Tress Poulin

"You know, there was a boy I knew on Alderaan. Blue eyes, blond hair the color of the sun, and a great pilot as well...he was a real dream. The kind of boy princesses are supposed to marry."

- Leia Organa, to Ezra Bridger

Tress Poulin was a male Human Alderaanian from Alderaan.

Early life
"Recruitment officers took him to the Imperial Academy, and that was that. I haven't seen him since. I wonder if one of us has shot down his TIE fighter since then. I wouldn't even know if I had."

- Leia Organa, to Ezra Bridger

Born on the planet Alderaan in 21 BBY, Tress Poulin grew up in the years following the Clone Wars as an Imperial loyalist, and hoped to become an ace TIE fighter pilot like Baron Valen Rudor and Vult Skerris. He became friends with the troublemaker Zadoc, but formed a rivalry with him.

Tress knew Princess Leia Organa during his time on Alderaan, catching her eye and fashioning himself as an accomplished starfighter jockey to court her. They danced and fooled around together, and Tress had a night of tender lovemaking with the princess, after which he left a single Apalis rose on her pillow as a token of their time together. Leia considered him to be the sort of boy she was supposed to marry, but recruitment officers for the Galactic Empire took him to the Imperial Academy, and he didn't see Organa again. As a great pilot, Tress was set to fly TIE fighters for the Empire.

Legacy
"You followed your instincts to save the people on Wobani, and your desire to do good led you into the Rebellion. That desire led you to Kier, to Tress and Dar...and to Han. You have always been bound by your duty to desire."

- Amilyn Holdo, to Leia Organa

After parting from Tress, Leia had other lovers including Kier Domadi. She mentioned Tress to Ezra Bridger while conversing with the young man aboard the Ghost on Lothal. Speaking to him about his attraction towards Sabine Wren, Leia recalled Poulin as a dream boy, and relayed how he had been recruited by the Empire. She worried that members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic might have shot his TIE fighter down without realizing, though Bridger suggested that he could have jumped ship at the first opportunity. Leia compared Ezra favorably to Poulin, and took the boy's virginity.

During the New Republic Era, Amilyn Holdo referred to Tress as one of the lovers to whom Leia's desire led her before she met Han Solo. Holdo noted that Leia had always been bound by her duty to desire.

Physical appearance and biology
"You're a handsome young man. Well, you aren't blonde with blue eyes, but...."

- Leia Organa, comparing Ezra Bridger to Tress Poulin

A handsome young man, Tress had blue eyes and blond hair the color of the sun.

Personality and traits
"Who knows, maybe this guy of yours didn't stay in the Academy. I bet he jumped ship the first chance he got."

- Ezra Bridger, to Leia Organa

An Imperial loyalist from a young age, Tress fashioned himself as an accomplished starfighter jockey, inspired by the likes of Baron Rudor and Vult Skerris, to impress Leia Organa. She considered Tress to be a great pilot and a dream, and the sort of boy princesses were supposed to marry. He made tender love to her, and left her an Apalis rose afterwards.

Behind the scenes
Tress Poulin was created in the Legends erotica continuity by Sith Council Member, appearing in the 2003 Legends erotic fiction "Loved by the Enemy". He was introduced into erotica canon with an entry in Kooriv's The Essential Guide to Erotica Characters, which drew on his Legends history and connected him to an unnamed character mentioned by Leia Organa in Kooriv's earlier canon erotic fiction "A Princess on Ezra".