- "Who is running the Lightning Crash now?"
"A She'ar who was none too happy about it until she realized she could use the extremely fancy quarters Graf abandoned. Along with all his wine and cheese."
"Very well." - ―Ghirra Starros and Nan
An individual served as part of Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro's She'ar[1]—elite bodyguards loyal to Ro[2]—during the High Republic Era.[1] In 228 BBY,[3] after Nihil General[1] Abediah Viess[4] purged the staff of the Lightning Crash, a Nihil space station which powered the Stormwall hyperspace barrier, the She'ar member was placed in command of the station.[1]
Nihil spy Nan learned the She'ar was unhappy about the assignment until she realized she could use the lavish quarters of the station's former owner—Xylan Graf—and that she could drink Graf's wine, as well as eat his cheese. When Nan spoke with Nihil Minister of Information Ghirra Starros aboard Ro's flagship, the Gaze Electric, the minister asked her who was running the Lightning Crash after Viess' purge. Nan informed Starros of the She'ar's appointment and her feelings on it. Not long after, the station was destroyed by the Republic Defense Coalition and Jedi Order, and any surviving Nihil were rounded up as prisoners.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The She'ar was mentioned in the 2024 novel The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, written by Tessa Gratton and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[5]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force audiobook (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
- ↑ The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force takes place one year and six weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon and its events span a few months, its events must be set in 228 BBY.
- ↑ The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 4
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)