Norra Wexley

Norra Wexley, originally known as Norra Susser, was a female rebel pilot from the planet Akiva who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and New Republic during the Galactic Civil War. After coming home to Akiva after the destruction of the Second Death Star, she worked to sabotage the Imperial Future Council meeting on the planet, and eventually reentered service to the New Republic.

Biography
Norra Wexley was from the planet of Akiva and lived in the capital of Myrra. She was married to Brentin Lore Wexley, who worked with the Rebel Alliance before the Rebel Alliance even formally existed. When Brentin was arrested and taken away by a group of stormtroopers, she was left to raise their son, Temmin, on her own. Missing her husband, who was never heard from again, she left her twelve year old son with his aunt and joined the Rebel Alliance. She always held out hope that her journeys would help her find her husband again.

Initially, her role in the Rebel Alliance was as a simple freighter pilot, ferrying people, cargo, or messages across the galaxy. However, before the Battle of Endor, Captain Wedge Antilles spoke to her, requesting that she fly with them in the battle because they desperately needed her piloting skills. She reluctantly accepted, and flew a Y-wing in the battle. Led by Lando Calrissian, she flew into the Death Star, drawing the attention of many TIE fighters away from the Millennium Falcon but expecting to die in the process. Although she took a lot of fire and lost her astromech droid, she survived the battle. She received a medal for her service that day, although she was haunted by those memories for a long time afterwards.

Akiva
After the battle, she returned to her homeworld with the goal of taking care of her son once again. She quickly found that he resented her for leaving and was a fully independent man, despite being only fifteen, and had turned their home into a business. She then intercepted a distress call from Wedge Antilles, who was captured by the Galactic Empire while observing an emergency Imperial summit over Akiva. She could not refuse the call of duty and decided she must do something to help. Working with her son, his droid Mister Bones, a bounty hunter named Jas Emari, and an ex-Imperial loyalty officer named Sinjir Rath Velus, they came up with a plan to disrupt the meeting. Norra stole a TIE fighter and used it to destroy the Imperial shuttles, but crashed and was presumed to be dead. To her surprise, she survived by finding out that TIE fighters really did have an ejector seat. When they approached the palace where the meeting was being held, they were apprehended by Admiral Rae Sloane and a contingent of stormtroopers, who took them into custody. Using the Golden Harp to escape the planet, the Imperials brought Norra with them, and with the help of her team, was able to escape custody. In space, the Battle of Akiva was raging, after the New Republic also heard Captain Antilles' plea for help. When the Golden Harp crashed into the Vigilance, Norra stole a TIE fighter and took it into the battle to chase down Sloane, who was in a Lambda-class shuttle and attempting to flee. In the chase, Norra's ship was heavily damaged, and she woke up days later from a coma, returning to full health with time. Admiral Gial Ackbar presented her with a second medal for her service on Akiva. Afterwards, she reentered service to the New Republic and worked with her new team to hunt down Imperial targets.

Appearances

 * Aftermath