Qwi Xux

"I don't know about Qwi. She always seemed to me more a victim than anything else even before what she went through later."

- Han Solo

Qwi Xux, a female Omwati, was a brilliant Imperial weapons designer who was responsible for the Sun Crusher, among other important superweapons.

Biography
When Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin needed the best minds working at the Maw Installation, he went to Omwat and "recruited" several youths to train in his orbiting school. The school turned out to be a brutal weeding-out process by which Tarkin would eventually end up with one viable candidate for employment at the Maw. Qwi was the survivor of Tarkin's plan, but she only saw it as a triumph of her mental capacity. She was more than glad to go to the Maw and begin solving the intricate problems Tarkin and her mentor, Bevel Lemelisk, provided to her. She learned AI principles from Nasdra Magrody.

Her Omwati background could never prepare her for Tarkin's real objective: the subjugation of races beneath the Empire's boots. She believed in the simplistic goals for the Death Star and the World Devastators, even given their ominous names. She hoped they would be used to terraform worlds to make them habitable for many different races.

It was not until Han Solo was intercepted and tortured at the Maw that she realized the scope of the projects being developed at the Installation. The thought of her work being the cause of billions of deaths overcame her, and she helped Han, Chewbacca, and Kyp Durron escape with the Sun Crusher. She then gave the ship's technical data over to the New Republic.

When she met Wedge Antilles the first time, she wasn't sure whether or not to trust him. A trust did eventually grow, and the two shared many beautiful moments, until Kyp stole Qwi's mind from her when he was temporarily in the dark side under the influence of Exar Kun. Wedge nursed her back to health, but she was never the same again. She and Wedge maintained their relationship, but he was increasingly called upon in military matters, and Qwi became more and more absorbed in her work. Despite a brief stint in the New Republic Defense Fleet as Wedge's science officer, both agreed that the relationship was evolving to be a convenience, rather than a true romance, and they went their separate ways.

In 12 ABY, members of the New Alderaan movement attempted to fund an assassination attempt on her life.

Qwi eventually decided to travel to Vortex and help the Vors repair the Cathedral of Winds. While there, she hoped to find her own inner peace and eliminate the memories of all the beings her superweapons had killed. It is unknown if she survived the Yuuzhan Vong's attack on Vortex.

Behind the scenes

 * Qwi Xux was created by author Kevin J. Anderson, based on Mermeia from The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Appearances

 * Jedi Search
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Champions of the Force
 * I, Jedi
 * Children of the Jedi
 * Darksaber
 * X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth