Dineé Ellberger/Legends

"Whats that? Its blowing up from the inside. We didn't hit it."

- Ellberger and Ric Olié, watching the Droid Control Ship explode over Naboo

Ellberger was a female Human whose homeworld was the planet Naboo during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. At one point, she had been a troubleshooter of computer systems for years, which gave her a substantial amount of technical experience. Later, she became a member of the Royal Naboo Security Forces, and served as an officer in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps. During the time of the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation in 32 BBY, Ellberger was part of Bravo Squadron, which was also known as Bravo Flight, as Bravo Five. As a part of Bravo Squadron she flew an N-1 starfighter called Bravo 5, which had excellent maneuvering capabilities.

She was one of the pilots that was with Bravo Squadron when Bravo Leader Ric Olié called for all N-1 starfighters to attack the droid control ship that was controlling the Trade Federation's invasion army. During the attack, the weapons on the Naboo pilots' N-1 starfighters weapon systems could not penetrate the control ship's deflector shields, but a young boy named Anakin Skywalker flew an N-1 starfighter into the ship's hangar and fired proton torpedoes into the ship's reactor core. As Skywalker flew out of the ship, Ellberger noticed that the ship was exploding from the inside and informed Ric Olié of the event, which caused the pilots to celebrate their victory over the control ship. The ship eventually exploded, leaving Ellberger and the other surviving pilots of Bravo Squadron to return to the surface of Naboo.

Biography
Elberger was a Human female who lived during the last years of the Galactic Republic. Her homeworld was the planet Naboo, and her first career was as a computer systems troubleshooter. During this period of her life, Ellberger had some unpleasant experiences, but she did gain a large amount of technical experience. Later in her life, Ellberger became a part of the Royal Naboo Security Forces as a pilot in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps. By the year 32 BBY,, she had enough piloting experience to fly one of the Royal Naboo's N-1 starfighters. During that year, Ellberger was a member of Bravo Squadron, also known as Bravo Flight, which was led by Bravo Leader Ric Olié. She flew in the squadron as Bravo Five and piloted a maneuverable N-1 starfighter with the same name as her callsign. During her time flying as part of Bravo Squadron, Ellberger was an officer, and her fellow pilots did not discuss her unpleasant past.

During the year 32 BBY, the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo and dispatched their Droid Army to take control of the world. After Naboo's Queen Amidala returned from the galactic capital planet of Coruscant, where she had failed to receive aid from the Galactic Senate against the invasion, a plan was made to defeat the Droid Army. A key part of the plan involved destroying the Trade Federation's droid control ship. Ric Olié ordered all of Naboo's N-1 starfighers to converge on the control ship, and Ellberger was one of the pilots who was part of the attack force. She was with the rest of Bravo Squadron as they approached the control ship, out of which poured a large number of droid starfighters that proceeded to attack the Naboo pilots. During the battle against the fighters, Ellberger used her technical knowledge to foresee and counteract the droid starfighter's tactics in order to aid the squadron. As the attack commenced on the droid control ship, Ellberger and her fellow pilots were informed by Ric Olié that the deflector shields on the ship were too strong for the weapons on their fighter's to penetrate. As Ellberger and the rest of the Squadron continued to attack the control ship, an N-1 starfigher flown by a boy named Anakin Skywalker entered the battle and flew inside of one of the control ship's hangars. Skywalker then fired proton torpedoes into the ship's reactor core which caused the ship to explode from the inside. Ellberger noticed these explosions and reported them to the rest of the squadron as Skywalker flew his fighter out of the hangar. As the Naboo pilots celebrated their victory, Ellberger flew back to Naboo with the other surviving members of the squadron, while the droid control ship exploded&mdash;deactivating the Droid Army it controlled.

Personality and traits
Ellberger was skilled as a computer systems troubleshooter and was also a pilot with some experience. When flying her N-1 starfighter, she was able to stay a threat to a ship she was targeting for as long as she possibly could. During the battle over Naboo, Ellberger's technical experience allowed her to help Bravo Squadron counteract the battle strategies of the droid starfighters. She had a sour past that her squadmates did not speak about. Ellberger had green eyes, fair skin, and brown hair.

Equipment
Officer Ellberger flew Bravo 5, an N-1 starfighter with good evasion capabilities as part of Bravo Squadron. Bravo 5 manueverability helped Ellberger oppose her targets for as long as possible. She possessed a blaster pistol for her personal weapon. As a pilot in the Royal Naboo Space Fighter Corps, Ellberger wore the standard flight suit that was worn by other pilots in Bravo Squadron during the time of the Invasion of Naboo.

Behind the scenes
"I was up for the part of Darth Vader's mother in the new Star Wars films but I didn't get it, which I was upset about! But they offered me the part of a fighter pilot instead."

- Celia Imrie in an interview about her role as Ellberger

Ellberger was portrayed by British actress Celia Imrie in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a 1999 film written and directed by George Lucas. In the credits at the end of the film, Imrie is credited as playing the role of "Fighter Pilot Bravo 5" who was later named Ellberger. The uniforms created for the Naboo pilots, including Imrie's character, were originally conceived of as sketches by artist Iain McCaig, who based them off of World War I flying uniforms. Imrie originally auditioned for the role of Shmi Skywalker, but when Pernilla August was chosen for the role, Imrie received the role of Bravo 5 instead. During the same year Episode I came out, she was pictured in the Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, a software-based guide to Episode I that was produced by LucasArts. However, she did not appear in the novelization for The Phantom Menace, and her line of dialogue about the droid control ship blowing up from the inside was spoken by Bravo Two. In 2001, Ellberger first received a name on a card of her from Theed Palace Limited, the eleventh and final expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game released by Decipher, Inc. She was also mentioned and pictured on the "Bravo 5" card from the same set. Ellberger had an entry in the official Databank on StarWars.com before it was taken off the site in 2011. In 2008, she was given an entry in the Del Rey's The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. In the encyclopedia, Ellberger was also mentioned in the entry for Bravo Squadron.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Manga: The Phantom Menace 2
 * Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 4
 * Star Wars Manga: The Phantom Menace 2