- "The top image is the sample taken from the husked remains of Pola Sheel, a Jedi Knight who died on Meridaus after an encounter with a Nihil hunter and their pack of Nameless."
- ―Reath Silas, to Amadeo Azzazzo
Meridaus was a terrestrial astronomical object.[1] By 228 BBY,[2] during the High Republic Era, Jedi Knight Pola Sheel encountered a member of the Nihil marauders' Jedi-hunting Children of the Storm group as well as that Nihil's pack of Force-consuming Nameless creatures on Meridaus. During the incident, the Jedi Knight was killed as a result of the Nameless' effects.[1]
Sometime after, Sheel's husked remains were recovered and brought to the Jedi Temple on[1] the Core Worlds planet[3] Coruscant where Jedi Knight Reath Silas was researching the Nameless.[1] That year,[2] while working with Jedi Padawan Amadeo Azzazzo, the two examined a sample from Sheel's remains and Silas informed the Padawan of Sheel's passing on Meridaus.[1]
Behind the scenes
Meridaus was mentioned in the 2024 young-adult novel The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless, written by George Mann and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[4]
Appearances
- The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (and audiobook) (First mentioned, in book)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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: Tears of the Nameless 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
- ↑ SWCE 2023: 9 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)