Du Mai

For other uses, seeDu andMai.

Physical information

Terrestrial^[3]

Du Mai was adesert world^[3] located in theDu Mai system, a part of theBryx sector^[1] inthe Slice portion of^[2] theMid Rim.^[1] It featured amountain cave.^[3]

At some point by21 ABY, a holyman known as theLost Prophet resided in the cave and attracted pilgrims by giving them pieces of gnomic advice. Thatyear, thejournalist Cindel Towani revealed that the utterances made by the Lost Prophet consisted of scrambled bits of conditioning andflash-training thatclone troopers of theGalactic Republic had undergone onKamino,^[3] theextragalactic planet that was the origin point of theclone army that had served the Republic during theClone Wars of22 BBY–19 BBY.^[4] Furthermore, Towani gave compelling evidence that the holy man had been aclone trooper pilot who had crashed hisARC-170^[3]starfighter^[5] on Du Mai during the finaldays of that conflict, in the process sustaining head injuries.^[3]

Du Mai was originally meant to be introduced in the2012 reference bookThe Essential Guide to Warfare byJason Fry andPaul R. Urquhart. The section featuring the world was cut before the book's release; however, it was later released in2014 as part ofStar Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, a series of articles published on theStarWars.com Blog by Fry and^[3]Del Rey editor^[6]Erich Schoeneweiss containing various cut content from the book.^[3] The StarWars.comOnline Companion to the2009 reference bookThe Essential Atlas placed the Du Maisystem, and therefore Du Mai itself, in grid square R-8.^[1]