An individual was a pilot for the Republic Defense Coalition during the High Republic Era.[2] In 228 BBY,[1] the Jedi Order and Republic Defense Coalition carried out a series of missions to cross the Nihil pirates' Stormwall hyperspace barrier using the Sunvale device to rescue refugees from the Nihil's Occlusion Zone region of space and bring them to Republic space. The pilot took part in one such mission in which they were teamed up with Jedi Knight Ilsan Kowal. The mission, however, resulted in both the pilot and Kowal being killed.[2] Later the same year,[1] before she undertook a mission of her own, Jedi Master Avar Kriss mentally recalled the pilot's death, noting their mission had been the first to fail.[2]
Behind the scenes
Ilsan Kowal's pilot was mentioned in the 2024 novel The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, written by Tessa Gratton and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[2] Phase III.[3]
Appearances
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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: Temptation of the Force, including the death of Ilsan Kowal's pilot, takes place one year and six weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon and its events span a few months, it must be set in 228 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
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Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)