Pooja Naberrie/Legends

Pooja Naberrie was the younger daughter of Sola Naberrie and Darred Janren, and the niece of Padmé Amidala. This made her the first cousin of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo.

Biography


Similarly to her sister Ryoo who was named after their mother's maternal grandmother, Pooja received the name of her father's maternal grandmother. As a child, she was considered to be very talkative and like many other young children, she seemed to have a new idea for what she wanted to be when she grew up every week and often spoke of being a Senator, a teacher, a starfighter pilot, a tusk cat trainer, and even an astromech droid. It is said that she had a crush like her sister on Anakin Skywalker when he visited and she also liked playing games with him and asked a lot of questions.

Pooja, along with the rest of the Naberrie family and thousands of other Naboo, attended her aunt Padmé's funeral shortly after the Clone Wars ended.

In 6 BBY, at age 20, Pooja was appointed Naboo's representative in the Imperial Senate shortly before the Galactic Civil War by Queen Kylantha, succeeding Senator Binks. This made her a colleague of Leia Organa, the Senator of Alderaan, and the two became good friends, completely unaware of their familial relationship. She would hold the position of Senator until the Imperial Senate's dissolution in 0 BBY.

Pooja was a secret Rebel sympathizer, but also a great supporter of the Queen.

Around 36 ABY, Leia met with Pooja and told her about her discovery that Padmé was her mother, and that the two of them were cousins. She recounted to Leia her recollections of Anakin Skywalker.

Behind the scenes
Pooja is a Hindu name meaning "prayer".

The character was played by Hayley Mooy in deleted scenes of Attack of the Clones, as well as in a brief scene in Revenge of the Sith.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * Star Wars Galaxies