Xolein

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"I've had my team evaluate the list of inmates to see if any of our people were detained or if there might be other useful assets we can retrieve."
―A Zabrak Nihil[1]
Xolein's name (listed bottom) was among a list of prisoners at the prison near Ryloth

Xolein's name (listed bottom) was among a list of prisoners at the prison near Ryloth

Xolein was a prisoner of a Galactic Republic prison near[1] the Outer Rim planet[2] Ryloth that was also located within the Nihil pirate's Occlusion Zone region of space[1] by 229 BBY,[3] during the High Republic Era. After the Nihil captured the prison[1] that year,[3] a Zabrak Nihil instructed their team to evaluate its inmates—including Xolein—to see if any were Nihil, or if any might be useful enough to be recovered.[1]

The Zabrak later attended a meeting held at a Nihil fortress on[1] the Outer Rim planet Hetzal Prime[2] where they mentioned the captured prison and that their team had assessed the inmates. While they spoke, a hologram showing Xolein's name—along with fellow prisoners Aurora and Boolan—written in[1] the Aurebesh script[4] was displayed. Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro noticed Boolan's name as one[1] he[2] recognized and personally visited the prison to recruit Boolan.[1]

Behind the scenes

Xolein was mentioned in a hologram in the fourth issue of the 2023 comic miniseries Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight, released as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[5] The issue was written by Charles Soule and published by Marvel Comics on January 3, 2024.[6]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The section of The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 4 that mentions Xolein takes place five months after the destruction of Starlight Beacon. Per the reasoning here, the section must therefore occur in 229 BBY.
  4. ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  6. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight (2023) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)