Jaina Solo Fel


 * "I name you Sword of the Jedi...Yours is a restless life, and never shall you know peace, though you shall be blessed for the peace you bring to others." -- Luke Skywalker.

Jaina Solo II (Born 9 ABY) was the elder of the Solo twins by five minutes, and was named after her paternal grandmother. She had two brothers, Jacen and Anakin, both younger than herself.

Childhood
She and her twin brother, Jacen, were born on Coruscant, during the final days of Grand Admiral Thrawn's attempt to retake the Galactic Core. During these times of strife, Leia and Han sequestered their children on various safeworlds, keeping them out of harm's way. After a number of attempts to capture the Solo children, the parents eventually decided to keep the family together.

On Coruscant, the twins were raised by Winter and C-3PO. As Leia was then Chief of State of the New Republic, she barely had enough time to devote to family, though she made every possible effort. As she grew older, Jaina began to notice Leia's distance more and more, a distance she would later come to resent. The headstrong Jaina showed a mechanical aptitude that made her father proud. At nine years of age, she was already flying the Millennium Falcon, and knew enough to help her father with simple repairs.

Jedi training
By the time she was 14 years old, she was already a capable pilot. She attended her Uncle Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4, honing her impressive talents in the Force, and making new and long-lasting friends, such as Lowbacca, Tenel Ka and Zekk. Surviving run-ins with the Second Imperium, the Diversity Alliance and other enemies, Jaina apprenticed herself to Mara Jade. The two bonded, and Jaina grew both as a Jedi, and as a pilot.

The Yuuzhan Vong War
Her skills behind the controls of an X-wing fighter earned her a position in the famous Rogue Squadron during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Flying as Rogue Eleven, Jaina went by the nickname "Sticks." Jaina fought tirelessly through campaigns at Borleias, Ithor, Obroa-skai and Ebaq 9, flying alongside Jag Fel.While at Ithor, Jaina met a fellow pilot named Jagged Fel, nephew of the famous pilot Wedge Antilles and an ally of the New Republic flying with a Chiss defense force. The young woman felt something stir within her, and she definitely admired Jagged Fel for his piloting skill and icy cool demeanor. She then became the leader of Twin Suns Squadron. She eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was assigned to escort her parents on diplomatic missions for the Galactic Alliance.

During a botched Jedi mission that claimed her brother Anakin Solo's life, Jaina stole a Yuuzhan Vong vessel, the Ksstarr. With their Coruscant home captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, she led the remnants of the Jedi strike force to the Hapes Cluster. On Hapes, Jaina became embroiled in court intrigue, as the scheming former Queen Mother Ta'a Chume tried to orchestrate a marriage between her son, Prince Isolder, and Jaina, in a failed bid to replace the current Queen Mother Teneniel Djo.

By closely examining the Ksstarr, Jaina realized a fundamental underpinning of Yuuzhan Vong spacefaring technology: bodies in space are recognized by their unique gravitic signature. She began exploring plans to use that knowledge against the Yuuzhan Vong. Her risky tests prove successful. Her deceptive tactics wreaked havoc with the enemy's ability to identify friends and foe, prompting her to rename the vessel Trickster. Jaina's reputation began to grow thanks to crafty disinformation spread by New Republic agents. The Yuuzhan Vong began to associate Jaina with their trickster goddess, something New Republic commanders wholeheartedly encouraged by referring to her as "Goddess," "Great One," and similar.

After the War
In last months of the war, Jaina helped recapture Coruscant. Not long later, Jaina Solo, along with her brother and a group of Jedi returned to the Unknown Regions after being called by the Force. There they discovered that Raynar Thul had survived, and had been joined to a Killik hive. Jaina and Zekk also joined the Killiks and became Joiners - non-Killiks who had been absorbed into the Killik hive mind. Their actions during the Battle of Qoribu led them to be expelled from the Taat nest. A year later, Jaina and Zekk - still Joined with each other - were tricked by Jacen into attacking a Chiss base to cause a war between the Chiss and the Killiks. Jaina was furious, and vowed that she would never fly with Jacen again.

Appearances

 * The Last Command
 * Ambush at Corellia
 * Heirs of the Force
 * Return to Ord Mantell
 * Vector Prime
 * Dark Tide: Onslaught
 * Balance Point
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Star By Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Destiny's Way
 * Ylesia
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest Trilogy
 * Or Die Trying