Nellis

"Haven't we talked about this before, sweetie? You know it's selfish to use your friends to make yourself feel good."

- Nellis, to Kira

Nellis, nicknamed Nell, was a Human female coldppeda rancher from Coonee, who became one of the Padawans of Luke Skywalker's Jedi order in the years following the disappearance of the Imperial remnant. Controlling and feisty, Nellis romped with fellow trainees Kira and Nashira, and allowed Luke to indulge in his carnal desires despite the power imbalance between master and students. Skywalker later recalled Nellis and his students while in exile on Ahch-To, at a time when the girl had departed from his life.

Early life
Nellis grew up on Coonee, working as a coldppeda rancher on the grassy plains. She enjoyed home-distilled spicebrew, and experienced psychedelic rokna fungus extract.

Jedi training
"We all know why you're so skilled with your saber, Kira, you came here already knowing how to fit your hand around wide-girthed grips, huh? Poor Ben, no wonder why he gets so angry every time you beat him sparring, I bet he's just imagining how you got those skills in the first place, and how he'll never compete with your first 'sparring partners'."

- Nellis, teasing Kira over her relations with Wookiees

Nellis met Luke Skywalker at some point after the remnants of the Galactic Empire disappeared into the Unknown Regions, and she became one of his most adept Jedi trainees, learning the ways of the Force at the training temple alongside Nashira, Kira, and Ben Solo. She served as leader of her social clique and one of Skywalker's Padawans. He developed an affinity for her, comparing her to his sister Leia Organa, and though this bond wasn't always appropriate, Nellis became a teacher's pet. The girl sometimes drew out repressed emotions Luke held concerning his sister. His affection for her, treating her as if she were his own blood, stoked further jealousy in Ben Solo, who felt alienated from his family. Nellis became close with her clique, and taught Kira how to make her feel good in the Temple dormitory.

Nellis joined the rest of the class on their first Gathering ceremony on Ilum, and afterwards was one of the select group chosen to accompany Luke to the Happy Grove on Endor. Overawed by the ancient soul trees, Nellis was teased by Kira, and rejoined by making insinuations over the girl's relations with the Wookiees. However, the pair were calmed by Kira, who used her tasping ability to stimulate their pleasure centers. Nashira pulled Nellis into a kiss, and Kira joined in by rubbing herself against Nellis, though she berated Kira for using her friends to feel good. Ordering Kira to ask nicely, Nellis began rubbing her thumbs over Kira's nipples, and pointed out the watchful figure of Master Skywalker observing the unfolding tryst.

Whenever Skywalker departed to seek Jedi lore or meditate, Nellis pressed her advantage over Ben by engaging him in sparring matches in the dojo. On one such occasion, some six years before the Battle of Starkiller Base, she sparred with Ben while flinging insults about his mother, to whom Luke often compared her.

Legacy
Ultimately, Nellis and the other students departed from Luke's life before his arrival on Ahch-To, at a time when he questioned his predatory relationship with them. Skywalker later recalled Nellis among his many other memories while in exile: Mimoids formed from the Solaris Sea took the girl's appearance as he recalled how she and her friends frolicked in the Happy Grove, and Luke ruminated on his inappropriately familial bond with her. He hoped he would see her and her friends again one day despite their departure.

Physical appearance and biology
"Nellis, will you make me feel good?"

- Kira

A Human female, Nellis had naturally-brown hair she accentuated with a variety of colored highlights, including purple. She had blue eyes and good looks. She had an athletic frame and small, firm breasts. Ben Solo wondered if she had a little Zeltron blood which pumped out pheromones.

While training, Nellis wore a tunic and a sports bra beneath.

Personality and traits
"I think he likes watching his students almost as much as he likes them calling him 'Master'. To be honest, I do see the appeal."

- Nellis, on Luke Skywalker

Nellis rejected the idea that she was common, bristling and hurling insults at those who suggested it. Raised on Coonee, Nellis saw relatively few trees until venturing to Endor, where she was overawed at the sight of so many soul trees in the Happy Grove. She was older and more experienced than Nashira, and served as the leader of their social clique, a role she refused to be usurped from. She could be patronizingly tender and controlling over her friends, often ordering them around and making them vocalize their desires, and saw the appeal of being called "Master".

Luke Skywalker considered Nellis to be one of his most adept Jedi trainees, and she became a teacher's pet, allowing her to get away with things others couldn't. He saw much of Leia Organa in Nellis, including her prickliness, as well as Han Solo's sarcastic defenses, though he overlooked her emotional issues in an attempt to tolerate individual development of his pupils. Finding his students charming, Luke tried to follow their lead in sexual matters, but later saw his actions as predatory because of the severe power imbalance between himself and his trainees. Ben Solo believed himself more powerful than her, but felt Nellis didn't fight fairly, instead cheating and using dirty tricks she refused to be modest over.