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The Acolyte: Wayseeker is an adult canon novel by Justina Ireland and published by Random House Worlds on May 6, 2025. The novel features the characters Vernestra Rwoh and Indara and is set before the events of the Disney+ live-action television series Star Wars: The Acolyte.

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Decades before Star Wars: The Acolyte, Vernestra Rwoh must rediscover her place within the Jedi Order.

Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh has spent years exploring the Outer Rim as a Wayseeker, answering to no authority but the Force itself. When the Jedi Council orders her to return to Coruscant, Vernestra ignores the summons, feeling that her priority is the beings she's already serving.

So the Council dispatches Jedi Knight Indara to track down Vernestra to deliver the urgent message that a Republic senator has formally requested Jedi assistance, asking for Vernestra's aid by name. Intrigued, Vernestra quickly finds herself pulled back into Coruscant's complicated world of Republic politics and underworld crime.

The two could not be more different: Vernestra, a Jedi Master who has known conflict and loss during her decades in the Order, and Indara, a young Knight just coming into her own as a Jedi in a galaxy at peace. Trust is slow to develop as they clash over their views on serving the Jedi Order, the galaxy, and the Force.

But they must work together to decipher the connection between the senator and a trail of dangerous weapons threatening to wreak havoc on the Republic. As the two delve further into their investigation, the lines between Jedi and Republic business blur, and Vernestra must rediscover what it means to serve for Light and Life.[2]

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Development

During the book's development, it was codenamed "Gleek."[4]

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 StarWars.com SDCC 2024: The Acolyte Publishing Program and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 PenguinRandomHouse-Logo The Acolyte: Wayseeker (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
  3. The events of Star Wars: The Acolyte take place in 132 BBY per the reasoning here. Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Visual Guide establishes that Indara is fifty-four years old in The Acolyte and also states that she is twenty-six years old during the events of The Acolyte: Wayseeker. Therefore, the events of Wayseeker must take place around 160 BBY.
  4. PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Gleek on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link not available)

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