Pastiwell Zick

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"Where is Viess?"
"The Precipitate Fire lost Naboo to a second Republic attack. The general has yet to reach out, but her second insists that Viess escaped."
―Marchion Ro and Thaya Ferr[3]

Pastiwell Zick was an Arkanian who lived during the High Republic Era.[2] Between 229 BBY and 228 BBY,[4] he[2] came to serve as second to General[3] Abediah Viess[5] in the Nihil pirates' Ministry of Protection, which Viess led.[3] In 228 BBY,[4] the general lost control of the Nihil-occupied[3] Mid Rim[6] planet Naboo after it was liberated by the Jedi Order and Republic Defense Coalition.[3]

Afterward, Viess' second insisted that despite the loss, the general had escaped Naboo, which came to the attention of Thaya Ferr—the secretary of Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro. When Ferr later reported to Ro about the Nihil space station Lightning Crash being attacked by the Republic and Jedi, the Eye asked her for Viess' location. In response, the secretary told Ro of the general's defeat at Naboo, noting that she had yet to reach out, before adding the second's urging that Viess had escaped. The second was correct as the general had in fact escaped the planet.[3]

Zick was given the rank of Adjunct General by Viess when she took command of the Nihil military. He was killed when he tried to shoot Porter Engle in the back while the Jedi prepared to fight Viess.[2]

Behind the scenes

Pastiwell Zick was mentioned, albeit unidentified, 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[3] Phase III.[7] He later appeared, and was identified, in the 2025 novel The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi, written by Charles Soule as part of the multimedia project's[2] Phase III.[7]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi establishes that Pastiwell Zick died aboard the Auberge concurrently with the Battle of Eriadu, which takes place in 228 BBY per the reasoning here.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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: Temptation of the Force 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. The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 4 establishes that Abediah Viess joined the Nihil four months after Starlight Beacon's fall, meaning she must have joined the Nihil in 229 BBY. As the individual served as second to Viess in the Nihil Ministry of Protection during Temptation of the Force, they must have come to that position between 229 BBY and 228 BBY.
  5. ↑ The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 4
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)