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Ars Veruna[4] was a human male who served as the king of the Mid Rim planet of Naboo prior to the reign of Queen Padmé Amidala. A philosopher named Sio Bibble was elected Governor of Naboo under Veruna's rule.[1] During his reign, Veruna established a vast royal library collection in a tower at the back of the Theed Royal Palace.[5] Veruna was considered a corrupt king,[6] and was assassinated prior to Amidala's election as queen[7] in 32 BBY.[2]

He shared his name with Veruna, one[8] of the three[9] moons of Naboo.[8]

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Ars Veruna in the Star Wars Legends continuity

Ars Veruna was first canonically mentioned in Sio Bibble's entry from the 2016 reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, written by Pablo Hidalgo. The text mentioning Veruna is reprinted from[1] the Star Wars Legends reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, written by Simon Beecroft and published in 2011.[10]

In 2016, Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded stated that Veruna was Amidala's predecessor.[1] Other reference materials published in that year stated that his reign lasted thirteen years,[5] and ended when she defeated him in an election.[6]

Earlier mentions of Veruna are inconsistent with material published during and after 2018. The fifty-fourth issue of the magazine Star Wars Helmet Collection, published that year, retconned the previous information that Amidala had defeated Veruna in an election by instead stating that he had been assassinated before she was elected.[7] The 2019 canon novel Queen's Shadow, written by E. K. Johnston, established that Naboo monarchs can only serve for a maximum of four years, or two terms lasting two years each.[11] The 2019 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition placed Bibble's election to the position of Governor during Veruna's reign, but did not maintain Veruna as Amidala's immediate predecessor, or specify the duration of his reign.[12] Johnston's 2020 novel Queen's Peril,[13] which is set in 32 BBY,[14] stated that Amidala's immediate predecessor was Sanandrassa, a single-term queen who was elected when Queen Réillata retired after one term.[13]

Queen's Peril placed the beginning of Réillata's first term in 36 BBY, and Sanandrassa's in 34 BBY.[15] This dating is inconsistent with James Luceno's 2014 canon novel Tarkin,[16] which is set in 14 BBY, and has Wilhuff Tarkin remember a conversation from "twenty years earlier,"[17] in which Senator Palpatine briefly talked about the Naboo king who ruled at that time: "Even on my own Naboo, the king finds himself embroiled with the Trade Federation and off-world bankers with regard to our plasma exports."[16] The quote superficially describes events previously seen in Luceno's 2012 Legends novel Darth Plagueis.[18] However, it has not yet been confirmed in canon whether this king is indeed Veruna.[16]

In the Legends continuity, Veruna was first mentioned in the 1999 novel Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala, written by Jude Watson.[19] He later made his first appearance in the 2000 short comic "A Summer's Dream," published in Star Wars Tales 5 by Dark Horse Comics.[20] Veruna was eventually given the first name Ars in the novel Darth Plagueis, in which he has a prominent role.[18]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
  2. 2.0 2.1 Helmet Collection logo small Star Wars Helmet Collection 54 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Naboo) establishes that Veruna was assassinated prior to Padmé Amidala's election as queen of Naboo. Amidala is shown to be the queen in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 32 BBY. Therefore, Veruna must have died by that year.
  3. StarWars-DatabankII Naboo in the Databank (backup link)—According to the StarWars.com Databank, the Naboo are "peaceful humans."
  4. Build the Millennium Falcon Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 47 (Starship Fact File: Naboo J-Type 327 Nubian)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
  6. 6.0 6.1 Helmet Collection logo small Star Wars Helmet Collection 2 (Databank A-Z: Alzoc III—Antilles)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Helmet Collection logo small Star Wars Helmet Collection 54 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Naboo)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  9. Thrawn: Alliances
  10. Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
  11. Queen's Shadow
  12. Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Queen's Peril
  14. The events of Queen's Peril take place immediately before and concurrently with the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 32 BBY.
  15. Since Queen's Peril is set in 32 BBY, and Queen's Shadow establishes that one term for the Monarch of Naboo is two years, it can therefore be calculated that the two prior elections took place in 34 BBY and 36 BBY.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Tarkin
  17. Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Tarkin to 14 BBY. The flashback takes place twenty years prior to the main narrative; if this is exactly rather than approximately twenty years, it can be calculated to 34 BBY.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Darth Plagueis
  19. Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
  20. "A Summer's Dream" — Star Wars Tales 5
  21. Master & Apprentice
  22. Star Wars: Timelines places the events of Master & Apprentice in 40 BBY.
  23. Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded stated that Ars Veruna was a predecessor to Queen Amidala. The novel Queen's Hope established that Amidala was preceded by Queen Sanandrassa, who served one term. Sanandrassa was preceded by Queen Réillata, who also served one term. The novel also stated that one term was 2 years. Therefore, Réillata was elected in 36 BBY. Since Veruna must have been elected before Réillata, he would have been elected prior to 36 BBY.
  24. SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 200 states that Sanandrassa served a two-year reign as Monarch of Naboo which ended thirty-two years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states that A New Hope begins in 0 BBY, Sanandrassa's reign must have lasted from 34 BBY to 32 BBY. As Queen's Peril states that Réillata served as queen for a single term before Sanandrassa, she must have reigned from 36 BBY to 34 BBY.
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