Need to know the best way to cook up a connection to the dark side of the Force? Lucasfilm Story Group member Emily Shkoukani knows the pathway, and you might be surprised to learn that it’s via the medium of art and the Bogan Collection.
The Jedi Temple on Coruscant had a huge archive filled with priceless artifacts, innumerable tomes, and catalogues of information. Once held within the archives was a secret assortment of items called the Bogan Collection. The term “Bogan” was first used in a draft of Star Wars: A New Hope and meant “evil,” while its counterpart, “Ashla,” meant good. Although these terms did not make it into the final cut of the film, they were later introduced into the new canon in Star Wars Rebels. The reason it was secret: the Bogan Collection contained various items affiliated with the dark side.
Items within this mysterious collection included Sith scrolls, lightsabers, helmets, and more. The collection was not exclusive to Sith artifacts; it included items with any connection to the dark side, like those related to the Sorcerers of Tunds and the Yacombe.