Hela Brandes

Hela Brandes was a Human female from Naboo who served as the Music Advisor in the Naboo Royal Advisory Council under Queen Amidala's rule.

Biography

Brandes served as the Music Advisor sitting on the Royal Advisory Council of Naboo around the time of the invasion of the peaceful planet by the Trade Federation. She was a noted harpist who attempted to arrange for Naboo artists and musicians to travel off-planet to demonstrate the talents their society prided. Brandes was also in charge of the funding of Naboo's festivals.^[3]

During the Clone Wars, Brandes and a coalition of other illustrious musicians coaxed the renowned symponik master Beezar Pert out of retirement for a one-off special concert to benefit the war orphans.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Hela Brandes was portrayed by an uncredited actress in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

The character was referred to as "Helena Brandes" in Star Wars Kids issue 6.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace junior novelization (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 1 (First appearance)

Sources

• Star Wars Kids (1997) 6
• Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Hela Brandes)
• Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
• Secrets of Naboo
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 12 NAB 9-14: Naboo – Theed Royal Palace
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Illustrated Companion
• Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Women of Star Wars: The Women of the Prequel Trilogy on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
• Brandes, Hela in the Databank (original site is defunct)
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
• Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)

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