Reina March

For other uses, see Reina.

"Jedi business, go back to your drinks."

―Anakin Skywalker, to Reina March and other clubgoers — 20?cb=20250116042720

Reina March was a Human female criminal from the planet Coruscant who was the leader and head lieutenant of the anarchist organization Edge-9. In 22 BBY, she visited the Outlander Club on her homeworld with the con artist Dannl Faytonni and the woman Whimper Save at the same time as the bounty hunters Zam Wesell and Jango Fett. She again visited the club with Faytonni and Save when the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker entered looking for Wesell.

Biography

March turned to stare at the disarming of Zam Wesell.

Reina March was a Human female criminal native to^[1] the planet^[3] Coruscant.^[1] March was the leader and head lieutenant of the anarchist organization Edge-9^[3] during the last decades of the Galactic Republic.^[1] Believing in her cause with the fervor of youth, her organization called for the dismantling of Coruscant's government and the abolition of its noble upper class. Although the groups motives seemed noble, March and other members of the group turned to violence to get their message across.^[3] She occasionally accompanied the^[1] con artist^[4] Dannl Faytonni in the Outlander Club,^[1] a nightclub and gambling hall in the Uscru Entertainment District of Coruscant.^[5]

In 22 BBY,^[6] March visited the club while bounty hunters Jango Fett and Zam Wesell met there. She was accompanied by Faytonni and^[7] the woman Whimper Save.^[8] Shortly after,^[6] March, Faytonni, and Save visited the club the night of Wesell's attempted assassination of Senator Padmé Amidala. As the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker entered to club trying to find the bounty hunter, the trio talked with each other at the bar. When Kenobi made his way to the bar, March talked with a Human who joined their group before they departed as she waved at them. Not long after, Kenobi disarmed Wesell at the bar, causing March and her companions to look at the altercation. Skywalker told the clubgoers to go back to their drinks and March turned her attention back to her group.^[2]

Personality and traits

March wore a perpetual scowl and had brown hair kept short,^[3] light skin, and dark colored eyes.^[1] She was able to speak, read, and write in Basic.^[3]

Skills and abilities

March was a martial artist^[3] who was known^[1] for her excellent hand-to-hand fighting skils. She was proficient in the use of blaster pistols, vibro-weapons, and simple weapons. March was also skilled in demolitions, disguising, and gathering information. The anarchist was knowledgeable on her homeworld and its politics.^[3]

Equipment

March possessed an encoded comlink, a frequency jammer, a vibroblade, and a heavy blaster pistol. March favored inconspicuous black clothing^[3] to blend into a crowd with.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The uncredited extra playing March on set.

Reina March was created for the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,^[2] which released on May 16, 2002.^[9] The Outlander Club scenes, where the character was portrayed by an uncredited extra, were shot at Fox Studios, Sydney on July 17, 2000.^[10] March was first shown with the release of the trailer for Episode II^[11] on March 10, 2002.^[12]

The character then made her first appearances in illustrations in the upcoming films' storybook, written by Jane Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens;^[13] its young readers book Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter, written by Eric Arnold and illustrated by Valerie Reckert;^[14] and the film's junior novelization, written by Patricia C. Wrede. All three books were released on April 23, 2002,^[15] and the images of her in the books were all taken from the then-upcoming film.^[16]

March's name first appeared, not applied to the character appearing in Episode II, in Coruscant and the Core Worlds, a 2003 sourcebook for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published by Wizards of the Coast.^[3] The name was not connected to the character until Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, a 2005 book written by costume designer Trisha Biggar.^[17]