Alema Rar

Alem'arar, better known as Alema Rar, was a Twi'lek Jedi Knight during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Alema and her sister Numa were trained by Twi'lek Jedi Master Daeshara'cor. During the Dark Nest crisis, she became a Joiner of the Gorog nest of Killiks, leading their forces as the Night Herald against her former comrades.

The Yuuzhan Vong War (27 ABY–30 ABY)
"Embrace the pain, scarhead."

- Alema Rar

This blue-skinned Twi'lek, along with her sister Numa Rar, was one of the founders and leaders of the Yuuzhan Vong resistance force on New Plympto. When the Yuuzhan Vong decided to destroy New Plympto because of the aggravation of the resistance, Alema and her sister sneaked out aboard Nebula Chaser. However, Yuuzhan Vong caught the vessel and sent voxyn, Jedi-sensing destroyers, aboard. The voxyn found the Twi'lek sisters and while the sister Jedi fought these monsters, one of them sprayed acid at Numa's face, eating it away and killing her even as Alema dragged her into an escape pod. Soon, Numa died from the acid. Not long after, Alema was then rescued by Jaina Solo and Mara Jade Skywalker as they had been nearby searching for the two sisters.

Alema later participated in the Jedi strike against the voxyn. She was one of the few Jedi who survived. However, the loss of her sister, coupled with the disaster drove her into near paranoia.



Alema traveled first to Hapes with the rest of the remaining strike team, but then soon departed with Han and Leia Organa Solo to Borleias. When the Millennium Falcon reverted into the Borleias system, and found themselves in the middle of a Vong fleet, Alema helped man one of the gun turrets and safeguard the Falcon. Alema assisted in the Battle of Borleias which was technically lost, although it represented a great moral victory.

She later joined with Admiral Kre'fey's military fleet, along with many other Jedi, and helped develop the Jedi mind meld. Alema was also one of the Jedi to be knighted at this time on Mon Calamari. She would then fight in the Battle of Ebaq 9, which brought victory to the New Republic. Alema would later bond with seed partners and fly a Zonama Sekotan Fighter in defense of Zonama Sekot against the Yuuzhan Vong.

Dark Nest Crisis (35 ABY–36 ABY)
"You saw this coming, didn't you?" "Not this &mdash; not Gorog. But I knew Alema would fall."

- Jacen Solo and Luke Skywalker

At the beginning of the Dark Nest crisis, Alema became a Joiner of the Gorog nest, and turned on Han and Leia at Woteba, and, later, Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker. On Qoribu's moon, Kr, Alema's arm was severely maimed by Luke's lightsaber, who mercifully let her crawl to a tunnel, and escape. Luke would later claim that, due to the loss of her sister, it wasn't so much if Alema would turn to the dark side, but when.

Over the next year, Alema continued to serve under the Dark Nest's influence, becoming the new Night Herald. A year following the Qoribu debacle, Alema encountered Luke and Han on Woteba, the new home of the Saras Nest under the leadership of Raynar Thul (now known as UnuThul). She tried to plant seeds of doubt in Luke and Han, over Mara's past life as Emperor's Hand in order to hide the presence of Lomi Plo, who was also a Joiner of the Dark Nest.

Later on, Alema led the Gorog into battle against the Galactic Alliance in the area of the Utegetu Nebula known as the Murgo Choke. After boarding the Alliance cruiser, Admiral Ackbar, Alema encountered Leia, who over the past year trained in the ways of the Jedi under Saba Sebatyne. The two engaged in lightsaber combat, and Alema proved to be a worthy opponent of Leia, beating her to the point of almost knocking her unconsious. However, Leia was able to sever one of her lekku, and the Dark Jedi was forced to flee.

She later died in the Swarm War during another duel with Leia on Tenupe. While trying to coax a native carnivore into eating Leia, she caught Alema off-guard and knocked her into the creature's path. Before she could properly react, the carnivore pulled her into its mouth and made off with her struggling form. In her last battle, Alema used a dark blue (almost black) lightsaber. Her body, however, was not found, and it was assumed that it had been entirely eaten. The Chiss were less than pleased with the Alliance's answer, saying that they "preferred certainties to presumptions."

In 40 ABY Alema survived her death and sought to kill Jacen.

Appearances

 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * Destiny's Way
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Tempest