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Akira[2] was a village on Felucia that grew and harvested nysillin during the Clone Wars. Casiss Midagatis served as the village's elder. He hired four expensive bounty hunters; Sugi, Embo, Rumi Paramita and Seripas to defend the village from the pirates of the Ohnaka Gang. After their T-6 shuttle crashed on Felucia's surface, Midagatis convinced the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano to join their cause. The Felucian villagers, alongside the Jedi and the bounty hunters worked togehter to drive Ohnaka's pirates off of Felucia.[1]
Behind the scenes
Akira first appeared in the seventeenth episode of Season Two of Star Wars: The Clone Wars titled "Bounty Hunters", that first aired in early 2010. It shares it's name with[1] Japanese director Akira Kurosawa to which the episode is dedicated.[3]
Appearances
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty Hunters" (First appearance) - Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Sources
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The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Bounty Hunters on StarWars.com (original site is defunct) -
"Bounty Hunters" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) - Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Bly Weapons & Uniforms: War on Felucia
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Jek Porkins Databank A-Z: Zabrak–Zillo Beast (Picture only)
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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes - Embo has Arrived on the official Electronic Arts Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) - Collapse of the Republic (First identified as Akira)
- Star Wars: Card Trader Set: 2020 Base Series 2, Card: Rumi Paramita (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
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"Crime and Punishment" — Star Wars Insider 209 (Indirect mention only) - Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters (Indirect mention only)
- Five Films that Inspired Star Wars Storytellers on StarWars.com (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
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Embo in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only) - Felucia in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Hondo Ohnaka in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Rumi Paramita in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Sugi (Character in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)