Pars Varqom

Pars Varqom was a retired Palace Guard for the Royal Naboo Security Forces. Varqom served as a Pearl Hat for 18 years under seven monarchs, from King Ars Veruna to Queen Mairayni. His memoirs were recorded in the 2,453th volume of the Royal Archives of Naboo.

Under Captain Quarsh Panaka's orders, Varqom was part of a task force to liberate Theed citizens from the Penladen detention camp. Ever since the Invasion of Naboo, Varqom acquired life-long aversion and mistrust towards droids, going so far as to avoid having a chipped ocular implant for his degenerative eye condition, as recommended by a Kulma Narrows doctor.

Varqom also boycotted products manufactured by Neimoidians, Duros or from corporations that aided both sides of the war, such as Tagge Company and the ones based on Balmorra and Kuat. The guard preferred to buy from within the Chommell sector. His great-granddaughter Lesia deemed him "old-fashioned."

Behind the scenes
Jason Fry, writer of The Essential Guide to Warfare, eventually cut any mentioning of Pars Varqom in the final product. The character was later made canon in the StarWars.com blog post Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare: Author's Cut, Part 6 &mdash; Showdown at Naboo''. For Varqom's story, Fry took inspiraton from World War II veterans he knew who swore to never buy cars made in Japan after the conflict.