Veris Hydan

Veris Hydan was a human male who served as an adviser to Emperor Palpatine with the title of minister. Although he was not sensitive to the Force, Hydan was a scholar of Jedi and Sith lore and history. Upon the discovery of a Jedi Temple on Lothal, the minister was charged with overseeing its excavation and unlocking its mysteries, specifically on discovering an entrance into the world between worlds.

Biography
While working on the temple's excavations, Hydan and his crew found a mural of the Mortis gods. Hydan convened with the Emperor and told him about his discovery. Padawan Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren, who also heard the conversation, decided to unlock the temple's secrets before the Empire could. While the two were figuring out how to unlock the mural while in scout trooper armor, confronted them for being off-duty, but Ezra managed to hide from him. Hydan took Sabine and quickly deduced that she was an impostor. However, Ezra managed to unlock the portal in the meantime, and Hydan and his stormtroopers tried to stop him but to no avail, as Ezra escaped into the world between worlds. In response, Hydan and his death troopers took Sabine captive and attempted to coerce her into deducing the temple's secrets with him. Sabine and Hydan eventually found out that portrait of the Son was the key to locking up the temple. When Ezra returned from his journey, Sabine told him what she had learned, allowing Ezra to close the portal. The temple then started collapsing, and Hydan rushed to the sinking temple, examined the wall, and started lamenting about all the unique history that was being lost due to the Ghost crew's actions. As the Ghost crew escaped the temple, the temple fully collapsed and Hydan fell inside it in a blinding flash of light.

Behind the scenes
Veris Hydan was created for "Wolves and a Door" and "A World Between Worlds," back-to-back episodes in the fourth season of the canon animated television show Star Wars Rebels. The episodes aired in 2018, and Hydan was voiced by guest star Malcolm McDowell. In earlier versions of the story, Hydan was intended to be Vaneé, Darth Vader's attendant from the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but it was decided to make Hydan a new, separate character. For the episodes, Hydan's character model was created by Luke Harrington.

In "Wolves and a Door" and "A World Between Worlds," Hydan was only identified by his surname. The name "Veris" was first used in the corresponding episode guides and Databank entry posted on StarWars.com following the episodes' broadcast.