Wialu Wialu was a Human female and leader of the Fallanassi who used the White Current to create a " phantom fleet " which aided the New Republic in its defeat of the Yevetha ns . Biography . Leading the Fallanassi . A strong leader during the time of the Galactic Republic , Wialu helped the Fallanassi group to grow to a very large number on the world of Lucazec . The ability of the Fallanassi to create huge force illusions concerned Palpatine and after his induction as Emperor , the Fallanassi were one of the first groups to be targeted . Luckily , through use of force illusions the Fallanassi were amazingly adept at hiding their presence . Wialu decided to wait out the Emperor and continue to hide on Lucazec . However , unbeknownst to Wialu , they had a traitor in their midst . The young woman Talsava , had sold out the location of the Fallanassi to the Empire . With information on the Fallanassi ' s whereabouts , General Tagge descended on Lucazec to force a quick surrender . Tagge offered terms of surrender that included the Fallanassi swearing fealty to the new Emperor . Conferring with a council of Fallanassi that included the traitor Talsava , Wialu decided to reject Tagge ' s offer . Luckily , the Empire ' s iron grip had not closed tight enough to risk open bombardment of Lucazec , so Tagge took another road . Using carefully crafted politics , Tagge was able to discredit the Fallanassi in the eyes of their neighbors , forcing them to flee the system . Wialu lead the Fallanassi to J ' t ' p ' tan , a small world in the Koornacht Cluster . The other residents of the world , the H ' kig monks , were suspicious of the Fallanassi until Wialu orchestrated a compromise in which the Fallanassi protected the H ' kig ' s Temple of the Infinite Spirit through force illusions in payment for sanctuary . Judging the Traitor . At an unknown time , Wialu became aware of Talsava ' s treachery and convened with the rest of the council on her fate . For her crimes , Talsava was exiled from the Fallanassi forever . However , because Talsava had a young child by the name of Akanah , Wialu offered to allow the child to stay with the Fallanassi . Talsava refused and fled to the world of Carratos . Some time later , Talsava came to her senses and contacted the Fallanassi about helping train her daughter in the powers of the Fallanassi . Wialu sent a young woman , Nashira , to aide Talsava in teaching her daughter . Conflict with the Yevetha . Many years later , Akanah reunited herself with the Fallanassi , and Wialu learned that she had tricked a young man by the name of Luke Skywalker to help her by claiming that Nashira , her former teacher , was Luke ' s long lost mother . Luke came to Wialu to learn more about his supposed mother Nashira . However , Wialu refused to give Luke any information about Nashira because he was not a member of the Fallanassi . To make up for her subterfuge , Akanah convinced Wialu and the rest of the Fallanassi to help create Force illusions of the New Republic fleet over N ' zoth . The ships helped draw fire away from the Republic ships leading to less casualties . Soon after the Battle of N ' zoth , Wialu and the Fallanassi left J ' t ' p ' tan aboard the star liner " Star Morning " . Legacy . She passed away at the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War , and Akanah replaced her as leader of the Fallanassi .