Dena Tredway Dena Tredway was a female Human who was the daughter of the Jedi Knight Axton Tredway and the sister of the Rebel Alliance agent Erling Tredway . During the Galactic Civil War , Dena joined the Rebel Alliance at the urging of Rebel leader , Mon Mothma . As a Rebel agent , Dena secretly used her brother ' s ability to determine hyperspace coordinates through the Force to help the Rebellion find suitable Rebel bases . However , during the operation , her brother was captured by Governor - General Sebastian Parnell for stirring up revolt in the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt . At the same time , Parnell attacked Dena ' s home of 24 Tredway , badly injuring her . She was able to survive the attack thanks to the help of her droid D435 , but she was in no shape to escape her asteroid home and was confined to the secret Medical Station One . When Jedi Luke Skywalker arrived on 24 Tredway alongside his companions Sidney Shortfang and Gideon Smith , he discovered Dena , and he became attracted to her . At Dena ' s urging , Skywalker agreed to rescue Erling from his prison on the planet Tol Ado . After speaking with Skywalker , Dena fell into a coma and the Rebel pilot was forced to bring her to Doctor Ire Eleazari for healing . After rescuing her brother , Skywalker reunited with a delighted Dena who hoped to reward him for all that he had done . However , due in part to the coma Dena had fallen into and sustaining a brain concussion , the relationship did not develop further . Biography . Early life . Dena Tredway was the daughter of the Jedi Knight Axton Tredway and a businesswoman from the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt . During the Clone Wars , Axton had conceived two children with his wife on the asteroid 24 Tredway , named for a family member that had discovered it . During this time , Dena came into contact with Anakin Skywalker , a fellow Jedi who Axton greatly admired . Dena found this Jedi to be very handsome . Following the conclusion of the Clone Wars , Axton returned to his family a different man . There was no joy in his life as though a great burden was hovering over him . When the newly formed Galactic Empire began hunting Jedi , Axton was forced to abandon his family . However , Imperials routinely searched the Tredway home for the Jedi , threatening his family with imprisonment until Axton was found . During these routine searches , Dena and Erling began to hate the Empire . One day , Axton returned to visit his family . While there , Erling confronted his father , angry that for all his Jedi " magic " , he could not make the Imperials go away ; he could not protect his family . Axton was shaken by his young son ' s accusations , and he resolved to stay and fight . When the Imperials came for their search , Axton fought and defeated them . However , Axton was only temporarily victorious , days later Darth Vader came to 24 Tredway and slew Axton , killing Dena and Erling ' s father . Without her father , Dena and Erling grew up under their mother ' s care . The death of her husband led Dena ' s mother to withdraw from galactic affairs . Seeing what had happened to those that opposed the Empire , she allied the mining business on 24 Tredway to the Empire . Under her mother ' s supervision , 24 Tredway became the most profitable outfit in the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt . As Dena grew up , she became familiar with 24 Tredway and knew where all the mining tunnels were . Additionally , she developed skills in astrogation , having an innate ability to decipher coordinates , an ability that ran in her family . However , Erling ' s ability to calculate hyperspace coordinates far outpaced her own . Rebel agent . During the Galactic Civil War , Dena ' s hatred of the Empire drove her to join the Rebel Alliance . As a Rebel agent , she came into contact with the Ithorian Doctor Ire Eleazari who had been framed by a fellow Ithorian , Oosea , as an Imperial agent . Dena helped Eleazari hide from the Empire while they gathered evidence on Oosea , hoping to expose him as the true traitor . While working for the Rebellion , Dena kept her Rebel activities secret from her brother . She began working personally with Mon Mothma developing a secret project to aid the Alliance . Mothma knew about the Tredways ' unique astrogation abilities and hoped to make use of it as a method to find new Rebel bases . Using Dena as her contact , she planned to recruit Erling as an Alliance Intelligence operative . Under the guise that they were looking to expand their mining business , Dena convinced her brother to use his " instinctive astrogation " to find worlds away from the prying eyes of the Empire . However , Erling had other priorities . Using his natural charisma , Erling began organizing a peaceful resistance movement among the people of the Sil ' Lume system . The resistance was popular enough that it aroused the interest of the Governor - General Sebastian Parnell , who wished to squash all rebel activity in his sector . Mon Mothma , concerned about the loss of Erling and his abilities , sent a transmission to Dena . The Rebel leader ordered Dena to silence Erling to keep Governor Parnell from acting against the Tredways and destroying their operation . Mon Mothma left how she would silence Erling to Dena ' s discretion , wishing her luck . However , before Dena could lower her brother ' s profile , Governor Parnell made his move . He arrested Erling and sent him to the Deathblock on the prison planet of Tol Ado . At the same time , he ordered an attack on 24 Tredway , looking to make an example of the Tredway family . The Imperials attacked during a shift change , catching the Tredway workers out in the open . All employees were massacred and the complex badly damaged . Dena ' s mother was executed alongside her entire staff and the bodies stacked neatly in her office as a warning to others who would defy the Empire . Dena was badly injured in the attack , with a ruptured spleen and sustained a concussion . However , she avoided being killed with the others when one of her droids , D435 , pulled her body from the carnage and fled into the mining tunnels . D435 brought Dena to Medical Station One , hidden in the tunnels where she was attended to by a 2 - 1B surgical droid who attempted to keep her alive despite limited resources . After handing Dena over to the medical droid , D435 stood watch outside the medical station to protect her from intruders . Rescue . As Tredway attempted to recover from her injuries , the Rebel agent Luke Skywalker came to 24 Tredway alongside two fellow rebels , Sidney Shortfang and Gideon Smith . After surveying the carnage , Skywalker tracked Dena to Medical Station One and found her still badly hurt in an unstable condition . Upon Skywalker ' s intrusion , Dena feared the worst and attempted to reach her blaster pistol before Skywalker explained that he was there to help . Dena recognized the name and correctly surmised that Luke was Anakin Skywalker ' s son . After complimenting Luke ' s appearance , Dena listened intently as Skywalker revealed that her brother was in the custody of the Galactic Empire . Shocked by the news and knowing how important Erling was to Mon Mothma and the Rebellion , Dena grabbed Skywalker and made him promise that he would rescue her brother . Skywalker agreed , but Dena ' s injuries became more apparent as she exerted herself . The medical facilities at Medical Station One were not sufficient to stabilize her condition , and 24 Tredway ' s infirmary had been destroyed in the Imperial attack . Her condition dire , Skywalker decided to take her to a Rebel base . However , the nearest Rebel base was 96 hours away , a trip that Dena would not be able to make in her condition . Faced with a dilemma , Dena told Skywalker to bring her to Ire Eleazari ' s asteroid . The Ithorian Doctor would be able to take care of her and allow Skywalker to mount a rescue mission before Erling could be killed by the Empire . Dena used her innate astrogation skills to give Skywalker the coordinates of Eleazari ' s asteroid before she slipped into a coma . Unable to awaken her , the medical droid put Dena into a vacsuit and bound her into a full body splint . After placing an aural stimulator over her ears , the droid informed Skywalker that he had done all he could to stabilize the woman and it was up to him to get her to a location with better equipped hospital . Skywalker took Dena ' s comatose body and loaded it onto a boss - buggy as they left the medical center . Recovery . Skywalker was able to get Tredway to Ire Eleazari ' s asteroid and the Ithorian doctor took her into his custody . After briefly talking , Skywalker agreed to honor Dena ' s request and made his way towards Tol Ado to rescue Erling . After rescuing Erling , Skywalker returned to Eleazari ' s asteroid with the help of Erling ' s innate astrogation ability . After landing the Imperial shuttle that they had used to escape Tol Ado , Dena and Eleazari confronted Skywalker and Erling , believing them to be possible Imperial intruders . Eleazari had healed Dena , and she ordered them to remove their helmets at blasterpoint . After revealing themselves , Dena was thrilled at her brother ' s survival . Upon thanking Skywalker , she told him about her family ' s innate astrogation abilities , which was the reason for her contact with Mon Mothma . After Skywalker noted that their abilities was likely due to the powers of the Force , Dena agreed having believed it to be a possibility for quite a while . Erling was amused to learn that he was being used by his sister to help the Rebellion and had no hard feelings against her . With his mission complete , Skywalker promised that there would be a place for both Erling and Dena in Alliance Intelligence and that he would vouch for their character . Although Dena showed a strong interest in Skywalker as a romantic partner , a romantic connection did not develop between the two . This was partly due in part to her suffering a concussion and falling into a coma during his mission to the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt . Powers and abilities . Like the other members of her family , Dena had a connection to the Force , passed down from her father . She was able to use it to divine hyperspace coordinates by concentrating hard on where she needed to go . Although she believed the ability to be simply " instinctive astrogation " , after meeting Luke Skywalker , she accepted the idea that her and her brother ' s abilities were due to their Force - sensitivity . Personality and traits . Dena Tredway was a beautiful woman with long red - brown hair . She had prominent , high cheekbones with full , red lips and a small but firm chin . Her skin was smooth and free from marks or blemishes . Luke Skywalker found her almost irresistibly attractive . Upon meeting Skywalker for the first time , and believing him to be an Imperial , Dena showed courage in attempting to fight the Rebel despite her incapacitated state . While a young girl , Dena developed a hatred for the Galactic Empire due to their repeated raids on her home and the death of her father . This hatred eventually caused her to join the Rebel Alliance . Upon seeing Luke Skywalker for the first time , even with a concussion she told him that she found him attractive . Even after recovering , Dena openly flirted with the Rebel pilot , telling him how handsome he was and that she hoped to get together with him in the future . Behind the scenes . Dena Tredway was created by Troy Denning and appeared in one of the role - playing strands of the 1990 West End Games role - playing supplement " Jedi ' s Honor " . She was later referenced in the article " ComicScan : Luke - ing for Love in all the Wrong Places " in " Star Wars Galaxy Collector 7 " which referenced Luke Skywalker ' s attraction towards her . This article states that a romance did not occur between them due to Tredway falling into a coma after a concussion . The article does not mention her eventual recovery from the coma , but due to Erling Tredway ' s canonical survival in " The Dark Forces Saga " , it must be assumed that Skywalker did rescue Erling . As every scenario in " Jedi ' s Honor " in which Erling is rescued results in Dena recovering from the coma , it must be assumed that she did recover from her injuries . During the scenario , the outcome of the adventure is dependent on the reader ' s choices . Although the scenario always starts with Dena ' s brother Erling being captured by Imperials and 24 Tredway being attacked , it is up to the reader to decide how to proceed . If Skywalker does not go to 24 Tredway , he will never meet Dena and the scenario will proceed without information obtained from her . Additionally , Skywalker can go to 24 Tredway , but leave the asteroid before discovering her . However , when Skywalker eventually meets Dena ' s brother Erling , if he has not rescued Dena then the storyline will prevent him from rescuing Erling . If Skywalker is unable to convince Erling to come with them due to not visiting 24 Tredway earlier in the scenario , Tredway is left to die on Tol Ado and Skywalker returns to the Rebellion without having ever encountered Dena . However , if the group has visited 24 Tredway , Erling agrees to come with them , and the scenario plays out as shown above . During the group ' s escape from 24 Tredway with Dena ' s comatose body , certain decisions can result in the group being trapped within the mines . If this occurs , Skywalker will not be able to rendezvous with Ire Eleazari ' s asteroid in time and the mission is failed as Skywalker is forced to head for the Rebel base 96 hours away . Additionally , Skywalker can also lead the group into a tunnel with a suctioning fan blade . In this scenario , the mission is failed as members of the party are killed and a comatose Dena is smashed repeatedly into the tunnel wall , killing her .