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The Gaze Electric was a starship used by the Evereni Ro family, whose members were part of the Path of the Open Hand religious cult,[4] and later the Nihil pirate syndicate over the course of many decades of the High Republic Era.[2]

The flagship was initially constructed in 382 BBY,[3] intended to serve as a mobile home and temple for the Path of the Open Hand. The cult eventually departed their original homeworld of Dalna on the Gaze Electric,[4] but returned after the Battle of Jedha. Following the fall of the Path in the Night of Sorrow, the Gaze Electric was taken over by Marda Ro of the Ro family,[6] who went on to found the Nihil.[5]

Eventually, the vessel was commanded by Asgar Ro, who served as the Eye of the Nihil, a major position among the anarchist marauders, and by 232 BBY,[9] the position of Eye and ownership of the Gaze Electric had passed to Asgar Ro's son, Marchion Ro, who saw it as a "palace and fortress". Unlike other vessels utilized by the Nihil, the Gaze Electric was crewed by droids and hired personnel rather than by Nihil themselves, as Marchion was unable to trust the members of the group. The Gaze Electric was home to the medical pod of Mari San Tekka, a hyperspace prospector, whom Marchion used to generate the Paths that the Nihil utilized in their operations.[2]

Prior to the Trymant IV disaster,[10] Marchion did allow Nihil on the Gaze Electric as its crew. Later, aside from his aide Thaya Ferr,[8] he again[2] decided against keeping Nihil aboard as the crew, replacing them with droids at the same time as the destruction of Starlight Beacon.[8] Afterward, however, Ro would ultimately allow Nihil back on the Gaze Electric, where they could be guards or simply members of its audience.[11]

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"I love that that Joe Johnston ship comes back as the Gaze Electric, because I think that also just really elegantly tells part of the story that is the High Republic, and how much the creators really looked back at the lineage in order to infuse what they were working on with authenticity."
Kristin Baver[12]
MC30c concept art

Concept art from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi served as the basis for the design of the Gaze Electric

The Gaze Electric was created for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project to serve as the flagship of the Nihil faction and was designed by illustrator Nick Brokenshire. The ship's design was based off of concept art for the MC30C frigate by art director Joe Johnston from the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Brokenshire, at the request of Lucasfilm Ltd., based the interior of the Gaze Electric on the interior of the U.S.S. Cygnus, a space vessel from the 1979 science fiction film The Black Hole.[13] It first appeared in the novel The High Republic: Light of the Jedi, which was written by Charles Soule and published by Del Rey[2] on January 5, 2021,[14] and was first pictured in an episode of the animated web series Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic centered on the Nihil that was released on January 26 of the same year.[15]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 The High Republic: The Rising Storm
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
  3. 3.0 3.1 StarWars Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that Phase II media of Star Wars: The High Republic chronologically begins with the novel The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City. As Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of Quest for the Hidden City and the end of Phase II to 382 BBY, Phase II titles of The High Republic must be set in that year. This includes the launch of the Gaze Electric in The High Republic: Path of Deceit.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The High Republic: Path of Deceit
  5. 5.0 5.1 The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
  6. 6.0 6.1 The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "A Closed Fist Has No Claws" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 The High Republic: The Fallen Star
  9. Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: Light of the Jedi to 232 BBY.
  10. IDWAdventures2020LogoSmaller "Tales of Villainy: The Gaze Electric" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 6
  11. Star Wars: The High Republic's Biggest Villain Is Back in a New Book Excerpt by James Whitbrook on Gizmodo (archived from the original on November 7, 2023)
  12. StarWars "An Indescribably Great Feeling": Author Kristin Baver On Writing The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic on StarWars.com (backup link)
  13. The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase One)
  14. PenguinRandomHouse Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Hardcover)
  15. SWYTlogo Marchion Ro | Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)  (Posted on StarWars.com)
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