Allana Solo

Allana was the Force-sensitive daughter of Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka Djo. As the Chume'da of the Hapes Consortium, Allana was expected to ascend to the Hapan throne one day in the future.

Biography
"I'm not there for her. I'm not seeing her grow up. I don't even have a holo of her."

- Jacen's thoughts on Allana

When Jacen talked with Tenel Ka about borrowing a Hapan fleet to help the Killiks in their battle against the Chiss, she agreed, on the condition that he spend one night with her. That time they spent together resulted in Tenel Ka becoming pregnant.

Tenel Ka carried and concealed the baby for twelve months by using the Force, but after Allana was born, Jacen was forced into saving her from an unhappy Ta'a Chume. Due to this assassination attempt, the couple decided to keep the identity of the baby's father a secret to protect her from angered Hapan nobles. Ben Skywalker, who was still joined to the Gorog nest, accidentally discovered Allana's paternity; all mention of Allana and the visit to Hapes was wiped from his mind by Jacen.

Even during the Jedi convocation at Ossus, Jacen and Tenel Ka would not reveal that Jacen was Allana's father to Han and Leia Organa Solo, Allana's paternal grandparents. Leia surmised her son knew who the father was, but did not suspect Jacen. Luke Skywalker speculated that Tenel Ka's reluctance to talk about Allana meant that she was blemished in someway&mdash;a fate the Hapans considered to be worse than death.

"Yedi are supposed to be stwong!"

- Allana to Jacen

During the Confederation-Galactic Alliance War, Allana and her mother were marked for death by both Jacen Solo, as a sacrifice for his Sith training although he unhesitantly changed his mind towards his parents instead later, and Corellian leaders, as part of a plot to remove Tenel Ka and her heir from the Hapan throne in order to let a pro-Corellian relative take control. Her Solo grandparents, who still didn't know about their blood ties to Allana, could not stand by and watch the Corellians attempt to murder her and her mother. Allana served as the primary motivation for Jacen's extreme actions since he loved her far more than any other person. After a nearly successful assassination attempt on Allana's and Tenel Ka's lives by the assassin Aurra Sing whom went under the alias Nashtah, Tenel Ka decided to leave Allana with her father on the Anakin Solo until it was safe enough for her to return to Hapes.

However, even as battle raged over Hapes, the Star Destroyer's security was not enough to deter Sing, who easily snuck aboard and defeated Allana's security droid. Only the personal intervention of her father Jacen saved the young Chume'da, as he kept the assassin from reaching Allana despite many personal injuries. When Sing was knocked down temporarily, Allana approached her and injected her with a sleep stick, knocking her out. She was later reunited with her mother on Hapes, although she again had to be hidden from the Skywalkers.

Shortly after leaving Coruscant after becoming co-Chief of State, Jacen visted Allana. He gave her a stuffed tauntaun, named Jacen, to see if Allana and Tenel Ka were not his sacrifice. He left a short time later, only to kill Mara Jade.

Behind the scenes

 * For a long time when rumors came out that there would be a new birth during the Dark Nest Trilogy, it was assumed that Jaina Solo would be the character having a child. After Dark Nest I: The Joiner King came out, many started to speculate that Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka would be the characters having a child.


 * During Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen, when the character of Allana was first introduced, the baby remained nameless. Many fans started speculating what the child would be named. Some even wondered if Allana would be named Padmé, after her paternal great-grandmother, Padmé Amidala, because Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo had just discovered the identity of their mother.


 * According to Troy Denning (a.k.a. TailOne), in his official thread on theforce.net forums, Allana was named after the founder of the Force-sensitive Witches of Dathomir, Allya, and the brother of Jacen Solo, Anakin Solo (All + Ana=Allana). She was not named in The Unseen Queen because Tenel Ka wanted Jacen to be a part of choosing her name.

Appearances

 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice
 * Inferno