Lumiya

Lumiya was a dark side adept who was trained by Darth Vader. She proclaimed herself Dark Lady of the Sith after Palpatine and Darth Vader died in the Battle of Endor.

Biography
Born on Coruscant as Shira Elan Colla Brie, she began her service to the Empire as a pilot trainee at the Coruscanti Pilot Institute. During her final year, she transferred to the Academy of Carida to complete her training. In addition to her field and pilot training, Brie came under the Force tutelage of Darth Vader. There she got her first taste of destruction and was given free reign to test her budding powers.

After graduating from Carida, Brie was trained as an Imperial Intelligence agent, and dispatched by Vader to infiltrate the Rebel Alliance. She accomplished her infiltration with ease, working her way into Rogue Squadron, where her vivacious beauty and intelligence made her close friends, possibly romantically, with then-member Luke Skywalker. While serving with the Rebels, Brie would work alongside Kyle Katarn, Corwin Shelvay, and Erling Tredway on a mission to D'rinba IV to disable the superlaser of Death Star II. While based on the planet Arbra, Rogue Squadron was detailed to covertly attack an Imperial fleet; during the battle, Skywalker's equipment malfunctioned, and he was unable to determine which of the TIE fighters were Imperial and which were Rebel, forcing him to rely on sensing through the Force&mdash;which led to the unexpected result of shooting down Brie. While under a cloud during an investigation of how he shot down a fellow Rogue, Luke discovered that Brie's putative homeworld Shalyvane was in fact background cover for her, and that her true mission had been to discredit Luke with the Rebellion so that he would join Vader.

It was thought that she had perished in her fighter's crash; but unbeknownst to most, Vader had her damaged body nursed back to life and enhanced with cybernetic parts. Then he took her further under his tutelage, instructing her in the more advanced methods of the dark side and even some of the mystical ways of the Sith. Knowing his master would not approve of him taking an apprentice, he presented her to the Emperor as an Emperor's Hand. While Brie was training on the Sith planet Ziost, both masters perished in the Battle of Endor, so she decided the title of Sith Lady was now hers. It was there, seething with anger and determined to gain revenge, that Lumiya constructed her signature weapon: the lightwhip. Crafted from Mandalorian iron and a shard of the Kaiburr Crystal, it resembled a lightsaber, but with the ability to flex and move like a leather whip. Lumiya then set out to take revenge upon the Alliance.

On Hardessa, Lumiya attempted to kidnap Leia Organa Solo, allowing Luke Skywalker to track her to the planet Kinooine. Initially, Lumiya triumphed over Skywalker and his companions Dani and Kiro. She revealed that the reason for her success was that Skywalker's Jedi training prepared him for energy weapons or solid weapons, but not both.

After being rescued by Kiro, Skywalker constructed a shorter lightsaber, with a synthetic red blade. He confronted Lumiya again and penetrated her cyborg armor, revealing the scarred Shira Brie. Defeated, Lumiya fled in the wake of the Nagai invasion fleet.

She would later lend military support to the Tof invasion. Following the failure of the Tof invasion, Lumiya began training her own apprentices in the ways of the Dark Side, including Flint and, later, the Imperial Sovereign Protector Carnor Jax.

Imperial-class Star Destroyers

 * Behemoth
 * Fury
 * Rampage

Nebulon-B escort frigates

 * Revenant
 * Spectre

CR90 Corellian Corvettes

 * Borealis
 * Firestorm
 * Scorpion IV
 * Wolf-Pack

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars 60: Shira's Story
 * Marvel Star Wars 88: Figurehead
 * Marvel Star Wars 96: Duel With a Dark Lady
 * Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire