Taneetch Soonta

"You've given me a lot to think about. That is, if I can get us out of here."

- Luke Skywaler to Taneetch Soonta

Taneetch Soonta was a female Rodian and sales executive for Utheel Outfitters and the Chekkoo clan. Her uncle, Huulik, was a Jedi.

Biography
A native of Rodia and member of the Chekkoo clan of the Bedu continent, Taneetch Soonta came to harbor feelings against the Chattza clan and the the Empire. When she was young, she met her uncle, the Jedi Knight Huulik, a few times while he was on the planet on Jedi business, and he seemed to be "the very personification of honor" to her. She also came to know the name of Obi-Wan Kenobi after his assistance in rescuing a kidnapped child from another clan during the Clone Wars.

Eventually, Soonta came to be a sales executive for Uthell Outfiteers, passively resisting the Grand Protector and the Empire.

During the Galactic Civil War, Soonta met Luke Skywalker during his tour around the clan's manufacturing facilities, introducing herself as the sales executive of Utheel Outfitters. The next morning, the Rodian met Skywalker to have breakfast together and discuss the terms of a weapons' deal between the Rebel Alliance and the Chekkoo. However, she noticed Skywalker's lightsaber among his tunics and waited for their server to depart with their orders to politely ask him about his sleep and if he, in fact, was carrying lightsaber. Wary of souring relationships with the Chekkoo, he hesitated to tell her truth, but Soonta openly confessed her view of the Jedi did not align with that of the Empire.

Catching Skywalker's attention, Soonta continued to speak about his uncle, his connection to another Skywalker, and his untimely demise. She later accepted Skywalker's offer to pay his respects, and proposed for them to test speeder bikes while on their way to the tomb. Soonta led Skywalker through the jungle and urged Skywalker to dismount them quickly and move from the water's edge in case there was a ghest. When her suspicions were proven correct and one of the speeder bike was badly damaged by one of them, Soonta and Skywalker entered her uncle's tomb after paying her respects—with Soonta kneeling before the grave and saying a few things in her native language. Inside the tomb, she allowed Skywalker to have the deceased Jedi's lightsaber and surmised he could kill the ghest before it could kill them by using his two lightsabers. As Skywalker defeated the creature, Soonta drove the reamining speeder with the wounded Rebel and helped him reach the infirmary.

Personality and traits
Soft-spoken and polite, Soonta was a sharp woman who believed "the victors' view of history rarely matches that of the vanquished." She had a keen eye to notice small details, such as when she noticed Skywalker's lightsaber concealed under his tunic.

Appearances

 * Heir to the Jedi