Rumi Paramita

"Four on one is hardly a fair fight, even for a Jedi."

―Rumi Paramita^[6]

Rumi Paramita was a female Frenk who worked as a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars. She was a member of a cadre of bounty hunters led by the Zabrak mercenary Sugi, who were hired to defend a village of Felucian farmers from the Ohnaka Gang on the planet Felucia. She was armed with the IQA-11 sniper rifle. She was killed by Pikk Mukmuk during a skirmish between the bounty hunters and the Ohnaka Gang.

Biography[]

"I seem to find myself light on company."

―Sugi's report after Paramita's death^[6]

Rumi Paramita blaster — Rumi aimed her blaster at Weequay pirates.

Rumi Paramita was a Frenk female^[4] who in 21 BBY,^[2] joined Sugi's group of bounty hunters after Casiss Midagatis hired them to protect his Felucian farming village on against the raids by the Ohnaka Gang. Paramita witnessed the arrival of the trio of Jedi; Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano on the planet. After Sugi informed the Jedi she viewed them as threats to her clients, Paramita snuck up on the Jedi and aimed her IQA-11 sniper rifle at them. After the Jedi finished debating with Sugi, they were still not convinced the four bounty hunters and their Felucian farmer clients were enough to defeat the pirates.^[6]

When the Weequay pirates attacked Akira on Starhawk speeder bikes, Kenobi was surprised to discover Hondo Ohnaka was the leader of the pirate gang. As a result, the Jedi agreed to aid Paramita and the other bounty hunters train the villagers to defend themselves against future raids. Paramita was not only a major help as the villagers learned to fight, but she also assisted with the farmers' harvest.^[6]

Soon after, a second attack transpired. Paramita was positioned on top of a building, which gave her a clear line of fire to act as a sniper. As Ohnaka dueled Skywalker, his pet Kowakian monkey-lizard Pikk Mukmuk, fired the cannon on Ohnaka's WLO-5 speeder tank at Paramita, causing her to fall off the roof and kill her.^[6] It was a sad end for a skilled bounty hunter.^[1]

Personality and traits[]

Rumi Paramita was a Frenk female who was 2.15 meters (7 feet, 1 inch) tall.^[1] She had blue eyes and pink skin.^[6] Paramita was known as an expert sniper.^[1] She joined Sugi's group of bounty hunters to help protect Felucian farmers from the pirates of the Ohnaka Gang.^[6]

Skills and abilities[]

Paramita was known for her sharpshooting expertise. She was effective in both armed and unarmed combat, as well as infiltrations and tracking.^[1] Paramita used her sniper skills with profound success early in the skirmish on Felucia, as with one shot, she killed one of Ohnaka's pirates, who was operating a Starhawk speeder bike. However, when Pikk Mukmuk fired a blast from the cannon of a WLO-5 speeder tank, Paramita tried to run out of range but she was not swift enough and was killed by the blast.^[6]

Equipment[]

Paramita wore form-fitting gear that allowed her freedom of movement.^[1] She was armed with and IQA-11 Blaster Rifle as well as a blaster pistol.^[6]

Behind the scenes[]

"Well, I hate to break it to you but she's dead."

―Series director Dave Filoni reveals Rumi Paramita's fate^[7]

Rumi Paramita made her first appearance in "Bounty Hunters," the seventeenth episode of the canon animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season. In her sole appearance, she was voiced by Anna Graves, who also voiced Sugi in the episode.^[6]

Although her ultimate fate was left ambiguous in "Bounty Hunters," Paramita was confirmed to have been killed by series director Dave Filoni in a video posted on StarWars.com,^[7] a fact reiterated in Ultimate Star Wars, a 2015 reference book co-written by authors Patricia Barr, Adam Bray, Daniel Wallace, and Ryder Windham.^[3]

"Pāramitā" is a Buddhist term that means "perfection" or "completeness" in Sanskrit. In Buddhism, the pāramitās are the perfection of certain virtues by an individual, which are a means of purifying their karma on their way to enlightenment.^[8]