- "I come from a world you've never heard of. My family ruled it for centuries. I'd like to think we were benevolent rulers, but our word was still law. When the Empire sent an ambassador, we refused her and thought that would be the end of it. Five years later everyone in my family was dead and our subjects who'd greeted the Empire as liberators were enslaved."
- ―The Contessa, to Wedge Antilles
A world was ruled by the family of[2] the human[1] known as "the Contessa." Her family had ruled the world[2] from a palace[3] for several centuries, and the Contessa believed that they had been benevolent rulers. The Galactic Empire sent an ambassador to the world, and the Contessa's family refused Imperial presence, believing they would not return. By five years later, however, the Empire had killed the members of the ruling family, aside from the Contessa, and enslaved the world's subjects, who had initially greeted the Empire as their liberator.[2] Following the Empire's loss to the Rebel Alliance at the Battle of Endor, the Contessa, who had become a rebel pilot, returned to her homeworld to stand for the presidency.[3]
Behind the scenes
The Contessa's homeworld was first mentioned in the novel Lost Stars, written by Claudia Gray and published in 2015.[3]
Appearances
- Lost Stars (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
- "Rendezvous Point" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)