Veruna was a human male who served as the king of the Mid Rim planet of Naboo right before the reign of Queen Padmé Amidala. A philosopher named Sio Bibble was elected Governor of Naboo under Veruna's rule.[1]
Behind the scenes
Veruna was first canonically mentioned in Sio Bibble's entry from the 2016 reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1]
In a flashback scene from James Luceno's Tarkin novel, Senator Palpatine briefly talks to Wilhuff Tarkin about a Naboo king who ruled fifteen years prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire: "Even on my own Naboo, the king finds himself embroiled with the Trade Federation and off world bankers with regard to our plasma exports."[3] This quote superficially describes events previously seen in Luceno's Legends novel Darth Plagueis.[4] However, it has not yet been confirmed in canon whether this king is indeed Veruna.[3]
In the Legends continuity, Veruna was first mentioned in the 1999 novel Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala, written by Jude Watson.[5] He later made his first appearance in the 2000 short comic A Summer's Dream, published in Star Wars Tales 5 by Dark Horse Comics.[6] Veruna was eventually given the first name Ars in the novel Darth Plagueis, in which he has a prominent role.[4]
Sources
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑
Naboo in the Databank (backup link)—According to the StarWars.com Databank, the Naboo are "peaceful humans."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tarkin
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Darth Plagueis
- ↑ Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
- ↑
"A Summer's Dream" — Star Wars Tales 5
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