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Veruna was a male individual who served as the king of the Mid Rim planet of Naboo right before the reign of Queen Amidala.

Behind the scenes
Veruna was first canonically mentioned in the 2016 reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, written by Pablo Hidalgo. An unidentified king, who ruled prior to the Battle of Naboo, was mentioned by Palpatine in James Luceno's novel Tarkin, but it has not yet been confirmed whether this monarch was Veruna or not.

In the Legends continuity, Veruna was first mentioned in the 1999 novel Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala, written by Jude Watson. He later made his first appearance in the 2000 short comic A Summer's Dream, published in Star Wars Tales 5 by Dark Horse Comics. He was eventually given the first name, Ars, in Luceno's Legends novel Darth Plagueis, released on January 10, 2012.