Swoopdueling

Swoopdueling was a sport practiced in the galaxy. Lekar Hablis was the nine-time champion of Devaronian swoopdueling, a variant of the sport. Between 68 BBY and 42 BBY,The events of Dooku: Jedi Lost surrounding the forty-eighth annual Dragonfire Air Rally are set after Dooku takes Qui-Gon Jinn as his Padawan. In Master & Apprentice, which states that Jinn became the Padawan of Dooku at the age of twelve, Obi-Wan Kenobi is seventeen years old. establishes that Kenobi was born fifty-seven years before the Battle of Yavin, which is placed in 0 BBY by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Kenobi's birth year can therefore be dated to 57 BBY, placing Master & Apprentice in 40 BBY. Jinn is forty years old during the events of Master & Apprentice, so he must have been born in approximately 80 BBY, meaning that he became the Padawan of Dooku in 68 BBY. The Dragonfire Air Rally takes place prior to Dooku's departure from the Jedi Order, which The Star Wars Book places forty-two years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. As Galactic Atlas establishes that A New Hope begins in 0 BBY, Dooku's departure must have occurred in 42 BBY. Therefore, the forty-eighth annual Dragonfire Air Rally must have taken place between 68 BBY and 42 BBY. Jedi Master Dooku was present at the forty-eighth annual Dragonfire Air Rally on the planet Coruscant. When disturbed by Divad Masspur, Dooku used the presence of Hablis at the event to make Masspur go away. Dooku's Padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn, was surprised that his Master was interested in swoopdueling, but Dooku replied that he had only previously heard a Ugnaught asking Hablis an autograph.
==Behind the scenes==
Swoopdueling was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon by a flashback sequence in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott and published on April 30, 2019. The spelling of swoopdueling was confirmed by the audio drama's script releaseDooku: Jedi Lost script on October 1 of the same year. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, swoopdueling was first mentioned by Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Dueling Ambitions, the twelfth story-arc in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series of comics, authored by John Jackson Miller.Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Dueling Ambitions
==Appearances==
*Dooku: Jedi Lost 
*Dooku: Jedi Lost script 
==Notes and references==
Category:Combat sports
Category:Swoop racing