- "Your father's name was Tryst Veila, your mother's was Cassa. They were moisture farmers on Tatooine"
- ―Sliven, to Tahiri Veila
Tryst Veila was a Force-sensitive male Human who fathered the Jedi Knight Tahiri Veila with his wife Cassa Veila. Both Tryst and his wife were strong in the Force, though they were never trained, as the Jedi Order had been virtually wiped out by then.
Biography
- "It took almost two months for me to heal. Several times in the first weeks I almost died, and I would have if not for Cassa and Tryst. They showed me kindness I never knew existed."
- ―Sliven, about Tryst Veila
In 16 ABY, Tryst and Cassa befriended an injured Tusken Raider named Sliven. They became friends quickly despite the hostility between the settlers and the Tusken Raiders. Tryst would learn from Sliven how to wield a gaderffii. One day, he was enjoying a gaderffi sparring session outside his home with Sliven. Sliven's tribe caught sight of this however, and assumed that Sliven was under attack. Mistaking them for enemies, he and Cassa were killed by the tribe before Sliven could stop them.[1]
Out of pity and in return for the kindness shown to him by them, Sliven adopted a then-three-year-old Tahiri and raised her as a Tusken Raider until she turned nine in 22 ABY, when she was discovered to be Force-sensitive by Luke Skywalker and Tionne Solusar during a trip to Tatooine. She would only learn about it during a return trip to Tatooine from the Jedi Praxeum.[1]
Personality and traits
- "One day, I even fashioned Tryst his own gaderffii and taught him how to fight with it. He learned quickly—it was strange how he fought, sensing my movements almost before I made them, just as Cassa could feel my emotions without hearing me speak."
- ―Sliven, about Tryst Veila
Tryst Veila was a kind hearted individual as shown when he and his wife took in an injured Sliven despite him being a Tusken Raider. Veila could also use the Force and it allowed him to learn fighting with a gaderffii, easily beating Sliven during a sparring session.[1]
Behind the scenes
Tryst Veila was a character created by author Nancy Richardson for the 1996 novel Junior Jedi Knights: Promises, the third volume in the Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights series.[1]
Appearances
- Junior Jedi Knights: Promises (First mentioned)
- Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest (Vision to Tahiri Veila)
- Junior Jedi Knights: Kenobi's Blade (Indirect mention only)
- The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest (Indirect mention only)
- The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth (Mentioned only)