Joris Vegen

Joris Vegen was the first agent of the New Republic to arrive on the prison planet Wobani after it was abandoned by the Galactic Empire. While presenting the deeply distressing evidence she gathered to the New Republic governing council, she broke down in tears twice. The briefing resulted in Senator Leia Organa sending supplies to the planet.
==Biography==
===The horrors of Wobani===
Joris Vegen was an agent of the New Republic who was the first member of the state's personnel to arrive on the planet Wobani after the Galactic Empire abandoned it. The intelligence she gathered on the state of the world, which had been used as a prisoner and labor camp by the Empire, was deeply distressing and showed a planet in need of aid.
Following the collapse of the Empire in 5 ABY,Star Wars: Timelines Vegen gave a briefing on the intelligence she had gathered to the New Republic's governing council. The images that Vegen presented as evidence upset her so much that she twice broke down in tears and caused at least three senators in the audience to be similarly stricken, leading to a delay of twenty-seven minutes early on in the meeting.
Once it was clear from Vegen's briefing that Wobani required emergency aid, Senator Leia Organa immediately reached out to a group of Alderaanian refugees who chartered and piloted three heavy freighters of bacta and food for Wobani. The supplies were delivered by a convoy led by Commander Rutowan Cannter within days, but it was not enough for the entire planet.
===Documentation of a tragedy===
A holovid of Vegen's briefing was stored in the "Briefings on ex-Imperial Systems" section of the New Republic Archives and was tagged with several warnings regarding the distressing content of the recording. A separate file titled "Wobani Notes" was also stored in the Archives but did not clarify why there had been a delay in the briefing.
The historian Beaumont Kin later viewed the files and the evidence Vegen had presented. In 35 ABY, heStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary discussed it in his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire and mentioned Vegen, stating that despite the many awful things he had seen in his career, he still wished that he had never viewed the agent's evidence.
==Behind the scenes==
Joris Vegen was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Dr. Chris Kempshall.
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire 
==Notes and references==
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