"The Silent Circle" is a narrative familiar to Thom Hudd, a lieutenant in the Rebel Alliance and a thief. On Mustafar, while undergoing torture at the hands of Vaneé, the Sith attendant, Hudd tried to divert his tormentor by recounting this story, professing a long-held admiration for it. Nevertheless, Vaneé was uninterested in Hudd's storytelling and readied himself to execute him.
The initial reference to "The Silent Circle" occurred in Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 4, a comic book. This comic book was penned by Cavan Scott and released by IDW Publishing on October 23, 2019. Subsequently, the tale itself was unveiled for the first time within the Galaxy's Edge version of Myths & Fables, a book authored by George Mann.