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Nin (Rogue)
Hey everyone,

Definitely take the time to read this carefully, as this isn't a cut-and-dry issue. Take some time and figure out whether or not you think we should treat Nin as a unique character.

The character of Nin comes from this line in Mindor: "Please, please let it be Tycho. Or Nin, or Standro. Anyone but Janson." That's Hobbie listing off the names of a few of his fellow Rogues. I'm very, very confident that Nin is a misspelling of Nrin. Standro, Tycho, and Wes all come from the X-Wing comics (which are set concurrently in the timeline), and it doesn't seem likely that Stover would intentionally create a new character with a name that's one letter off of Nrin's --- simply for the purpose of a single offhand mention --- rather than simply listing one more Rogue from the X-Wing comics.

Incidentally, we've been treating this character as both Nrin and Nin for more than four years now --- Nrin doesn't receive any other mentions in the book, but it was added to his Appearances section shortly after its publication, and it remains there to this day. So, we need to decide: Is this a misspelling of Nrin, or a unique character? I searched through the Mindor release thread on the Jedi Council Forums, in which Stover posted several times, but nobody brought this up. Four and a half years later, I don't think it's worth asking him, as it's a very minute detail that he likely wouldn't remember.

If a "Tyco" or a "Stando" had been mentioned in the book, I really do believe that we would have treated it as a misspelling rather than creating a new page for it. I honestly think that we can exercise good judgment and common sense and make the same call on this one. It's a unique situation from Glip Page or Guania, which were both misspellings that went on to be canonized by The Complete Star Wars Encyclopeda --- "Nin" hasn't been further canonized by anything. And that, I think, is the clincher on this one.

So, what do you say? Can we treat this as a misspelling and mention it in Nrin's BTS section? I hope we can. It's very, very likely that this is a misspelling, and if we created articles for every misspelling, then Christie Golden's Fate of the Jedi books would force us to have a Kyp Durran, a Star Defender, and a TIE Destroyer. Menkooroo (talk) 06:23, May 10, 2013 (UTC)

Redirect to Nrin Vakil

 * 1) Menkooroo (talk) 06:23, May 10, 2013 (UTC)