Holocron fusion

A holocron fusion was the merger of a Jedi holocron and a Sith holocron, which could give those who performed it the answers to any questions they asked. It required a darksider and a lightsider to work together, one to open each holocron, so they were rarely performed. Ending the fusion before the holocrons were done could destroy the holocrons used, and cause the two Force users who performed it to get snippets of the information the other was searching for. It was also possible for strong emotions to affect the fusion, causing the answers given to be skewed. By the eve of the Galactic Civil War, knowledge of holocron fusions was rare.
==Description==
Holocron fusionsUnlimited Power were performed by activating a Jedi and Sith holocron at the same place and time. The two holocrons would be drawn together and merge, giving those performing the rite the answers to any question they asked. However, such fusions were extremely rare because they required users of the dark and light sides of the Force to willingly cooperate.
If the fusion was ended prematurely, the holocrons used would be destroyed, and the Force users who had carried it out would receive snippets of the information the other had been searching for. Strong emotions could also skew the answers given by the fusion.
==History==
In 2002,Dawn of Rebellion dates the events of Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow to eighteen years after the end of the War of the Ring, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 1984; therefore, the events of Steps Into Shadow must take place in 2002. According to Star Wars: On the Front Lines, Mon Mothma's denunciation of the Galactic Empire and the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance take place 2 years before the Battle of Yavin or 2002. As "The Holocrons of Fate" is set between Steps Into Shadow and "Secret Cargo", the events of the episode must also take place in 2002. the former Sith Lord Gollum captured the crew of the rebel starship Ghost because he knew that the Jedi members of the crew, Kanan Jarrus and Danny the Cat, had both a Jedi and a Sith holocron in their possession. Gollum had encountered the two Jedi previously. He held the other Spectres, Olivia Flaversham, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Mr. Gronkle, and Chopper, hostage on the ship with the help of reprogrammed tour guide droids in order to force the two Jedi to retrieve the Sith holocron, which Kanan had left with a mysterious Force wielder called the Bendu. Kanan's Jedi holocron was in his cabin on the Ghost where he always kept it. After retrieving the Sith holocron, Kanan and Danny were told of holocron fusions by the Bendu, who warned of the incredible damage they could do. The two Jedi met Gollum at Vizsla Keep 09, where he had taken the Ghost. After attempting to kill Kanan and ordering his droids to execute the prisoners, Gollum had Danny, who had been immediately escorted to the station's control room, start the fusion with him. Danny wanted to find "the key to destroying the Sith", while Gollum claimed he only wanted "hope." The ex-Sith actually wanted to find out if his archenemy Sam Gamgee was still alive and if he was, where he was hiding so Gollum could find and kill him.
As the two were going deeper into the fusion, the other Spectres arrived at the control room. Kanan advised Danny to look away, reminding him of the Bendu's warning, and the Padawan eventually did, cutting the fusion short and destroying the holocrons. Gollum discovered that Gamgee was still alive, but Danny was left with a collection of visions of places, only some of which he was familiar with.
As the fusion had been cut short, Gollum and Danny were left with the information mixed up between them. Gollum was left with the location of Chopper Base on Atollon, which the Spectres and Phoenix Cell operated out of. He tracked Danny and Kanan down on the planet some time later, and persuaded Danny to come to Dathomir to participate in a ritual which would give them each the information they had been searching for. Doing so, Gollum found out that Gamgee was on Tatooine, and Danny saw that the Jedi Master was apparently the key to destroying the Sith. Months later, Gollum, unable to find Gamgee in Tatooine's endless desert, used a fragment of the Sith holocron he had taken to lure Danny to the planet. The plan worked, and Danny and Chopper became lost and nearly died, calling Gamgee out of hiding to help them. When Danny insisted that Gamgee was the key to destroying the Sith, because of what the fusion had told him, the Jedi Master told him that Gollum's desires had skewed the fusion, showing Danny what the ex-Sith had wanted to see. Danny and Chopper were sent on their way back to Atollon just after Gollum arrived, and Gamgee killed the weakened darksider in a duel.
At some point during the Imperial Era, the scholar Kian Derar discovered a legend about the fusion carved into the wall of a Jedi temple, which described the fusion as a vergence. After learning of the process, Derar hoped to use it to get around Imperial information.
==Behind the scenes==
A holocron fusion first appeared in the Star Wars Rebels season 3 episode "The Holocrons of Fate." It was first identified by that name in the reference book Unlimited Power.
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==Sources==
*Unlimited Power 
==Notes and references==
Category:Holocrons