Winter Celchu

Winter was an operative of Alliance Intelligence with a photographic memory who played a central role in a number of key Rebel Alliance and New Republic operations. She also served a vital role as Leia Organa's best friend, aide and confidante.

Biography
Winter was the only child of Sheltay Retrac and an unknown Alderaanian artist (possibly Ob Khaddar). Her parents both died when Winter was still young.

Ever since being adopted by Bail Organa, she had been Leia's best friend and companion. With a natural grace and poise, she was often mistaken for Princess Leia by visitors to Alderaan's court.



When the Rebellion began, Winter was heavily involved with many of the operations, partly because she was unassuming and non threatening but mainly because of her photographic memory. She participated in several Rebel undercover missions with various code names such as Targeter. In 3 BBY Winter participated in a Rebel alliance meeting on Cloud City organized by Bria Tharen. Winter represented Alderaan alongside Hric Dalhney and a Caamasi named Ylenic It'kla.

In the early period after the Battle of Endor, Winter served as a pilot in Rogue Squadron. She participated in missions including the capture of Brentaal and the squadron's rescue of Imperial defector Sate Pestage. After she left the squadron, she readopted the name "Targeter" and continued to work as a New Republic agent. She was instrumental in the New Republic capture of Coruscant; she and Iella Wessiri initially infiltrated the planet and set the stage for the Rogue Squadron commando team to arrive. Once they did, she continued working with them to disable the planetary shields and call the New Republic fleet to attack.

Eventually, Winter became the caretaker of Leia Organa Solo's three children, the twins Jacen and Jaina, and their younger brother Anakin. For the first two or three years of their lives, all three children were kept safe on the secret planetoid of Anoth to protect them from enemies such as the Empire. Winter was one of the few people who knew Anoth's actual location, and she served as the primary caregiver of the children until they returned to live on Coruscant. When an Imperial strike team led by Ambassador Furgan invaded Anoth in 11 ABY trying to kidnap Anakin, Winter kept him safe by triggering the base's defenses and fighting the Imperials back on her own.

Once the children did return to Coruscant to live with their parents however, they found it difficult at first to adjust being raised by someone other than Winter.

Throughout the years and the missions, Winter became involved in a relationship with fellow Alderaanian, Tycho Celchu of Rogue Squadron, whom she eventually married.

In her later years, Winter had taken to aiding former New Republic Admiral Ackbar in his pursuit to bring safety and recovery to the aquatic world of Mon Calamari.

Winter's perfect memory made her a useful spy for the New Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Eventually, however, this ability would cause her some emotional difficulty, as she remembered every experience, even the most painful, in complete detail.

Appearances

 * The Princess Leia Diaries
 * Rebel Dawn
 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * River of Chaos
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command
 * Dark Empire II
 * Empire's End
 * The Other
 * Jedi Search
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Champions of the Force
 * Children of the Jedi
 * Darksaber
 * The Crystal Star
 * The New Rebellion
 * Star Wars: Union
 * Balance Point
 * Destiny's Way
 * The Unifying Force
 * Betrayal