- "Maybe he tosses away a few mid-level bureaucrats, maybe Isard and Chivolney resign in disgrace. Maybe it all ends there, the Jedi are exonerated but remain quite dead, and everyone is happy…except you, I think?"
- ―Haki Zeophrine, to Bail Organa
Chivolney was a bureaucrat in service of the Galactic Empire.[1] Around 19 BBY,[2] shortly after the end of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the ensuing rise of the Empire, Chivolney was considered a mid-level bureaucrat by Imperial Intelligence operative Haki Zeophrine. When Zeophrine's temporary ally Senator Bail Organa reiterated his desire to prove the innocence of the Jedi Order to the galaxy after they were purged by Emperor Sheev Palpatine, Zeophrine told Organa that the most change he could hope for was the Emperor blaming bureaucrats like Armand Isard or Chivolney and forcing them to resign.[1]
Behind the scenes
Chivolney was mentioned in the 2025 novel Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, written by Alexander Freed as the first installment of the Star Wars: Reign of the Empire trilogy.[1]
Appearances
- Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
- ↑
Star Wars: Edge of the Abyss on Penguin Books' official United Kingdom website (backup link) establishes the events of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear take place thirteen years before the events of Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss. 
Rebecca Roanhorse (@rebeccaroanhorse) on Instagram (post): "Title and updated release date of my upcoming STAR WARS novel announced at SDCC. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS takes place a year before Andor S1." (backup link) states that Edge of the Abyss takes place a year before the events of Andor Season 1, which are set in 5 BBY per the reasoning here. Therefore, the events of Edge of the Abyss must be set in 6 BBY, and the events of The Mask of Fear in 19 BBY.