- "Need to clear up these TIE fighters if those escorts have any chance of getting on the ground—"
- ―Odavia Anaru
Odavia Anaru was a human A-wing pilot who single-handedly destroyed the Imperial AT-AT Hellhound Two on Jakku. She was posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor for her actions.
Biography
Odavia Anaru was an A-wing pilot assigned to General Carlist Rieekan's ship Striking Distance during the Battle of Jakku. Anaru was among the starfighter escorts that accompanied the New Republic transports down to the surface of Jakku and guarded them while they off-loaded squads of commandos. Anaru circled above the battlefield, strafing Imperial positions and shooting down Imperial TIE fighters sent to oppose her.[1]
After her squad mate Renfro was killed in the Jakku system by a TIE/ln space superiority starfighter, Anaru dipped their A-wing starfighter to enter Jakku's atmosphere. While evading the starfighters,[2] Anaru was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the[1] Goazon Badlands.[3] Anaru ditched her mangled A-wing and sprinted for cover despite her injured leg. Stranded far from the New Republic commandos, she fought off Imperial stormtroopers with nothing but her standard-issue blaster pistol.[1]
When the Empire deployed AT-ATs to protect its research facility, the walkers turned their cannons on the entrenched Republic commandos. Anaru, retreating to better cover, took a rocket launcher from a fallen trooper. Bracing the heavy weapon against a broken hull fragment, she took aim at the lead AT-AT, Hellhound Two, and fired. Despite stormtroopers rushing her position, Anaru didn't move, firing all six rockets at the AT-AT's weak points. While Hellhound Two crumbled, Odavia Anaru was not alive to see it. She was posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor.[1]
Personality and traits
Anaru was a human female with light skin.[1]
Equipment
As a pilot of the New Republic, Odavia Anaru wore a green flight suit and helmet, while operating an RZ-1 A-wing interceptor.[1]
Behind the scenes
Odavia Anaru was first mentioned and pictured in Titan Books' 2017 canon reference book Star Wars: On the Front Lines, which was authored by Daniel Wallace and illustrated by Adrián Rodriguez, Thomas Wievegg, Aaron Riley, and Fares Maese.[1] The character later appeared in the third issue of Marvel Comics' 2024 canon comic book miniseries Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Last Stand written by Alex Segura.[2]
Appearances
- Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 3 (First appearance)
Sources
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 38 Starfighter Aces: Rey — A Natural Aptitude