Korr Sella Korr Sella , also known by the nickname Korrie , was a human female military officer who served as a commander in the naval forces of the Resistance during its conflict with the First Order . She served under the command of General Leia Organa as her envoy to the New Republic , delivering warnings from the general about the actions of the First Order — warnings that generally fell on deaf ears in the Galactic Senate . Sella was on Hosnian Prime , the capital of the Republic , to deliver a warning when the First Order destroyed the planet using their Starkiller Base superweapon , killing Sella and the rest of Hosnian Prime ' s population . Biography . New Republic . Serving Senator Organa . Sella was born in 12 ABY to Sondiv Sella and a fellow New Republic politician . In 28 ABY , when Sella was sixteen years old , she followed in the footsteps of her parent s by entering public service , working for Senator Leia Organa at the Galactic Senate on the galactic capital Hosnian Prime . One of her jobs in the service of Organa was to prepare review holos for her so the senator could recognize each delegate in attendance at official events . Her employer Organa was a member of the Populists , a faction in the Senate that favored the decentralized New Republic . The Populists clashed with the Centrists , who advocated a stronger central government and military . Following a ceremony to dedicate a statue to the memory of the late Senator Bail Organa , Sella suggested that Leia accept an invitation from the Centrist Senator Bevicard to attend a reception on Coruscant in order to build friendship between the Centrists and Populists . In response , Organa explained that the invitation was only a symbolic gesture and that Bevicard would be mortified if she had actually accepted it . When Sella asked whether the two factions were really apart , Leia clarified that this was indeed the case . Sella and another staffer Greer Sonnel were present when a frustrated Leia expressed her desire to quit the Senate . Later , Sella accompanied Leia Organa , Greer Sonnel , and the pilot Joph Seastriker , and the Centrist Senator Ransolm Casterfo on a senatorial mission to investigate the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel , which was based on Bastatha . The group traveled aboard Leia ' s personal starship , " Mirrorbright " . During the journey , Casterfo tried to make conversation with Sella but she came up with the excuse of having to review her work . While visiting a casino in Bastatha , Sella took the opportunity to practice the diplomatic courtesies that Sonnel had taught her . When Leia played a game of cards with the local Niktos , Sella offered to record a tally of her wins and losses . However , Organa told her to enjoy her drink . After Casterfo rescued Leia from Rinnrivin ' s underground headquarters , Sella ran a preliminary data analysis of the crime lord ' s droid s and discovered that the crime lord was channeling his gambling and smuggling profits into shadow corporations on various Outer Rim worlds . After Leia returned to Hosnian Prime , Sella joined C - 3PO and Sonnel in encouraging Organa to nominate herself for First Senator , a post that had been proposed by the Centrists to end the deadlock in the New Republic . While the Populists had initially opposed the idea , they decided to nominate one of their own in order to prevent a Centrist from occupying that office . Political intrigue . A few days later , Sella offered to bring a cushion for Senator Organa to relax after a busy day hosting several visitors including the leader of the Association of Small Craft Manufacturers , ore traders from Gad , and several junior senators from Populist worlds in the Outer Rim . Leia declined because she did not want to fall asleep in her office . Shortly later , the Centrist Senator Lady Carise Sindian visited to obtain a document that allowed her to inherit the Supreme governor ship of Birren . Since Leia was not interested in that position , she had transferred it to Lady Carise . While on Birren , Lady Carise discovered information on Leia ' s parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . Unknown to everyone else , Lady Carise was a secret agent of the First Order , an Imperial remnant , and was working behind the scenes to destabilize the New Republic . Later , Sella survived a bomb attack that destroyed half the Senatorial conference building . Sella was not wounded by the bomb but was frightened . She found her friend Greer Sonnel , who had also escaped the bombing , and the two managed to find Leia after being tended to by a medical droid . Following the so - called " Napkin Bombing , " Sella accompanied Leia , Seastriker , and C - 3PO on a mission to Ryloth to search the planet ' s archives for information about Rinnrivin ' s cartel . After three hours , Sella complained that everything in the archives was written on paper . She also uncovered information about Rinnrivin ' s origins as a lowly spice dealer before becoming a major crime lord in the past seven years . Based on the records , Sella theorized that Rinnrivin was channeling funds to Centrist worlds and suggested that the Centrists were also funding him . Following the visit to the archives , Sella , Seastriker , and C - 3PO took the " Mirrorbright " for a flight above Ryloth while Leia attended a reception hosted by her old comrade Emissary Yendor . In Leia ' s absence , Sella and her companions received information from Casterfo that Rinnrivin had secret relay satellites above Ryloth . After C - 3PO sliced into one of the satellites , they discovered that Rinnrivin was hiding in the Expansion Region world of Sibensko , which was also the headquarters of a paramilitary faction called the Amaxine warriors . Seastriker and Casterfo had determined that the Amaxines were colluding with Rinnrivin ' s cartel . While Leia was initially annoyed with her underlings for not consulting her , she was mollified to learn about Rinnrivin ' s whereabouts . Sella later accompanied Leia and her team to the planet Harloff Minor for a secret meeting with Rinnrivin . The Storm . While approaching Hosnian Prime , Sella went through Leia ' s communiques which included messages from Leia ' s colleagues Senator Tai - Lin Garr and Varish Vichly . They also read news reports of the Centrists and Populists blaming each other for the Napkin Bombing . They also received word from Casterfo about his investigation on Daxam IV , which had taken a " dramatic leap forward . " After digesting the news reports , Sella and Seastriker asked Senator Organa whether the New Republic was going to collapse . Leia responded that the infighting between the two factions could lead to a schism unless things did not work out . Later , Sella was deeply upset and angry following the public revelations about Leia ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader , the dreaded Imperial enforcer . Due to the revelations , Leia ' s credibility was tarnished and she was forced to withdraw her nomination for First Senator . After Leia returned to her senatorial office to escape the crowd , a tearful Sella confronted her employer and announced her resignation . She chastised Organa for withholding this information from her and her staff . As a final snub , she slammed Leia for referring to her by her childhood nickname " Korrie . " Ten days after Leia ' s speech to the Galactic Senate on her mission to Sibensko , Sella met Leia while she was accompanying the Populist Senator Tai - Lin Garr during his public campaign for First Senator . Sella apologized for abandoning Organa out of anger and expressed her admiration for the Senator . She also offered her services to Leia again , which the older woman gratefully accepted . Resistance . After Organa resigned from the Galactic Senate and formed a paramilitary organization called the Resistance to oppose the actions of the First Order , Sella went with her and continued serving General Organa . Because Organa , who predicted the threat that the First Order posed to the New Republic , had been labeled as a warmonger and had her reputation damaged by the Senate , Organa used Sella as an envoy between the Resistance and the New Republic . The Republic believed that the First Order would not pose a threat to them so long as they abided by the dictates of the Galactic Concordance , signed nearly three decades earlier by the Republic and the Galactic Empire at the end of the Galactic Civil War , but the Resistance learned that the First Order intended to destroy the Republic . Organa frequently sent Sella to make a case for direct Republic action against the First Order — the Resistance was not officially sanctioned by the Republic but received limited support nonetheless . As the situation grew more dire , and the First Order prepared to use its superweapon known as Starkiller Base against the Republic ' s capital in the Hosnian system , Organa tasked Sella with traveling to the capital world of Hosnian Prime to once again make a case for Republic action . Sella questioned whether the Senate would listen , and Organa conceded that she did not know — there was a time when the Senate would have been willing to listen , but the political makeup of the body had changed in the years since the New Republic ' s founding . Though Sella agreed to go , she questioned why the general did not go in person , to which Organa replied that even if she could deliver a speech to the Senate , there were certain members of the government who would ensure that she did not make it off of Hosnian Prime alive . Sella left with Organa ’ s confidence that she would be able to deliver her warnings to the Senate . While Sella was on Hosnian Prime , the Starkiller targeted the system and fired its weapon . Sella stood alongside Chancellor Lanever Villecham and members of the Senate and watched in horror as the Starkiller weapon hit Hosnian Prime , tearing the planet apart and killing Sella and the members of the government along with it . Resistance forces later destroyed the weapon , ensuring that it could never eliminate another planet again . Personality and traits . Korr Sella was a human female with black hair , brown eye s , and dark skin . She wore a Resistance command uniform . She showed her authority in how she carried herself , preferring a no - nonsense stance . As a teenager , Sella was an idealistic young woman who admired Leia Organa and looked up to the former rebel leader and New Republic senator . Sella was a diligent office intern who took her job seriously and went out of her way to serve the senator . During her work as an office intern , Sella developed a friendship with Leia ' s personal pilot Greer Sonnel , who taught her to practice diplomatic courtesies . Informally , Sella preferred to be known by her childhood nickname " Korrie " when around her friends like Senator Organa and Sonnel . Sella was greatly distraught when she learned that Leia was the daughter of the reviled Imperial enforcer Darth Vader . Angered by Leia ' s perceived indiscretion and dishonesty , she resigned in protest . However , Sella came to reconsider her actions after Leia ' s investigation uncovered a conspiracy involving Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine warriors . Sella later buried the hatchet with Senator Organa and re - offered her services . Leia gracefully accepted the younger woman ' s services and later assigned her to work as the Resistance ' s envoy to the New Republic . Behind the scenes . Korr Sella briefly appeared in the 2015 film , in which she was portrayed by Maisie Richardson - Sellers . She appeared in only one scene , during the destruction of Hosnian Prime . Further information about the character was provided in " " , elaborating on her role in the Resistance .