Hayananeya

The Hayananeya was a rare and valuable singing stone originating from the Outer Rim planet Ryloth and ancient Twi'lek culture. The Hayananeya had a special shape and unique properties due to the special ancient Twi‘lei mining techniques used in its development. The stone was eventually lost from Ryloth, its location unknown for centuries. At some point, the professional singer Gaya, a Twi'lek, wrote a song about the Hayananeya, calling for it to return home to Ryloth as a symbol of hope for her people. In the intervening years, however, the stone had been incorporated into the hyperspace compass of the MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser Halcyon operated by Chandrila Star Line.

In 34 ABY, Gaya and her manager Raithe Kole had discovered that the Hayananeya was within the Halcyon hyperspace compass, which was safely sealed behind a glass display armed with an alarm system in the ship's atrium. The two hatched a plan to liberate the Hayananeya from the ship during the ship's celebratory voyage to the planet Batuu, using Gaya's position of fame to their advantage. With the help of passengers, Kole discovered a flaw in the compass's security system, enlisted the help of Batuuan Toydarian toymaker Zabaka to craft a decoy stone, and stole the real Hayananeya back for the

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