from the Guards' masks.

There are two weapon wraps that could go along with this costume. The first is Guardian Saber Design. This gold and silver saber resembles the double bladed lightsabers used by the Temple Guards in The Clone Wars (at least the top portion). The game files refer to this saber as "Temple Guard".

The other weapon wrap, Devoted Saber Design, is very different, and has a guard on the pommel for some reason. I'm not sure what this design feature is meant to reference. The backside of the guard features a symbol similar to the Temple Guards' attire as seen on texture file. The game files refer to it as "Temple Guard V2".

The first Legendary costume we'll take a look at is Snowdrift Snowspeeder, inspired by the snowspeeders flown by the Rebel Alliance in The Empire Strikes Back. The costume features patterning similar to what we saw on the side of the Rebel snowspeeders at the Battle of Hoth.

The weapon wrap, Snowdrift Saber Design, resembles the long barrels of the T-47 snowspeeder's laser cannons.

The next Legendary costume for J-3DI is X-Wing Knight. This sees the Jedi droid reconfigured to resemble a T-65 X-Wing starfighter. Similar to the X-wings seen in the Original Trilogy, J-3DI has a grey-white body with red and yellow accents. On his shoulders, he sports two fusial thrust engines just like on the starfighter.

There are two weapon wraps that could go along with this costume. The first is X-Wing Saber. This design resembles the X-wing's fusial thrust engines, with the pommel lit up like the back of the thrusters. The game files refer to this one as "XWing V2".

The other possible wrap is the Vintage Saber. The game files refer to this one as "XWing 1". It carries a similar color scheme with an offwhite body and red and yellow accent colors.

The next Legendary costume is Endor Protector. Here J-3DI dresses up like an Ewok complete with some creature's skull on his head, like the Ewoks Chief Chirpa and Teebo from Return of the Jedi, although the skull doesn't seem to match either one of them.

The game files refer to this costume as "Endor Green". The weapon wrap, Protector Saber Design, looks cobbled together with tufts of Ewok hair and a bone blade emitter.

The next Legendary costume, Prototype Jedi, is inspired by C-3PO's "naked" appearance in The Phantom Menace. In fact, the costume's description references Threepio's introduction:

"I am J-3DI, Jedi Knight at your service."

Exposed wires run all along J-3DI's body just like C-3PO's as Anakin was still working on finishing him before leaving Tatooine.

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Star Wars Hunters (8/?)

Continued from Part 7.

J-3DI's next Epic costume is Weathered Warrior. This sees his already damaged form covered in rust. In fact, the game files refer to this skin as "Rust".

The weapon wrap that goes along with this is the Weathered Saber Design, which is a black and red lightsaber hilt with various rusty patches all over it.

The next Epic costume we're going to look at is called Aethersprite. This costume references the Jedi Delta-7 Aethersprite starfighter, and its Delta-7B upgrade.

Which Delta-7 it's supposed to reference though I'm not sure. While the one we see in Attack of the Clones is colored red, several other Aethersprites had blue color schemes including Anakin's Azure Angel, Plo Koon's Blade of Dorin, and Barriss Offee's.

This costume has three yellow stripe accents and the Open Circle Fleet insignia on its back, but I'm not sure that helps narrow down the reference either.

The weapon wrap, Aethersprite Saber Design, has the same blue and yellow color scheme but swaps the white accents for black.

Next we have the Enlightened Knight costume. This skin more directly references the Jedi Librarian Madame Jocasta Nu from Attack of the Clones than the previous Grandmaster skin. The game files refer to it as "Wise Defender".

The weapon wrap, Enlighted Saber Pattern, even closely matches Jocasta Nu's lightsaber seen in the 2020 book, The Lightsaber Collection, as illustrated by Lukasz Liszko and Ryan Valle.

The next costume is Jedi Steward, and this is based on the Star Tours ride at Disney theme parks. J-3DI's head is even decorated like RX-24 or "Rex", captain of the Starspeeder 3000, with a visor over his forehead. The robe plating also matches the Star Tours logo.

J-3DI's weapon wrap for this costume, Steward's Saber Design, follows the white/blue/orange color scheme as well, and includes a striped "hazard" symbol.

The next costume is really cool - the Mynock Slayer. This costume has J-3DI attacked by an energy devouring mynock like we see attacking the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back. The mynock covers his back, with its wings wrapped around to the front of his torso.

It's also amusing to note that the game files refer to this costume as "Mynock Prey".

The weapon wrap, Mynock Saber Design, features a lightsaber torn open by the mynock. If we look at the cutaway diagram created for 1998's Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, we can see that the gold cylinder at the bottom is the lightsaber's diatium power cell.

J-3DI's next Epic costume is Galactic Jedi. This costume features an orange/yellow/teal/black color scheme. I'm not totally sure what it's meant to reference, but the game files refer to it as "Galactic Knight".

The Galactic Saber Design weapon wrap continues the same color scheme along with yellow-orange markings on the saber's hilt.

This next costume, Maverick Jedi, is inspired by Quinlan Vos, as identified in the costume description:

"Quinlan Vos was a little too much of a rule-breaker for my taste, but one can't help but be inspired by his commitment to the Jedi Order."

J-3DI wears Quinlan Vos' chest armor with the starburst symbol normally seen on his shoulder pad transferred to his chest.

Quinlan Vos first appeared in the Emissaries to Malastare arc of the monthly Star Wars comic from Dark Horse in 1999.

He was based on a background extra glimpsed in Mos Espa in The Phantom Menace and later retconned to actually be that character.

After many adventures in the comics, Quinlan was set to make his on-screen debut in Revenge of the Sith, but his scene never made it past the animatics stage, but he was name dropped by Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Quinlan Vos finally made his first appearance on screen in The Clone Wars Season 3 episode "Hunt for Ziro", and has since appeared in Tales of the Underworld and given a brief mention in the Obi-Wan Kenobi live action series.

The weapon wrap, Maverick Saber Design, unfortunately doesn't mimic Quinlan Vos' lightsaber design, instead bearing J-3DI's standard model with gold and dark brown colors.

The next Epic costume is Detective Jedi. This costume is based on the SP-4 ISC droid, Russo-ISC, a crime scene analysis droid used by the Jedi Order. Russo-ISC premiered in The Clone Wars Season 5 episode "Sabotage". J-3DI wears the same visor unit and chestplate worn by Russo-ISC.

The game files refer to this costume as "Determined Investigator".

This costume's weapon wrap, Detective Saber Design, includes the blue/gold color scheme with some decorative stripes and a ring to hang from the Jedi's belt 3/4 of the way down.

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Star Wars Hunters (7/?)

Continued from Part 6.

The next Rare costume for J-3DI is Ivory Jedi. This is a mostly white/very pale green color scheme. The game files refer to it simply as "White".

The Ivory Saber Design weapon wrap incorporates more of the pale green into its color scheme. There's also what looks like a toggle button on the lower half of the lightsaber below the green activator button.

The next costume is Burnished Jedi. This costume sports orange and cream colored robes and teal highlights. The game files refer to it as "Dusk Runes".

The Burnished Saber Design leans more heavily to the teal highlights, with a striped design running the length of the hilt.

J-3DI's next Rare costume is Scrappy Jedi. This sees a purple stripe added to his white robes, over black tunic and pants. The game files refer to it simply as "Purple".

The purple color scheme is carried over to his weapon wrap, Scrappy Saber Design, along with gold accents.

The next costume is Carmine Jedi. Carmine is a vivid red color made from crushed cochineal insects. His costume here carries that deep red hue, along with a gold tunic and blue pants. The game files refer to this costume as "G8 Red". I'm not sure if there's a droid with G8 in its' name that this is meant to reference.

The weapon wrap for this costume, Carmine Saber Design, echoes the same design with red, gold and blue.

The next Rare costume is Coral Jedi. This is meant to reference the astromech droid QT-KT from The Clone Wars Season 5 D-Squad arc. The game files refer to this costume as "QT Pink".

The weapon wrap associated with this costume is the Coral Saber Design. It's also styled in a pink color scheme to match QT-KT.

Next we have the Tangerine Jedi costume. Like the fruit, J-3DI is colored a vibrant orange. The game files refer to it as "F5 Orange". Again I couldn't find any orange droids with an F5 in their name.

Just like the costume, the Tangerine Saber Design has an orange hue on its central shaft.

The next Rare costume is Night Jedi. A pretty neat design, this gives J-3DI black robes with gold highlights. Maybe he's a Pittsburgh sports fan - or it's a Dave Filoni reference. :) It also could be a Batman homage. The game files refer to this costume as "S6 Black".

The Night Saber Design is pretty cool too. I like the black and gold look.

The next to last Rare costume is Bronze Jedi. This sees J-3DI fittingly in bronze robes. It has the same name in the game files.

The Bronze Saber Design has the hilt in mostly bronze, with gold highlights on the blade emitter and horizontal grips on the bottom handgrip.

The final Rare costume is Emerald Jedi. As one might guess, this gives J-3DI green robes. It also changes his head to a blue shade, while he wears a golden tunic and brown pants.

These same colors are represented in his final Rare lightsaber wrap, Emerald Saber Design.

Ok, now for more interesting costumes in the Epic tier. The first of which is the Grand Master costume. This gives him a double breasted surcoat similar to Anakin's, with Ansata patterns like Jocasta Nu in Attack of the Clones.

The weapon wrap, Master Saber Design, carries more of those Ansata patterns. I'm not sure if the rest of the lightsaber look is a reference so if anyone knows, please share!

J-3DI's next Epic costume is Traditional Jedi. He's wearing a more closed robe style this time, but with the middle open at the bottom. These colors are more like what we see Obi-Wan wearing in A New Hope.

The weapon wrap, Traditional Saber Design, somewhat resembles the Skywalker Saber, wielded by Anakin, Luke and Rey, with its angled emitter guard, along with some other Original Trilogy-esque greeblies added.

The next costume is Starfighter, and sees J-3DI modded to look like a Delta-7 Aethersprite light interceptor, or Jedi starfighter, first seen in Attack of the Clones.

You can spot the squares around the Delta-7's cannons on J-3DI's forearms, along with the fighter's gold accents scattered around his torso. The design in front of the cockpit is also visible on J-3DI's upper chest.

The weapon wrap associated with this costume carries a unique name, Starbound Saber Design, and continues the color scheme seen on the costume.

The next costume design is called Interceptor, and this sees J-3DI decorated like Anakin Skywalker's Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor from Revenge of the Sith.

On the back of the costume, he even has the insignia of the Open Circle Fleet, seen in the skin texture file.

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Star Wars Hunters (6/?)

Continued from Part 5.

Now that we've gone thru all of Utooni's costumes and weapons, let's take a look at the next Hunter. Designated as "Cha003" in the game files is J-3DI, the droid who thinks he's a Jedi.

J-3DI's name is a droid-ified version of the word Jedi, using "leetspeak". You can see this in a few other droid names, notably C1-10P, or "Chopper", whose name is leetspeak for CHOP. J-3DI's logo reflects both his Jedi abilities in gold, and his droid nature in silver.

He's not the first droid who would be a Jedi in the Star Wars universe, as that distinction belongs to R5-D4 in the non-Canon (and non-Legends) short story, "Skippy the Jedi Droid", written by Peter David in Star Wars Tales #1 from 1999.

And just a few years ago, we had another Jedi droid in the form of T0-B1 in the first season of Star Wars Visions, in a short by Japanese animation studio Science SARU.

J-3DI's banner includes the Jedi Order's winged symbol, with an icon in the center of the droid's right eye photoreceptor.

J-3DI's player icon noticeably includes the plug hanging down from his head, in imitation of the Jedi Padawan braid.

J-3DI's Base costume is called Noble Jedi and it features traditional Jedi robes like we've seen in the movies. J-3DI's robes however are actually part of his droid plating.

Most of J-3DI's costumes and wraps are chipped and weathered, owing to his frequent battles in the Arena, including a large damaged section on his torso showing some of his interior wiring.

J3DI's weapon is what every Jedi wields - a lightsaber. In J-3DI's case, his Base weapon wrap is called the Jedi Saber Design, and blends a few different styles we've seen in the films. It has a flat blade emitter at the top, scalloped handgrip near the top, a knob for blade length or power adjustment, a rectangular section for a power indicator, a blue activator button, a lower ribbed handgrip, and a triangular pommel.

As a Jedi character, or a droid acting as a Jedi, no matter what lightsaber weapon wrap he's using, the blade is always blue.

Some of his Emotes and poses reference events from the films, such as this pose mimicking Qui-Gon's meditation stance while fighting Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.

Or this pose imitating Count Dooku's opening stance before beginning his lightsaber duel in Attack of the Clones.

He also has a stance similar to Obi-Wan's before his duel with General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith.

I also wonder if this pose is a reference to Luke meditating and offering a choice to Grogu in The Book of Boba Fett.

J-3DI has five Uncommon costumes and weapons that are all subtle palette swaps (Red, Gray, Teal, Brown, Yellow).

Each of these share the same descriptions, featuring quotes by J-3DI himself.

Noble Jedi: "Dare you face a true Jedi?" Jedi Saber Design: "Remain still, then attack when your opponent does not expect it."

The next tier of costumes is Rare, and first we have the Sunset Jedi costume. This is just a slightly lighter "robe" than his Base, and a gold/brown color scheme over his eye. The game files refer to this costume as "Dusk".

The Sunset Saber Design features more gold and a purple activator button. It also shows a circle with two gold dots in the center. I don't know if this is a reference to the face of a Jawa, or if it's maybe supposed to be a charging slot.

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