diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a94768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE tpch;
+
+SELECT a.b.* from [{"b":1}, {"b":{"c":2}}, null] a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da33d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE tpch;
+
+SELECT a.b.*, d.* from [{"b":1}, {"b":{"c":2}}, null] a, [{"b":1}] d;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6809f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.5.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{  }
+{ "c": 2 }
+{  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..106bc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/select-star/var_star/var_star.6.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ "b": 1 }
+{ "b": 1, "c": 2 }
+{ "b": 1 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index 2ec743d..e65568e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -4391,9 +4391,11 @@
 {
   expr = PrimaryExpr()
   (
-    accessor = FieldAccessor(accessor != null ? accessor : expr)
-    |
-    accessor = IndexAccessor(accessor != null ? accessor : expr)
+    LOOKAHEAD(2)(
+      accessor = FieldAccessor(accessor != null ? accessor : expr)
+      |
+      accessor = IndexAccessor(accessor != null ? accessor : expr)
+    )
   )*
   {
     return accessor == null ? expr : accessor;
@@ -5335,8 +5337,8 @@
 {
   (
     <MUL> { kind = Projection.Kind.STAR; startSrcLoc = getSourceLocation(token); }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(3) expr = VariableRef() <DOT> <MUL> { kind = Projection.Kind.VAR_STAR; }
-    | expr = Expression()
+        | LOOKAHEAD(ValueExpr() <DOT> <MUL>) expr = ValueExpr() <DOT> <MUL> { kind = Projection.Kind.VAR_STAR; }
+        | expr = Expression()
       ( // EXCLUDE is a soft-keyword-- we want to avoid mistaking EXCLUDE as an identifier here.
         LOOKAHEAD({ getToken(1).kind == AS || getToken(1).kind == QUOTED_STRING
                     || (getToken(1).kind == IDENTIFIER && !laIdentifier(1, EXCLUDE)) })