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Add 5 more cinematic event interrupts (Hoth, Crait, Treaty, Knights of Ren, Battle of Jakku) #23

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Skills: TypeScript · canon knowledge · visual design instinct
Time: ~4 hours
Good for: Lore experts who can pick the right framing per event
Difficulty: Intermediate


Context

lib/data/event-cinematics.ts registers 5 cinematic interrupts that fire when the era scrubber crosses canonical years (Order 66, Duel on Mustafar, Battle of Yavin, Battle of Endor, Hosnian Cataclysm). The framework supports any number — we just need to add more.

Targets

5 more, chosen for narrative weight:

  1. Battle of Hoth (3 ABY) — single-pulse over the Outer Rim, alarm tone. Subtitle: "Echo Base falls."
  2. Battle of Crait (34 ABY) — single-pulse accent-blue with a short "salt drift" caption. Subtitle: "The spark of the Resistance."
  3. Treaty of Coruscant (-3653 BBY) — binary-suns legends-amber. Subtitle: "An uneasy peace."
  4. Knights of Ren formation (~28 ABY) — multi-pulse 6 alarm-red points. Subtitle: "Six who bend the knee."
  5. Battle of Jakku (5 ABY) — multi-pulse 12 cream pulses (downed Star Destroyers). Subtitle: "The Empire dies in the desert."

Each entry follows the existing EventCinematic schema in event-cinematics.ts. Year, windowYears, title, subtitle, durationMs, visual, pulseCount, tone, audioCue, source.

Acceptance criteria

  • All 5 added with cited Wookieepedia URLs
  • Each fires exactly once per era-cross (existing dispatcher handles this)
  • Stories may auto-fire some (e.g. Skywalker Family crosses 5 ABY → Battle of Jakku; Order of the Sith crosses 28 ABY → Knights of Ren)
  • Reduced-motion → title card only, no pulses
  • npx tsc --noEmit exits 0

Lore reference

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Hoth
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Crait
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Treaty_of_Coruscant
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Knights_of_Ren
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Jakku

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