Short story
A Closed Fist Has No Claws
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"A Closed Fist Has No Claws" is a short story written by Tessa Gratton as part of the anthology The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life. The story was published on September 5, 2023. The story is written in first person, from the perspective of Marda Ro, after the events of Phase II of Star Wars: The High Republic. In the story, she speaks directly to an undefined entity she considers to be her legacy.
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Facts
- Title
- "A Closed Fist Has No Claws"
- Author
- Tessa Gratton
- Released
- July 20, 2023 (San Diego Comic-Con)
- September 5, 2023
- Published in
- The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
- Timeline
- By c. 379 BBY-during or after 379 BBY
- Series
- Star Wars: The High Republic
- Preceded by
- "The Queen's Bloom"
- Followed by
- "Shield of the Jedi"
Who turns up here
Characters: 34
- Alirya (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Esstrop (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Velya Faer (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Vika Faer (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Vika and Velya Faer's grandmother (first mentioned)
- Fe Fer (indirect mention)
- Fe Isle (indirect mention)
- Fe Remine (indirect mention)
- Fe Tale (indirect mention)
- Great Leveler (in a flashback)
- Kortanio (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Isren (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Fori Nagor (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Asgar Ro (indirect mention)
- Marda Ro
- Marda Ro's mother (mentioned only)
- Shalla Ro (indirect mention)
- Yana Ro (mentioned only)
- Yana Ro's mother (mentioned only)
- Rox (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Milan Stor (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Devaronian (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified human (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Jedi (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified green-skinned man (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Rodian (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified team member (first mentioned)
- Elecia Zeveron (mentioned only)
- Kevmo Zink (indirect mention)
- Faers (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Grafs (mentioned only)
- Ro family
- Xouri family (mentioned only)
- The Force (mentioned only)
Species: 12
Planets: 8
Places: 9
- Ryloth's equatorial forest (mentioned only)
- Unidentified hub (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified bar (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified tourist multiplex (first mentioned)
- Unidentified settlement (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified public house (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified marketplace (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Throne hall (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified medical observation room (first appearance, in a flashback)
Galaxy: 9
- The galaxy
- Outer Rim Territories (in a flashback)
- Galactic Frontier (mentioned only)
- Gaulus sector (in a flashback)
- Ryloth sector (in a flashback)
- Ryloth system (in a flashback)
- Raioballo sector (in a flashback)
- Dantooine system (in a flashback)
- Rystan system (mentioned only, in a flashback, first identified)
Starships: 7
- Fori's ship (first mentioned)
- Gaze Electric
- Esstrop and Kortanio's exploratory shuttle (first mentioned)
- Unidentified ship (Marda Ro) (first mentioned)
- Vika and Velya Faer's ship (first mentioned)
- Unidentified space dock (first mentioned)
- Unidentified space station (first mentioned, in a flashback)
Organizations: 10
- Galactic Republic (mentioned only)
- Hutt Clan (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Jedi Order (in a flashback)
- Jedi (in a flashback)
- Nihil
- Fori's team (first mentioned)
- Path of the Open Hand (mentioned only)
- Children of the Open Hand (mentioned only)
- Littles (mentioned only)
- Path of the Closed Fist (mentioned only)
Events: 3
- Great Storm (indirect mention, in a flashback)
- Evereni exodus (mentioned only)
- Marda Ro's hunt (first appearance, in a flashback)
Technology: 14
- Containment shield (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Engine (mentioned only)
- Holo-mirror (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Holo-sun (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Holo-torch (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Lightsaber (in a flashback)
- Dagger (in a flashback)
- Stave (in a flashback)
- Marda Ro's staves (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Clothing (in a flashback)
- Jedi robes (in a flashback)
- Credit (mentioned only)
- Star map (mentioned only)
- Mirror (in a flashback)
Lore: 34
- Republic Era
- High Republic Era
- Captain (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Collector (mentioned only)
- Padawan (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Elder (mentioned only)
- Mother (mentioned only)
- Pilgrim (mentioned only)
- Secretary (in a flashback)
- Lompop (mentioned only)
- Alcohol (in a flashback)
- Beer (in a flashback)
- Liquor (in a flashback)
- Finger cake (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Milk (in a flashback)
- Pepper (mentioned only)
- Dalnan pepper (first mentioned)
- Salt (mentioned only)
- Soup (in a flashback)
- Spice (in a flashback)
- Sugar (in a flashback)
- Tea (in a flashback)
- Fermented milk tea (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Force-sensitive (in a flashback)
- Grain (in a flashback)
- Evereni (first appearance, first identified)
- Galactic Basic Standard (in a flashback)
- Mynock leather (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Neon (in a flashback)
- Synth-smoke (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Transparisteel (in a flashback)
- 381 BBY (first appearance, in a flashback)
- 379 BBY (first appearance, in a flashback)
- 679 BBY (first mentioned, indirect mention)
Media: 1
- Corellian opera (first appearance, in a flashback)
Everything else: 93
- Unidentified child (first mentioned)
- Insect (mentioned only)
- Irisophant (first mentioned)
- Espri (first mentioned)
- Pilot
- Pirate
- Rad (Evereni) (first mentioned)
- Smuggler (mentioned only)
- Trader (mentioned only)
- Trapper (mentioned only)
- Starship
- Shuttle (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Faer ship (first mentioned)
- Warship (in a flashback)
- Blaster (in a flashback)
- Cannon (mentioned only)
- Hologram (in a flashback)
- Lamp (in a flashback)
- Melee weapon (in a flashback)
- Knife (in a flashback)
- Sword (mentioned only)
- Antenna (in a flashback)
- Blood (in a flashback)
- Bone (in a flashback)
- Braid (mentioned only)
- Brikal shell (mentioned only)
- Brikal-shell paint (mentioned only)
- Cave (mentioned only)
- Child (in a flashback)
- Claw (in a flashback)
- Belt (in a flashback)
- Cloak (in a flashback)
- Flight suit (in a flashback)
- Holster (mentioned only)
- Jumpsuit (in a flashback)
- Robe (in a flashback)
- Scarf (in a flashback)
- Color
- Death (in a flashback)
- Dismemberment (indirect mention)
- Ear (in a flashback)
- Egg (mentioned only)
- Eye (in a flashback)
- Flower (mentioned only)
- Foodstuff (in a flashback)
- Sauce (in a flashback)
- Force artifact (mentioned only)
- Living Force (mentioned only)
- Meditation (mentioned only)
- Force icon (indirect mention)
- Forest (in a flashback)
- Galaxy
- Ghost (mentioned only)
- Hair (in a flashback)
- Heart (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Homeworld (in a flashback)
- Humanoid (in a flashback)
- Hunting (in a flashback)
- Hyperspace (mentioned only)
- Jungle (mentioned only)
- Language (in a flashback)
- Leather (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Lekku (in a flashback)
- Limb (in a flashback)
- Map (mentioned only)
- Music (in a flashback)
- Opera (in a flashback)
- Near-human (in a flashback)
- Piercing (in a flashback)
- Planet (in a flashback)
- Gas giant (mentioned only)
- Parent (mentioned only)
- Port (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Prisoner (mentioned only)
- Refugee (mentioned only)
- Religion (mentioned only)
- Rib (mentioned only)
- Sentience
- Slavery (indirect mention)
- Sleep (mentioned only)
- Star (mentioned only)
- Star system (in a flashback)
- Steel (in a flashback)
- Stone (mentioned only)
- Throne
- Time
- Second
- Standard decade
- Standard month
- Standard year
- Tongue (in a flashback)
- Tooth
- Twin (in a flashback)
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