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"The Queen, praise her, she never cease to amaze me."
Drrlirm[2]

Kylantha was a Human female from Naboo. She was elected Monarch of Naboo after her predecessor, Queen Apailana, was killed on the orders of the Galactic Empire for treason shortly after the Declaration of a New Order. Formally styled Her Highness, Queen Kylantha, she was installed as a puppet monarch by the Empire and ruled during most of the Imperial Period. Nevertheless, she never became a blind servant of the Galactic Empire and showed sympathy to the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography[]

Puppet monarch[]

"Queen Kylantha is now completely devoted to me, which is as it should be."
Emperor Palpatine, to an Imperial spacer[3]

Kylantha was elected Queen of Naboo during the Imperial era.[1] She succeeded Queen Apailana[4] in 18 BBY,[5] after the latter was executed by the Galactic Empire for harboring Jedi survivors of Order 66.[6] Although Kylantha was the democratically-elected head of state of the Naboo system,[1] her action as a monarch was overseen by Imperial supervisors.[7] Hence, her elections restored Naboo's allegiance to the the Empire[8] and Queen Kylantha was soon considered as a puppet monarch.[4] In reality, Kylantha's loyalty to the Empire was much more ambiguous.[1][2][3][9] After her accession to the throne, Kylantha was supposed to reform the Naboo institutions inherited from the Galactic Republic. However, although the queen was outwardly loyal to the Empire, she refused to dissolve the Naboo Royal Advisory Council and had only implemented a few changes to Naboo's democratic system.[1] Over the years, Queen Kylantha's mistrust towards the Empire continued to grow.[2][3]

Queen Kylantha resided in the Royal Palace located in the Naboo capital city of Theed.[3] Like her predecessors,[10][11] she was served by handmaidens,[12] including Teckla Minnau,[13] Jaanie[14] and Altah.[15]

At some point during her reign, a young and wealthy suitor, in an attempt to win her heart in marriage, purchased a quadrant of the Naboo system. However, Kylantha politely refused his offer, saying that she had "married" her people and wished to serve them with all of her time. Heartbroken, the suitor renamed the quadrant "Kylantha's Whim."[16]

Galactic Civil War[]

"The Grand Admiral is stationed inside the palace walls of that treacherous woman. I still am not sure why the Emperor has allowed her to continue to rule and not turned her over to me. Regardless, I am sure he has his reasons."
Grand Inquisitor Ja'ce Yiaso, to an Imperial pilot[17]

During the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, Queen Kylantha still publicly supported the Empire and was said to be extremely devoted to Emperor Palpatine.[1] Inwardly, she had become a Rebel sympathizer. After the Battle of Yavin, she began to communicate secretly with a Rebel general based on Naboo named Jacen Nire.[3] However, her actions led some Imperials, including Grand Inquisitor Ja'ce Yiaso,[17] High Inquisitor Mal Sikander,[14] and Chief Inquisitor Loam Redge, to be highly suspicious.[9]

Following the Battle of Yavin, the queen invited every years the Ewok Chief Chirpa and his tribe to come to Naboo to celebrate the Ewok Festival of Love.[18][19][20][21] In 1 ABY,[22] Mikdanyell Guh'rantt, the mayor of Mos Eisley on Tatooine, contacted Kylantha and several regional governors across the galaxy about the increasing commotion that plagued his city. It turned out that this problem did not concern only Mos Eisley. Kylantha, Guh'rantt, and the others eventually agreed to work together to put an end to that nuisance.[23]

Wookiee rescue[]

"Have you heard of the planet Kashyyyk? It's the home planet of the Wookiee species. I employed some of the Wookiees to investigate the disturbing news of slavery on the planet."
―Queen Kylantha, to a Rebel spacer[2]

Some time after the Battle of Yavin, Queen Kylantha was concerned about slavery occurring on the planet Kashyyyk. She therefore dispatched the Wookiees Orrekazzapirr, Drrlirm, and Imarrra to their homeworld to investigate whether the Imperial force stationed on Kashyyyk was assisting the Trandoshan slavers.[2] In 1 ABY,[22] when she did not receive any news from the Wookiees, Kylantha grew worried. However, a spacer arrived in Theed that Kylantha had heard many stories about from some of her staff but ignored that the spacer was in fact affiliated with the Rebel Alliance. The adventurer agreed to fly to Kashyyyk and investigate the whereabouts of the Wookiees. The Queen had chosen the right being: not only did the adventurer find Drrlirm in the Kashyyykian jungles and escort him to Kachirho, but tracked the other two Wookiees to the Imperial prison on Dathomir where they had been brought. The Rebel operative helped them escape from the planet through the Imperial blockade. As a token of her appreciation for the help, Kylantha presented the adventurer with an old, rehauled ARC-170 starfighter.[2]

The Emperor and the Queen[]

"Queen Kylantha is dangerously close to betraying her Emperor. But in my overly magnanimous mood, I would like to show her that the Empire is her friend."
―Emperor Palpatine, to an Imperial spacer[3]
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Kylantha in her palace during the Galactic Civil War

In 1 ABY,[22] a few high-ranking individuals in the Empire, including Emperor Palpatine and Grand Inquisitor Ja'ce Yiaso, were totally certain of the treachery of the queen.[17] Moreover, the Emperor came to believe that Kylantha was directly in contact with the Rebellion. Knowing that trying to force the queen to reveal her treason would not be beneficial for the Empire, Palpatine resorted to alternate means to get rid of the Rebel general. Instead of having her arrested for treason, Palpatine assigned a group of Imperial operatives to help him manipulate the queen without any blame falling on the Empire.[3]

First, the Imperial operatives traveled to the Forest Moon of Endor to recruit a group of mercenaries, the Jantsk mercenaries, in the name of the Emperor. The operatives later raided a small Rebel base on Dantooine to steal a Rebel datadisk. An Imperial agent then altered the disk and uploaded new data that implicated the Rebel Alliance in an alleged plot against the queen. Afterwards, the Jantsk mercenaries attacked the Theed Royal Palace, posing as Rebel assassins. Palpatine's agents discreetly assisted the mercenaries in the attack on Kylantha's chambers by ridding the queen of her security guards. Eventually, the "assault" failed when Darth Vader arrived in the palace. The Imperial operatives subsequently went to talk to Queen Kylantha, who was not convinced by Vader of the Rebel Alliance's guilt. As "proof" of this, an operative gave Kylantha the falsified datadisk. The queen claimed to be shocked that the Rebels made a personal attack on her and she revealed the location of the Rebel general to the Imperials.[3]

The Imperial operatives eventually proceeded to attack General Jacen Nire's camp, outside the city of Dee'ja Peak, killing the Rebel general in the strike. In addition, the Imperial assaulted the Jantsk mercenary bunker on Endor where they killed the mercenary leader Vurrha Jantsk in order to destroy any proof of the implication of the Empire in the attack of the queen. In the end, Emperor Palpatine's plan proceeded exactly as he had foreseen. Queen Kylantha profoundly apologized for her misgivings and gave her full support to the Emperor.[3]

Legacy[]

Prior to the Clone Wars, Queen Amidala amended the Naboo constitution to limit the rule of elected monarchs[24] to two four-year terms.[25] However, unlike her predecessors, Queen Kylantha substantially exceeded her two terms of office.[26] Eventually, Kylantha was replaced by another queen named Mairayni.[27]

Behind the scenes[]

"Oh dear! We face a crisis in the court. You, please! On a recent trip to the countryside, we misplaced our special ceremonial makeup. We must have our cosmetics, so as to wear the "scar of remembrance" on our lower lip. Will you bring the kit to us?"
―Queen Kylantha in a cut quest from Star Wars Galaxies[28]

Kylantha appeared as a non-player character (NPC) in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[29]

Queen Kylantha was extensively mentioned by other NPCs in the original release of the Star Wars Galaxies,[14][15] and in its associated strategy guides,[1] but she did not properly appear in the game. Unused game files revealed that the queen was intended to appear as a NPC along with her handmaiden Liane but both were cut from the final game. Kylantha would have proposed three quests to players who had completed all quests given by Liane. Players working for the queen would have been tasked first to retrieve the queen's royal makeup kit, then, to deliver a refusal letter to an invitation sent by Imperial General Dorond and, eventually, to escort Tedric, the trainer of Kylantha's guarlara Roistering Spirit.[28]

Queen Kylantha was finally added to the game with the release of the expansion pack Rage of the Wookiees on May 5, 2005. Rebel players could take a quest from her where they had to rescue Wookiee slaves on Dathomir. They received an ARC-170 starfighter as a reward.[2] Later, with the release of the "Chapter 6.12" update, on September 13, 2007,[30] the queen was made a protagonist of the revamped "Imperial Theme Park."[3]

According to the now-defunct StarWars.com Databank, Teckla Minnau, a loyal servant of the deceased Queen Amidala, survived the Clone Wars and returned to Naboo, where she eventually served as a handmaiden to Kylantha.[13] However, her fate was changed in 2014 by "An Old Friend," an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which established that Minnau died during the Clone Wars.[31]

Appearances[]

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
  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 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Rebel Quest: "To the queen's aid" on Naboo
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Imperial Quest: "The Emperor and the Queen" on Naboo
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
  5. 5.0 5.1 StarWarsDotComBlogsLogoStacked "Movie Characters killed in the EU" — Keeper of the Holocron's BlogLeland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
  6. Star Wars: Battlefront II
  7. SWInsider "Ask the Master" — Star Wars Insider 82
  8. Databank title Apailana, Queen in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
  10. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  11. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  12. SWGTCGsmall Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card GameThreat of the Conqueror (Card: Royal Handmaiden) (backup link)
  13. 13.0 13.1 Databank title Minnau, Teckla in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Boss Nass" on Naboo
  15. 15.0 15.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "The Emperor" on Naboo
  16. SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Point of Interest: "Kylantha's Whim" in the Naboo system
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Conversation with "Grand Inquisitor Ja'ce Yiaso" on Naboo
  18. Gal-icon Friday Feature – Celebrate the Love on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  19. Gal-icon Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 7 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  20. Gal-icon Friday Feature – The Ewok Festival of Love on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  21. Gal-icon Weekly Feature – Ewok Festival of Love Highlights on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
  23. Gal-icon Friday Feature – Keeping the Peace on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  24. "A Summer's Dream" — Star Wars Tales 5
  25. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization
  26. According to the sources above-mentioned, Queen Kylantha ruled at least from 18 BBY to 1 ABY.
  27. 27.0 27.1 Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 6: Showdown at Naboo established that Queen Mairayni was the sixth monarch to reign after King Veruna. Various sources indicated that Queen Kylantha was the fifth (after Amidala, Jamillia, Neeyutnee and Apailana) and consequently the predecessor of Mairayni.
  28. 28.0 28.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — directory tree files
  29. Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  30. Gal-icon Chapter 6.12: Masters of the Wild on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
  31. TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "An Old Friend"

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