Hera Syndulla

Hera Syndulla was a Twi'lek female revolutionary who became a central figure in the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire and the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Born the daughter of General Cham Syndulla on Ryloth with a brother who died young, she saw firsthand the devastation of the Clone Wars and the reign of the Empire on her homeworld. Syndulla became an expert pilot and left her homeworld and her father's planetary resistance behind, setting off across the galaxy to build her own resistance movement against the Empire aboard her starship, the Ghost. Kanan Jarrus, a Jedi who survived Order 66, joined her during the Gorse conflict and eventually became her lover and father of her son. Her crew, which mounted an insurgency on Lothal, eventually was comprised of Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren, Lasat survivor Garazeb Orrelios, Syndulla's life-long astromech droid Chopper, and Padawan Ezra Bridger.

The rebellion Syndulla led on Lothal attracted the attention of such Imperial leaders as Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and the Sith Lord Darth Vader, but it also gained notice by Senator Bail Organa and his efforts to coordinate activities between various rebel cells in the galaxy. One of those cells was Phoenix Cell, which Syndulla and her crew joined in 4 BBY. Syndulla herself became Phoenix Leader, leading various starfighter operations for the cell. In 2 BBY, the cell became one of the first to join the Rebel Alliance upon its formation. Their forces were devastated by Grand Admiral Thrawn during the Battle of Atollon, and Syndulla helped the Rebel Alliance rebuild at their headquarters on Yavin 4. In 0 BBY, she gave birth to her and Kanan's son, Jacen Syndulla.

Syndulla was promoted to the rank of General and continued to serve the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War, becoming a legend of the Alliance, and leading its charge at the Battle of Endor which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine. Upon the reformation of the Alliance into the New Republic, she continued to serve as General of the New Republic Army and became one of its principal founding members, defending the Republic and leading the attack on Coruscant. Being the entry of Imperial Fleet Admiral Tira Bashorye to the New Republic for ceasfire negotiations, she helped bring about an end to the civil war with the signing of the Galactic Concordance and Pellaeon-Gavrimson Treaty, to which she was a party member of. After the war, she retained her position of General in New Republic High Command, despite having her son to raise on Hosnian Prime. Syndulla became one of the most famous and legendary figures of the New Republic, and upheld a close friendship with Bashorye.