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Jaina Solo is the eldest of the Solo children by five minutes. She and her twin brother Jacen were born on Coruscant,
during the final days of Grand Admiral Thrawn's attempt to retake the Galactic Core. During these times of strife, Leia and
Han sequestered their children on various safeworlds, keeping them out of harm's way. After a number of attempts to capture
the Solo children, the parents eventually decided to keep the family together.
On Coruscant, the twins were raised by
Winter and C-3PO. As Leia was Chief of State of the New Republic, she rarely had time to devote to family, though she made
every possible effort. As she grew older, Jaina began to notice Leia's distance more and more, a distance she would later
come to resent.
Headstrong Jaina showed a mechanical aptitude that made her father proud. At nine years of age, she was
already flying the Millennium Falcon, and knew enough to help her father with simple repairs.
By the time she was 14,
Jaina was already a capable pilot. She attended her Uncle Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4, honing her impressive
talents in the Force, and making new and long-lasting friends, such as Lowbacca, Tenel Ka and Zekk. Surviving run-ins with
the Second Imperium, the Diversity Alliance and other foes, Jaina then apprenticed herself to Mara Jade. The two bonded, and
Jaina grew both as a Jedi, and as a pilot.
Her skills behind the controls of an X-wing fighter earned her a position in
Rogue Squadron during the Yuuzhan Vong crisis. Flying as Rogue Eleven, Jaina went by the nickname "Sticks." While at Ithor,
Jaina met a fellow pilot named Jagged Fel, an ally of the New Republic flying with a Chiss defense force. The young woman
felt something stir within her, and she definitely admired Jagged Fel for his piloting skill and icy cool demeanor.
The
Yuuzhan Vong crisis has been a trial of character for young Jaina, who was forced into the hardships of war before even reaching
adulthood. In her carefree days of adventure as a teen, she had been spared lessons in mortality. With the death of Chewbacca,
and the subsequent straining of family bonds among the Solos, Jaina has learned indelible lessons that are shaping her character.
Leia believes her daughter to be the most pragmatic of her children. Whereas contemplative Jacen is often crippled with
indecision, and impetuous Anakin would often plunge into action heedless of the consequences, Jaina would measure her actions
and suit them to the moment. She is not without a temper, as her stubbornness will often lead her to arguments. Jaina has,
on occasion, lambasted her brother for his passivity and her mother for her distance.
With the trying times of war, Jaina's
temper came close to being her undoing. After the death of her youngest brother and disapperance of her twin, Jaina was enraged
and touched the dark side of the Force. Her pragmatism dangerously eclipsed her compassion and faith in her uncle's Jedi teachings,
and she found herself allied to Kyp Durron, a strong-minded Jedi seeking more proactive reform in the order.
In escaping
the botched Jedi mission that claimed her brother's life, Jaina stole a Yuuzhan Vong vessel, the Ksstarr. With their Coruscant
home conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong, she led the remnants of the Jedi strike force to the Hapes Cluster. On Hapes, Jaina became
embroiled in court intrigue, as the scheming former Queen Mother Ta'a Chume tried to orchestrate a marriage between her son,
Prince Isolder, and Jaina, in a failed bid to replace the current Queen Mother Teneniel Djo.
By closely examining the
Ksstarr, Jaina realized a fundamental underpinning of Yuuzhan Vong spacefaring technology: bodies in space are recognized
by their unique gravitic signature. She began exploring plans to use that knowledge against the Yuuzhan Vong. Her risky tests
prove successful. Her deceptive tactics wreaked havoc with the Yuuzhan Vong's ability to identify friends and foe, prompting
her to rename the vessel Trickster. Jaina's reputation began to grow thanks to crafty disinformation spread by New Republic
agents. The Yuuzhan Vong began to associate Jaina with their trickster goddess, something New Republic commanders wholeheartedly
encouraged by referring to her as "Goddess," "Great One," and similar.
Jaina fought tirelessly through campaigns at Borelias,
Obroa-skai and Ebaq 9, flying alongside Jag Fel. The two tentatively explored their feelings for one another, risking love
against a backdrop of war. She achived the rank of lieutenant colonel, and is now flying escort for her parents' mission of
reuiniting the fragments of the former New Republic under the new banner of the Galactic Alliance.
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