Greer Sonnel Greer Sonnel was a human female pilot and the personal assistant of Senator Leia Organa . Sonnel was a racer who piloted a purple RZ - 1 A - wing interceptor , the " Ossifrage " . Sonnel suffered from bloodburn , a rare affliction that ultimately ended her racing career . Some time later , in 28 ABY , Sonnel was chief of Senator Leia Organa ' s staff . She accompanied the senator on several investigations into Rinnrivin Di ' s crime cartel and the Amaxine warriors alongside senator Ransolm Casterfo , X - wing pilot Joph Seastriker and Korr Sella . Biography . The Gauntlet . Greer Sonnel was born on the planet Pamarthe , and like many people on her planet , grew up to become a starfighter pilot , participating in many races across the galaxy . At some point in her life , she partook in a race known as the Gauntlet , along with fellow Pamarthens Bors , Torret , Vee and her former partner , Karsted . The race itself was known to be very mysterious and extremely dangerous , as well as being sponsored by Han Solo himself . The race took place on a course called The Evil Eye , which required the racers to thread through ten eye s , with their overall score depending on how many . For the race , Greer piloted a modified RZ - 1 A - wing interceptor known as the " Ossifrage " . As the race began , Greer managed to achieve a head start , with the other racers being far behind her . As she flew , she turned on a comlink , which allowed her to communicate with her fellow racers . She eventually began speaking to a man whose voice she did not recognize ; however , the two continued to converse throughout the course , with each commenting on the other ' s piloting skills . Suddenly , the " Ossifrage " began to shudder with the instrument panel bleeping and flashing . Karsted had shot at her ship , blocking its thruster . Luckily , the man she had been talking to knew a solution , telling Greer to power off the ship for ten second s and restart with the throttle on hot and the right stabilizer maximized . To her surprise , this worked , and the ship was able to continue flying . As she reached the last stretch of the race , it was announced that in order to gain double points , two ships must pass simultaneously through the last eye . Greer and her new friend proceeded to work together on this , managing to finish and win the race . As they crossed the finish line , the man asked Greer if she knew of his name , upon which he revealed he was the legendary Han Solo , and with that he recruited her to join him on his team for the Five Sabers tournament . New Republic service . Working for Senator Organa . Three years before the Amaxine warrior crisis , Greer was diagnosed with Bloodburn syndrome , a disease that caused severe fevers . Since there was no cure , Greer had to take Hadeira serum and to avoid stressful activities such as racing . Due to Bloodburn syndrome , Greer abandoned her racing career and instead found work as the chief of the New Republic Senator Leia Organa ' s staff at the senatorial complex on Hosnian Prime . Her work involved managing Senator Organa ' s timetable and flying the Senator ' s personal transport , " Mirrorbright " . Sonnel also helped Leia ' s husband Han Solo to install guns into the ship as well . During her time working for Leia , Greer befriended another senatorial staff member named Korr Sella , a teenager whom they affectionately nicknamed Korrie . Sonnel ' s time at the Galactic Senate coincided with rising tensions between the Populists , who favoured individual member worlds maintaining autonomy , and the Centrists , who advocated a more centralized government and powerful military . Mission to Bastatha . Following a dedication ceremony to honor Leia ' s adoptive father Senator Bail Organa , Greer informed Leia , who was a prominent Populist , that the Centrist Senator Bevicard had invited her to a reception in Coruscant . In the presence of both Greer and Korrie , Leia explained how factional politics made it improper for her to accept the invitation . After Leia and a Centrist Senator named Ransolm Casterfo accepted a senatorial mission to investigate the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel on Bastatha , Leia discussed her travel plans with Greer and confirmed that Casterfo would be accompanying them . Prior to leaving on the " Mirrorbright " , Greer greeted the New Republic pilot Joph Seastriker , who had been assigned to escort the " Mirrorbright " on its journey to Bastatha . Joph took an instant liking to Greer and the two exchanged conversation before departing the New Republic senate hangar . During the journey , Greer manned the helm of the " Mirrorbright " . Casterfo tried to make conversation with Greer and Kor Sella but made little progress due to their philosophical differences . During the visit to Bastatha , Greer stayed aboard the ship while Leia , Casterfo , Korr , and C - 3PO attended a function at a casino that was hosted by the Nikto Magistrate s Tosta and Xun . Following a political argument between Leia and Casterfo , Joph informed Greer about details of the spat including Leia calling Casterfo a " spoiled brat " for criticizing the Rebellion . Later , Leia informed Greer and the others about an upcoming meeting with several Bastathan business leaders . This business delegation turned out to be a group of gangsters sent by Rinnrivin , who kidnapped Leia and spirited her away for a secret meeting with the crime lord . Rinnrivin tried to bribe the senator into easing the Republic ' s restrictions on the spice trade . However , Organa was rescued by Casterfo and the two escaped Rinnrivin ' s headquarters . Despite Rinnrivin ' s escape , Leia ' s team discovered a trove of information in the crime lord ' s computers which showed that the cartel ' s money was being funnelled into shadow corporations in the Outer Rim Territories . Based on this information , Leia and Casterfo decided to continue their investigation into Rinnrivin ' s syndicate . Discovering the Amaxine warriors . Following the mission to Bastatha , Greer along with Korrie and C - 3PO urged Senator Organa to consider nominating herself for the proposed position of First Senator , which would wield considerable power over the New Republic military and economy . The Centrists had successfully proposed this motion in an effort to end the deadlock in the Galactic Senate . While disillusioned with politics , Leia reluctantly acceded to an exploratory committee exploring her suitability for the job . In secret , Greer and C - 3PO had conceived the idea of the exploratory committee in order to encourage Leia to consider the job . Greer believed that Leia as First Senator would have more latitude over the Rinnrivin investigation . Later , Senator Organa dispatched Greer and Joph on a secret mission to investigate whether Rinnrivin was hiring pilots from Greer ' s homeworld of Pamarthe , which was reputed to have some of the best pilots in the galaxy . Upon arriving on Pamarthe , Greer and Joph landed on a Pamarthen bridge which overlooked the ocean . While chatting about the Five Sabers with a local tavern keeper and elderly pilot , the two posed as pilots looking for a job . They learned that a paramilitary faction on the nearby planet of Daxam IV called the Amaxine warriors were dominating the local cargo shipping . After learning this information , the two pilots shared a drink . When Joph asked Greer about the secrecy of their mission , Greer explained that Leia had sent them in order to circumvent a Senate rule forbidding senators from engaging in espionage . While their trip to Bastatha had been sanctioned by the Senate , their mission to Pamarthe was not , hence the need for secrecy . After returning to Hosnian Prime , Greer and Joph rendezvoused with Leia aboard the " Mirrorbright " to discuss their secret mission . Greer reported that the Amaxines were running a smuggling trade around Daxam IV . Leia explained that the Amaxine Warriors were a warrior culture that had left the galaxy during the time of the Old Republic . While noting that the Amaxines were believed to be extinct , Greer displayed a holo - map which showed reports of Amaxine activities on Daxam IV and other predominantly Centrist worlds . Based on these prelimary findings , Greer and her team speculated that certain Centrist senators were colluding with the Amaxines . Greer was pleasantly surprised when Leia decided to solicit Casterfo ' s help in investigating the Centrist connections to the Amaxine Warriors . The Napkin Bombing . Several days later , Greer and her friend Korrie were walking through the Senate grounds when a bomb damaged the nearby Senatorial conference building . Greer suffered mild concussion and a broken finger nail . Korrie was unhurt but frightened , promoting Greer to comfort her . Greer witnessed several wounded senators and other staff being evacuated from the scene . They managed to find Leia , who had discovered a message warning of the bombing and had ordered an evacuation ; saving many lives . Following the so - called Napkin Bombing , Greer asked Leia who would want to destroy the building . Leia responded that this was an attack on the Galactic Senate . Following the bombing , Greer received a round of serum injections and had her hand treated with bacta in order to allow her fingernail to regrow . Due to their moderate wounds , Greer and her companions were allowed by Dr Harter Kalonia to leave the medcenter . Over the following days , both the Centrists and Populists accused each other of staging the bombing for capital . After footage of a Twi ' lek mercenary emerged , Leia and her staff decided to travel to Ryloth to investigate whether Rinnrivin was involved . She also sent Greer to accompany Casterfo on a mission to Daxam IV to investigate the Amaxines . Casterto had arranged to buy an Imperial artifact from a local dealer there and has used the trip as a cover for his investigation . Mission to Daxam IV . While Leia had told Casterfo that she had assigned Greer as backup and not as a sign of mistrust , Greer was initially uncomfortable with the Centrist senator . For the journey , Casterfo rented a Jeconne courier . During the trip , Castero asked Greer about her previous career as a professional pilot on the Crystal Cairn team before her abrupt resignation three years ago . Wanting to hide her Bloodburn affliction , Greer downplayed her achievements and claimed that two years as a Crystal Cairns pilot did not make her elite . After exiting hyperspace , Greer discussed the details of their mission . Ransolm explained that he was buying the helmet of an Emperor ' s Royal Guard from a mysterious dealer named Crimson Blade . As a cover story , the two agreed that Greer would pretend to be Casterfo ' s personal pilot whom he had hired from under Leia ' s nose a fortnight ago . Upon landing on Daxam IV , Greer and Casterfo noted the planet ' s impoverished status and smushed where the money from Rinnrivin ' s revenue was actually going to . The two then traveled to a teahouse where Casterfo had earlier arranged to meet Crimson Blade . The dealer turned out to be Arliz Hadrassian , a woman that Casterfo and Leia had encountered earlier on Bastatha . While Casterfo gained Hadrassian ' s trust , Greer waited at wooden stool near the counter . After Casterfo convinced her of his Imperial sympathies , Hadrassian informed him that she had been a former TIE fighter pilot and that the helmet had belonged to her brother , a Royal Guard , who had fallen during the Battle of Jakku . Satisfied , Hadrassian arranged for Casterfo to visit her compound the following day to complete the transaction . Later that night , Greer took the Jeconne courier for a flight above Daxam IV and discovered that the Amaxines were a well - equipped militia with at least six sizeable starfighter squadron s practising manuevers over the planet ' s atmosphere . The following day , Greer stayed behind with the ship while Casterfo traveled on a rented Speeder bike to collect the helmet from Hadrassian , who had requested that Casterfo come alone for privacy reasons . While Greer was uncomfortable , she agreed to trust Casterfo ' s ability to look after himself . However , she remained on stand - by in order to evacuate him if necessary . Prior to departing , Greer linked the speeder bike ' s holocam to the courier ' s comm systems to keep an eye on Casterfo and the Amaxines . After purchasing the helmet , Casterfo returned to Greer and the courier safely . He informed Greer that the Amaxines had at least fifty starfighters and a thousand warriors based on Daxam IV . In addition , the Amaxines had at least six other bases including a headquarters on the water y Expansion Region world of Sibensko . Due to their mission , Greer came to trust and respect Casterfo and complimented his combat skills . Loyalty . After Leia and Casterfo returned to Hosnian Prime , the two senators made arrangements for a secret mission to Sibensko . Since New Republic officials were prohibited from engaging in undercover work , Leia made plans for her team to travel disguised as smugglers . Under Leia ' s instructions , Greer and Sonnel traveled to the seedy space station of Chrome Citadel disguised as smugglers . At a cantina , the two smugglers accepted a discreet job to transport material from Daxam IV to Sibensko . During their trip to Chrome Citadel , Greer and Joph struck up a friendship . Later , the two pilots met with Leia and Casterfo to discuss the details of their mission . Their trip to Daxam IV was scheduled to take place the following week . Leia supplied Greer and Joph with various disguises including an Ubese bounty hunter ' s mask . Casterfo also theorized that Rinnrivin and Hadrassian had a source in the Galactic Senate , whom Greer speculated was a Centrist . Prior to leaving , Greer took C - 3PO for an oil bath . The joint investigatory mission experienced a blow when another prominent Centrist senator Lady Carise Sindian learned about Leia ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . Knowing Casterfo ' s hatred for Vader , Lady Carise informed the young senator . Feeling betrayed , Casterfo upstaged Leia ' s hearing on her suitability for First Senator by revealing her parentage as Vader ' s daughter . This created a political firestorm which destroyed Leia ' s political career and reputation . Following the scandal , Greer and C - 3PO remained loyal to Leia and helped keep a baying crowd from entering Leia ' s office . However , Greer ' s friend Korrie resigned in protest of Leia ' s perceived insincerity . Greer later allowed Leia ' s Populist friend senator Tai - Lin Garr to enter the room and comfort her . Greer also made a recquisition order for the keepsake chest and the music box that Casterfo had used during the Senate hearing . That night , Greer undertook research into Leia ' s family history and discovered that Leia ' s father Anakin Skywalker had indeed been a Jedi Knight and Padmé Amidala ' s husband before becoming Darth Vader . Greer later discussed her findings with Joph and the two decided to reaffirm their loyalty to Leia . After discussing details of their investigation into Rinnrivin and the Amaxines with Leia , they agreed to wait until Leia had obtained leave from the Senate . Shortly later , Greer visited the medcenter to obtain another dose of Hadeira serum . When a 2 - 1B surgical droid attended to her , the droid informed her that her use of the drug exceeded suggested limits . Due to the recent stress of Casterfo ' s revelations , Greer had begun to experience symptoms of Bloodburn including spasms in her leg muscles . Despite the injection , Greer experienced a Bloodburn attack while making preparations with Leia , Joph , and C - 3PO for their Sibensko trip . Joph managed to grab her before she fell to the floor and took her to Dr Kalonia . Greer survived due to prompt medical attention . While recovering , Joph expressed his love for Greer and comforted her . Mission to Sibensko . After Leia obtained leave from the Senate , Greer and her companions traveled on a junker ship to Sibensko . For the mission , Greer wore a gray and black suit of Mandalorian armor while Joph wore an Ubese bounty hunter ' s mask . Leia pretended to be their indentured servant while C - 3PO pretended to be Leia ' s minder . Upon arriving at Sibensko , Greer and Joph met an Amaxine warrior named Padric , who revealed that they were transporting a shipment of thousands of thermal detonator s , which were destined for Hosnian Prime . While Greer and Joph loaded the cargo , Leia and C - 3PO infiltrated the underwater city and managed to download banking records linking the Amaxines to Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Leia then sent C - 3PO back to the ship and gave Joph instructions to leave with the droid while she spied on the Amaxine base . After finishing their loading , Greer and Joph discussed Leia ' s orders with C - 3PO . While Joph refused to leave Leia behind , Greer assured him that Leia was capable of stealing a ship for herself . C - 3PO backed her up by telling that Leia had given them explicit orders . While Greer and Joph argued about Leia ' s safety , an alarmed C - 3PO reported that a large Amaxine army was based inside the base . After killing Rinnrivin , Leia infiltrated the base where she discovered the Amaxines marshalling several starfighters . Despite being pursed , the senator managed to escape up a platform where she was rescued by her husband Han . Greer then contacted Han ' s racer and expressed relief and surprise at his arrival . Shortly later , the Amaxine base and underwater city was destroyed when a stricken Amaxine B - wing crashed into its heavily - stocked underwater depot . The explosion eliminated both Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxines as threats to the New Republic . Rise of the Resistance . Following the mission to Sibensko , Greer and Joph stored the stolen thermal detonators and their junker ship at a low - rent civilian hangar under the orders of senator Organa . Greer and Joph also made arrangements to store the thermal detonators at a secure storage space . Despite the defeat of the Amaxines and Rinnrivin ' s cartel , Leia believed that other threats to the New Republic lurked in the galaxy . With the Senate unwilling to take action , Leia had decided to resign from the Senate after her term was up . After Casterfo spoke up in Leia ' s defense during a Senate hearing on the Sibensko mission , Lady Carise , who was a secret agent of the First Order , hired Hadrassian to assassinate the Populist politician Tai - Lin Garr and then framed Casterfo for the crime . As evidence of Casterfo ' s purported linkages to Hadrassian , Lady Carise leaked a video of the two shaking hands . Greer quickly determined that the video had been doctored by Lady Carise ' s slicer s . While Greer believed they could use this evidence to clear Casterfo ' s name , they were unable to prevent him from being deported for im prison ment , trial , and sentencing on his homeworld of Riosa . Later , Greer and several other New Republic personnel including Joph , Snap Wexley , and Zari Bangel were present at a secret meeting in the New Republic hangar bay where Leia established a new paramilitary outfit called the Resistance to defend the New Republic from threats like the First Order , the instigators behind Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine Warriors . Personality and traits . Greer Sonnel was an attractive human woman with lustrous black hair , full lips , and deep coppery skin . While Greer suffered from a rare disease called bloodburn , she did not allow it to get in her way of becoming Leia ' s personal pilot . As Leia ' s chief of staff , she was privy to Organa ' s secret parentage as the daughter of the Imperial enforcer Darth Vader ; a secret that would have ramifications for Leia ' s political career if publicly disclosed . Despite Leia ' s parentage , she remained loyal to the older woman and refused to judge her based on her late father ' s actions . While initially wary of Ransolm Casterfo , she grew to respect and befriend the Centrist senator due to his courage , fighting skills , and selflessness . She along with Leia were one of the few to believe Casterfo ' s innocence following the murder of Tai - Lin Garr . During the course of her work for Leia , Greer came to develop romantic feelings for the New Republic starfighter pilot Joph Seastriker . Both were loyal to Leia and to the New Republic . Due to her upbringing in Pamarthe , Greer was a tough woman , who did not believe in crying and admired honorable warriors . Like Leia , she realized that the New Republic was unable to defend itself against threats like the First Order . Skills and abilities . Greer Sonnel was a skilled pilot who loved flying with a passion . She was also familiar with slicing and could ascertain when a video recording had been tampered with . She also liked martial combat and found a kindred spirit in Casterfo . Behind the scenes . Greer Sonnel was created in 2016 for the novel " Bloodline " , written by Claudia Gray . While writing the novel , Gray imagined Sonnel as being portrayed by actress .