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- "Is this mine?"
- ―Chass na Chadic realizes that her deva pop music is playing during the New Republic victory party
Deva was a genre of pop music. The New Republic pilot Chass na Chadic enjoyed the music, specifically one track she felt featured an easygoing beat as well as saccharine and somewhat ironic lyrics about a local holiday that had been banned by the Galactic Empire. She played the track off of a datachip in her A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter during missions. During the Battle of Pandem Nai[1] in 4 ABY,[2] she played the song on an open comm channel for any nearby starship to hear. Following the New Republic victory, fellow pilot Wyl Lark and members of the ground crew took one of Chadic's datachips that contained deva pop music and played it during the victory celebration at the makeshift cantina Ranjiy's Krayt Hut aboard the Acclamator-class battleship Lodestar. When Chadic noticed that her music was playing, she realized that the song helped quell her feelings of desperation and despair, which had remained with her despite their victory.[1]
Behind the scenes
Deva appeared in the current Star Wars canon in the 2019 novel Alphabet Squadron, the first book in the Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron trilogy, written by Alexander Freed.[1] Deva originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, first being mentioned in Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, a sourcebook written by Mark Rein-Hagen and Stewart Wieck and published for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games in 1990.[3]
Appearances
- Alphabet Squadron (and audiobook) (First appearance)