A Glimmer of Hope A Glimmer of Hope is a short story written by Charlene Newcomb with illustrations by Mike Vilardi , originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 by West End Games in February 1994 . It was reprinted in " The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal , Issues 1 - 4 " and since released online at . It features the story of Alexandra Winger , member of the underground on Garos IV and adopted daughter of the Imperial Governor . It takes place in 6 ABY . Plot summary . Alexandra Winger and Doro , members of the underground resistance on Garos IV , secretly monitor an Imperial mining center complex . The number of Imperial personnel has tripled recently and Alex feels there is something critical being done with the ore shipments in the area . Another underground team on the mission is discovered , so Alex and Doro attempt to run . Doro is killed during their escape , but Alex safely returns home to her life in the governor ' s mansion . Alex is the stepdaughter of the governor , Tork Winger . Alex has recurring dreams that she feels somehow will come true . In one dream , a man with sandy brown hair and blue eyes is with her as she scales the Tahika Cliffs . At breakfast the following morning , Tork asks Alex to help him host a dinner that evening for Captain Brandei of the Imperial Star Destroyer " Judicator " . Alex agrees and heads off to her classes at the university . After her classes , Alex meets with Dr . Carl Barzon and Magir Paca , two leaders of the resistance movement on Garos IV . She debriefs them on the mission that ended Doro ' s life and discovers that a cell member , Scat , was captured . Dr . Barzon reveals that he has isolated a component in the local ore that creates natural cloaking abilities . It is imperative that the underground keep this out of the hands of the Empire . Alex promises to get as much information as she can at the dinner and insists on participating in a daring daylight raid on an Imperial ore shipment . Alex successfully fulfilled her part of resistance mission during the attack , but on her way back home she is discovered by a university classmate , Lej Carner and taken hostage . On the way to take her to his landspeeder , another resistance member , Chance , kills Lej and allows Alex to make it to the dinner at the governor ' s mansion . While at the dinner , Alex has another vision . This time she is in the landing bay of a starship , sitting in the cockpit of an X - wing seeing man from her dreams . After the dinner , Alex participated in a successful rescue of Scat from the Imperial Headquarters . During the rescue , Alex was able to warn other resistance members of sense of danger , when she felt a tingling sensation crawl up her spine not knowing she was Force - sensitive . Behind the scenes . In a later short story , the reader discovers that Alexandra Winger is Force - sensitive and that the sandy brown haired man in her visions is Luke Skywalker . According to Charlene Newcomb ' s blog , " A Glimmer of Hope " takes place in 8 ABY . However , the text clearly states that three years have passed since the Battle of Endor , indicating that the story takes place in 7 ABY . However , " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " places the story in 6 ABY .