Ta ' a Chume Ta ' a Chume was the Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium during the first part of the Galactic Civil War , the mother of Isolder , and the grandmother of Tenel Ka Djo . As the ruler of the Hapes Consortium , she was responsible for opening up the borders of the Hapes Cluster to the rest of the galaxy in 8 ABY . As a ruler concerned only with her position , Ta ' a Chume had no qualms about killing people to protect herself and / or the monarchy , including going so far as to arrange the assassinations of her first born son , her younger son ' s fiancée , and her daughter - in - law . Despite being placed under house arrest for the murder of the latter , she had arranged an assassination attempt on her newborn great - granddaughter Allana in 36 ABY . In retaliation , Jacen Solo used the Force to give her a brain hemorrhage that sent her into a coma . Biography . Early life . Ta ' a Chume was the daughter of Ni ' Korish , and had the company of several sisters while growing up . Details of her early life are scarce , but it was known that Ni ' Korish ' s hatred of the Jedi was a large influence on her . Upon the death of her mother , Ta ' a Chume became the Queen Mother , the absolute monarch of the Hapes Consortium . She took a consort , and they had two sons , Kalen and Isolder . Her consort died while their children were still young . During her reign as the ruler of the Hapes Consortium , Ta ' a Chume ruled with an iron fist and advocated a large military presence , mainly due to the fact that the Galactic Empire had made several attempts to invade the Hapes Cluster . Due to the large navy she had assembled to counter these intrusions , most of the attacks were repelled . In 2 ABY , Ta ' a Chume had decided that her older son Kalen lacked the necessary skills to be a leader to his people , so she had arranged for his kidnapping and murder by pirates near the Terephon system . This event prompted her younger son Isolder to go undercover as a privateer for two years to search for those responsible . Impressed by Isolder ' s resolve , Ta ' a Chume named him the new Chume ' da . When Isolder became engaged to a Hapan noble named Elliar shortly afterward , Ta ' a Chume was less than thrilled . Feeling that Elliar ' s pacifism would be the ruin of the Hapes Consortium , she arranged for Elliar ' s drowning death in one of Hapes ' reflecting pools . It would not be until years later that Isolder would discover that his mother was behind both deaths . The Hapes / Dathomir incident . In 8 ABY , Leia Organa visited Ta ' a Chume on Hapes in a bid to forge a Hapan / New Republic alliance . While Organa was discussing details with Ta ' a Chume , Isolder spotted Organa from afar and fell in love with her . He went to Ta ' a Chume to discuss permission for him to marry Organa , which she only granted to ensure his loyalty to her . In truth , she despised Organa ' s ideals and maintained the illusion of an alliance for Isolder ' s benefit . When the Hapan fleet arrived at Coruscant in 8 ABY to confirm the alliance proposal , each of the Hapan worlds presented a gift to Organa , with the gift from Hapes itself being Isolder ' s marriage proposal . While mulling over the proposal , Organa was targeted by Hapan assassins working on Ta ' a Chume ' s orders . The plot was foiled by Isolder , but before Ta ' a Chume could arrange another attempt , Han Solo kidnapped Organa and took her to Dathomir in an effort to win her love . Because a Hapan honor tradition dictated that the Queen Mother do anything possible to protect her successor , Ta ' a Chume put her network of spies to use to find Solo and have him executed . When a lead was located , Ta ' a Chume sent her spies to question Omogg , a Drackmarian warlord who was one of last people Solo had associated with . Determined to get the information one way or another , she had some of her other spies run a check on Omogg ' s navicomp before questioning her . Due to the huge bounty posted on Solo ' s head that she wanted to claim for herself , Omogg refused to give Ta ' a Chume ' s spies any details , so in frustration they assaulted her . To gain the Drackmarian ' s trust , Ta ' a Chume asked Omogg what punishment she should dole out to her errant underlings , and was told by Omogg to make them breathe methane . Ta ' a Chume agreed , hoping to get information on Solo in return , but the Drackmarian refused , only agreeing to give the information to Luke Skywalker . Although slightly put off , she still had the information from the navicomp sweep she had her spies perform earlier , and used it to dispatch the Hapan fleet to Dathomir . Intrigued by Skywalker , she invited him to dine with her and Isolder aboard " Star Home " . While dining , she tried her best to seduce him and told him a lie about a small Jedi academy that was set up on Reboam during the Great Jedi Purge . Skywalker sensed that she did not have his best interests at heart when divulging that detail , however , and he and Isolder departed " Star Home " for Dathomir . Ta ' a Chume and the Hapan fleet arrived at Dathomir during the Battle of Dathomir , and helped New Republic forces defeat Warlord Zsinj . Afterward , while on Dathomir for a victory celebration , Isolder announced his intention to make one of the local Witches of Dathomir , Teneniel Djo , his bride . Ta ' a Chume was horrified that a Force - sensitive commoner from a backwater planet would succeed her , and objected to the union . However , Djo used the Force on her , assuring her that she was no pacifist and had no qualms about executing the Queen Mother if the situation warranted it . Ta ' a Chume backed down and allowed the union , although there was no love lost between her and her new daughter - in - law . Apart from demanding permission to marry Teneniel Djo , Isolder had also demanded that the Hapes Consortium join the New Republic . Ta ' a Chume had agreed to this demand , but members of the Hapan Royal Court objected . Using the pretense that it would erode internal stability to join the New Republic , Ta ' a Chume backed out of the Hapes / New Republic political alliance . However , the borders of the Hapes Cluster were now open to the rest of the galaxy . Abdication . Around the time of the birth of her granddaughter Tenel Ka in 10 ABY , Ta ' a Chume had abdicated the throne under unknown circumstances , with Teneniel Djo replacing her as Queen Mother . Djo ' s refusal to take advice from the former Queen Mother and the fact that Tenel Ka preferred her Dathomiri heritage over her Hapan one was a constant source of irritation to Ta ' a Chume . Nevertheless , she tried numerous times to groom Tenel Ka as the future ruler of Hapes , despite her granddaughter ' s lack of interest . In 22 ABY , Tenel Ka was sent to the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 to learn the ways of the Force . Although both of Tenel Ka ' s parents had encouraged her to go , Ta ' a Chume was horrified that her heir was training to be a Jedi . Later that year , when Tenel Ka had returned to Hapes after a lightsaber accident had cost her part of her left arm , Ta ' a Chume tried her best to dissuade her granddaughter from Jedi training and to stay on Hapes full time . However , after Tenel Ka and her fellow Jedi trainees had foiled an attempt on Ta ' a Chume ' s life by her underling Yfra , she temporarily reconsidered her position on Tenel Ka ' s Jedi training . Although she was no longer the reigning monarch , Ta ' a Chume still had spies and underworld contacts loyal to her , and she put them to use quite often . When Tenel Ka called Hapes in 23 ABY to inform her parents about the Diversity Alliance , Ta ' a Chume used this spy network to learn that the apparently peaceful aliens - first movement was not as it seemed . She later also made use of an anti - Jedi faction named after her mother . The Yuuzhan Vong War . In 25 ABY , Ta ' a Chume was among those who welcomed Leia Organa Solo to Hapes , and confided to the younger woman that she had been wrong about her all those years ago . During the same conversation , Ta ' a Chume also expressed her disgust for her granddaughter Tenel Ka ' s refusal to take the throne , and revealed that her son Isolder ' s marriage to Teneniel Djo was strained . Both women then watched as Isolder won an honor duel that sent the Hapan fleet to Fondor to aid in the Yuuzhan Vong War . In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Fondor , Ta ' a Chume ' s already low opinion of her daughter - in - law went even lower when Teneniel Djo miscarried the Hapan heir , went into a semi - catatonic state and neglected her duties as Queen Mother . Quietly , Ta ' a Chume plotted to get rid of the " witch queen , " either by finding a new wife for Isolder or by reclaiming the throne herself . When the survivors of the Mission to Myrkr ( among whom was her granddaughter Tenel Ka ) piloted a stolen Yuuzhan Vong ship to Hapes , Ta ' a Chume set in motion a plan to replace Teneniel Djo with the grieving Jaina Solo . In Jaina she saw a younger version of herself , but with the potential to be even more powerful due to Jaina ' s ability to use the Force . To achieve her goal , she started slowly grooming Jaina for Hapan political events by inviting her to political balls and introducing her to influential people . When Ta ' a Chume discovered Jaina had an interest in Jagged Fel , she arranged for Fel to have an " accident " to preserve her plan . The sabotage plot never came to fruition , however , and Fel was warned to keep his distance from Jaina by his wingmate . Citing that he owed it to his people to provide them with a strong leader , Ta ' a Chume also pressured Isolder to divorce the near - catatonic Teneniel Djo . She stated that with Djo incapacitated and Tenel Ka ' s refusal to take the throne , she would reassume the throne if he did not marry Jaina Solo . Since seeing his mother back on the throne was the last thing Isolder wanted , he promised to consider it . Not wanting to wait for Isolder ' s decision on the matter , Ta ' a Chume sent some of her Ni ' Korish assassins to poison Teneniel Djo . In the aftermath of Djo ' s death , Ta ' a Chume turned on the Ni ' Korish and had them all arrested and executed . Shortly afterward , Jaina and Tenel Ka entered the room as Ta ' a Chume had placed the crown on her head . Isolder took the crown from her , and Ta ' a Chume knew that if he crowned Jaina , the younger woman would be Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium , whether she wanted it or not . However , Tenel Ka unexpectedly stepped forward to claim her birthright . After placing the crown on his daughter ' s head , Isolder then had Ta ' a Chume arrested for arranging the murder of Teneniel Djo . Endgame . Instead of being tried and imprisoned , Ta ' a Chume was placed under house arrest , and there she remained for the next 9 years . Time and imprisonment had not lessened her resolve , however , as in 36 ABY she was contacted by the Gorog nest of Killik s . Upset with the Hapan interference at Qoribu , they proposed a trade : in exchange for Ta ' a Chume supplying them with navicomputer technology , they would assassinate Ta ' a Chume ' s newborn great - granddaughter Allana . After the attempted assassination on Allana was foiled by her parents Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka , Ta ' a Chume was confronted by Jacen , who demanded to know why she would arrange the murder of her great - granddaughter . After a brief Force - induced torture , she informed Jacen that she did not want the child of two Jedi to eventually rule Hapes , and that she did not want Hapes to become a Jedi kingdom . She also stated that if she were killed , arrested , or disgraced in anyway , the Gorog would target Tenel Ka . To prevent any further attempts on the lives of Tenel Ka and his daughter by Ta ' a Chume , Jacen used the Force on her to give her a brain hemorrhage , rendering her comatose . Personality and traits . As a person , Ta ' a Chume was a true sociopath and described as manipulative , ruthless , arrogant , and would not tolerate the defiance of those who crossed her . Being the Queen Mother of a matriarchal society , Ta ' a Chume was disappointed when her consort fathered sons . Having no daughter by blood to rule in her stead , Ta ' a Chume took it upon herself to manipulate events to choose her successor . Due to this , her firstborn son Kalen , her younger son ' s fiancée Elliar and daughter - in - law Teneniel Djo all met their ends due to Ta ' a Chume ' s manipulations to choose a " proper " successor . Seeking to produce a daughter , she had several affairs which unfortunately - from her point of view - produced several other sons . An attempt on the life of Leia Organa was enacted because , again , she felt Organa to be an unworthy successor , while her attempt on her great - granddaughter Allana was enacted because she felt that as the child of two Jedi , the child would eventually turn the Hapes Consortium into a Jedi dynasty . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Ta ' a Chume had hatched a scheme to replace the current Queen Mother Teneniel Djo with the Jedi Knight Jaina Solo . Although Ta ' a Chume despised Jedi and other Force - users , she apparently saw no problem in replacing a Dathomiri Witch with a Jedi ( albeit one that was sliding into the dark side at the time ) . This was most likely due to the fact that she felt Jaina Solo was young , easy to manipulate , and would eventually be the path to Ta ' a Chume ' s own return to power . The failure of the plot was her downfall , as she was placed under house arrest for the murder of Teneniel Djo and no closer to the throne she so coveted . Even shortly before she was rendered comatose , Ta ' a Chume displayed no remorse for the deaths she had arranged , and even believed that as long as she was alive , there would be no attempts on the life of Tenel Ka . Her concern for Tenel Ka wasn ' t due to grandmotherly love , however , but a desire to reclaim the throne from her granddaughter when she was in a good position to do so . In a move some would call poetic justice , Jacen Solo used the Force to incapacitate her with a brain hemorrhage , putting an end to her lust for power . Behind the scenes . Character origin . The character of Ta ' a Chume was created by Dave Wolverton and first appeared in the 1994 novel " The Courtship of Princess Leia " . Name . The name Ta ' a Chume is certainly a royal style , incorporating the Hapan word " Chume " ( " Queen " ) , also found in the royal titles " Chume ' da " and " Chume ' la " . However , there is some debate as to whether " Ta ' a " is the character ' s given name , or a part of her full title as Queen Mother . " The Courtship of Princess Leia " is not explicit on the matter , but seems to favor the latter interpretation , and in " Cracken ' s Threat Dossier " , " Ta ' a Chume " is explicitly treated as the full hereditary title . Later sources , however , have continued to refer to the character as though " Ta ' a Chume " was her name rather than simply a royal style , and earlier and later Hapan rulers have been depicted as reigning under their different given names . Abdication . The date listed on this article as her abdication date is based on conjecture from the novel " " and from " The New Essential Chronology " , which has documented her as occupying the post as late as 8 . 5 ABY . The official date has not been given in any canonical source . In the " Young Jedi Knights " series , Ta ' a Chume was re - introduced as the former Queen Mother of Hapes , with no explanation given as to why she had abdicated . Sources she had appeared in following the YJK series did not resolve the issue , so the circumstances of her abdication remain unknown .