A female individual married the Human male Maximilian Veers, and the two had a son named Zevulon Veers. The family embodied the Galactic Empire's propaganda ideals given Maximilian's service in the Imperial Army. The woman died on a holiday prior to the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY.
Biography[]
The female individual married Maximilian Veers.
A female married[2] the Human male Maximilian Veers soon after the insurrection on Culroon III[3] between 19 BBY and 9 BBY.[5] The two only had one son, Zevulon Veers,[3] and their family embodied Imperial propaganda ideals, as Veers was a proud major in the Imperial Army with a loyal and productive family.[4]
Prior to the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY,[1] the family took a vacation, where Veers's wife succumbed to a rare disease.[2] The death damaged Maximilian's sense of infallibility,[6] and in response to the sudden loss, Maximilian buried himself in his work[3] and told Zevulon to honor his mother's memory by joining the Imperial Military.[4] Zevulon had an unhappy childhood afterward[2] with his strict disciplinarian father[4] and missed the warmth of his mother's smile.[2]
Maximilian continued to rise to the rank of general, and after his success in defeating the Rebel Alliance at the Battle of Hoth[7] in 3 ABY,[3] he was thrust into the public eye by Imperial propaganda as an example of a widower with a loyal son destined to follow in his footsteps.[7] Several weeks after the battle, Zevulon defected to the Alliance.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Maximilian Veers's wife was first mentioned in Dark Empire Sourcebook, a 1993 supplement for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Michael Allen Horne.[2]
Sources[]
- Dark Empire Sourcebook (First mentioned)
- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 45 (VEE3, General Maximilian Veers)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Veers, General Maximilian in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 14 (VEE4, General Maximilian Veers)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Veers, General Maximilian in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) describes the death of Maximilian Veers's wife as occuring prior to the Battle of Yavin, which The New Essential Chronology places in 0 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Dark Empire Sourcebook
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The New Essential Guide to Characters
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Veers, General Maximilian in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The New Essential Guide to Characters states that Maximilian Veers married his wife and had his son, Zevulon Veers, following the formation of the Galactic Empire, which took place in 19 BBY according to The New Essential Chronology, and that Zevulon was a teenager in the months following the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY. Therefore, the marriage and Zevulon's birth must have occurred by 9 BBY at the latest.
- ↑ Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Official Star Wars Fact File 45 (VEE4, General Maximilian Veers)