Nadea Tural Nadea Tural was a female Thradian who represented the planet of Thrad in the Senate of the Galactic Empire . Around fifteen years after the founding of the Empire , Tural suffered a crash while she was traveling to Arkanis . She was rescued by the crew of the starship " Ghost " , a group of individuals who opposed the Empire . Although Tural ' s initial feelings toward the rebels were scorn and fear , she changed her mind after Imperial Commander Earll boarded the " Ghost " and threatened to execute the rebels without a proper trial . Tural ' s sympathies towards the rebel cause led to her imprisonment in the Arrth - Eno Prison Complex on Imperial Center . She was killed when Rebel spy Eneb Ray attempted to rescue her and other imprisoned senators from the prison , an event that was a trap by the Emperor , Darth Sidious , to lure all Rebel spies on Coruscant to one place and kill the senators and spies in the destruction of the prison . The Emperor used this as propaganda against the Rebel Alliance , claiming that they killed the senators in an act of terrorism . Biography . Age of the Empire . Encounter with the Spectres . A female Thradian , Nadea Tural was a politician . By the fifteenth celebration of the Galactic Empire ' s founding , she represented her home planet of Thrad in the Imperial Senate , the " de jure " legislative assembly of the Empire . At some point during the fourth year before the Battle of Yavin , Senator Tural set course for the planet Arkanis , but the hyperdrive of her Star Commuter 2000 shuttle malfunctioned , causing it to crash . Although injured , Tural managed to send a distress call , which was intercepted by the " Ghost " , a light freighter owned by a band of individuals who opposed the Empire . Upon seeing who her rescuer were , Tural was at first terrified , thinking that the rebels would torture her . However , the rebels , led by the Twi ' lek captain Hera Syndulla and the Jedi in exile Kanan Jarrus , were adamant to prove to the senator that the Empire she served was in fact an oppressive regime . Tural was unwilling to believe them , but her mind would soon change . Having also received the distress call , an Imperial " Gozanti " - class cruiser attacked the " Ghost " , and a squad of stormtrooper s led by Commander Earll boarded the rebel craft . Earll and her men forced the rebels to surrender , and ordered their immediate execution . Upon hearing the commander ' s orders , Senator Tural was incensed , and she demanded that the " Ghost " crew get a fair trial . Earll brushed Tural ' s objections aside , telling her that the Senate had no jurisdiction in that matter . When the stormtroopers were about to fire , the senator jumped in front of Commander Earll , allowing Kanan Jarrus to Force push everyone out of the way . The rebels managed to get the upper hand , and the Imperial troops were pushed back to their ship . Later on , Senator Tural was brought to the planet of Camson by her rebel rescuers . Although she did not approve of all they did , she thanked them for saving her and giving her a clearer perspective on the Imperial Senate ' s actual helplessness . Encouraging the rebels . After Syndulla and her crew opened her eye s to the atrocities of Palpatine ' s regime , Tural started to actively help people who wished to oppose the Empire in secret . Through a fellow Thradian named Beneda , she arranged transport for Swain and Cogon , two Imperial defectors who had taken shelter on Thrad . Although Tural had planned to send the defectors to the planet Klonoid , where they would join a rebel cell , the two were captured by Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau before they could depart . Galactic Civil War . Imprisonment and death . Tural became a rebel sympathizer in the Senate , which the Emperor , Darth Sidious , disbanded shortly before the Battle of Yavin , and was arrested due to her views . She was im prison ed in the Arrth - Eno Prison Complex . Some time after the Battle of Yavin , Rebel spy Eneb Ray was ordered by Prince ss Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance to infiltrate Arrth - Eno , where Tural and other Rebel - sympathetic senators were scheduled to be executed . Upon breaking into the facility , Tural told Ray that the Emperor himself was planning to visit the prison to oversee their execution . As a result , Ray and other Rebel spies hatched a plot to assassinate the Emperor . Unknown to the spies , however , was that the Emperor ' s alleged presence was a trap to lure all of the Rebel spies on Coruscant to one place . The Emperor only sent a body double , and the Empire destroyed the prison — along with Tural , the other senators , and all of the spies except for Ray . After their deaths , the Emperor broadcast a message on Coruscant alleging that the Rebels destroyed Arrth - Eno in an act of terrorism and thus deprived the senators of a trial .