Miara Larte

Captain Miara Larte was a human female, the younger sister of Kaeden Larte. After participating in the uprising on Raada in the early reign of the Galactic Empire, she later became a Fulcrum agent and joined the Rebel Alliance military. She had a talent for making locks and explosives.

Biography
Miara and her family moved to the remote Outer Rim moon of Raada when she was very young. She was four years younger than her older sister, Kaeden. When Miara was ten and Kaeden was fourteen, their parents were killed in a farming accident. Kaeden, although not yet a legal adult, became Miara's guardian. Vartan, the leader of the work crew Miara and Kaeden's parents had been on, hired Kaeden as a gesture of kindness so the girls had some income. By the time Miara was fourteen, in 18 BBY, she was also working on the crew, even though she was technically too young. Vartan gave her lighter hours, due to her age. That year, Miara and Kaeden befriended "Ashla", a Togruta woman the same age as Kaeden who had recently come to Raada and set herself up as a mechanic. Miara, on Kaeden's request, installed a lock with an explosive security feature on Ashla's door. Unbeknownst to the sisters, "Ashla" was actually the former Jedi Padawan and Order 66 survivor Ahsoka Tano, who had come to the moon running from the Galactic Empire. Several weeks after Ahsoka's arrival, a Star Destroyer arrived at Raada with a garrison, as part of an Imperial plan to utilize the moon's farmland to grow a crop that leeched nutrients from the soil. Ahsoka began covertly organizing a resistance, and Miara, due to her talent for bomb-making, was swiftly included. However, the farmer Hoban, another member of Vartan's work crew, chafing at what he saw as "Ashla"'s excessive caution, secretly organized another resistance group under her nose, and included both of the Larte sisters.

Ahsoka had planned a quiet strike against the Imperial garrison, to sneak in and plant acid bombs that would destroy the legs of the garrison's walkers. Hoban, however, had secretly planned an attack on the garrison that same night, involving himself, Kaeden and his sister Neera, intending to use the sabotage mission to keep "Ashla" occupied elsewhere. Miara was with Ahsoka and Kolvin, planting the acid bombs, when Ahsoka discovered powerful explosives in her bag, which she had built at Hoban's request. Ahsoka forced Miara to come clean about Hoban's plans, and sent Miara to Selda's cantina while she tried to rescue the farmers. In the futile attack, Hoban was killed, Kaeden was arrested, and Ahsoka exposed herself as a Force-user. Ahsoka rescued Kaeden, and the Larte sisters, Kolvin, and the traumatized Neera were forced to hide in the caves outside of town that Ahsoka had been preparing, while she herself had to leave, promising to return eventually.

For many weeks, Miara, Kaeden, Neera and Kolvin lived in the caves, playing many games of crokin. Kaeden had suffered a broken arm while in Imperial custody. During this time, an Inquisitor, the Sixth Brother, came to Raada looking for Ahsoka. He located the rebels' hideout, and demanded Kaeden surrender herself. The rebels prepared to ambush him, but Miara, on Kaeden's request, was stunned by Neera so she couldn't come along. She awoke to find her sister missing and Neera and Kolvin dead, slaughtered by the Inquisitor. When Ahsoka returned to Raada shortly thereafter, she found Miara camping a few hours' walk out of town, and Miara told her what had happened. Ahsoka, before rescuing Kaeden, sent Miara to Selda and Vartan to inform them of the arrangements in place for the evacuation of the people of Raada, made with the help of Bail Organa. Miara and Kaeden were evacuated on the Tantive IV, which was the last ship to leave. Miara was fascinated by the rebel pilots, and expressed interest in fighting for the rebellion once she was old enough.

Once she was of age, Miara did. Over the years before the Battle of Yavin, she served as a Fulcrum agent and a pilot, eventually working in the Alderaanian consular security. In O ABY, she was present at the Great Temple of Massassi on Yavin 4 for the medal ceremony honouring the heroes of Yavin.

Appearances

 * Ahsoka
 * "By Whatever Sun"&mdash;From a Certain Point of View