Ganner Rhysode (?-28 ABY) is a character in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe.
History
Ganner Rhysode was trained in the Jedi Academy, founded by Luke Skywalker. A good-looking human male, he was in the beginning seemingly vain about his appearance. However, in a battle Ganner's face was lightly scarred. Ganner chose to have it heal as a scar to remind him the folly of his vanity. In his final moments, Ganner attains a bond to the Force that marks him as a legendary Jedi.
Ganner Rhysode started off as an adventurous and conceited Jedi, seeking glory and hero worship. Ganner took tedious care of his looks, clothing, and boots, often going out of his way to appear more heroic and dramatic than he actually was. Even other Jedi regarded him as a joke and a “fluke of a Jedi.” His skills and knowledge were not above average likely due to his time spent showboating.
When Ganner was scarred in battle, however, he had taken his vulnerability quite seriously and woken up from his illusions of being the hero of a story. Ganner allowed the wound to heal so a scar would form, as a reminder of what could have happened. Afterward Ganner looked much more humble, preferring to stay “cautious and unobtrusive” until there was no other choice. He said that heroics were a sickness and addiction, enjoyable but dangerous. He was addicted to them, however, and soon fell into a slight melancholy, a shadow of his former self.
In the war against the Yuuzhan Vong, Jacen Solo was captured and believed killed, and Ganner set out to investigate a rumor that he was alive. He was soon captured and was supposed to be sacrificed to the Gods by Jacen. However, the pair turned on their captors and while Jacen Solo headed towards the World Brain, Ganner defended the entrance by himself against a multitude of Yuuzhan Vong warriors, led by Nom Anor. Jacen spoke briefly with Ganner before this fight, telling him to run and hide, and imparting a few teachings he had learned from Vergere. Ganner then had an epiphany, realizing the meaning to his life and to who he was. Ganner, realizing that Jacen would die once the army reached him, decided to stall the Vong Warriors. Ganner at last found real courage within himself, and summoned a strength he had only up until then pretended to have.
In his fight, Ganner issued a challenge to the Yuuzhan Vong warriors: "Bring on your thousands. One at a time or all in a rush, I don't give a damn. None shall pass." During his fight, Ganner achieved total oneness with the Force and realized that there was no dark side, only different facets of connection. This state was attained by only three other known Jedi: Anakin Skywalker in 19.5 BBY, Anakin Solo in 27 ABY, and Jacen Solo in 30 ABY. Ganner, now in an uncorrupted alignment with the Force, defeated one Vong after another with the number of opponents at one time rising. When the situation looked as if Ganner might survive or win the fight, the Vong Warriors no longer cared about their sense of honor and took on Ganner with heavily armored tank-type animals. Ganner saw that the fight could not last much longer this way, and performed his ultimate sacrifice; Using the power of the Force, he collapsed the ceiling, effectively killing everyone in the chamber, including himself, and nearly killing Nom Anor. This allowed Jacen and Vergere to escape.
During their flight back to New Republic space, Vergere confided in Jacen a Force Vision she had seen in her dreams; that after the victory of the New Republic/Galactic Alliance, the Vong would come to live among the population of the galaxy and in their mythology an invincible giant called "The Ganner" would come into being. This being would become in Vong mythology the giant that guarded the entrance to the underworld and, above the former entrance to the World Brain, "None Shall Pass" would be carved in Galactic Basic below a statue of Ganner Rhysode.
History
Ganner Rhysode was trained in the Jedi Academy, founded by Luke Skywalker. A good-looking human male, he was in the beginning seemingly vain about his appearance. However, in a battle Ganner's face was lightly scarred. Ganner chose to have it heal as a scar to remind him the folly of his vanity. In his final moments, Ganner attains a bond to the Force that marks him as a legendary Jedi.
Ganner Rhysode started off as an adventurous and conceited Jedi, seeking glory and hero worship. Ganner took tedious care of his looks, clothing, and boots, often going out of his way to appear more heroic and dramatic than he actually was. Even other Jedi regarded him as a joke and a “fluke of a Jedi.” His skills and knowledge were not above average likely due to his time spent showboating.
When Ganner was scarred in battle, however, he had taken his vulnerability quite seriously and woken up from his illusions of being the hero of a story. Ganner allowed the wound to heal so a scar would form, as a reminder of what could have happened. Afterward Ganner looked much more humble, preferring to stay “cautious and unobtrusive” until there was no other choice. He said that heroics were a sickness and addiction, enjoyable but dangerous. He was addicted to them, however, and soon fell into a slight melancholy, a shadow of his former self.
In the war against the Yuuzhan Vong, Jacen Solo was captured and believed killed, and Ganner set out to investigate a rumor that he was alive. He was soon captured and was supposed to be sacrificed to the Gods by Jacen. However, the pair turned on their captors and while Jacen Solo headed towards the World Brain, Ganner defended the entrance by himself against a multitude of Yuuzhan Vong warriors, led by Nom Anor. Jacen spoke briefly with Ganner before this fight, telling him to run and hide, and imparting a few teachings he had learned from Vergere. Ganner then had an epiphany, realizing the meaning to his life and to who he was. Ganner, realizing that Jacen would die once the army reached him, decided to stall the Vong Warriors. Ganner at last found real courage within himself, and summoned a strength he had only up until then pretended to have.
In his fight, Ganner issued a challenge to the Yuuzhan Vong warriors: "Bring on your thousands. One at a time or all in a rush, I don't give a damn. None shall pass." During his fight, Ganner achieved total oneness with the Force and realized that there was no dark side, only different facets of connection. This state was attained by only three other known Jedi: Anakin Skywalker in 19.5 BBY, Anakin Solo in 27 ABY, and Jacen Solo in 30 ABY. Ganner, now in an uncorrupted alignment with the Force, defeated one Vong after another with the number of opponents at one time rising. When the situation looked as if Ganner might survive or win the fight, the Vong Warriors no longer cared about their sense of honor and took on Ganner with heavily armored tank-type animals. Ganner saw that the fight could not last much longer this way, and performed his ultimate sacrifice; Using the power of the Force, he collapsed the ceiling, effectively killing everyone in the chamber, including himself, and nearly killing Nom Anor. This allowed Jacen and Vergere to escape.
During their flight back to New Republic space, Vergere confided in Jacen a Force Vision she had seen in her dreams; that after the victory of the New Republic/Galactic Alliance, the Vong would come to live among the population of the galaxy and in their mythology an invincible giant called "The Ganner" would come into being. This being would become in Vong mythology the giant that guarded the entrance to the underworld and, above the former entrance to the World Brain, "None Shall Pass" would be carved in Galactic Basic below a statue of Ganner Rhysode.
Teneniel Djo is a fictional character in the Star Wars'
Expanded Universe.
Biography
Teneniel Djo is granddaughter of the Singing Mountain Clan leader Augwynne Djo and daughter of Allaya Djo.
She is introduced in the novel The Courtship of Princess Leia, where she meets Luke Skywalker and Prince Isolder, who are looking for the stranded Han Solo and Leia Organa. Amazed that Luke could use the Force, she demands they marry. After run-ins with Zsinj and the Nightsisters, however, she falls in love with Isolder and marries him, and in turn eventually becomes the Queen Mother of Hapes. Together they have one child, Tenel Ka.
In the New Jedi Order novel Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse, Leia Organa goes to Teneniel to gain the support of their Navy in a battle against the invading Yuuzhan Vong on the planet . Shortly into the battle, the Centerpoint Station is improperly manned and fired. The shot kills two thirds of the Hapan Fleet along with half of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet assembled at Fondor. The blast from the explosion causes Teneniel to miscarry her unborn child, and she goes into a deep depression.
In the novel Dark Journey, the former Queen Mother of Hapes, Ta'a Chume wants a more youthful and vigorous leader, and plots to kill Teneniel and replace her with Princess Leia's daughter, Jaina Solo. After Jaina comes to grips with the dark side, she realizes Chume's plan. Midway through the novel, she rushes to Teneniel, only to find her already fatally poisoned. After Teneniel's death, Tenel Ka puts her personal wishes to stay out of politics aside and accepts her birthright. She uses the Hapan fleet that her mother had rebuilt and scores her first victory against the approaching Yuuzhan Vong.
Bibliography
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*Young Jedi Knights series
*The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey
Expanded Universe.
Biography
Teneniel Djo is granddaughter of the Singing Mountain Clan leader Augwynne Djo and daughter of Allaya Djo.
She is introduced in the novel The Courtship of Princess Leia, where she meets Luke Skywalker and Prince Isolder, who are looking for the stranded Han Solo and Leia Organa. Amazed that Luke could use the Force, she demands they marry. After run-ins with Zsinj and the Nightsisters, however, she falls in love with Isolder and marries him, and in turn eventually becomes the Queen Mother of Hapes. Together they have one child, Tenel Ka.
In the New Jedi Order novel Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse, Leia Organa goes to Teneniel to gain the support of their Navy in a battle against the invading Yuuzhan Vong on the planet . Shortly into the battle, the Centerpoint Station is improperly manned and fired. The shot kills two thirds of the Hapan Fleet along with half of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet assembled at Fondor. The blast from the explosion causes Teneniel to miscarry her unborn child, and she goes into a deep depression.
In the novel Dark Journey, the former Queen Mother of Hapes, Ta'a Chume wants a more youthful and vigorous leader, and plots to kill Teneniel and replace her with Princess Leia's daughter, Jaina Solo. After Jaina comes to grips with the dark side, she realizes Chume's plan. Midway through the novel, she rushes to Teneniel, only to find her already fatally poisoned. After Teneniel's death, Tenel Ka puts her personal wishes to stay out of politics aside and accepts her birthright. She uses the Hapan fleet that her mother had rebuilt and scores her first victory against the approaching Yuuzhan Vong.
Bibliography
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*Young Jedi Knights series
*The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey
Viqi Shesh is a fictional character of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Viqi Shesh was the senator of during the Yuuzhan Vong war. A corrupt Senator, she secretly joined forces with the Yuuzhan Vong, and organised many sabotage and murder attempts After becoming involved in many anti-Jedi activities, she made a strong enemy of Leia Organa Solo, who suspected her of attempted murder, and many others, who suspected her as a spy.
Shesh attempted to kidnap during the Battle of Coruscant, but failed. Working as a spy in the New Republic, she did a lot of internal damage, before she committed suicide by leaping off a Coruscant skyscraper.
Viqi Shesh was the senator of during the Yuuzhan Vong war. A corrupt Senator, she secretly joined forces with the Yuuzhan Vong, and organised many sabotage and murder attempts After becoming involved in many anti-Jedi activities, she made a strong enemy of Leia Organa Solo, who suspected her of attempted murder, and many others, who suspected her as a spy.
Shesh attempted to kidnap during the Battle of Coruscant, but failed. Working as a spy in the New Republic, she did a lot of internal damage, before she committed suicide by leaping off a Coruscant skyscraper.
Timothy B. Donnelly (born 1969) is a poet. In 2003 he published 27 Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit with Grove Press's poetry series (which has since ceased to exist), with a foreword by Richard Howard. In 2003 he was Entertainment Weekly's "It" List Poet. He is an assistant professor in the Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Division. He has been poetry editor of the Boston Review since 1995. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the same institution at which he teaches. His poetry demonstrates a broad knowledge and command of the range of contemporary styles, and is notable for its readability: it possess a quality such that often the line breaks do not act as obstacles to the progress of the reader, but are moved smoothly across. The poetry is notably avant-garde.