Nella Bold Nella Bold was a young woman living on Ord Mantell , daughter of moisture farmer Orin Bold . Biography . Nella lived alone with her father on his moisture farm since her early youth , when her mother was murdered by Savrips . Running the farm was hard on her and her father , since the tyrannical land baron Taxer Sundown , who wanted to take over their enterprise , scared away both customers and their hired help . What time her work did not require , Nella spent modifying and improving her T - 24 airspeeder , which her father had given her after finding it left behind by a miner in the province . In 37 BBY , Nella met the two Jedi Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi , who were investigating a mysterious freighter from Vena shipping Mantellian Savrips . When they also decided to investigate Sundown , she decided to help them and fly them to the city at Ten Mile Plateau where his headquarters were located . On the way , they passed a band of Savrips . Nella , who naturally had wanted revenge on these creatures ever since her mother ' s murder , tried to strafe them with the airspeeder ' s inbuilt heavy blaster , but was forcibly restrained by the Jedi , causing her to resent them . When they arrived in the city , malicious eyes were already watching for them . Nella suddenly felt very ill . Moments later , she was mind - controlled by Sundown ' s mysterious powers and led the Jedi into a trap . In a back alley , Sundown revealed himself to the Jedi through a hologram . Immediately thereafter , they were attacked by more of Sundown ' s mind - controlled servitors , mercenaries armed with lightsabers . While the Jedi were thus occupied , Sundown ' s elite cadre abducted Nella and left . Nella was brought to Sundown ' s mountain retreat , far out in the desert , where she was held while the criminals deliberated . In the end , they decided to take her out into the desert and kill her . However , at this point Savrips led by Mawkran , the same Savrips she had tried to kill earlier , attacked the base and killed Sundown ' s goons . Nella expected to be killed or worse , but much to her surprise the Savrips spared her , capturing her but treating her better than the mercenaries had . Eventually , the Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn managed to track down the Savrips and free her . He also opened talks with the savrips , who proved much more civilized and intelligent than anyone had ever suspected . Mawkran , who was able to speak accented Basic , revealed that it was Sundown , not them , who was behind many of the murders that had plagued the countryside , including that of Nella ' s mother . For some reason , he seemed to want the Savrips hated , and by now they had been driven into near - extinction . His clan were the last , and now there where going to fight back - or die . Nella then agreed to help Qui - Gon and the Savrips to fight Sundown . The Savrips thus attacked his main headquarters at the Ten Mile Plateau . Sundown himself was killed by Obi - Wan Kenobi , and his mistress , the Baroness Omnino , by Master Jinn . However , a militia of moisture farmers , who had observed the battle , thought the Savrips had launched a general attack on Ord Mantell ' s Human community , with Nella as their hostage . Sneaking up on the victorious heroes , they shot Mawkran , who stood the closest to Nella , in the back , killing him . The misunderstanding was eventually resolved , but that did not bring him back . Nella , very touched by the Savrips ' sacrifice , vowed to spend her life trying to undo the wrongs that had been committed against them . However , she was powerless to prevent their later decline . Talents . Like her father Orin , Nella Bold was a skilled mechanic , able to jury - rig Mobquet and Subpro components to interlink with Incom machinery . She maintained her airspeeder with little apparent difficulty , entirely without any professional help . She was also a fairly skilled pilot . Behind the scenes . Author Ryder Windham has suggested Nella Bold may be the mother of Rebel pilot Dorovio Bold , whom was first named by Windham in " " , though this has not been made official .