Heart of Fire is a 3-page comic written by John Ostrander

John Ostrander

John Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.-Career:...

. It was published in three parts from May through July 2001. The story is set in the Star Wars

Star Wars

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galaxy

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 two years after the Battle of Naboo in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms...

, and 30 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Synopsis

After the events of Star Wars Republic: Twilight, Jedi Master Quinlan Vos recovers in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant

Coruscant

Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It first appeared onscreen in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but was first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire...

. While in the Meditation Garden Master Vos is interrupted by a young female Twi'lek Padawan. Quinlan recognizes the girl as the one whose Master died by the hands of Aurra Sing: Xiaan Amersu. Xiaan asks about Aayla Secura and offers Quinlan a shiney stone called the Heart of Fire. This stone was once his, but he gave it to Aayla, and she passed it to Xiaan. Now Xiaan gives it back to Quinlan. She insists that Quinlan reads the images of the stone, and he does...

Dramatis personae

• Quinlan Vos
• Xiaan Amersu
• Aayla Secura (Flashback only)
• Aurra Sing (Mentioned only)