Numa Numa was a Twi ' lek female who lived on Ryloth during the Clone Wars . Years later , she would become part of a rebel cell operating on Ryloth under the command of Cham Syndulla . Biography . The Clone Wars . Battle of Ryloth . Numa was a female Twi ' lek who grew up on the Outer Rim planet of Ryloth . Numa lived with her father and mother in their humble home , which was located in the small town of Nabat . When Numa was five standard year s old , the galaxy - wide conflict known as the Clone Wars came to Ryloth when the Confederacy of Independent Systems invaded Numa ' s homeworld . The Confederacy ' s droid army invaded many population centers , subjugating the people and imprisoning them . Nabat was also invaded , and during the early stages of the droid occupation , Numa ' s home was heavily damaged and her parents were killed . Numa managed to survive and avoid detection from the droids by taking refuge in the town ' s extensive underground sewer tunnel systems . Some time later , the Galactic Republic launched the Battle of Ryloth in order to free Ryloth from the Confederate occupation . During the battle , two Republic clone trooper s from Jedi General Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s 212th Battalion ' s Ghost Company — Waxer and Boil — went on a recon mission to Nabat , where they heard noise in an alleyway . The two trooper s investigated the noise , and were surprised to find a young Twi ' lek girl , Numa . Young Numa was initially fearful of Waxer and Boil because she thought they were droid s ; the two troopers wore full body armor and helmets . Numa even bit Boil ' s finger when he tried to comfort her . After the trio avoided the detection of a Separatist recon droid , Waxer and Boil removed their helmets and gave Numa a ration bar , explaining their good intentions , and that they were flesh and blood , just like her . Upon seeing the two clones ' faces , she realized they were identical , like brothers , so she pointed at each of them and said in her native language of Twi ' leki , " Nerra , " which meant brother . Waxer and Boil didn ' t speak Twi ' leki , only Galactic Basic , and Numa didn ' t speak Basic , only Twi ' leki , so the trio couldn ' t understand one another through the spoken word . As Numa finished eating the ration bar , Waxer and Boil decided to move on and finish the recon , leaving Numa behind . Returning home . Numa decided to follow them , staying in the shadows behind the two clones as they trekked through Nabat ' s neighborhoods . Waxer and Boil were fully aware that Numa was following them , but continued on their mission nonetheless . The young girl , however , soon weaved her way to stand in front of the clones , surprising them with her stealthiness , then she again called " nerra " and ran towards her half - destroyed home . Waxer and Boil followed her — though Boil thought it foolish because they were already late meeting up with General Kenobi and the 212th Legion and would be disciplined for getting distracted on their mission . Inside her home , Numa was overcome with grief , but was comforted when Waxer found and gave her a tooka doll — though she did begin to cry . Waxer hugged Numa and assured that they would keep her safe . Even Boil crouched down and comforted the young girl . Numa then embraced Boil , which startled him . Just then , Boil ' s comlink sounded : Clone marshal commander Cody was calling . The two troopers realized they were really in trouble and hurried out of Numa ' s home , wondering how they were going to explain Numa to Cody and Kenobi . However , Numa noticed the presence of several fierce Rylothian carnivores closing in on them ; a gutkurr hunting pack had been set loose by the tactical droid TX - 20 , a leader in the Confederate occupation of Ryloth . Two gutkurrs chased the trio back into Numa ' s home , so Waxer and Boil held the front doors to the structure shut while firing on the beasts with their DC - 15 blaster rifle s . Numa , meanwhile searched for an escape route , remembering the secret passage under a trap door in the back of her former home . She got the troopers ' attention , so they backed up and followed Numa down the hatch and escaped the gutkurrs . The trio made their way through the tunnels and soon emerged again above ground in a different Nabat neighborhood right near Jedi Master Kenobi and Commander Cody , Waxer and Boil ' s superior officer s . Numa hid behind Waxer ' s legs until Kenobi crouched down and spoke to her in Twi ' leki , inquiring as to whether Numa could lead the 212th through the tunnels to where the other Twi ' leks were being held prisoner . To which Numa said she could and grew very excited . The clone offensive . Shortly thereafter , the clones mounted their offensive : Numa guided Waxer , Boil , and Kenobi through the tunnels while sitting on Kenobi ' s shoulder to Nabat ' s town center where the Twi ' leks were being used as living shield in order to protect the Confederacy ' s J - 1 proton cannon that prevented the Republic from launching a full - out invasion . Kenobi put Numa down , and gave Cody and his troops on the opposite side of the square the signal , and they opened fire on the Confederate B1 battle droid s and other defenses . As the battle raged , Kenobi used his lightsaber to free the Twi ' lek prisoners from their stuncuffs and led them to the tunnels past Numa . Numa watched happily as they passed , once again free , and was found by her uncle , Nilim Bril . The two embraced , happy to see each other alive . Kenobi , Waxer , and Boil continued the fight , destroying the proton cannons , but the droid TX - 20 in an Armored Assault Tank knocked the three Republic warriors to the ground with a laser blast . Numa raced from the safety of her uncle and the other Twi ' leks and helped Waxer , Boil , and Kenobi to their feet . While Numa helped Kenobi up , TX - 20 aimed his tank ' s laser cannon at Kenobi and Numa , ready to end their lives . However , the rest of the Twi ' leks were inspired by Numa ' s selflessness and so they took up arms against their droid oppressors , climbing TX - 20 ' s tank and ripped his mechanical body apart . Kenobi covered Numa ' s eyes at the violence , but she peeked out and watched anyway . With the proton cannon s destroyed , massive Republic " Acclamator " - class transgalactic military assault ships landed on the outskirts of Nabat and released their cargo — thousands of clone troopers , All Terrain Tactical Enforcer s , and All Terrain Recon Transport s . Numa and her uncle watched the landing with other Twi ' leks . Waxer waved goodbye to Numa , then Boil did likewise . Numa , however , wanted a better good - bye , so she ran over and hugged Waxer ' s leg . He told her not to be afraid because after they liberated the planet they would be back . Numa was sad that they had to go , but was glad she at least had her uncle to watch over her . She then called after them " nerra , nerra " and waved goodbye to them . Waxer and Boil asked Kenobi what " nerra " meant in Twi ' leki , and he explained that it meant " brother . " The two were amused and waved back to Numa and then continued on their march to liberate Ryloth ' s capital city of Lessu from the Confederacy . Age of the Empire . Aiding the rebellion . Three years before the Battle of Yavin , Numa had become one of Cham Syndulla ' s best fighters in the Free Ryloth movement . She and Gobi Glie accompanied Cham on a mission to rendezvous with the Spectres , another rebel cell that was led by Cham ' s daughter Hera Syndulla . After docking their " Nu " - class attack shuttle with the rebel ship " Ghost " , Numa and her comrades attended a briefing with the Spectres to discuss a plan to take out an Imperial " Quasar Fire " - class cruiser - carrier orbiting Ryloth . Since the fighter carrier housed TIE / sa bomber s that devastated Ryloth , Cham advocated destroying the ship to demonstrate the strength of the Ryloth rebels . However , Hera disagreed with her father ' s plan and advocated stealing the cruiser - carrier for the rebellion . After a heated discussion , Cham reluctantly conceded to Hera ' s plan . In secret , Cham still intended to destroy the Imperial cruiser - carrier and instructed Numa and Gobi to bring a bag of detonator S . During the journey to Ryloth , Numa and her Twi ' lek comrades pretended to befriend the Spectres . After landing a stolen TIE bomber in the Imperial cruiser carrier , the Ryloth rebels put their plan into action . Under Cham ' s orders , Numa and Gobi stunned the rebels Ezra Bridger , Sabine Wren , Kanan Jarrus , and Garazeb Orrelios while Cham dealt with Hera and her astromech droid Chopper . After exiting their TIE bomber , Numa and her companions dispatched a squad of stormtrooper s that had been sent to the hangar bay . While Cham proceeded to disable the ship ' s hyperdrive , Numa and Gobi headed with their detonators to the munitions rack . Shortly later , they were caught up in a gun battle with stormtroopers . Two of the Spectres , Sabine and Zeb , managed to overpower Numa and Gobi by using a rigged mouse droid to stun them . The two rebels then secured their Twi ' lek prisoners while the other four rebels convinced Cham to abandon his plan to destroy the Imperial cruiser - carrier . While Hera reasoned with her father , Sabine played the recording to Numa and Gobi in an effort to convince them to join forces . After several Imperial reinforcements and TIE bombers attempted to reclaim the cruiser - carrier , Numa and Gobi joined forces with Sabine and Zeb in repelling the Imperial forces . In the end , the two rebel forces managed to hijack the Imperial ship and escape the Ryloth system . While leaving , they destroyed an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser , which boosted the morale of the Ryloth rebels . Having established a working relationship with the rebellion , Numa and her Twi ' lek comrades then departed on their shuttle back to Ryloth . Recovering the Kalikori . Two years before the Battle of Yavin , a new Imperial commander named Grand Admiral Thrawn took charge of the Imperial counterinsurgency campaign against the Free Ryloth movement . By studying Twi ' lek culture , art , philosophy , and history , Thrawn was able to devise tactics which led to the capture of Tann Province ; the home of Syndulla clan . While Numa and Cham were riding their blurrg mounts to rendezvous with Hera ' s crew and Gobi , they were pursued by several Imperial scout trooper s and an Imperial Troop Transport . Numa and Cham managed to fight off their pursuers long enough for the " Ghost " to come and pick them up . Once aboard , Numa along with Cham and Zeb knocked out a scout trooper who had climbed aboard the vessel . Later , Numa attended a briefing where Cham outlined the recent events to Hera and her crew . When Ezra asked what a kalikori was , Numa explained that it was a Twi ' lek heirloom that was valuable to Hera ' s family . Numa , Gobi , Cham , and the other rebels volunteered to take part in a mission to recover Hera ' s Kalikori from the Syndulla residence , which had become the new Imperial headquarters . For the mission , Numa and the other rebels staged a diversionary attack on an Imperial patrol in the Tulara Ravine while Hera , Ezra , and Chopper went to recover the Kalikori . After destroying a troop transport and an AT - DP walker , the rebels fled into the wilderness but were pursued by a second walker . Following a gun battle , Thrawn ' s second in command Captain Slavin contacted the two rebel cells to inform them that he had captured Hera and Ezra . He threatened to execute the prisoners if Cham failed to surrender by dawn . After Cham agreed to surrender in return for his daughter and Ezra ' s lives , Numa and the other rebels traveled to the Syndulla residence in the " Ghost " . Cham was about to proceed with the exchange when Hera ordered Chopper to detonate several explosives . This knocked out the Imperial forces and allowed all of the rebels to escape . However , they failed to recover the Kalikori which was taken by Thrawn to add to his art collection . Numa and Gobi later mingled with the other Spectres while Hera reaffirmed her love for her father , Kanan , and her crew . Behind the scenes . Numa was voiced by voice actress Catherine Taber , who also voiced Padmé Amidala in . In a tweet , Taber opined that , in her mind , Numa was a descendant of Legends characters Mission Vao and Vette , two other Twi ' lek characters whom she had voiced in the past .