Winter Celchu Winter Celchu , the only child of Sheltay Retrac , was raised as a sister and companion to Princess Leia Organa during the dark years of the reign of the Galactic Empire . Like her adopted sister , Winter became a pivotal player in the Galactic Civil War , serving in various roles , most notably as a spy . As an operative of Alliance Intelligence , she served the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic . Her holographic and audiographic memory gave her a special advantage in piecing together confusing situations or even simply computing data . She was often attached to Rogue Squadron as an intelligence officer , though sometimes under false identities . Winter also served a vital role as Leia Organa ' s best friend , aide and confidante . She had special relationships with Leia ' s children Jaina , Jacen , and Anakin Solo , whom she raised during their first years of life . She had a long romance with Tycho Celchu , from whom she was often separated by war , but the couple would eventually marry . She was also known to be a close personal friend of Admiral Ackbar . Biography . Early life . Winter was the only child of Sheltay Retrac , the senatorial aide of Bail Organa at the time of the Clone Wars , and an unknown Alderaanian artist ( possibly Ob Khaddor ) . Her parents both died when Winter was still young . She was adopted by Bail and Breha Organa , and became Princess Leia ' s best friend and companion . The two grew up together on the peaceful planet of Alderaan and attended the best schools , learning about art and history , as well as ladylike graces . Possessed of a natural grace and poise , she was often mistaken for Princess Leia by visitors to Alderaan ' s court . This impression was increased by the fact that Leia ' s youthful tomboy nature did not seem as regal as Winter ' s stately bearing . Despite these differences in personality , however , Winter would remain a comfort to Leia , who had problems relating to the snobbish , cruel young girls at court . Though the pair ' s physical resemblance was tempered by Winter ' s stunning white hair , the two friends would soon learn to employ similar looks for tactical advantage , a practice they would continue throughout their lives . Winter would sometimes disguise herself as Leia so that Leia could escape the palace to create mischief and visit with inappropriate boys . It was probable that Winter attended the University of Alderaan with Leia , who recalled that Winter ' s perfect memory was very helpful when it came time to study for exams . One way or another , Winter and Leia were both schooled in Alderaanian ideals of freedom and liberty , as well as weaponry , on Leia ' s insistence . A key tutor was Sabé , the former handmaiden of Leia ' s mother , Padmé Amidala . Also as teenagers , the young women encountered Emperor Palpatine on Imperial Center . The image of Palpatine and his eyes , which made her feel as if he would drink up her spirit , would remain with Winter forever and influence her decision to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic . In 3 BBY , on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention , Winter and Leia attended a celebration and ran into Jahan Cross . Upon seeing the two young ladies three years after leaving Alderaan , Cross made it look like he did not recognize Leia , " mistaking " Winter for the Princess on purpose . Rebel spy . Early missions . In 3 BBY Winter participated in a Rebel Alliance meeting on Cloud City organized by Bria Tharen . Winter represented Alderaan alongside Hric Dalhney and a Caamasi named Ylenic It ' kla . Winter , posing as Dalhney ' s daughter , served as the recorder for the Alderaanian delegation . Following Bria ' s initial speech to the attendees , Winter joined her for a cup of vine - coffeine . The two young women discussed their backgrounds , Corellian and Alderaanian culture , and the cruelty of slavery on Ylesia , forming a quick connection . Winter confided in Bria that she supported military action , despite Alderaan ' s traditional pacifism , and that she would try to convince Leia and Bail Organa of this truth . She also mentioned that she and Leia could accomplish much for the Rebellion , since both were trained with blaster and the prevailing galactic presumption that women were weak would make them appear harmless . Ultimately , the meeting on Cloud City would lead to the formation of the Corellian Treaty that officially formed the Rebel Alliance . True to her promise to Bria , when the Rebellion began Winter was heavily involved with many of the operations , partly because she was unassuming and non - threatening , but mainly because of her holographic and audiographic memory . Since Winter perfectly remembered everything that happened to her , she was particularly suited to a career in intelligence . She participated in several Rebel undercover missions with various code names such as " Targeter . " Her time under the alias " Targeter " may have been cut short , however , when Imperial spies discovered and eliminated the Rebel cell on Averam she was working with . As a result of her successful procurement efforts , " Targeter " gained a spot on the Imperial ' s " most wanted " list and was to continue to serve in this role throughout the period from the Battle of Yavin to the Battle of Endor . Winter was not on her home planet of Alderaan when it was destroyed by Grand Moff Tarkin in 0 BBY . She was on a mission for the Rebellion ' s Procurement and Supply division , where she had been assigned to work by her adoptive father , Bail Organa . In this position , Winter worked to free caches of Imperial matériel for the use of the Rebellion . Sadly , Bail Organa died with his planet , leaving Winter many bitter — and perfect — memories . These memories of her home planet would haunt her forever . Yet ultimately , the destruction of her home planet only strengthened her commitment to the Rebel cause . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Winter joined Han Solo ' s group of criminals to perform a heist on Black Sun official Avrak Villachor ' s well - secured vault on the planet Wukkar . She had been selected by Mazzic , a Myke smuggler , for her photographic memory and good knowledge of security systems . At the time , Winter had no idea if Leia was still alive , as she didn ' t know whether the Princess had been on Alderaan when the Death Star destroyed the planet . She eventually learned from Solo that Leia was fine , much to Winter ' s relief . Around 0 . 5 ABY , she was in contact with Porter and Casement , two Rebel agents on Drunost . As " Targeter , " Winter worked off - planet with the duo , helping to coordinate arms shipments and reported back to General Carlist Rieekan on their status . Winter was present at a briefing that was also attended by Tanda Marelle , otherwise known as the notorious thief " the Tombat . " Winter was angry that Marelle was wearing a pendant that she insisted was a heirloom of the House of Organa . After Marelle left , Princess Leia Organa was seen wearing the pendant several days later . Mission to Cilpar . In the early period after the Battle of Endor , Winter continued to serve as a Rebel agent under the name " Targeter " and several times co - operated with Rogue Squadron . Her first encounter with the squadron was on Cilpar , where she worked in defense of the planet ' s native resistance forces . During this mission , she was disguised as her childhood friend Leia Organa . She discovered Rogue Squadron pilots Tycho Celchu and a very injured Wes Janson in a Cilpari cave infested with ronk s . After an initial misunderstanding , Winter convinced Tycho to pose as an Imperial captain to infiltrate the planet ' s Imperial leadership . Unfortunately , after Tycho had joined Cilpar ' s Imperial forces , Winter accidentally and unknowingly shot his TIE Fighter down while piloting his X - wing . Soon thereafter , Winter and Janson were captured in their hidden cave by Vance Rego , an Imperial spy posing as a Cilpari resistance member . Convinced that Winter was Leia , Rego took Winter into Imperial custody . Once transported to the Cilpari capital of Kiidan , Winter was treated as a princess and the personal guest of Governor Norquest and even given a seductive gown to wear and treated to a formal banquet . Fortunately , when Kiidan was attacked by Rogue Squadron and ground forces led by Elscol Loro , Moff Boren Tascl requisitioned Winter to pilot his shuttle . As Winter and Tascl entered the ship , Rogue Squadron arrived to save the day . Winter and Tycho then flew the Moff ' s shuttle back to her base . It was on this mission that sparks first flew between Winter and Tycho . Not only was Tycho personally compatible with Winter , like her he shared many tragic memories of Alderaan . However , early in their relationship , Winter often rebuffed Tycho ' s advances , fearing the pain that an attachment to him might cause . The Tatooine affair . Approximately six months after the Battle of Endor , Winter was to work with Rogue Squadron again . This time , the Rogues were summoned to Tatooine . There they attended a reception thrown by Huff Darklighter to commemorate the anniversary of his son Biggs ' s death . Together , Winter and the Rogues were investigating the continued Imperial presence on the planet in an attempt to prevent anarchy . Winter ' s mission was to stage a diversion so that she could steal a data disk containing Imperial intelligence from Darklighter ' s safe . Winter , in disguise as Windmere Wellen , was escorted by a smitten Tycho Celchu to the party . However , Winter ' s planned diversion was sabotaged by a group of Rodians . She and Tycho chased the Rodians , eventually meeting up with the other Rogues — but failed to obtain the data disk . Winter intimidated Huff Darklighter into handing over his copy of the disk , which she analyzed to discover the location of an important cache of Imperial ships , including the " Eidolon " . Unfortunately , the stolen copy of the disk was now in the possession of Firith Olan , a crazed Twi ' lek who hoped to take over Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s role as the primary crimelord on Tatooine . Using Huff Darklighter ' s weather satellite , Winter tracked Olan ' s forces to their hideout . Unfortunately , while the Rogues were in pursuit of Olan , they encountered an Imperial squadron commanded by Marl Semtin and were forced to retreat , leaving Olan free to escape . Soon thereafter , Winter , along with Wedge , Tycho , and Elscol Loro followed Olan to his homeworld of Ryloth . There they met with Cazne ' olan , the head of Olan ' s clan hoping to purchase his capture with valuable transparisteel . However , the Imperials had beaten the Rogues to Kala ' uun and were also negotiating for Olan ' s release . Cazne ' olan and his associate Koh ' shak had devised a competition between two Rebels and two Imperials to determine who would obtain Firith . After a brief debate , it was decided that Wedge and Winter would represent the Rogues . The two participated in a race for a gold " Globe of Victory , " encountering strange beasts and a deadly heat storm along the way . Because Wedge protected Winter during the race ( despite the fact that she ordered him to abandon her ) , the Imperial naval commando Sixtus Quin reached the Globe first . When the dust cleared , however , the race participants realized that their experiences had been an illusion created by headband monitors which created a sort of virtual reality . Koh ' shak congratulated Winter and Wedge for their courage and teamwork during the race , but refused to grant them victory . Meanwhile , Marl Semtin had bribed his way through the Twi ' lek compound and fled with Firith Olan . Angered by his commander ' s lack of honor , Sixtus Quin defected to the Rogues . The group , now accompanied by Quin and his companion Septaas , rejoined the other Rogues on Tatooine , hoping to take Olan by force . Marl Semtin and Olan , who now occupied the hidden " Eidolon " base , were engaged by the Rogues . In the ensuing firefight , several Rogues were shot down , Firith Olan was stabbed by Semtin and captured by Bib Fortuna ' s brain walker , and Sixtus Quin killed Semtin . Thanks in part to Elscol ' s heroic attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer , the Rogues successfully captured the " Eidolon " . By the end of the Tatooine affair , Winter ' s relationship with Tycho had reached a new level . Throughout the mission , Tycho had flirted with Winter , but she had continually spurned him . At one point , it seemed that Tycho might even give up on Winter , stating that she seemed to have " ice water in her veins " when she informed him that she would have abandoned Wedge in order to obtain the Globe of Victory . During the final battle for the " Eidolon " , Winter was convinced that Tycho was killed when his X - wing crashed into several TIE Fighters . Previously hesitant about giving into her feelings for Celchu , Winter broke into tears , only to be informed by Wedge Antilles that Tycho had used a code phrase , " going out with a bang , " to indicate that he was about to eject from his craft . Finally putting aside her trademark stoicism , Winter shared a kiss with Tycho as their mission concluded . The defection of Sate Pestage . In hopes of spending more time with Tycho Celchu , Winter voluntarily participated in further missions with Rogue Squadron , including the squadron ' s rescue of Imperial defector Sate Pestage . Winter ' s role involved standing in as a double for Princess Leia . Successfully testing her disguise , Winter discussed the relationship between Tycho and herself , without him catching on to the deception . After arriving on Eiattu 6 , Han Solo sent Tycho up to Leia ' s room , where he finally met the disguised Winter and shared several kisses . However , the two were interrupted when Rayt and his thugs , agents of Leonia Tavira , knocked out and captured the couple , bringing " Leia " and her " aide " to their boss on Axxila . Under the cover of their capture , the real Princess Leia met with Sate Pestage . In exchange for his life , along with ten worlds for himself and fifteen worlds for four friends , Pestage offered to leave Coruscant virtually undefended from attack . He also arranged for his agent Kavil to arrange the release of Winter and Tycho from Tavira . Yet Tycho and Winter managed to escape on their own , breaking out of their separate cells , fighting past the guards , stealing a Y - wing , and out - flying the pursuit offered up by Kavil ' s corsair s . Fortunately , they managed to send out a distress call , and Rogue Squadron and the " Millennium Falcon " cleared the way back to base for Tycho and Winter . However , an Imperial Star Destroyer , the " Reckoning " , arrived in the system at the same time . The ship under command of Admiral Delak Krennel was sent by Ysanne Isard to capture Leia . After have recovered Pestage , the Admiral launched his TIE fighters on the planet and began orbital bombardment . The New Republic agents situation was critical when Krennel was stopped by an AT3 Directive issued by Soontir Fel . Delak Krennel was forced to obey at the behest of Sate Pestage and left the system . Winter and Tycho then shipped back home aboard the " Falcon " . Back on base , Winter enjoyed walking among the gardens , as well as dining and dancing with Tycho , Wedge , and Reina Faleur at the officer ' s club . One of their nights at the club was cut short , though , when Rogue Squadron was called back to headquarters . There , Winter participated in the rushed planning of Pestage ' s extraction from Ciutric IV , accompanying the ground intrusion team to rescue Pestage . Along with Kapp Dendo ' s commandos , they broke Pestage out of prison , but were trapped on the surface of Ciutric IV by Delak Krennel and his " Reckoning " , reinforced by the Interdictor " Binder " . The intrusion team and Rogue Squadron fled to the night side of the planet , and Wedge ordered an attack on an Imperial outpost . Once it was seized , Winter helped rig a HoloNet communication for Wedge so he could send a message out , though he did not tell her who he was calling . As it turned out , Wedge had called Mirax Terrik , who arrived in the " Pulsar Skate " and helped sneak the commandos , Winter , and Pestage out of Ciutric , escorted by the Rogues and aided by Aggressor Wing , who had arrived with Terrik . However , Pestage turned his back on the Rebels during the mission and deserted them , leading to his death at the hands of Krennel . Following the mission , Winter attended the funeral of Ibtisam , the one Rogue Squadron pilot killed during the fight . Throughout the post - Endor period , Winter piloted a freighter that was perfectly designed for her profession as a spy . Though it had no consistent name , it possessed such technological innovations as surveillance equipment , slicer droids , an advanced storage module , powerful deflector shields , and Aurum thruster s for speed . Expanding the New Republic . Later , after Rogue Squadron re - formed in 6 ABY , Winter was instrumental in the New Republic capture of Coruscant . She and Iella Wessiri initially infiltrated the planet and set the stage for the Rogue Squadron commando team to arrive . During this period Winter used the pseudonym " Rima Borealis " as well as her standard " Targeter " alias . She served as a contact for Corran Horn and Erisi Dlarit while Iella worked with Wedge Antilles and Pash Cracken . While leading Corran and Erisi on reconnaissance missions ( disguised as tourists ) , Winter inquired about Tycho . Horn was wary of Tycho after his capture by Ysanne Isard , who was known for brainwashing her prisoners and sending them out as covert agents . Suspicious of his fellow Rogue , Horn picked a fight with Winter about Tycho ' s tragic losses on Alderaan . Winter , however , won the argument when she fully revealed Tycho ' s personal history , leaving Corran chagrined . Corran and Winter soon reconciled , however . While working on Coruscant , Winter ' s slicing skills came in handy when breaking into the planet ' s Imperial computers to deactivate the planetary shields . An initial plan to insert a sliced computer core into the main center was foiled by spies inside the Rebel organization . Surviving the following ambush , Winter was one of the few trustworthy people remaining to aid the Alliance . Winter was then part of the raid on a subsidiary computer center and a EVS Construction Droid that allowed the planetary shields to be deactivated . Working with Wedge Antilles , her quick - thinking and speed on a datapad helped to coordinate the Rogue Squadron pilots in their fight to take the planet . Winter , aiding Wedge , was able to slice into a TIE Interceptor ' s controls and send it crashing into a power station , and also took over OSETS 2711 to destroy an Imperial Golan space defense platform . After the conquest of Coruscant , Winter ' s love interest , Tycho , was arrested for the murder of Corran Horn . Winter paid Tycho many visits while he was imprisoned and even served as a witness in his trial , hoping to defend him . Tycho , who had been framed , was freed when Corran escaped from the Lusankya . Horn also revealed that Isard had never broken Celchu , permanently ending the cloud of suspicion over his loyalty . Winter joined Tycho for the award ceremony at which Mon Mothma awarded the Rogue Squadron members the Coruscant Star of Valor . Following these events , the members of Rogue Squadron left the Alliance military in order to invade the politically sensitive planet Thyferra , the main supplier of the precious bacta that was needed to stem the tide of the horrific Krytos virus released by Ysanne Isard . Winter assembled intelligence on Thyferra and presented this information to the squadron in a special meeting immediately before their departure for their new base at the Yag ' Dhul space station , where she was to join them and serve as part intelligence officer , part quartermaster . Her findings , including several Imperial supply dumps , proved crucial to the Rogues ' success . At this time , Winter also alerted Wedge Antilles to a store of X - wings and parts on Rishi . Also around this time , Tycho Celchu left a memorial for his fiancée Nyiestra ( who perished during the destruction of Alderaan ) at the Graveyard . His memorial gift , suggested by Winter , was a symbolic acknowledgment of both his own personal transformation and his new love for Winter . Soon thereafter , when Rogue Squadron was ambushed by the Imperial Interdictor cruiser " Aggregator " and " Victory I " - class Star Destroyer " Corrupter " , Winter ' s holographic memory helped the Rogues to discover more information on the mysterious ship which came to their rescue . It was the " Valiant " , an Alderaanian ship that was the escort of the famed " Another Chance " . The Rogues eventually gained control of the " Valiant , " and after their eventual success on Thyferra , brought it with them when they returned to the New Republic military under the command of Aril Nunb . Provisional Council aide . As the New Republic established itself as a legitimate government , Winter moved from her work in intelligence to more diplomatic functions . While her friend Leia served on the New Republic Provisional Council , Winter worked as her aide . With her perfect memory , Winter was a natural choice as the recorder for the Council ' s crucial meetings , though apparently not all of the Council members were aware of her special gift . During the Thrawn campaign , while Han and Leia traveled through the galaxy attempting to escape capture by the Noghri , Winter served as their Coruscant liaison and covertly passed information on to them regarding the inner politics of the Provisional Council . In particular , she kept them informed about the ongoing smear campaign implicating Admiral Ackbar for treason , and on the machinations of Borsk Fey ' lya . Later , while Luke Skywalker conducted research on Jorus C ' baoth , Winter provided assistance by using her perfect recall to provide Luke with a physical description and other pertinent information about C ' baoth . Winter was familiar with this due to C ' baoth ' s role in mediating an ascendancy flap on Alderaan , which led to the Organa family ascending to the position of viceroy . In this period , Winter also served as hostess to Mara Jade while the woman recovered from her injuries at the Imperial Palace . Mara was to eventually become a close friend of Winter ' s , joining the intimate circle of highly - placed New Republic women including Leia , Winter , Mara , Iella Antilles , and Mirax Horn . ( Interestingly , over time , Mara and Leia became closer , while Winter and Leia grew apart , to the point where Leia eventually acknowledged that Winter ' s best friend was Iella . ) Winter was the one who informed Mara of the current state of the Thrawn crisis ; Mara had been unconscious for a month as she healed . During the course of their conversation , Mara expressed her wish that Winter could help her obtain a ship on which to depart Coruscant . At their introduction , Winter was piqued that after an inquiry about Winter ' s activities during the Rebellion , Mara was able to identify her as " Targeter . " As Leia recuperated from the delivery of her twin children Jaina and Jacen , Winter began probing the old Rebel Alliance archives for information about possible Imperial agents within the government . Suspicious of Mara Jade ' s recognition of her as Targeter ( thought to be known only to a few Imperial agents on Averam ) , Winter informed Leia that Mara might have Imperial connections . This information led Leia to confront Mara about her past . Soon thereafter , Winter was present for the attempted kidnapping of Leia and her children . Mara Jade ' s timely rescue helped to ease Leia and Winter ' s minds about Mara ' s allegiances . As a result of this event and concerned for the safety of the infant Solo twins in the face of continued danger , Leia invited ten Noghri bodyguards to Coruscant to protect her , the twins , and Winter . This proved to be a fortuitous decision — when Coruscant came under attack a few days later , Leia ' s political duties called , and it fell to Winter and the Noghri to defend the twins . This presaged a pattern that would hold for most of the twins ' childhood . As the Thrawn crisis escalated , Winter worked with Leia and the slicer Zakarisz Ghent to discover the nature of Delta Source , which had been leaking key information to the camp of Grand Admiral Thrawn . Winter ' s memory proved itself useful once again as she used surveillance holos to track who in the Imperial palace was privy to particular pieces of gossip or diplomatic conversations . Though she was stumped as to who Delta Source could be , Winter was soon able to discover that the Grand Corridor of the Imperial Palace was likely the site where Delta Source was obtaining its information . Luckily , Leia was able to deduce that Delta Source was actually a complex organic microphone embedded in one of the Grand Corridor ' s monumental ch ' hala tree s . Winter continued serving the Provisional Council through the end of the Thrawn crisis , conveying the location of the planet Wayland to them , and babysitting the Solo twins when Leia traveled with Talon Karrde to assist Han , Luke , Mara , and Lando there . Following the conclusion of the Thrawn crisis , Winter would leave politics to pursue other duties for Leia . Protector of the Solo children . Upon the conclusion of the Thrawn crisis , Winter became the caretaker of Leia Organa Solo ' s newborn twin children , Jacen and Jaina . Leia ' s brother Luke Skywalker was concerned that the Force - sensitive children would be particularly vulnerable to attack ( Imperial or otherwise ) during their first two years of life . Therefore , the decision was made to sequester the children for several years , at the same time freeing their parents , Leia and Han Solo , for important New Republic duties . Initially , Winter kept Jacen and Jaina on New Alderaan with the protection of the Noghri . However , the depredations of the resurrected Palpatine and the birth of the twins ' younger brother Anakin necessitated a change in both locations and strategies . Thereafter , Winter and the children moved to the planetoid Anoth , where a special base had been constructed for them . Besides having cutting - edge security , this base was designed to be stimulating and educational for small children . Winter assisted Admiral Ackbar with the planning and construction of the base , and with him and Luke , Winter was one of the three people who knew Anoth ' s actual location . On Anoth , Winter served as the primary caregiver of the children until they returned to live on Coruscant with their parents . Every few months , Winter would pick up Han and Leia and shuttle them to Anoth to visit with their offspring . In 11 ABY , Winter dropped off Jacen and Jaina on Coruscant , the twins now being two years old and deemed strong enough to live with their parents . That evening , Winter and Leia discussed Han ' s disappearance during a scheduled mission to Kessel ; Winter advised Leia to contact authorities on that planet to determine if Han had arrived safely . The two then contacted Moruth Doole , whose evasiveness raised the suspicion of both women . ( Indeed , Doole had kidnapped Han and Chewbacca and set them to work in his spice mines . ) A few days later , Winter left to return to Anoth and baby Anakin , much to the Solo twins ' dismay . Indeed , even the typically stoic Winter seemed sad to leave the children behind on Coruscant . Though she remained proud to do her duty , the lonely days on Anoth had taken their toll on her , and the twins ' departure brought on a brief bout of depression . Soon thereafter , Winter entertained Admiral Ackbar on Anoth . Ackbar , disgraced by his inadvertent destruction of the Cathedral of Winds on Vortex , intended to pay Winter a visit and then return to his homeworld of Dac to live in seclusion . The two shared a brief meal and discussed Ackbar ' s scandal . Winter invited Ackbar to stay with her and care for Anakin , but he declined , much to Winter ' s disappointment . Little did Winter realize at the time that Ackbar had been tracked — and that she would soon face the consequences . Several months later , Winter and baby Anakin came under attack on the secret planet of Anoth . Anoth ' s location had been betrayed by Ackbar ' s brainwashed aide , Terpfen ( who had tracked Ackbar ' s ship ) , to the Imperial Ambassador Furgan . Furgan had arrived to Anoth on his " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruiser " Vendetta " captained by Colonel Ardax in an attempt to kidnap Anakin and raise him as the new Emperor . After deploying her station ' s FIDO against an attack by Furgan ' s fearsome Mountain Terrain Armored Transport s , Winter fought bravely , hoping to lead the stormtroopers away from Anakin . Through her ruse , she was able to draw some troops into a trap , leaving them vulnerable to assassin droids . Then , in the nick of time , Leia and Ackbar arrived on - planet to provide assistance and rescue Anakin aboard the " Galactic Voyager " . However , in years to come , Winter ' s role in the Battle of Anoth would be remembered as decisive . At the conclusion of the Sun Crusher crisis , Winter would attend the re - dedication of the Cathedral of Winds on Vortex . There , Ackbar encouraged her to once more take an active role in New Republic politics , hoping that he might be able to spend more time with her in such a capacity . Following these events , all the Solo children returned to Coruscant to live with their parents , since Anoth was no longer safely hidden . The children found it difficult at first to adjust being raised by someone other than Winter , although Winter still played a large role in their lives , often traveling with them as a nanny and assistant . In 12 ABY , she accompanied the Solo family and Luke Skywalker to Ithor to attend the Herd Meet . After the deranged Drub McKumb staged an attack on the Solos there , she escorted the children to protection . She was still attending the Solo children when Leia was kidnapped by Seti Ashgad , and most likely looked after them when Han and Chewbacca left in search of Leia . Meanwhile , one of the tricks Winter had learned from an outlaw on Coruscant — lock picking — and passed on to Leia allowed Leia to escape imprisonment on Nam Chorios . Ironically , Winter was away attending a conference on runaway children when Hethrir kidnapped the Solo kids in 14 ABY . The very runaway children Winter was investigating had been abducted by Hethrir for use in his Empire Youth indoctrination program . By 17 ABY , Winter continued to spend time with the Solo children , giving C - 3PO a hard - earned break every once in a while . On one occasion , Anakin Solo , upset by C - 3PO , ordered a TDL nanny droid , TDL - 3 . 5 , to come replace the protocol droid . Winter , however , with a bit of persuasion , convinced the droid to go back to the warehouse , much to C - 3PO ' s relief . Yet soon after , Kueller ' s bombing of the Senate Hall forced Winter to temporarily bring Jacen , Jaina , and Anakin back to the safety of the rebuilt Anoth shelter . Later life . Following the Almanian Uprising in 17 ABY , Winter finally married her longtime love , Tycho Celchu of Rogue Squadron . Winter was also present for the nuptials of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade in 19 ABY . She joined Mara ' s group of friends , including Leia , Iella Wessiri Antilles , Mirax Terrik Horn , and Tionne Solusar in helping the bride with her preparations , including a spa visit and a slingball match versus Champion Squadron . Subsequently , Winter had taken to aiding former New Republic Admiral Gial Ackbar in his pursuit to bring safety and recovery to the aquatic world of Dac . Ackbar had long been a special friend of Winter ' s , from at least the time the two were privy to the secret location of Anoth . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Ackbar was found to be in declining health due to his old age . Winter assisted her friend and cared for him as he prepared the plans for the climactic Battle of Ebaq . Winter was present when he passed on during the midst of the Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar , informing Galactic Alliance command of the Mon Calamari ' s death . She told her husband after the Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar and the end of the war that she ' d leave him if he didn ' t retire . By 40 ABY , Winter and Tycho were firm supporters of the Galactic Alliance in the Second Galactic Civil War , leading to their alienation from their best friends , Wedge and Iella Antilles . Tycho , suspicious that the so - called Chasin Document was actually a revision of General Garm Bel Iblis ' s Operation Blue Plug ( which dated from the Galactic Civil War ) , enlisted Winter to conduct an investigation to determine if the still - classified Blue Plug documents had been sliced into . Winter discovered that the Alliance ' s backup code had indeed been sliced using a Galactic Alliance Guard ( GAG ) passcode and had been altered so as to send files to a spy . Winter scrubbed the military network of the spy ' s code and turned over her findings to Galactic Alliance Intelligence . Tycho was to present Winter ' s findings to a group of Galactic Alliance military personnel , including Admiral Cha Niathal and Jacen Solo , who was infuriated about the implication of GAG in the security breach and refused to believe his former nanny ' s discovery . Later , however , when Jacen needed to send a message from Uran Lavint to his parents , he enlisted Winter ' s help to initiate direct contact with the Solos , who had essentially disowned him . In 43 . 5 ABY , Winter became a member of the secret Darkmeld organization , and assisted in the Raid on the Armand Isard Correctional Facility . She later aided Jaina Solo in attending a dinner date with Jagged Fel . Personality and traits . Winter was noted for her stoicism , causing her future husband Tycho to remark that her name well - suited her chilly personality . However , Winter ' s emotional control was both a coping mechanism for dealing with the destruction of Alderaan and a useful technique she employed in her career as a spy . It also may partly have been a result of her royal upbringing and was in stark contrast to Leia Organa ' s more emotive style . In her personal life , her stoic nature was also helpful , as it allowed her to spend long periods away from her partner Tycho Celchu while both were involved on missions across the galaxy . It also made her a very reasonable and composed nanny for the often - mischievous Solo twins . In terms of her personal style , Winter could best be described as elegant and stately . Growing up , Winter had better fit the role of " princess " than her friend Leia did , and though Leia eventually grew out of her tomboy phase , Winter retained her regal bearing . Though Winter ' s line of work often required her to wear practical clothing such as jumpsuits , her tastes were never as functional as Leia ' s . Indeed , at different times in their adulthood , Leia would remark that Winter seemed fashionable and distinguished even in an old robe and that she favored expensive , impractical clothing made out of materials such as vine - silk . Her most unique trait was her memory , which was both holographic and audiographic . She had perfect recollection of everything that had ever happened to her , and all information that came to her . Across the galaxy , this trait was highly uncommon . Ironically , one other individual who possessed this trait , Imperial officer Kirtan Loor , was a contemporary and an enemy of Winter ' s . Winter ' s memory proved useful time and time again in her service to the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic . Eventually , however , this ability would cause her some emotional difficulty , as she remembered every experience , even the most painful , in complete detail . Winter also was a very skilled slicer and a master of disguise , often impersonating her adoptive sister Leia . Behind the scenes . Winter was created by author Timothy Zahn for the early 1990s . There , and in many subsequent Expanded Universe novels , Winter ' s purpose is to serve in capacities normally filled by Leia when Leia is otherwise occupied due to plot or continuity concerns . She also functions as a foil for the more excitable Leia . There is a slight discrepancy in the sources regarding Winter ' s alias " Targeter . " In " The Last Command " , Winter tells Leia that she only used this alias for " a few weeks " and only on Averam . However , in numerous other sources such as " " and " , " Winter uses this alias in other locations and on other missions . Even Timothy Zahn , Winter ' s creator , appears to contradict his earlier work when , in " Allegiance " , " Targeter " is mentioned as active on Drunost .