A prominent figure in the legendary Qel-Droma Epics, Odan-Urr supposedly trained on the planet Ossus under Jedi Master Ooroo, fighting alongside Empress Teta in the Unification Wars. According to the epics, Odan-Urr was responsible for the construction of both the Great Jedi Library and the Knossa Branch Library on Ossus, cataloguing and studying ancient artifacts.
Odan-Urr was a constant figure throughout the stories of the Qel-Droma Epics, quasi-historical legends set long before the time of the Galactic Empire. According to the myths, Odan-Urr received his Jedi training at the Jedi Praxeum on the planet Ossus under Jedi Master Ooroo. Obtaining the rank of Jedi Master himself, he fought alongside Empress Teta in the Unification Wars, in which Teta conquered the Koros system and Koros Major, which were named in her honor. While Empress Teta was rebuilding from the Unification Wars, the Sith Empire invaded, initiating the Great Hyperspace War, during which Ooroo died.
The Qel-Droma Epics also claimed that, honoring a promise to his Master, Odan-Urr designed and oversaw the construction of the Great Jedi Library atop the Ooroo Canyon on Ossus. Within the library, Odan-Urr catalogued and studied ancient artifacts in the Chamber of Antiquities, as well as translating and digitizing writings. Odan-Urr also commissioned the Knossa Branch Library in the Ossus city of Knossa, for academics and Jedi who sought knowledge for time-sensitive investigations.
An author, Odan-Urr was one of several members of the Jedi Order who added annotations to the sacred Jedi texts, created millennia before the war between the First Order and the Resistance. Odan-Urr was also believed to have written the modern Jedi Code.
In 40 BBY, the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, undertook a mission to Teth to thwart Wanbo the Hutt. As he recalled the Jedi Code, Jinn thought that whoever wrote the Code never had to deal with the Hutts.
According to the Qel-Droma Epics, Odan-Urr was a male individual who favored knowledge above all else.
Odan-Urr in the Star Wars Legends continuity
Odan-Urr was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the Nexus of Power, a sourcebook for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game published in March 17, 2016.
The character Odan-Urr originally appeared in the Star Wars Legends continuity in the third issue of the comic series Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith, written by Tom Veitch and Kevin J. Anderson, penciled by Chris Gossett, and published by Dark Horse Comics on December 1, 1994.
Concept sketches of Odan-Urr, Ulic Qel-Droma, and Nomi Sunrider
Jedi Temple stained glass concept art
Odan-Urr appeared in the unused concept sketch by Wayne Lo titled "Jedi Temple stained glass art sketches" for the second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It was included in the The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars booklet, released with the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Seasons 1-5 Collector's Edition. The sketch also depicted Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider. The complete artwork of Odan-Urr and his Jedi Master Ooroo was included in the production journal of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Two.
- Nexus of Power
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary