Herbalist

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Reya Nell, a dark-skinned human with her black hair in a braid, wears a gray wool coat over a brown shirt.

Reya Nell was an herbalist who specialized in salves.

Herbalists were individuals who worked with herbs and salves. The herbalist Reya Nell operated in Point Ueda, capital of the planet Ueda, during the High Republic Era and specialized in extracting salves from Ueda conifer pines and sap. These secret ingredients gave her an edge over the competition.[1] Around 32 BBY,[2] Jedi Master Mace Windu noticed what seemed to be skilled herbalists in the marketplace of Hillia, a village in the planet Metagos's New Xaxxis city, which was located in the subternanean Glass Abyss. The herbalists had learned to harness the exotic properties of the underground world.[3]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, an herbalsit first appeared when Reya Nell appeared in "Lost / Found,"[4] the first episode of the live-action television series Star Wars: The Acolyte, which aired on Disney+ on June 4, 2024.[5] However, Nell was not identified as an herbalist in the episode[4] and the term was first used when herbalists appeared in the novel Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss, which was written by Steven Barnes[3] and published on October 15, 2024.[6]

Nell was then identified as an herbalist in the 2025 reference book Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, an herbalist first appeared in the form of Shodu Warrick in the 1984 television film Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide
  2. ↑ The events of Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss take place the week after the funeral of Qui-Gon Jinn, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 32 BBY.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Acolyte logo Celebration Star Wars: The Acolyte — "Lost / Found"
  5. ↑ StarWars.com The Acolyte Teaser Poster, Premiere Date Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
  6. ↑ PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
  7. ↑ Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure