Unidentified Hynestian queen (Avon Starros)

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"It's not safe. Even with Deva, it's just not safe, Mother. At the brunch for the visiting Hynestian queen, someone tried to poison me."
―Avon Starros, to Ghirra Starros[1]

A Hynestian female member of the Hynestian royal family served as the queen of[1] the Colonies[2] planet Hynestia[3] during the High Republic Era.[1] Between 230 BBY and 228 BBY,[4] the queen visited the compound of the Nihil pirates on[1] the Outer Rim planet[5] Hetzal Prime for a brunch. During the event, an unsuccessful attempt to poison the scientist Avon Starros took place.[1] In 228 BBY,[4] Avon recalled the attempt to poison her during the queen's visit when she tried to convince her mother Ghirra that staying at the compound was not safe for her.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Hynestian queen was mentioned in the 2024 young-adult novel The High Republic: Defy the Storm, written by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[6] Within the novel, the queen was mentioned within a chapter written by Ireland.[7]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 The High Republic: Defy the Storm
  2. ↑ Star Wars Galaxy Map poster
  3. ↑ The High Republic: Out of the Shadows
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The High Republic: Defy the Storm—which the events of take place in 228 BBY per the reasoning here—establishes that the queen visited Hetzal Prime between the formation of the Occlusion Zone and the novel's events. As Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the Occlusion Zone's formation to 230 BBY, the queen must have visited between 230 BBY and 228 BBY.
  5. ↑ The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
  6. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  7. ↑ BlueskyLogo Tessa Gratton] (@tessagratton.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on September 29, 2025): "Hi! I wrote Jordana and Xylan, and Justina wrote Vernestra and Avon!" (backup link) (In reply to: "hiya! out of pure curiosity, was curious if you were able to share the breakdown of which point-of-view characters you and Justina each wrote from Defy the Storm? big fan of the book - was hoping to document some of its development!")