Alexandra Winger

"Hey, have you ever known me to take chances?"

- Alex Winger

Alexandra "Alex" Winger was a Force-sensitive female Human. Her biological father was Matt Turhaya, but she grew up as the adopted daughter of the Imperial Governor of Garos IV, Tork Winger.

Biography
Born in 11 BBY, Alex spent much of her early childhood with relatives on Janara III while her father served aboard the Relentless. In 5 BBY, an Imperial raid devastated the city where she was staying, and Alex was dug from the rubble by Lieutenant Chanceller. Chanceller's superior officer, Senior Lieutenant Brandei, offered the girl for adoption to his old friend Tork Winger.

Her Force-sensitivity first manifested itself in dreams about future events&mdash;dreams which, most of the time, came true. She often dreamed that she was climbing the Tahika Cliffs, accompanied by a man with sandy brown hair and deep blue eyes&mdash;a man she had never met in real life. Another recurring dream was a vivid nightmare of how her biological parents died in an Imperial attack on her original homeworld. Through the Force, she was also able to sense imminent danger and pick up the presence of other life forms.

By her late teens, Alex had become a resistance fighter on Garos IV. She routinely took advantage of her father's position as planetary governor to actively participate with her friends in the Garosian resistance's missions and guerrilla ambushes. The resistance's efforts were focused particularly on sabotaging the production of a rare ore vital to Imperial cloaking device projects.



Extremely intelligent, Alex attended the University of Garos and was one of the best students the university had ever seen, excelling in virtually every course. A graceful and beautiful young woman, many of her male fellow students were romantically interested in her. Among these were Lej Carner, whom she found disgusting, and the clumsy but charming Trad Mays, with whom she was secretly infatuated with for some time.

She also renewed her acquaintance with Dair Haslip, an old family friend who she had first met at the time of her adoption. About a decade older than Alex, Haslip was an Imperial officer and a secret member of the resistance on Garos IV. In order to avoid suspicion, Alex and Dair would pretend that they were having a secret love affair, but many of their romantic night time escapades were espionage missions in reality. Their feigned relationship would eventually develop into genuine feelings of attraction and infatuation, especially on the behalf of Dair.



Early in 10 ABY, Alex traveled to the Imperial fortress world of Sarahwiee to rescue captured comrade Carl Barzon. There she discovered that the blue-eyed man in her recurring dreams was none other than the Jedi Luke Skywalker, who was leading the Katarn Commandos on a mission for the New Republic. As they escaped the Imperial facility, they shared a stolen kiss and parted with a sense that they would meet again someday.

The next decade or so of Alex's career is less well-documented. Beyond the established fact that Alex eventually joined the New Republic, not much is known. Her dreams and Force visions, however, would suggest that she became an X-wing pilot, flying with Blue Squadron as Blue Four. In 9 ABY, she dreamed that she would be captured by Captain Brandei's Star Destroyer Judicator and interrogated by the man who sought to turn her into a loyal Imperial in her youth. Luke Skywalker remained a recurring figure in these dreams, teaching her the ways of the Force and seeing her off in a capital ship's hangar as her X-wing squadron prepared to launch on a mission. Another recurring dream featured the two of them climbing the Tahika Cliffs on Garos IV together; this dream may have evolved into her vision of Sarahwiee, but it may also indicate another aspect of their relationship.

By 19 ABY, Alex Winger was a captain in the New Republic Defense Fleet. During the Battle of Yaga Minor toward the end of the Galactic Civil War, she commanded the Webley.

Prior to the Battle of Yaga Minor, Alex lost her fingers in a yet-to-be-revealed accident. Much like Luke Skywalker, she had her hand fitted with prosthetic replacement fingers.

Behind the scenes

 * Author Charlene Newcomb had developed plans to continue Alex's adventures that were curtailed by the abrupt cancellation of the Star Wars Adventure Journal series.
 * Charlene has indicated that she intended Alex to become a Jedi, but to date no canonical source has reflected this.

Appearances

 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vision of the Future