Rianna Saren

Rianna Saren was a female Twi'lek who was enslaved for the Galactic Empire by a ruthless Zabrak slaver, Zarien Kheev. As a teenager, she escaped on Coruscant to become a criminal and mercenary. She eventually released the droid Zeeo from Imperial control after he saved her from a Black Sun smuggler, and she was able to put his knowledge of Imperial data systems to good use. Zeeo was her only companion.

Due to her painful past, Rianna had a sizeable arrogant streak, and was obsessed with exacting vengeance againat the Empire. She was also shunned by her own people for unknown reasons. A few months before the Battle of Yavin, she was hired by the Rebel Alliance to uncover the Empire's secret Death Star project and played a role in stealing the Death Star plans. During the course of her mission, she came face to face with the source of her vengeance – her old nemesis, Kheev.

Personality and traits
Rianna was arrogant, self-reliant, and preferred to operate alone – traits she wore in response to the emotional scars left over from her life as a slave.

She was highly athletic and agile, being able to pull off acrobatic manoevers that were not only stunning to behold in their own right, but also with uncanny grace.

Fighting moves
During Rianna's mission, she mastered several martial arts moves:
 * Dual Cannon
 * Hammer of Ryloth
 * Winds of Mustafar

Weapons
Rianna also wielded a small arsenal of weapons with her on missions. She had a spring-knife, called the Thorn of Ryloth, which she wore on the upper side of her left wrist. With this weapon and her skills in martial arts, she was a dangerous enemy in hand-to-hand combat. She also wielded several blasters, including:


 * A modified DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
 * A heavy blaster pistol
 * A modified E-11 blaster rifle

Behind the scenes

 * Rianna Saren was voiced by Julianne Buescher, the same voice actress who provided the voice of Aeron Azzameen.
 * After an unsuccessful escape attempt, Kheev severed one of her head-tails, which Rianna replaced with a prosthetic.
 * There are some inaccuracies contradicting the 1995 PC game Star Wars: Dark Forces where the Death Star plans are stolen by Kyle Katarn on Danuta. Another error is also regarding Katarn, where in Dark Forces he is a shaved young man, and in Lethal Alliance is bearded and older, as seen in New Republic era publications (Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and later).

Appearances

 * Death Star Designer
 * Star Wars: Lethal Alliance