Obi-Wan never told you what happened in The Last of the Jedi series and Rebel Force: Uprising, but this article does. Before you read it, search your feelings: you know you'll be spoiled if you do.
Ferus Olin doesn't look quite as threatening as Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader; alas, no licensed images exist for Roan Lands
Ferus Olin and Roan Lands are LGBTQIA+ characters and a couple in the Star Wars young reader (age 9–12) novel series The Last of the Jedi, written by Judy Blundell under her pseudonym Jude Watson and published from 2005 through 2008. They're the would-be first gay male/male couple in the franchise, but because they were portrayed subtextually instead of being explicitly textual as romantic partners, the "first" acknowledgement ends up going to Mandalorian husbands Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur.
- About the word "partner"
- For fans who wished to overlook all of Ferus and Roan's intimacy and romantic subtext indicating the nature of their partnership, it was easy to point out how they used to have a business together—as phrased in Return of the Dark Side, "Roan and Ferus had been partners in the firm of Olin/Lands" (yes, their business name was formatted like a ship name). Note the past tense: the business Olin/Lands no longer exists in the timeframe of these stories. Even though Ferus and Roan stopped being partners in a firm, they never stopped being partners. The books eventually stop mentioning Olin/Lands at all; instead, their partnership is most often brought up by saying they're the other's partner.
- The phrases "business partner(s)" and "business partnership" are never used for Roan and Ferus. The books also use the word "partner" for other character pairs in romance, business, and/or crime. The varying uses and the textual past Olin/Lands firm partnership made the subtext about their ongoing romantic life partnership plausibly deniable for those who say they're "not that kind of partner".
- However, if authorial intent is enough or required to confirm character queerness: yes, they are that kind of partner and their queerness is confirmed by their creator and writer, who has further said Ferus and Roan were married.
The Last of the Jedi[]
The series begins about one year after the events of Revenge of the Sith, and about 5 years since Ferus Olin and Anakin Skywalker were Padawans together in Jude Watson's Jedi Quest series.
When the books begin including a "Guide to Characters" section, Ferus's entry always includes "Former Jedi Padawan" and that he was apprentice to Siri Tachi, while Roan is described in relation to Ferus: "One of the original Eleven; friend and partner to Ferus Olin"[1][2][3][4] (with the subsequent addition of "killed by Darth Vader" in the latter three). These descriptions give no indication that they used to have an agency.
The Desperate Mission[]
Roan's first unnamed mention comes when Obi-Wan Kenobi listens in on Weasy having a conversation about Ferus: "His partner is still in prison. I guess they're thinking Ferus Olin will try a rescue, but so far, he's stayed gone." Within a few paragraphs, Obi-Wan thinks, "He knew Ferus had started a business with a partner, Roan Loans." The narrative summarizes their whistleblower protection business and mentions Obi-Wan hearing they'd been officers in the Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.[5]
Obi-Wan learns the Olin/Lands business was shut down, but nobody wants to tell him anything about what happened to the owners. He catches a boy, Trever, who knows Ferus but is sure the man is dead: "I know for sure that if he wasn't dead, he'd be here. He would never let Roan stay in prison. He would try to rescue him." Obi-Wan eventually gets out of him that Roan was taken to "my father's old partner—she runs a med clinic" because the Imperials want him alive but nearly killed him with a neurotoxin.[6] Obi-Wan helps get Roan out of there and to his and Ferus's allies, the Eleven. In an exchange of secrets, Obi-Wan reveals to them he's a Jedi.
- Wil
- Woman with blaster holsters
- [Several paragraphs of Obi-Wan's internal narrative]
- Speaker unclear
- Rilla
- — Then Obi-Wan plans to simply break into an Imperial garrison, so: obviously a friend of Ferus[7]
Roan knows where he is. I know he does.
Meanwhile, Ferus is very worried; "As far as he knew, Roan was still in prison. He did not like to think of what was happening to him there. But he was. Every moment." We get a flashback to sometime after Ferus left the Jedi Order:[8]
It had taken him months and months as a private citizen to figure out that he could make choices. That he could prefer one thing over another. The city to the country. The color blue to the color red. Every day he made thousands of decisions, and he had to think about every single one of them. In the beginning, it had been exhausting and infuriating. He had hated himself for his hesitations; he used to be so decisive. He had met Roan one morning in a café, when Roan had burst out laughing at Ferus's long consideration of whether he wanted a muffin or a roll. Roan had tossed both on Ferus's tray with such genial good nature that they had taken breakfast together and talked until lunch.
The memory of Roan's booming laugh made Ferus's chest feel tight. After leaving the Jedi, he had felt as though the ground was dissolving under his feet. He had wandered from planet to planet. The Jedi had given him enough credits, contacts, and help to start a new life. But those practical things had not helped with the bewilderment he felt.
It was Roan who had saved him. Roan who had shown him what it meant to have a home. When Ferus had come up with the idea for the business, Roan had sold everything he had to finance it. They had become partners as well as friends.
He and Roan had made an agreement as soon as they had pledged to fight the Empire: If one of them was able to escape, he would not return for the other. They had pledged this using the Bellassan method of grasping each other's shoulders and looking into each other's eyes.
Ferus had pledged his honor, and yet he knew he would break that pledge in a heartbeat as soon as he was able. Every day he was stronger. Every day he was one day closer to leaving.
Soon after, Ferus gets into some soup-related hijinks with his friend and concludes the chapter thinking, "Roan, I can't wait to tell you about this. Stay alive. Stay alive, so we can laugh again, Ferus begged in his head as he nodded."[8]
When Roan is barely coherent, he calls out for Ferus, who isn't there. Roan starts off unwilling to tell Obi-Wan where to find Ferus but is gradually persuaded:[9]
"Are you willing to gamble on Ferus's life?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Roan, we need to know where he is," Wil said. "We have reason to believe that the Imperials are searching for him at the homes of all your old clients. They have a list."
"The list will do them no good," Roan said. "He is safe where he is. Forgive me, Wil, but Ferus and I took an oath. No one is to know. Not even the Eleven." His gaze was steadfast, but Obi-Wan suddenly saw the color drain from his face, and he closed his eyes.
[...]
"I think I know who you are," Roan said, without opening his eyes. "He had no secrets from me. You are the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, member of the Jedi High Council — former member, that is. He described you perfectly."
[...]
"Ferus and I had a pact —"
"And do you think he is keeping it? He thinks you're still in prison. Do you think he's going to stay away?"
Roan closed his eyes again. "No," he said softly. "He won't stay away."
"I can't give you facts. You must make this decision based on nothing but your feelings."
"Now you sound like Ferus." Roan gave a deep sigh, and looked up at the ceiling. Obi-Wan could see the struggle on his face. "He is in the mountain region of Arno," he said. "I'll give you the coordinates. Find him. He won't admit it, but I'm sure he could use the help."
Before Obi-Wan leaves to find Ferus, Wil says to tell him not to return and to stay safe if he's safe; "Tell him we will smuggle Roan out to him. He need not come back. He must know that Roan is safe."[10] Obi-Wan finds him and Ferus is planning to trade himself to the Empire to ensure prisoners are freed, but Obi-Wan explains what Ferus didn't know about the Sith being behind everything. Ferus believes Obi-Wan, but: "First I must see Roan. Then I'll contact them. I trust everything you told me, Obi-Wan, but I have to give myself up. What choice do I have?" Obi-Wan brings Ferus to Roan.[11]
Ferus stood at Roan's bedside.
"Hey, partner."
"Hey, partner."
"Any excuse for a lie down, I'd say."
Roan smiled. "Well, I sure never got a day off, working with you."
"He's doing better every hour," Amie Antin said.
Roan looked hard at Ferus. "You're giving yourself up, aren't you?"
"Yes, but not in the way you'd expect." Ferus turned to Obi-Wan. "My old friend has a plan."
As the book comes to an end, Ferus agrees with Obi-Wan that the Empire will use his presence on Bellassa to threaten the citizens and so he must leave, possibly never return. Ferus understands; "Ferus gave one backward glance at Bellassa. He thought of everything he was leaving. He thought of Roan."[12] He also disagrees with Obi-Wan about still being a Jedi:
"No," Ferus said slowly. "I'm not. I can never really be a Jedi again. Not just because I left the Order." He looked back, in the direction of Bellassa. "I have attachments."
Dark Warning[]
Ferus's internal narrative, after leaving Bellassa, with Boba Fett in pursuit, "He and his friend Roan had lived quietly — until the rise of the Empire had turned them into Rebels. Ferus had found his cause once more. And he had vowed to stick to it this time, until the Empire was defeated. Roan was lost now, Bellassa a new part of his past. Once more, Ferus found himself on the path of a Jedi — but unsure whether it was a path he was allowed to take."[14] More thoughts, while on Ilum to rescue Order 66 survivor Garen Muln: "He had left his adopted homeworld, left his partner Roan, all to go on a quest to save any Jedi he could find. And he wasn't even a Jedi any longer!"[15] The Crystal Cave triggers visions and insights:
Now he understood what he'd seen. Possible futures, glimpses into his own fears. He'd only found freedom when he left the Jedi. Freedom to be himself. Roan had taught him that. Roan had taught him not to care what anyone thought, but to regard everyone's feelings. It was a distinction he had somehow not been able to learn at the Temple. He had been too busy trying to be perfect.
After leaving Ilum with a very unwell Jedi, Ferus takes a chance:
"See what I mean? Perfect." Ferus's voice was strong, determined. "I've already contacted Roan, my friend from home. I know it was dangerous to risk a transmission, but he's the only person I can trust who isn't already on this ship or on that asteroid. We have a coded system we set up years ago, a series of places to meet. He's bringing supplies and then returning to Ussa. I gave him a detailed list of med supplies that we'll need for Garen and some other things. We'll have to be self-sustaining."
Obi-Wan could hear the excitement in Ferus's voice, but he could not join in. It was not a time to argue. It was a time to rest and plan.
[...]
"You sure pick some nasty holes in the galaxy to meet in," Trever observed.
"That's the whole point. Sometimes the best place to hide is in a crowd." Ferus activated the ramp and hurried down. He searched the scruffy crowd and saw him almost immediately. Roan was thinner, and looked as though he still hadn't fully recovered from his injuries during a stay in an Imperial prison. But his smile was the same.
They walked toward each other slowly.
"You look like a durko on a bad day," Roan said.
Ferus knew it was true. He'd administered bacta on the ship, but the combination of the blaster wound and the battering from the gorgodon had drained him. And given him quite a lovely greenish bruise on his temple, near the silver streak in his hair.
"Thanks. You're not exactly a prize," he answered.
Roan moved forward and grasped Ferus's upper arms. It was their own special greeting to each other after a long absence. When Roan touched Ferus, he saw him grimace.
"What is it?"
"Just a blaster wound. Nothing to worry about."
The mutual teasing fades amidst their worries and feelings of responsibility to others, but Roan finds a way as he lists supplies he brought:[17]
"Your vioflute, so you can torture others in the evenings the way you used to torture me."
Ferus laughed, but sadness overtook him. His old life was truly gone. Gone forever.
"You're putting yourself in great danger," Roan said. "But I guess you know that. Well, don't worry, partner. We can see each other from time to time. I have work to do on Ussa, too. The Empire has cracked down on the resistance, but we're biding our time. You're doing the right thing."
"I don't know if that's true," Ferus said. "I only know I have to do it."
"Sometimes," Roan said, "that's all you get to know."
(As a note: the book has a non-romantic and non-business use of the word partners when Trever is upset thinking Ferus doesn't want a kid around; "He'd thought he and Ferus were partners.")[18]
Underworld[]
Roan is mentioned-only in this one, however: "Every time Ferus looked back to a memory of himself as a Padawan, he wondered how anyone could stand him. It was only later, on Bellassa, through his friendship with Roan Lands, that he had learned to unbend from the rigid contours he had set for himself, to see that perfection was a prison he had built that kept him apart from others. He missed his old life with Roan as much as he missed the Jedi. War and the Empire had torn his life in two, as it had for so many in the galaxy."[19]
(There's also an eyebrow-raising observation about Tru Veld: "Tru Veld had been his friend. Tru had been everyone's friend. His silver eyes, his gentleness, the way he would start a conversation in the middle and circle around to the beginning. The way he had been the one to see past Ferus's stiff manner into his heart."[20]
Death on Naboo[]
This is another mentioned-only for Roan, but what a mention. While Ferus is imprisoned for breaking into the former Jedi Temple, his cellmate gives him some survival advice about replaying the best day of your life in your head; his day is a picnic with his wife. Ferus considers, and then the cellmate's romantic-partner–focused memory is paralleled with Ferus's own romantic-partner–focused memory:[21]
Best day of his life ...
He and Roan, on a hiking trip on the neighboring world of Tati, deep in the forest, coming upon a waterfall that slid into a deep pool of green. They had been so hot, and they'd dived in, straight to the bottom. The water was so cold they came up shivering and laughing...
Later, the Olin/Lands firm is summarized as context for how Ferus knows Clive Flax and in case someone didn't read prior books. Ferus puts Flax up there with Roan or Obi-Wan as someone he'd want watching his back.[22]
A Tangled Web[]
TBA[23]
Return of the Dark Side[]
TBA[24]
Secret Weapon[]
Ferus repeatedly singles out Roan in his internal narrative as the most important person in his life, and Darth Vader knows it. Bury the Gays strikes Star Wars when Vader impulsively murders Roan in front of Ferus.[1] Early in the book, Ferus thinks over the people he's worried about and Roan's singled out as not just his friend: "And the others ... his friends. Did they make it to the secret base? Was his partner Roan Lands still there, or had he returned to Bellassa?"[25] Roan is also worried about Ferus: "He wished he could see Ferus again. His partnership with Ferus grounded him. Ferus was playing a dangerous game now, and for the first time Roan truly feared for the future."[26]
Vader catches Roan and friend Amie. Ferus tries and fails to bluff his way around it to save them. Vader's lightsaber slices through their hearts—Roan's literally, Ferus's symbolically. When Roan dies in Ferus's arms, the text throws a "NO HOMO"-shaped wrench into the subtext:
Vader half turned. "Do you think I do not recognize Roan Lands? Do you think I would be foolish enough to let you take him away?"
"He is a former associate, yes, but —"
It happened before he could get out another word. Faster than an eyeblink. Faster than he'd seen anyone move, anyone except Yoda.
The lightsaber hadn't been there, and then it was, and the lightsaber was a blur. Vader moved without seeming to move, and the lightsaber sliced into Roan, straight into his chest. Straight into his heart.
Roan fell to his knees. At first, pain filmed his gaze but he didn't flinch, he just looked at Ferus. Looked long and hard and said many things in the space of a second.
Don't give yourself away for me.
Amie cried out and knelt to support Roan. Ferus ran forward and caught him as he fell. He didn't care about his cover, he didn't even care about Roan's warning, he only knew the remarkable pain he felt.
Roan reached out for Ferus's forearm, his fingers slipping off. Ferus picked up Roan's hand and placed it on his arm. Then he put his hand on Roan's other arm in their private greeting, their private farewell. He squeezed Roan's arm, wishing he could pass his strength into him.
He'd seen enough of death to know it was too late.
"Farewell, brother," he whispered.
He felt Roan's spirit lift, he felt it fly.
And he was left alone.
So alone that there was no thought, only rage so black it blotted everything else out.
He launched himself at Darth Vader, his lightsaber in his hand.
The word "brother" was never previously used for their relationship and is never used again. TBH it reads like an editor came along, pushed the author out of the way, and threw that in.
As Ferus repeatedly fails to strike Vader, he knows it's because Vader killed Roan to provoke his rage and so Vader expects and wants the attack. However, Vader is "bored", has stormtroopers deal with Roan's corpse, and they once again capture Ferus. He doesn't care if he's being sent to prison or to execution.[28] His lightsaber isn't confiscated while in his cell since Vader knew its presence would taunt Ferus with his failure to save Roan.[29]
[...] and he was alone. Roan was gone. Their friendship had been full of separations, but they had always found each other again. They had trusted each other and watched each other's backs, and in one moment of criminally stupid miscalculation he had underestimated his opponent, and because of that, Roan was dead.
Because of him.
Life would go on around him, but he wouldn't be the same. He turned a different face to the galaxy now. The grief had changed him forever. He felt that as clearly as he could feel the ferrocrete against his cheek.
Roan's death had introduced fear to his life. His powers were so puny compared to what he faced. His will had carried him through. Now he realized that in the most secret recesses of his heart, he had held out one hope. That one day this would be over and he could go back to his life with Roan. He hadn't known the meaning of family when he'd been with the Jedi, but now he did, and the loss of it was impossible to bear.
Which proved he wasn't a Jedi. Attachment shouldn't be his reason for going on.
If he wasn't a Jedi, what was he? And what did it matter? For soon he'd be dead. How curious to feel that he wouldn't mind.
But before they killed him, he would replay Roan's death again and again.
As he's reliving it, he realizes he recognizes Vader's lightsaber forms, not just as Jedi training but someone specific, but as far as he knows, anyone who was a Padawan alongside him is now dead. Emperor Palpatine interrupts his ruminations by showing up and offering to put Ferus in charge of the Inquisitors and the search for Force-adepts and to train Ferus in the dark side. Ferus, thinking about how he could become powerful enough to challenge Vader and avenge Roan, tells Palpatine he's ready to learn.[29]
Against the Empire[]
Ferus continues to not cope well with Roan's death. He's coping so poorly that we get a recap of how he considered Emperor Palpatine's offer of training in the dark side to get revenge against Vader.[2] He has hurt before, but it's entirely different this time:
Was this what grief was like? This wasn't sadness like he'd felt before, when a friend or someone he'd known well had died. It wasn't how he'd felt when he'd learned the fate of all the Jedi. That had been a blow he'd felt keenly, as though he'd been split open.
This was worse.
He'd stood by and watched, too slow to react, as Darth Vader had casually flipped his lightsaber and ran it through his best friend, his partner, Roan Lands. He had watched Roan die. Had held onto him, locked eyes with him, and said a private good-bye.
He didn't think he had ever hated anyone this much before. It wasn't part of what he was. Being trained by Jedi bred detachment into his bones. But as he had learned to love in a personal, particular way, so had he learned to hate. Learned in one instant when Vader struck.
Ferus's loss of Roan is explicitly paralleled to Darth Vader losing Padmé, by Vader:
And what will you look like, twenty years on?
The jolt of the voice rose in his mind. He felt heat rise inside his body armor. That voice — he must banish it. Forever. It was the voice of Padmé. [...] It was why Ferus Olin had grown from a petty nuisance to a problem. It wasn't Ferus so much — he was insignificant — but the memories that leaked in when he was around. Looking at Ferus reminded Darth Vader of Anakin Skywalker. Before Ferus he had been able to think of Anakin as another person entirely.
He had derived so much satisfaction from killing Roan Lands. He hadn't planned it, but the opportunity had presented itself, and it had been the perfect solution. He had taken from Ferus what had been taken from him. He had vanquished his enemy and brought him down.
Master of Deception[]
TBA[3]
Reckoning[]
TBA[4]
One last time[]
The Last of the Jedi is dated circa 18 BBY by The Essential Reader's Companion. Ferus returns in the Rebel Force junior novel series by Alex Wheeler, dated 0 ABY.[32] When Judy Blundell was asked about the rumor that she wrote the books under the pen name Alex Wheeler, she said it's not true.[soc 1]
Ferus, looking back over his dead, thinks: "And Roan. It was Roan Lands's face that he saw when he woke, Roan's voice he heard when he drifted off to sleep. Not that he slept much."[33] He finds it too painful to think about his past choices, "choices that had led to the death of his best friend, Roan Lands. To the death of so many others."[34] Ferus blames himself for the people Darth Vader has murdered: "He hadn't come face-to-face with Vader since that day, so many years ago, when the Sith had left him for dead. When Ferus had failed to avenge Roan's death, and left Vader alive, to kill so many more."[35] To protect Leia, Ferus has a final, fatal duel with Vader, ending with Vader stabbing his lightsaber through Ferus's heart. As he dies, Ferus briefly sees a solid-appearing Obi-Wan, rather than the translucent glowing spiking he's seen in the past, before the vision is replaced by Roan. While Ferus's spirit is with Roan, Leia holds Ferus's hand and tells him, "You are not alone."[36]
Ferus gasped, choking on the blood that bubbled in his throat. His lips formed the name he hadn't spoken aloud in years.
Soft fingers brushed his forehead. "Did you really think I would leave you here alone?"
You left me alone for all those years, Ferus wanted to say. I always hoped you were waiting for me. I always hoped I would see you again.
Roan Lands, dead for nearly two decades, gazed down at him, his eyes full of warmth and humor. Roan, who had found Ferus after he'd fled the Jedi Temple, and taught him what it meant to truly live. Roan, who had been Ferus's partner and friend for the best years of his life. Roan, whom he thought he'd lost forever.
Ferus's fear was gone, replaced by a deep, calming peace. He had done what he could for the people he loved. He had fulfilled the mission Obi-Wan had set out for him, protected Anakin's child until she was strong enough to protect herself. He had fought as best he knew how, for as long as he could. And now Roan was here, and Ferus was ready to go.
"I'll stay with you," Roan said, squeezing his hand. "For as long as you need me."
Ferus let his eyes drift shut. His world narrowed to the sound of Roan's voice, and the warmth of Roan's hand.
"You are not alone," he heard Roan say.
And then he heard nothing at all.
Authorial intent[]
Judy Blundell has at least twice acknowledged she intentionally wrote Ferus as gay;[soc 2][soc 3] for instance:
- @JohannesWiley
- Judy Blundell
- @JohannesWiley
- — Judy Blundell Says Gay[soc 3]
You're most welcome! When talking about Obi-Wan, your books were a cornerstone to my childhood. And Ferus being gay? *Chef's Kiss* That's amazing.
I am really happy you replied. It has really made my day.
Additionally, she's confirmed multiple times that she intended Ferus and Roan to be married.[soc 4][soc 5][soc 6] When asked if Siri Tachi kept tabs on Ferus and "Did she know about Roan and that they got married?" Blundell said she wished she could answer and that "I think things were terribly chaotic at that point, so Siri might not have known."[soc 7]
- @LelalMekha
- Judy Blundell
- [Since-deleted account replies; no back-up]
- Judy Blundell
- — Thread began with Ferus's sexuality and evolved into Ferus/Roan author confirmation[soc 4]
@antinezushi @LelalMekha You're welcome! I'm delighted that someone asked at last!
- @LelalMekha
- Judy Blundell
- — Awww![soc 5]
@LelalMekha I think I'll let the ceremony be private, as the two would no doubt wish it to be.
- @Chiniaberry
- Judy Blundell
- — If you say "Ferus and Roan were married" three times, does it turn into canon?[soc 6]
Yes indeed. They were married. #starwars #lastofthejedi
Oops![]
The Essential Reader's Companion twice fails at the essential task of spelling; "Roan Land" pops up in Chapters 3 and 4.[32]
Fan resources[]
- Roan Lands/Ferus Olin relationship tag on Archive of Our Own (NOTE: This link has NSFW content only appropriate for those 18+.)
- Ferus Olin character filter on FanFiction.net
- "When Subtext Is Text, Musings On Ferus Olin" (Tumblr post) on Legends Expo. Published 2023-07-01. (Archived on 2024-08-05)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Legends · Secret Weapon by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2007 by Scholastic.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Legends · Against the Empire by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2007 by Scholastic.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Legends · Master of Deception by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2008 by Scholastic.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Legends · Reckoning by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2008 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Two, by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2005 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Five, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Seven, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Eight, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Eleven, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Twelve, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Sixteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Nineteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · The Desperate Mission, Chapter Twenty, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Dark Warning, Chapter Three, by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2005 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Dark Warning, Chapter Ten, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Dark Warning, Chapter Thirteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Legends · Dark Warning, Chapter Fifteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Dark Warning, Chapter Eighteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Underworld, Chapter Two, by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2005 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Underworld, Chapter Four, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Legends · Death on Naboo, Chapter Two, by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2006 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Death on Naboo, Chapter Eight, by Jude Watson. "He'd met Flax in the time before the Clone Wars, when he was still operating his business, Olin/Lands. He and his partner Roan offered their services to whistleblowers, beings who exposed corruption and then found the law did not protect them. Roan and Ferus created new identities for the whistleblowers and their families and also offered protection while they established themselves on new worlds."
- ↑ Legends · A Tangled Web by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2006 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Return of the Dark Side by Jude Watson in the series The Last of the Jedi. Published 2006 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Secret Weapon, Chapter One, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Secret Weapon, Chapter Nine, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Secret Weapon, Chapter Eighteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Secret Weapon, Chapter Nineteen, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Legends · Secret Weapon, Chapter Twenty, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Against the Empire, Chapter Two, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ Legends · Against the Empire, Chapter Six, by Jude Watson.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Legends · The Essential Reader's Companion by Pablo Hidalgo. Published 2012 by Del Rey.
- ↑ Legends · Hostage, Chapter Nine, by Alex Wheeler in the series Rebel Force. Published 2010 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Uprising, Chapter Seven, by Alex Wheeler in the series Rebel Force. Published 2010 by Scholastic.
- ↑ Legends · Uprising, Chapter Fifteen, by Alex Wheeler.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Legends · Uprising, Chapter Sixteen, by Alex Wheeler.
- Social media [soc]
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2020-07-24. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @rattsfan (Archived on 2021-04-07)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Tweet) by Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) on <twitter.com>. Published 2015-09-04. "@antinezushi Excellent call. Indeed yes." Original query by @antinezushi not backed up, but from thread context, it was asking if Ferus is gay. (Archived on 2021-03-23)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2022-03-10. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @JohannesWiley (Archived on 2022-03-10)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2015-09-24. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @LelalMekha (Archived on 2021-03-23)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2015-12-30. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @LelalMekha (Archived on 2021-06-18)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2016-11-12 and 2017-01-10. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @Chiniaberry (Archive link)
- ↑ [Untitled] (Twitter thread) on <twitter.com>. Published 2017-04-10 and 2017-05-01. Exchange between Judy Blundell (aka Jude Watson) and @hnweatherford (Archive link)