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Ronin: A Visions Novel
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Ronin: A Visions Novel (Japanese:『浪人』) is a novel written by Emma Mieko Candon. Based off of the Star Wars: Visions short film "The Duel," the novel was published by Del Rey on October 12, 2021. The story centered around the Ronin and is set in a reimagined galaxy that draws inspiration from Japanese culture, storytelling, and lore to create an alternate history of the Jedi and the Sith. An unabridged audiobook adaptation, narrated by Joel de la Fuente, was also published by Random House Audio on the same day.
The first 25 pages of the novel narrates the events seen in the "The Duel" film, while the next 300 narrate an original story, created from scratch by Candon herself. The world and story were further expanded in two prequel one-shot comic books written and illustrated by Takashi Okazaki, Visions 1 and Visions – Takashi Okazaki 1, published by Marvel Comics on October 12, 2022 and March 20, 2024 respectively.
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- Title
- Ronin: A Visions Novel
- Author
- Emma Mieko Candon
- Cover artist
- Ella Laytham (cover design)
- Kotaro Chiba (cover illustration and lettering)
- Illustrator
- Elizabeth A. D. Eno (book design)
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- October 12, 2021
- Media type
- Hardcover
- Paperback
- eBook
- Pages
- 336
- Isbn
- 9780593358665
- Audiobook
- Audiobook
- Series
- Star Wars: Visions
Who turns up here
Characters: 81
- Chie (first appearance)
- Ekiya (first appearance)
- Haba (first mentioned)
- Hanrai (first appearance)
- Hanrai's father (first mentioned)
- Kabeji (first mentioned)
- Kouru (first identified)
- Kouru's master (first mentioned)
- Kouru's parents (first mentioned)
- Kyuu (first appearance)
- Masamu (first appearance)
- Mirahi (first appearance)
- Numoda (first mentioned)
- Ogara (first appearance)
- R5-D56
- The Ronin
- Sae (first mentioned)
- Shogo (first appearance)
- Spirit of Seikara (first mentioned)
- The Traveler (first appearance)
- The Traveler's parents (first mentioned)
- Tsuden (first appearance)
- Unidentified attendant (Hanrai) (first appearance)
- Unidentified aunty (apothecary chest) (first appearance)
- Unidentified aunty (baskets of rice) (first appearance)
- Unidentified bandit commander
- Unidentified child village chief
- Unidentified child village chief's father (mentioned only)
- Unidentified cousin (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Crown Prince (Empire) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Dug guard
- Unidentified Emperor (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Genbara system's lord (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Gran guard
- Unidentified Hutt aunty (first appearance)
- Unidentified Imperial investigator (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Imperial investigator's Jedi escort (first mentioned)
- Unidentified individual (Eternity Enterprises barge) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi apprentice 1 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi apprentice 2 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi apprentice 3 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi apprentice 4 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi apprentice 5 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi guardian (Hanrai) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi guardian (the Traveler) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi (Kouru) (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Jedi (Kouru's kyber crystal) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Jedi knight (apprentices) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi knight (brother) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Jedi knight's brother (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Jedi knight (hooves and horns) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi knight (old friend) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi master (Kouru) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Kaminoan guest (first appearance)
- Unidentified lord (Buna) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified lord (little moon on the Outer Rim) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified lord (the Ronin) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified lord (wounded heart) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Mon Calamari guest (first appearance)
- Unidentified mother (scaled boar) (first appearance)
- Unidentified old master (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Pantoran guest (first appearance)
- Unidentified power droid (Genbara)
- Unidentified power droid (Rei'izu) (first appearance)
- Unidentified RA-7 protocol droid guard
- Unidentified Second Prince (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Sith commander (Sith rebellion) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Sith (desert sands) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified teashop owner (first appearance)
- Unidentified teashop owner's friend (first appearance)
- Unidentified teashop owner's friend's neighbor (first appearance)
- Unidentified teahouse shopkeep
- Unidentified Trandoshan guard
- Unidentified uncle (beast of burden) (first appearance)
- Unidentified uncle (landspeeder) (first appearance)
- Unidentified witch (first appearance)
- Unidentified woman wearing silk (first appearance)
- Unidentified woodcutter (first appearance)
- Unsuke (first mentioned)
- Yuehiro (first appearance)
- The Force
Species: 28
- Bioluminescent bacteria (first appearance)
- Bantha (mentioned only)
- Fisher bird (first mentioned)
- Scaled boar (first appearance)
- Carp (first mentioned)
- Cat
- Tooka
- Cricket (mentioned only)
- Cloud-deer (first appearance)
- Dog (mentioned only)
- Frog (mentioned only)
- River frog
- Mynock (mentioned only)
- Rancor (mentioned only)
- Rat (mentioned only)
- Unidentified beast of burden (first appearance)
- Unidentified frilled serpent (first appearance)
- Dug
- Gran
- Human
- Kaminoan
- Kouru's species
- Mon Calamari
- Pantoran
- Sullustan
- Trandoshan
- Tusken Raider
- Twi'lek
Planets: 12
- Buna (first mentioned)
- Little red moon over Buna (first mentioned)
- Dekien (first appearance)
- Dekien system sun (first appearance)
- Genbara
- Genbara's sun (first appearance)
- Unidentified small moon (first mentioned)
- Unidentified planet (Kouru) (first mentioned)
- Rei'izu (first appearance)
- Rei'izu's sun (first mentioned)
- Unidentified moon (Ekiya) (first mentioned)
- Watoru (first appearance)
Places: 29
- Unidentified village (first mentioned)
- Unidentified trade station (first mentioned)
- Dazenma (first appearance)
- Dazenma spaceport (first appearance)
- Eternity Enterprises pagoda (first appearance)
- Vermin's Reach (first appearance)
- Dekien sea (first appearance)
- Seikara Caverns (first appearance)
- Osou (first appearance)
- Osou spaceport (first appearance)
- Hidden Temple
- Unidentified deserted village (first mentioned)
- Unidentified mountain range
- Unidentified village
- Unidentified woodcutter's hut (first mentioned)
- Tono's Teahouse
- Unidentified waterfall
- Unidentified lord's mine (first mentioned)
- Shinsui Temple (first appearance)
- Unidentified eatery (Rei'izu) (first appearance)
- Yojou (first appearance)
- Moga River (first appearance)
- Pilgrims' ward (first appearance)
- Unidentified shrine (first mentioned)
- Unidentified teashop (first appearance)
- Hanrai's home estate (first appearance)
- Hanrai's library (first mentioned)
- Cantina
- Watchtower
Galaxy: 8
- The galaxy
- The Core (mentioned only)
- Mid Rim (mentioned only)
- Outer Rim
- Dekien system (first appearance)
- Genbara's sector
- Genbara system
- Unidentified star system (mine) (first mentioned)
Starships: 9
- Escape pod
- Skiff
- Imperial Dreadnought (first appearance)
- Reverent (first appearance)
- Poor Crow (first appearance)
- Pleasure barge
- Eternity Enterprises barge (first appearance)
- Unidentified scout ship (first appearance)
- The dark lord's flagship (first appearance, in a flashback)
Vehicles: 4
- Scout skiff
- Unidentified scout skiff (first appearance)
- Shogo's houseboat (first appearance)
- Troop Transport Tank
Organizations: 12
- The Empire (first appearance)
- Imperial troop (first appearance)
- Jedi
- Jedi clan (first appearance)
- Hanrai's clan (first appearance)
- Kouru's clan (first mentioned)
- Mid-Rim Alliance (first mentioned)
- Eternity Enterprises
- Sith
- Sith warrior
- Sith troops (first mentioned)
- Unidentified bandit group
Events: 9
- Imperial unification (first mentioned)
- Sith rebellion
- Great muster (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Hunt for the Sith witch (first appearance)
- Skirmish of unidentified village (Genbara)
- Skirmish at the Osou spaceport (first appearance)
- Catastrophe in the Seikara Caverns (first appearance)
- Destruction of the Reverent (first appearance)
- Mission to Rei'izu (first appearance)
Technology: 44
- Pauldron
- Chronometer (mentioned only)
- Comm system
- Cybernetics
- Respirator
- Datapad
- Engine
- Emitter matrix
- Glow rod
- Hanrai's library seal (first appearance)
- Lightsaber auxiliary (first identified)
- Fan auxiliary (first mentioned)
- Parasol auxiliary (first identified)
- Scabbard auxiliary (first identified)
- Moisture vaporator (pictured only)
- Navigation computer
- Photoreceptor
- Puzzle box
- Repulsor bridge (first appearance)
- Blaster cannon
- Blaster rifle
- Sniper rifle
- Wakizashi blaster
- Lightsaber
- Lightsaber parasol (first identified)
- The Ronin's lightsaber
- The Traveler's lightsaber (first appearance)
- Bayonet
- Gaderffii stick
- Naginata
- Staff
- Electrostaff
- Clothing
- Hat
- Credit (mentioned only)
- Lotus stage (first mentioned)
- Medkit
- Mirror
- Kyber mirror
- Kyber mirror of Shinsui Temple (first appearance)
- Flute
- Relic (first appearance)
- Scabbard
- Unidentified Jedi statue
Lore: 42
- Bounty hunter
- Chief
- Citizen official (first mentioned)
- Emperor
- Jedi master (first appearance)
- Governor (mentioned only)
- Information broker (mentioned only)
- Officer
- Commander
- Pilgrim
- Prince (mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Sith demon (first appearance)
- Bacta
- Dashi (first appearance)
- Fruit
- Miso paste (first appearance)
- Protein
- Ration-stick
- Rice candy (first appearance)
- Rice porridge (first appearance)
- Soup
- Tea
- Vegetable
- Force jump
- Telekinesis
- Force-sensitive
- Incense
- Binary
- Empire's tongue
- Lichen
- Durasteel
- Kyber crystal
- Grass
- Bioluminescent grass (first appearance)
- Constellation lichen (first appearance)
- Tree
- Cherry tree (first appearance)
- Jewel tree (first mentioned)
- Pine
- Silk
- Bloomstone (first appearance)
Everything else: 197
- Unidentified child (Jedi knight) (first mentioned)
- Bacteria
- Bird
- Boar (first appearance)
- Deer
- Fish
- Fox (mentioned only)
- Insect
- Mouse (mentioned only)
- Ox (first mentioned)
- Astromech droid
- Power droid
- Protocol droid
- Recon droid
- Akeno sector (first mentioned)
- Engai system (mentioned only)
- Osou's central market (first mentioned)
- Artist (mentioned only)
- Bodyguard
- Ekiya's crew (first mentioned)
- Jedi apprentice (first appearance)
- Jedi guardian (first appearance)
- Jedi knight (first appearance)
- Jedi lord (first appearance)
- Jedi retainer (first appearance)
- Lord (first appearance)
- Mechanic
- Musician
- Nun (first mentioned)
- Pilot
- Pirate (mentioned only)
- Slicer
- Soldier
- Thief (mentioned only)
- Cyborg
- Drone
- Palanquin (first appearance)
- Repulsorcraft
- Speeder
- Landspeeder
- Starship
- Freighter
- Light freighter
- Scout ship
- Transport
- Houseboat (first appearance)
- Tank
- Troop transport
- Wagon
- Walker
- Armor
- Helmet
- Blast door
- Communications array
- Droid
- Flux aperture (first appearance)
- Focusing lens
- Gravity generator
- Holographic blueprint (first mentioned)
- HoloNet (mentioned only)
- Holoprojector
- Lantern
- Lightsaber hilt
- Magnetic clamp
- Power coupling
- Repulsorlift
- Rocket booster
- Stabilizing ring
- Tractor beam
- Transmitter (mentioned only)
- Weapon
- Blaster
- Cannon (mentioned only)
- Melee weapon
- Knife
- Sword (mentioned only)
- Missile
- Rifle
- Army (mentioned only)
- Bacta patch
- Blood
- Bone
- Tooth
- Book
- Bounty
- Brain (mentioned only)
- Capital
- Cargo manifest (mentioned only)
- Centimeter
- Child
- Clay
- Bandana
- Belt
- Cloak
- Kimono (first identified)
- Robe
- Cockpit
- Color
- Comm tower
- Death
- Demon (mentioned only)
- Diet
- Docking bay
- Ear
- Eye
- Farm (mentioned only)
- Fire
- Foodstuff
- Cherry (indirect mention)
- Rice
- Black current of the Force (first identified)
- Force power
- Telepathy
- White flare of the Force (first identified)
- Funeral (mentioned only)
- Futon (first appearance)
- Galaxy
- Ghost (mentioned only)
- God (mentioned only)
- Gravity
- Hair
- Heart (mentioned only)
- Hell (mentioned only)
- Holodrama (mentioned only)
- Hormone (mentioned only)
- Hull
- Hyperspace
- Hyperlane
- Kilometer
- Language
- Writing
- Laser
- Leather
- Library (mentioned only)
- Lightsaber combat
- Lightsaber duel
- Limb
- Meditation
- Metal
- Steel
- Meter
- Mineral
- Crystal
- Magic (mentioned only)
- Moon
- Mountain
- Mouth
- Music
- Pagoda (first appearance)
- Paper
- Parent
- Planet
- Plant
- Flower
- Osmanthus (first appearance)
- Poison (mentioned only)
- Poster
- Prayer
- Prime Imperial channel (first mentioned)
- Propaganda
- Reproduction (mentioned only)
- Resurrection
- Season (mentioned only)
- Autumn (mentioned only)
- Spring (mentioned only)
- Summer (mentioned only)
- Winter
- Sector
- Shade (first appearance)
- Shrine gate (first appearance)
- Shogi (first appearance)
- Chariot (first appearance)
- Foot soldier (first appearance)
- Knight (shogi) (first appearance)
- Silver general (first appearance)
- Sleep (mentioned only)
- Soul (mentioned only)
- Spaceport
- Star
- Stomach
- Stone
- Tattoo
- Throne (mentioned only)
- Time
- Second
- Standard day
- Standard decade
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard year
- Tongue
- Town
- Troop
- Water
- Witch
- Wood
Not in the archive: 1
- Field energizer/Canon (first appearance)
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