Singing stone

Singing stones were crystals that formed a small fountain used for Jedi Grand Master Yoda's meditation and contemplation purposes. Producing soft sounds as water flowed over them, the stones' music was found to be deeply soothing by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, the singing stone fountain's effects on Kenobi were diminished by the Jedi's worries for his fellow Master and friend, Quinlan Vos, when the latter disappeared during a mission in 19 BBY.
==Description==
Singing stones were crystals that emitted soft sounds under the flow of water. They formed a small fountain kept by the Jedi Order's Grand MasterUltimate Star Wars, New Edition Yoda at his quarters in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the Core Worlds capital planet of the Galactic Republic. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi usually found the music emanating from the fountain deeply soothing, noting that it resembled sounds between that of a chime and a stringed instrument.
The singing stones of Ryloth, the Outer Rim homeworld of the Twi'lek people, were intoned to the galaxy's vibrations and had mystical powers of navigation, according to the mythology of the Twi'leks, who considered the stones sacred. One of them was named Hayananeya, which was blue and spherical.
==History==
In 19 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Dark Disciple to 19 BBY. when Kenobi was summoned to Yoda's quarters, the young Jedi found the Grand Master sitting by a singing stone fountain as per usual, though Yoda was regarding the fountain's flow in the Force instead of meditating. Kenobi was concerned about the well-being of his fellow Jedi Master and friend Quinlan Vos, who had recently gone incommunicado during his mission to assassinate the Sith Lord Dooku and end the Clone Wars. Not even the combined influence of the stones and the similarly soothing scent of special oils heated over small flames in Yoda's room could alleviate Kenobi's sense of worry.
Over Ryloth's chaotic and long history of invasion and occupation, the latest by Dooku's Separatists during the Clone Wars and then by the Galactic Empire after the Sith usurped the Republic's democracy, the planet's sacred singing stones were lost to the Twi'lek people. In 34 ABY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to 34 ABY. the Twi'lek musician Gaya performed the song "Hayananeya," named after the sacred stone of the same name, aboard the Halcyon starcruiser. The song expressed how Gaya was hearing Hayananeya's song and calling out to the stone in her wish for its return to Ryloth.
==Behind the scenes==
Singing stones appeared in the 2015 novel Dark Disciple, authored by Christie Golden. The novel adapts an unfinished eight-episode story arc for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series which was written by Katie Lucas, Matt Michnovetz, and Dave Filoni.
Later, through the 2011 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 4.1, which was released by BioWare in 2016, the stone was introduced to the Star Wars Legends continuity as the Singing Stone, which was pictured as a maroon gemstone.
==Appearances==
*Dark Disciple 
*Halcyon Legacy 1 
*Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Datapad (Galactic Starcruiser)
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==Notes and references==
Category:Crystals