Yaneta Ora

Yaneta Ora
Biographical Information
Race	Twi'lek
Homeworld	Ryloth
Clan	Ora
Mother	Vebe Ora, née Lii
Father	Donn Ora
Marital Status	Unmarried
Spouse	None
Partner	None
Siblings	Nuen Ora (older brother) Safina Ora (younger sister)
Children	None
Born	Year 0 (23 years)
Languages	Ryl Huttese Galactic Basic
Religion	Jedi
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Height	1.76 meters
Weight	Slim, endomorph
Coloring	Purple
Hair Color	None, lekku
Eye Color	Emerald green
Political Information
Affiliation	Rebel Alliance Jedi Praxeum
Rank	O-1 (RA) Jedi Padawan (JP)
Awards	Academic Excellence (RA)

Yaneta Ora is a female Twi'lek from the planet Ryloth, a fledgling Jedi Padawan, and a proud member of the Rebel Alliance's civil engineering service. She was recruited by representatives of the Rebellion visiting her homeworld in Year 23, and enlisted with the Alliance's academy to become a full member of the faction that same year. Shortly after she had graduated from the Academy with honours, she was found to be Force Sensitive and became a member of the newly formed Jedi Praxeum as a result. She has been training and developing her strength within the Force on her own ever since, while working for the Rebel Alliance as a civil engineer.

Biography

Early Life (Year 0 - Year 19)

Yaneta was born into the Ora family - an old Twi'lek clan - which lived in Ryloth's capital city of Kala'uun. She was the second child but first daughter of Donn and Vebe Ora, and had an older brother named Nuen, and later a younger sister called Safina. The three siblings grew up on Vao's Street, where the Ora clan owned a couple of adjacent houses that had gradually fused together over the generations. The Ora family had always been a tight unit, and this was no different for Yaneta and her cousins. They grew up often playing and learning together throughout their early childhood, and into their early teens as well.

The Ora family was well known on Vao's Street for their craftsmanship in jewellery making, their artful practice of commerce and trade, as well as their talented street performers bringing Twi'lek dance and song to life. As such, Yaneta helped her parents at their vendor stalls in Kala'uun's market squares already as a young girl, yet started to be actively prepared for a role in the daily commerce and trade of Kala'uun in her early teens. Once she had reached early adolescence, Yaneta's parents started to entrust their oldest daughter with the responsibility of managing a couple of market stalls by herself, which she did with profitable success. It was during this time, however, that Yaneta came in contact with a underground group of pacifist Twi'lek nationalists called the Soyiy, meaning 'movement' in the Twi'lek native tongue Ryl.

The Soyiy secretly opposed what they called "the apathetic and indifferent rule" of the Tenloss Syndicate over Ryloth. Its members primarily consisted of idealistic young Twi'leks, dreaming of a free and prosperous Ryloth governed by their own people, and not a foreign power. Yaneta gradually came to associate with the movement in her late teens by going to their secret gatherings and rallies, and eventually became a full member of the group.

The Soyiy (Year 19 - Year 23)

The activities of the Soyiy were entirely peaceful and non-violent, as its members tried to persuade Twi'lek officials within the planetary government to join their cause. Simultaneously, they provided relief efforts to the poor and downtrodden of Kala'uun, and other underdeveloped parts of the planet. As such, Yaneta helped the Twi'lek movement primarily by funding the group with the sales she made, and by acting as a middle for the messages that were being passed between her fellow members. However, the group was too naïve and inexperienced in its endeavours, and trusted the wrong people as a result. At the start of Year 23, a couple of Twi'lek in the planetary law enforcement division who were sympathetic to the Tenloss Syndicate administration had become aware of the activities of the Soyiy, and launched a covert operation to round up its members in secret, and lock them away in prison.

Yaneta managed to avoid initial arrest with the help of a couple of Rebel Alliance pilots that had stopped by Ryloth for refueling and resupply. Recognising her predicament, the Rebel pilots persuaded the Twi'lek to come with them instead, and join the Alliance to continue her efforts against indifference, governmental apathy, and tyranny in the galaxy. Yaneta was well-aware of the fact that her continued presence on Ryloth could endanger her entire family, and the Rebel pilots played on her strong ties to the Ora clan to convince her to join the Rebellion's fight against the Galactic Empire and Imperial Union for them. With only a brief and rushed farewell, Yaneta parted ways with her parents and family, and left her homeworld of Ryloth to join the Rebel Alliance.

A Rebel and A Jedi (Year 23 - Present)

While deeply affected by the sudden isolation from her family and the forced departure from her home, Yaneta was committed to her new life and the prospect of becoming a member of the Rebel Alliance. The Rebel pilots had brought the Twi'lek to the Alliance's Academy, where she enrolled with the civilian educational track. In the months that followed, Yaneta proved to be a diligent and dutiful student, and managed to graduate with an Alliance reward for academic excellence. She became a civil engineer, and received her first assignment in the Tythe system shortly thereafter.

During her work for the Rebel Alliance in the Tythe system, Yaneta came under the supervision of a member of the Knight of the Rebellion, who quickly picked up on her - until then - hidden Force Sensitivity. She was given the option to continue to keep her gift a secret, or to join the order of Force Sensitives serving the Rebel Alliance. Yaneta chose the latter, and as the Knights of the Rebellion were transitioning into the Jedi Praxeum at that time, she joined its newly formed ranks as a Jedi Padawan, while continuing her work as a civil engineer for the Alliance.