Mourning Shrines

The Mourning Shrines was a memorial located underwater on the planet Mon Cala. The shrines consisted of multiple large blue statues of Mon Calamari greats, including Admiral Gial Ackbar. The memorial was surrounded by coral and eels.

In 34 ABY, during a Resistance mission to Mon Cala, General Leia Organa visited the Mourning Shrines to honor the late Admiral Ackbar alongside his son, Aftab Ackbar. While at the shrines, Aftab inserted a shell into the mouth of one of the statues, believing that his father's soul was there. Aftab thanked Organa for visiting the shrines, though he correctly surmised that it was not the purpose of her visit. The pair then departed on a submarine.

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