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Guardians of the Whills (novel)
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Guardians of the Whills is a junior novel by Greg Rucka with illustrations by Diogo Saito. Released on May 2, 2017 by Disney–Lucasfilm Press, it focuses on Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus around six months prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Facts
- Title
- Guardians of the Whills
- Author
- Greg Rucka
- Cover artist
- Diogo Saito (TomatoFarm)
- Leigh Zieske (Design; uncredited)
- Illustrator
- Diogo Saito (TomatoFarm)
- Publisher
- Disney–Lucasfilm Press
- Released
- May 2, 2017
- Media type
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 234
- Isbn
- 9781484780817
- Timeline
- 1 BBY, around six months before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Who turns up here
Characters: 33
- Althin (first appearance)
- Aurek (first mentioned)
- Woan Barso (mentioned only)
- B'asia (first appearance)
- Benthic
- Dobias Cole-Truten (mentioned only)
- Weeteef Cyu-Bee
- Denic (first appearance)
- Beezer Fortuna
- Saw Gerrera
- Kaya Gimm (first appearance)
- Gesh (mentioned only)
- Killi Gimm
- Chirrut Îmwe
- Karyn I'Yin (first mentioned)
- Mete Janvaren (first mentioned)
- Oz Ladnod (first mentioned)
- Baze Malbus
- Sajar Ohmo (first mentioned)
- Seezee (first appearance)
- Kozem Pel (first mentioned)
- Dejammy Shallon (first mentioned)
- Silvanie Phest
- Darth Sidious (mentioned only)
- Kullbee Sperado
- Steya (first mentioned)
- Leevan Tenza
- Tok (first mentioned)
- Angber Trel
- Gavra Ubrento (mentioned only)
- Wernad (first appearance)
- Fortuna family
- The Force
Species: 16
Planets: 11
Places: 30
- Jedha City
- The Blade (first appearance)
- Blessing Way (first appearance)
- Denic's garage (first appearance)
- Division Wall (first identified)
- Dome of Deliverance
- Emitter of Constant Hope (first mentioned)
- First Spire (first mentioned)
- Gesh's Tapcafe (mentioned only)
- Gimm sisters' orphanage (first appearance)
- Jedha City spaceport (first appearance)
- LZ-Aurek (first mentioned)
- LZ-Besh (first mentioned)
- LZ-Cresh (first appearance)
- LZ-Dorn (first mentioned)
- New Market (first appearance)
- Old Market (first appearance)
- Hopper Town (first appearance)
- Old Shadows (first appearance)
- Path of Judgments
- Pilgrim's Walk (first appearance)
- Second Spire (first mentioned)
- Square of Stars (first appearance)
- Steya and Tok's storefront (first mentioned)
- Temple of the Kyber
- Waiting of Night (first mentioned)
- Three Faces (first appearance)
- Cherridan Imperial labor camp (first mentioned)
- Winter's Edge stormtrooper garrison (first mentioned)
- Cantina
Galaxy: 8
- The galaxy
- Mid Rim Territories
- Freestanding subsectors
- Terrabe sector
- Jedha system
- Outer Rim Territories (mentioned only)
- Corporate Sector (mentioned only)
- Winter's Edge (first mentioned)
Starships: 12
- Imperial-class Star Destroyer
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- Dauntless
- Sentinel-class landing craft
- Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle
- Unidentified Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle (first appearance)
- Unar-Con tug (mentioned only, first identified)
- Woan Barso's Unar-Con tug (mentioned only)
- TIE fighter series (mentioned only)
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter (mentioned only)
- X-wing starfighter
- TX-225 Occupier
Vehicles: 5
Organizations: 24
- Brotherhood of the Beatific Countenance (mentioned only)
- Central Isopter
- Clan of the Toribota
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Academy (mentioned only)
- Imperial Military
- Imperial Army
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Stormtrooper
- Imperial Officer Corps
- Imperial Senate (mentioned only)
- Galactic Republic (mentioned only)
- Guardians of the Whills
- Disciples of the Whills
- Jedi (mentioned only)
- Morellian Weapons Conglomerate
- Partisans
- Cavern Angels
- Phirmism (mentioned only)
- Royal Court of Onderon (first identified, mentioned only)
- Sienar Fleet Systems
- Torjeka (first mentioned)
- Tulava Quartet (first mentioned)
- Weldsingers of Grace (first mentioned)
Events: 8
- Assault on Winter's Edge (first mentioned)
- Ezra's broadcast (indirect mention)
- Galactic Civil War
- Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans
- Jedha insurgency
- Battle of Jedha City (first appearance)
- Uprising on Cherridan (first mentioned)
- Clone Wars (mentioned only)
Technology: 34
- CZ-series tutor droid
- KX-series security droid
- Saw Gerrera's suit
- Stormtrooper armor
- Binders
- Blaster cannon
- CR-1 blaster cannon (first appearance)
- MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon
- Baze's repeating cannon
- Blaster carbine
- E-5 carbine (first appearance)
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 medium blaster rifle
- Repeating blaster
- Bowcaster (mentioned only)
- Lightbow (mentioned only)
- Comlink
- Echo-box
- Electrostaff
- Engine
- Electroscope
- Scanner goggles (first appearance)
- Macrobinoculars
- Staff
- Chirrut's staff
- Servomotor
- Shock-stick (first appearance)
- Vac-suit (mentioned only)
- Clothing
- Boot
- Imperial military uniforms
- Credit
- Old Jedha knot (first appearance)
- R717 refrigerant
Lore: 27
- Age of the Empire
- Old Republic-era (first mentioned)
- Middle Era of the Old Republic (first mentioned)
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Supply Master
- Imperial officer
- Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Monk
- Officer
- General
- Sergeant
- Pilgrim
- Poet
- Teacher (mentioned only)
- Alcohol
- Bahkahta (first appearance)
- Meiloorun fruit (mentioned only)
- Noodle
- Vesti noodle (first appearance)
- Stew
- Kyber crystal (mentioned only)
- Sign language (mentioned only)
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Tea
- Chav tea
- Tarine tea
- Teccitin (first mentioned)
Media: 1
- Jedi Code (first identified)
Everything else: 109
- Kiru Hali (first mentioned)
- Laech Min-Glsain (first mentioned)
- Sesquifian (first mentioned)
- Nartun Trecim (first mentioned)
- Urchin
- Worm
- Astromech droid (mentioned only)
- Security droid
- Service droid (mentioned only)
- Eastern Wall (first identified)
- Khubai Shanty (first appearance)
- Midwalls (first appearance)
- South Wall (first identified)
- Ascendant of Mau (first mentioned)
- Pilot
- Priestess (mentioned only)
- Sage of Uhnuhakka (first mentioned)
- Sculptor (mentioned only)
- Sisters of Sarrav (first mentioned)
- Smuggler
- Repulsorcraft
- Speeder
- Landspeeder
- Starship
- Capital ship
- Star Destroyer
- Freighter (mentioned only)
- Shuttle
- Spacetug (mentioned only)
- Starfighter
- Transport (mentioned only)
- Tank
- Ground assault vehicle
- Walker
- All-terrain vehicle
- Armor
- Blaster
- Heavy repeater cannon
- Data disc (mentioned only)
- Goggles
- HoloNet (mentioned only)
- Holoprojector
- Melee weapon
- Nanoexplosive (first mentioned)
- Quad laser cannon (mentioned only)
- Repulsorlift
- Scandoc (mentioned only)
- S-foils
- Tractor beam
- Turbolaser (mentioned only)
- Vocabulator
- Atmosphere
- Blood
- Bone
- Book (mentioned only)
- Centimeter
- City
- Collected Poems, Prayers, and Meditations on the Force (first appearance)
- Guardian's Mantra (first identified)
- Bandolier
- Belt
- Robe
- Clutchmate (first mentioned)
- Code of the Sith (first identified, first identified)
- Coxixian Prayer for the Departed (first appearance)
- Death
- Desert
- Diet
- Eye
- Foodstuff
- Living Force
- Hand-to-hand combat
- Zama-shiwo
- Heart
- Hyperspace
- Kilogram
- Labor camp (mentioned only)
- Language
- Anomid sign language (first mentioned)
- Lekku
- Lung
- Mining
- Montral
- Moon
- Music (mentioned only)
- Opera (mentioned only)
- Parent
- Plastoid
- Propaganda (mentioned only)
- Respitic (first appearance)
- Sexes
- Slavery
- Spaceport
- Species
- Squadron (mentioned only)
- Stomach
- Stun
- Tapcafe (mentioned only)
- Time
- Second
- Standard day
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard week
- Standard year
- Tooth
- Uneti-wood (first identified)
- Water
Not in the archive: 11
- Attack on LZ-Besh (first mentioned)
- Attack on LZ-Dorn (first mentioned)
- Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus' attacks against the Galactic Empire (first appearance)
- Escape of Jedha City's orphans (first appearance)
- Unidentified book shop (first mentioned)
- Bay eighteen (first appearance)
- Unidentified cantina (Jedha City spaceport) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Sentinel-class landing craft (first appearance)
- Containment lamp (first appearance)
- Gravhook (first appearance)
- Kettle
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