Hera Syndulla

Hera Syndulla was a female Twi'lek freedom fighter and captain of the Ghost.

Early life and Imperial strikes
Hera, the niece of Twi'lek revolutionary Cham Syndulla, was inspired to become a freedom fighter against the Empire because of her uncle's actions. She owned the Ghost, a modified VCX-100 freighter she piloted while conducting anti-Imperial operations. At the age of eighteen, she encountered the former Jedi Kanan Jarrus on the Inner Rim planet of Gorse, who became interested in her immediately, and followed her to learn her name. Hera signed him up to her crew soon afterwards, although made it clear that she wouldn't indulge in either adventure or romance. Together they utilized the Ghost as a base of mobile operations to launch strikes and raids against the Imperial regime. Their efforts increased over the next six years, and they became one of many such groups opposing Emperor Palpatine. Although they bickered, and Hera's rule of no romance stood, the pair grew closer over time. Hera took assignments from the mysterious contact known as Fulcrum, but refused to share the informant's identity with Kanan.

Mission to Nuri
On Kanan's suggestion, the revolutionaries launched a raid on an Imperial supply convoy which resulted in pursuit by four TIE fighters. Hera skillfully evaded the fighters while Kanan and Chopper fired at them, eventually destroying all four in a desperate escapade that left her glowing with the flush of battle. She and Kanan shared a heated moment in the cockpit, drawing closer sensually, although were interrupted by Chopper boasting about destroying the last TIE fighter. Hera returned to business and co-piloted the ship into hyperspace, coming out in the Inner Rim for a mission to the planet Nuri.

Leaving Kanan with the Ghost, Hera ventured into the Shava Exurb of Urotas to rendezvous with Fulcrum. However, the meeting went awry, and Hera fled the exurb on a speeder bike, pursued by three local syndicate thugs riding BARC speeders. She frantically called for Kanan over the comlink while attempting to evade laser impacts, and burst from the city limits with her speeder trailing smoke. Kanan arrived overhead in the Phantom, and was able to destroy two of the pursuit vehicles, but the third scored a hit on Hera's bike, forcing her to veer onto rocky terrain. Once Kanan dealt with the last thug and caught up to Hera, her bike had caught fire and she was sprawled unconscious on the ground, having incurred injuries to her shoulder, arm, ribs, and leg. Jarrus carried her into the Phantom, and from there returned her to the Ghost to return the vessel to orbit over Nuri.

Hera awoke an hour or two later to find Kanan tending to her injuries with a bacta-soaked rag.

Physical appearance and attributes
Hera was a Twi'lek female with green skin and eyes. She was attractive, and considered to be easy on the eye with a bright, pretty face and smooth cheeks. She had a lithe figure and sensual, mottled lekku, which served as a store of certain memories as well as being an erogenous zone, as with other Twi'leks.

Hera typically wore a dented blast vest over a flight suit, and wore underwear consisting of a vest. She wore a headdress over her lekku, and used flight goggles.

Personality and traits
Hera was a skilled pilot whose daring matched stories told of Anakin Skywalker's exploits. A sparky, feisty, and prideful individual, Hera was known for her smart mouth, and ran a tight ship aboard the Ghost. She was typically business-like, and rarely indulged in reminiscing. Her lekku often displayed her mood, swaying sensually when excited. Kanan Jarrus initially saw Hera as someone adverse to sex, believing that if she found a sex toy aboard the Ghost she would throw it into space, although he later discovered her sensual side when they made love in her cabin.

Kanan Jarrus
Hera met Kanan as an eighteen-year-old, and though the former Jedi became interested in her immediately, she recruited him to her crew as a friend, stipulating "no romance" among her rules.

Appearances

 * "No Romance"