- "I need a name."
"What name?"
"The name of whatever top-secret project tech you've got that's keeping me out of my tattoos. […]"
"You're not going to be happy. […] It's not a tech program that's locking you out. […] It's one person. Their code-name is Aeturna. It's Dellen."
"You hired my karking sister?!" - ―Chelli Lona Aphra and Director Meteora Gray
Dellen Aphra was a human female individual who was the daughter of[1] the human male scholar[3] Korin Aphra. She was therefore also the half-sister of Korin's daughter Chelli Lona Aphra,[1] a rogue archeologist who had been born to Korin and his wife Lona.[3] During the New Republic Era, Dellen aligned herself with the New Republic, operating under the code name Aeturna. After their sister was recruited into the New Republic's Department of Artifacts and Archival Goods Retrieval, Dellen had Chelli's electro-tattoos deactivated, preventing Chelli from using them.[1]
Behind the scenes
Dellen Aphra was first pictured on a variant cover for the first issue of the 2025 comic series Star Wars. The cover was illustrated by Annie Wu and published by Marvel Comics[4] on May 7, 2025.[5] She was identified as Dellen in the of the fourth issue of the 2025 comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent. The issue was written by Cherish Chen and published by Marvel[2] on September 24 of the same year.[6] Dellen later appeared, and was identified with her surname Aphra in the series' fifth issue. The issue was written by Chen, illustrated by Steven Cummings, and published by Marvel[1] on October 29, 2025.[7]
Appearances
- Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 3 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 4 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Dellen and Aeturna)
- Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 5 (First appearance) (First identified as Aphra)
- Star Wars (2025) 1 (Variant cover only) (First pictured)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars (2025) 1
- ↑
Star Wars (2025) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Chaos Agent (2025) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Chaos Agent (2025) #5 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)