Rhondi Tremaine

"What is a body, but the Force given form?"

- Rhondi Tremaine, to Ben Skywalker, on the Force sustaining one's body

Rhondi Tremaine was a Human female who was born on the Maw colony and a member of the Maw Irregular Fleet in the Maw. With her almost Rolund Tremaine, they were used to gather information as spies. In 41 ABY, when Centerpoint Station was destroyed, both siblings felt a call through the Force to journey to Sinkhole Station, a scaled down version of Centerpoint. At Sinkhole, the two siblings joined the Mind Walkers, Force-sensitives that completely immersed themselves in the Force by separating their force auras from their physical bodies. In 43.5 ABY, exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker and his son Ben boarded the station during their search to discover why Jacen Solo fell to the dark side.

When Luke was mind walking, Ben started to feel paranoia, and believed that the Mind Walkers were trying to kill them. To insure his and his father's safety, Ben made Rhondi take him beyond shadows to see Luke. To make sure that he wouldn't be killed there he sealed Rolund in the next room, placing a detonator on the other door. While the Skywalkers were beyond shadows, a group of Sith from Kesh arrived at the station to kill the Skywalkers. After Rhondi and the Skywalkers had returned from beyond shadows, the Keshiri Sith set off the detonator that Ben had placed in the room Rolund was trapped in. When Rhondi ran to the door she was killed when her head was impaled by a lightsaber from one of the Sith who was slicing open the sealed door.

Early life
"You see, it is nothing to die beyond shadows. But to live trapped in a body, that is&hellip;anguish."

- Rhondi Tremaine's views on "Beyond Shadows"

The Human female Rhondi Tremaine was born in the Maw sometime between. She lived on a colony that belonged to a secret fleet that had been established by Admiral Natasi Daala. While still young, Rhondi and her brother, Rolund Tremaine, were deemed unfit to serve in the military due to their Force sensitivity. Instead, as the two grew older, they were used as spies for the colony. Rhondi had assignments varying from retrieving information to stealing ships for the Irregular Fleet. This espionage group was so skilled that Daala was able to keep the colony flourishing.

The Tremaines served this group for a decade until the Second Galactic Civil War. When Centerpoint Station was destroyed, Rhondi and all the other Force-sensitives in the secret fleet had terrible longings to return to their homes. When their requests to leave were denied, they soon became extremely paranoid. This paranoia quickly grew to the point that Rhondi and the others believed the whole war was being fought just to expose them. Those affected quickly began deserting all at once, and stole ships to get to the heart of the Maw. There, they found Sinkhole Station, a smaller replica of Centerpoint and the home of the Mind Walkers. Rhondi and her brother joined the Mind Walkers and discovered that these beings could separate their Force presences from their physical bodies in order to go to a place called the beyond shadows. They did this by meditating then imagining the number one. Then two and when they reached seven they would be completely severed.

Aiding the Skywalkers
"Then you'll be returning beyond shadows with us? I'm sure you'll find it very...enlightening."

- Rhondi Tremaine to Luke Skywalker on "Beyond Shadows"

After being with the Mind Walkers for two years, Rhondi met Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker and his son Ben when they visited Sinkhole Station on their journey to discover why Jacen Solo had fallen to the dark side of the Force. While Luke was Beyond Shadows, Rhondi and Rolund often visited Ben in the Jade Shadow. The trio talked, while the siblings often ate food from the Shadow's stock.

On one of their visits, the siblings learned from Ben that Luke's hydration tube kept falling from his mouth and that Ben was going to put Luke on an IV. Rhondi and Rolund gave each other a worried glance since they knew it wasn't falling out, but someone was removing it. When Ben realized this he questioned the siblings. Rhondi explained that the Force would sustain Luke, and he didn't need food. Then she admitted that they were only eating his food to help him realize he didn't need it, only the Force. Ben began to believe that the Mind Walkers were trying to kill him. He sealed Rhondi's brother into a room and shackled her to the floor with a pair of stun cuffs. Rhondi pleaded for her brother's life, but was forced to take Ben beyond shadows. To insure the Skywalkers safety, Ben made it so that if he was killed beyond shadows then both Rhondi and her brother would die.

Together, they went beyond shadows, where they found Luke near the Lake of Apparitions. A lake where one had to follow a certain path or fall into the depths and see and comunicate with Force ghosts. Across the lake in the mists, they could see a woman who was trying to draw them to her. Luke decided to talk to the woman, and Rhondi guided the Skywalkers toward the figure, warning them to stay immediately behind her lest they fall into the depths, where they couldn't be saved. Along the way, Rhondi watched as the Skywalkers talked to the Force ghost of Anakin Solo, Luke's cousin who died in the Yuuzhan Vong War. They also spoke to Mara Jade Skywalker, Luke's wife who was killed by Jacen during the Second Galactic Civil War, and Jacen Solo. When the three returned to their physical bodies, the Skywalkers asked Rhondi if the spirits they had met were real, and she suggested that the Lake was a place where Force ghosts could reside.

Unknown to those on Sinkhole Station, a Sith strike team from the Lost Tribe of Sith had arrived on the station with the intent of killing the Skywalkers. While recovering from her journey Beyond Shadows, a detonator went off in the room where Ben had left Rolund. Rhondi rushed to the sealed door and began pounding on it, but before the Skywalkers could stop her, a lightsaber from one of the Sith pierced through the door and into Rhondi's head, killing her instantly.

Personality and traits
"If you want grandchildren someday, you need to have a conversation with your son about how to talk to the ladies."

- Rhondi Tremaine, to Luke Skywalker, after Ben shackes her to the floor with stun cuffs

Rhondi Tremaine had a strong connection to her brother Rolund. They served side by side under Admiral Daala's command for many years and remained together after joining the Mind Walkers at Sinkhole Station. The two siblings had similar expressions, and maintained a strong Force bond. When Ben Skywalker threatened Rolund's life by trapping him in a sealed room, Rhondi protested loudly and begged Ben to stop. Eventually, she struck a deal with Ben to save Rolund's life, even though the Mind Walkers believed that nothing mattered except the Force, not even death.

Behind the scenes
Rhondi Tremaine was created by author Troy Denning for Abyss, the third novel in the nine-part Fate of the Jedi series.

Appearances

 * Abyss