Aviay

Aviay was a Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era. After the Guardian Protocols were implemented in 229 BBY,Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia he partnered with the Cathar Jedi Knight Far Linghe. In 228 BBY, Aviay and Linghe were part of the Jedi team under Jedi Master Avar Kriss who took part in an assault on the Mid RimStar Wars: Timelines planet Naboo which was under occupation by the Nihil pirates in their Occlusion Zone region of space that was behind the Stormwall barrier which prevented hyperspace travel.
During the assault, Aviay piloted a Jedi Vector but was forced to eject from his Vector after his ship was shot down. After landing safely in the capital city Theed, his partner went to find him. The two later again took part in the aerial battle. After Naboo was freed from Nihil rule and the majority of the Jedi and Republic Defense Coalition forces left the planet, Aviay and Linghe remained on Naboo, believing the world needed a few Jedi to stay and that there was plenty for them to do within the Occlusion Zone.
==Behind the scenes==
Aviay appeared in the 2024 novel The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, written by Tessa Gratton and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Temptation of the Force 
==Notes and references==
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