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Lumiya

Early life


Rebirth
"The Geonosian technology responsible for giving Grievous a second life was significantly improved after the beginning of the Clone Wars. It was used in the reconstruction of Anakin Skywalker's shattered body following his battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar and, later, Darth Vader would employ the Empire's best bio-scientists to secretly refashion his dark-side pupil Shira Brie into his own image with similar technology." (Unknown Soldier, ending)

"Mara Jade could barely contain her rage. Solo had revealed the identity of the Emperor's other Hand: Roganda Ismaren. Mara knew her but had never considered Roganda anything mroe than one of Palpatine's favorite amusements. He said I was the only one, the extension of his will... While the revelation struck hard, Mara had fostered suspicions for years. During his campaign against the New Republic, Thrawn called Mara a glorified courier, like "the rest of the Emperor's Hands." But Thrawn being Thrawn, none knew whether he was divulging useful information or pulling invisible strings. In such light, denial had been simple. Memories began coming to the fore, striking out from her mind like flying splinters of a shattered vibro-ax. Mara recalled one particular encounter with absolute clarity. There'd been a cyborg covered head to heel in metallic circuitry, a woman Mara would encounter again on Caprioril. Watching her, Mara had caught her own distorted reflection on the cyborg's metal crown. The Emperor asked Mara to leave then. As she passed the woman, Mara sensed an immediate, inexplicable, and mutual animosity that descended to an atomic level&mdash;like the repulsion of magnetic polarities. Underlying the cyborg's steel gaze, she sensed mocking laughter, as if the cyborg were aware of some secret knowlegdge that Mara was not. As they parted, eyes still engaged in a silent duel of loathing, Mara peripherally heard the Emperor cackle: "Come Lumiya. You will be an extension of my will..."(EP, foreward)

Working with Isard
"Left alone, Lumiya sought ships to supplement her decimated fleet. She also petitioned Ysanne Isard for Royal Guards. Isard agreed conditionally: in exchange, Lumiya had to "remind" Imperial researchers in the Cron Drift of their loyalties and capture a wanted criminal named Mara Jade." (EP Lumiya entry)

"Luke Skywalker gave Mara his old blue-bladed lightsaber, lost at Cloud City but recovered at Wayland She used it to replace her violet saber, lost during the years she'd spent on the run from Isard and Isard's freelance enforcer, Lumiya." (NEGTC Mara entry)
 * Mission to Cron Drift&mdash;Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire.
 * Duel on Caprioril&mdash;Emperor's Pawns, Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

Into hiding
"Like Bane after the Battle of Ruusan, Lumiya plunged the Sith Order back into secrecy." (EP)

Interaction with the Yuuzhan Vong
"The Yaga Minor spaceports are now on full alert, but if the heroes reach the lab they discover that Lumiya has arrived at the same time, hoping to steal the pollen for her own purposes. Assuming the heroes survive their encounter with this Sith Lord and her escorts, they must still escape through a wall of angry Star Destroyers and TIE fighters." (IYV)

"I paid no heed while the Yuuzhan Vong ravaged the galaxy. We later sought to bring the Dark Jedi, Lumiya, into the Order but she sided with Vergere and her creation, Darth Caedus. Caedus&mdash;another Skywalker gone to the dark side&mdash;served our plans however unwittingly. He was a Sith lightning rod, attracing the Jedis' attention away from us." (Legacy)

Appearances

 * Star Wars 56: Coffin in the Clouds
 * Star Wars 57: Hello, Bespin, Goodbye
 * Star Wars 58: Sundown
 * Star Wars 60: Shira's Story
 * Star Wars 61: Screams in the Void
 * Star Wars 62: Pariah
 * Star Wars 63: The Mind Spider
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars 88: Figurehead
 * Star Wars 95: No Zeltrons
 * Star Wars 96: Duel With a Dark Lady
 * Star Wars 97: Escape
 * Star Wars 100: First Strike
 * Star Wars 107: All Together Now
 * Betrayal
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice
 * Inferno
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5