Guardians of the Whills (novel)

Guardians of the Whills
Attribution information
Author(s)	Greg Rucka
Cover artist	Diogo Saito (TomatoFarm) Leigh Zieske (Design; uncredited)
Illustrator	Diogo Saito (TomatoFarm)
Publication information
Publisher	Disney–Lucasfilm Press
Release date	May 2, 2017
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	234
ISBN	9781484780817
Chronology
Timeline	1 BBY, around six months before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Guardians of the Whills is a junior novel by Greg Rucka with illustrations by Diogo Saito. Released on May 2, 2017 by Disney–Lucasfilm Press, it focuses on Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus around six months prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Publisher's summary

Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe used to be Guardians of the Whills, who looked after the Kyber Temple on Jedha and all those who worshipped there. Then the Empire came and took over the moon. The temple was sealed and the people scattered. Now Baze and Chirrut do what they can to resist the Empire and protect the people of the Holy City, but it never seems to be enough. When a man named Saw Gerrera arrives with grand plans to take down the Empire, it seems like the perfect way for Baze and Chirrut to make a real difference and help the people of Jedha. But will it come at too great a cost?

Legacy

Jon Tsuei and Subaru adapted the novel into a manga adaptation that was released by Viz Media on August 10, 2021.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9781484780817; May 2, 2017; Disney–Lucasfilm Press; US hardcover
• ISBN 9781405285018; June 1, 2017; Egmont UK Ltd; UK paperback

Cover gallery

US hardcover

UK paperback

US paperback

Solicitation cover

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Althin (First appearance) Aurek (First mentioned) Woan Barso (Mentioned only) B'asia (First appearance) Benthic Dobias Cole-Truten (Mentioned only) Weeteef Cyu-Bee Denic (First appearance) Beezer Fortuna Saw Gerrera Kaya Gimm (First appearance) Gesh (Mentioned only) Killi Gimm Kiru Hali (First mentioned) Chirrut Îmwe Karyn I'Yin (First mentioned) Mete Janvaren (First mentioned) Oz Ladnod (First mentioned) Baze Malbus Laech Min-Glsain (First mentioned) Sajar Ohmo (First mentioned) Kozem Pel (First mentioned) Dejammy Shallon (First mentioned) Silvanie Phest Sesquifian (First mentioned) Darth Sidious (Mentioned only) Kullbee Sperado Steya (First mentioned) Leevan Tenza Tok (First mentioned) Nartun Trecim (First mentioned) Angber Trel Gavra Ubrento (Mentioned only) Wernad (First appearance)

Organisms

Rancor (Mentioned only) Worm

Droid models

Astromech droid (Mentioned only) CZ-series tutor droid Security droid KX-series security droid Service droid (Mentioned only)

Events

Age of the Empire Assault on Winter's Edge (First mentioned) Ezra's broadcast (Indirect mention only) Jedha insurgency Attack on LZ-Besh (First mentioned) Attack on LZ-Dorn (First mentioned) Battle of Jedha City (First appearance) Uprising on Cherridan (First mentioned) Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Old Republic-era (First mentioned) Middle Era of the Old Republic (First mentioned)

Locations

Cherridan (First mentioned) Cherridan Imperial labor camp (First mentioned) D'janis IV (First mentioned) Errimin (First mentioned) Ghita (First mentioned) Mid Rim Territories Freestanding subsectors Terrabe sector Jedha system Jedha Jedha City The Blade (First appearance) Blessing Way (First appearance) Unidentified book shop (First mentioned) Denic's garage (First appearance) Division Wall (First identified as Division Wall) Dome of Deliverance Eastern Wall (First identified as Eastern Wall) Emitter of Constant Hope (First mentioned) First Spire (First mentioned) Gesh's Tapcafe (Mentioned only) Gimm sisters' orphanage (First appearance) Jedha City spaceport (First appearance) Bay eighteen (First appearance) Unidentified cantina (Jedha City spaceport) (First appearance) Khubai Shanty (First appearance) LZ-Aurek (First mentioned) LZ-Besh (First mentioned) LZ-Cresh (First appearance) LZ-Dorn (First mentioned) Midwalls (First appearance) New Market (First appearance) Old Market (First appearance) Hopper Town (First appearance) Old Shadows (First appearance) Path of Judgments Pilgrim's Walk (First appearance) Second Spire (First mentioned) South Wall (First identified as South Wall) Square of Stars (First appearance) Steya and Tok's storefront (First mentioned) Temple of the Kyber Waiting of Night (First mentioned) Three Faces (First appearance) Onderon (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories (Mentioned only) Corporate Sector (Mentioned only) Lothal (Mentioned only) Mirial (Mentioned only) Rodia (Mentioned only) Serralonis (Mentioned only) Winter's Edge (First mentioned) Winter's Edge stormtrooper garrison (First mentioned) Yablari (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Ascendant of Mau (First mentioned) Brotherhood of the Beatific Countenance (Mentioned only) Central Isopter Clan of the Toribota Fortuna family Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial Academy (Mentioned only) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Supply Master Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Imperial Senate (Mentioned only) Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Guardians of the Whills Disciples of the Whills Jedi (Mentioned only) Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Monk Morellian Weapons Conglomerate Officer General Sergeant Partisans Cavern Angels Phirmism (Mentioned only) Pilgrim Pilot Poet Priestess (Mentioned only) Royal Court of Onderon (First identified as Royal Court of Onderon) (Mentioned only) Sage of Uhnuhakka (First mentioned) Sculptor (Mentioned only) Sienar Fleet Systems Sisters of Sarrav (First mentioned) Smuggler Teacher (Mentioned only) Torjeka (First mentioned) Tulava Quartet (First mentioned) Weldsingers of Grace (First mentioned)

Sentient species

Anomid Bith Duros (Mentioned only) Human Onderonian Meftian (First identified as Meftian) Morseerian Rodian Sabat Talpini Tognath Togruta Trandoshan Twi'lek Zabrak

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft K79-S80 Imperial Troop Transport Speeder Landspeeder Starship Armored Personnel Carrier (First mentioned) Capital ship Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Dauntless Freighter (Mentioned only) Shuttle Sentinel-class landing craft Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle Unidentified Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle (First appearance) Spacetug (Mentioned only) Unar-Con tug (Mentioned only) (First identified as Unar-Con tug) Woan Barso's Unar-Con tug (Mentioned only) Starfighter TIE fighter series (Mentioned only) TIE/ln space superiority starfighter (Mentioned only) X-wing starfighter Transport (Mentioned only) Tank Ground assault vehicle TX-225 Occupier TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank Walker All-terrain vehicle All Terrain Defense Pod All Terrain Scout Transport

Weapons and technology

Armor Saw Gerrera's pressurized suit Stormtrooper armor Binders Blaster Blaster cannon CR-1 blaster cannon (First appearance) Heavy repeater cannon MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon Baze's repeating cannon Blaster carbine E-5 carbine (First appearance) Blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle Repeating blaster Bowcaster (Mentioned only) Lightbow (Mentioned only) Comlink Containment lamp (First appearance) Data disc (Mentioned only) Echo-box Electrostaff Engine Electroscope Goggles Scanner goggles (First appearance) Gravhook (First appearance) HoloNet (Mentioned only) Holoprojector Kettle Macrobinoculars Melee weapon Staff Chirrut's staff Nanoexplosive (First mentioned) Quad laser cannon (Mentioned only) Repulsorlift Scandoc (Mentioned only) Servomotor S-foils Shock-stick (First appearance) Tractor beam Turbolaser (Mentioned only) Vac-suit (Mentioned only) Vocabulator

Miscellanea

Alcohol Bahkahta (First appearance) Atmosphere Blood Bone Book (Mentioned only) Cantina Centimeter City Collected Poems, Prayers, and Meditations on the Force (First appearance) Guardian's Mantra (First identified as Guardian's Mantra) Clothing Bandolier Belt Boot Imperial military uniforms Robe Clutchmate (First mentioned) Code of the Sith (First identified as Code of the Sith) (First identified as Qotsisajak) Coxixian Prayer for the Departed (First appearance) Credit Death Desert Diet Eye Foodstuff Meiloorun fruit (Mentioned only) Noodle Vesti noodle (First appearance) Stew The Force Living Force Hand-to-hand combat Zama-shiwo Heart Hyperspace Jedi Code (First identified as Jedi's Meditation) Kilogram Kyber crystal (Mentioned only) Labor camp (Mentioned only) Language Sign language (Mentioned only) Anomid sign language (First mentioned) Galactic Basic Standard Lekku Lung Mining Montral Moon Music (Mentioned only) Opera (Mentioned only) Old Jedha knot (First appearance) Parent Plastoid Propaganda (Mentioned only) R717 refrigerant Respitic (First appearance) Scandoc (Mentioned only) Sexes Slavery Spaceport Species Squadron (Mentioned only) Stomach Stun Tapcafe (Mentioned only) Tea Chav tea Tarine tea Teccitin (First mentioned) Time Second Standard day Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard week Standard year Tooth Uneti-wood (First identified as uneti wood) Water

Sources

• NYCC 2016: Rogue One and Star Wars 40th Anniversary Publishing Programs Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
• New Novels Rebel Rising And Guardians of the Whills Will Explore Rogue One Backstories on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Guardians of the Whills – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Greg Rucka Talks Chirrut, Baze, and the Cost of War in Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills on StarWars.com (backup link)
• This Week! in Star Wars We Wish We Had a Wookiee, Darth Vader's Helmet Turns Into LEGO, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Looking for a Star Wars Summer Reading List? Found One, You Have! on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links

• Guardians of the Whills on Disney.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills on Egmont UK Ltd's official website (backup link)
• Star Wars Guardians of the Whills (Star Wars: Rogue One) on Amazon.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Guardians of the Whills on the official Edelweiss website (backup link)

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