"The Academy" is the sixth episode of Season Three of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It aired on October 15, 2010.
Use of Aurebesh
Ahsoka's lecture
During Ahsoka's lecture, the board contains a lot of Aurebesh text. The left side shows a jagged and steep graph with the legend "THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS CORRUPTION RELATED CRIMES WITHIN MANDALORE."[1] The text in the middle reads:
[obscured]
IMPROPER AND UNLAWFUL MEANS QAS [sic]
BRIBERYK [sic] D: A DEPARTURE FROM THE
ORIGINAL OR FROM WHAT IS PURE OR
CORRECT
[obscured]S OF CORRUPTION INCLUDE:
[obscured]RIBERY
[obscured] OFFERING OF SOMETHING WHICH IS
[obscured] OFTEN MONEY BUT CAN ALSO BE
[obscured]C OR SERVICES IN ORDER TO GAIN
[obscured]NFAIR ADVANTAGES.
– EXTORTION
THREATEINING [sic] OR INFLICTING HARM TO
A PERSON, THEIR REPUTATION, OR
THEIR PROPERTY
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN
MONEY, ACTIONS, SERVICES OR
OTHER GOODS FROM THAT PERSON.
– EMBEZZLEMENT
THE ILLEGAL TAKING OR APPROPRIATION
OF MONEY OR PROPERTY THAT HAS
BEEN ENTRUSTED TO A PERSON BUT IS
REALLY OWNED BY ANOTHER.
– NEPOTISM
THE PRACTICE OR INCLINATION TO FAVOR
A PERSON OR GROUP WHO IS A RELATIVE
OR FRIEND WHEN GIVING PROMOTIONS,
JOBS, RAISES, AND OTHER BENEFITS
TO EMPLOYEES.
– PATRONAGE SYSTEMS
THE GRANTING OF FAVORS,
CONTRACTS, OR APPOINTMENTS TO
POSITIONS BY A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICE
LEADER OR CANDIDATE FOR A POLITICAL
OFFICE IN RETURN FOR POLITICAL
SUPPORT.
The text on the right side says:
CITIZENS OF [obscured]
BE VIGILANT [obscured]
STAND UNIT[obscured]
AGAINST
CORRUPTION [obscured]
THAT CORRU[obscured]
CAN'T TAKE
ROOT. UNITY [obscured]
THE KEY TO
VICTORY.
CORRUPTION IN MANDALOR [sic]
SINCE THE TURN OF THE
CENTURY CORRUPTIOON [sic] HAS
BEEN ON THE RISE. AND NOW
WITH THE CURRENT CHANGES
IN THE MANDALORIAN
GOVERNMENT AND THE
REBELLION OF THE DEATH
WATCH, CORRUPTION IS ONLY
EXPECTED TO INCREASE. ONE
MUST BE EDUCATED ABOUT
CORRUPTION IN ORDER TO
PREVENT IT. TAKE ACTION
AND DO YOUR PART TO STOP CORRUPTION.
Soniee's datapad
During Ahsoka's first lecture, Soniee's datapad says "CORRUPTION".
When Soniee and her fellow students break into the government warehouse, the datapad says "SEARCHING FOR CODE", "WAREHOUSE FLOORPLAN" [sic] and "ENTRARE"[1] (Italian for "enter"[1]), as well as various combinations of letters and numbers that don't mean anything.
Warehouse containers
Inside the warehouse, various containers are labeled "CARGO".
See also
"The Academy" on Wookieepedia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
The Academy Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com: “During her lecture, Ahsoka stands before a jagged and steep graph with the legend "this graph represents corruption-related crimes on Mandalore." / Once Soniee slices through the lock on the warehouse, her computer screen says "Entrare," which is Italian for "enter."” (Slide 5 – 6)