This Day in (Totally Made Up) STAR WARS History: Dips Raymus ...

This Day in (Totally Made Up) STAR WARS History: 18 BBY, Dips Raymus graduates from Jedi Academy, benefiting from the lower testing standards in place as the Republic was in desperate need of Jedi for the Clone Wars. He survives Order 66, but only because he overslept for the battle on Utapau (“My alarm didn’t go off man, I swear!”). Sadly, his luck runs out years later in an unfortunate lightsaber accident, which probably could have been avoided had he attended “Lightsaber Safety 103” more often. But, as he often complained, “8 am on a Monday morning? Uh ... come ON, man!”

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