Flower serpents were a type of serpent found on[1] the Outer Rim planet[2] Haileap. The scientist Avon Starros—who lived for a time on Haileap—considered them to be pretty but deadly, and that they had no care for anything beyond themselves.[1] In 228 BBY,[3] after Avon's mother, Ghirra Starros, told her that Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro would be disappointed if she did not attend a dinner at the Nihil pirates compound on[1] the Outer Rim planet Hetzal Prime,[4] Avon mentally noted that Ro reminded her of a flower serpent.[1]
Behind the scenes
Flower serpents were mentioned in the 2024 young-adult novel The High Republic: Defy the Storm, written by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[5] Within the novel, flower serpents were mentioned within a chapter written by Ireland.[6]
Appearances
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The High Republic: Defy the Storm
- ↑ The High Republic: A Test of Courage
- ↑ 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 Adventures (2023) 4 takes place one year and two weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY. Since the events of The High Republic Adventures (2023) 6 are set immediately following the fourth issue and depict the expansion of the Stormwall, the expansion must have taken place in the same year. Meanwhile, the events of "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal" include the Stormwall's expansion and also depict the start of Pikka Adren's pregnancy. A later story, "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly," states that Adren is eight months pregnant during its events, indicating that it is set eight months after "No Big Deal," and therefore one year, eight months, and two weeks after the fall of Starlight Beacon. "Sparks Fly" is set during the Battle of Eriadu, an event that begins in The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular. As
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places The High Republic: Defy the Storm between the events of "No Big Deal" and The Wedding Spectacular, its events must also be set in 228 BBY.
- ↑ The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑
Tessa Gratton] (@tessagratton.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on September 29, 2025): "Hi! I wrote Jordana and Xylan, and Justina wrote Vernestra and Avon!" (backup link) (In reply to: "hiya! out of pure curiosity, was curious if you were able to share the breakdown of which point-of-view characters you and Justina each wrote from Defy the Storm? big fan of the book - was hoping to document some of its development!")