Miara Larte Captain Miara Larte was a human female , the younger sister of Kaeden Larte . After participating in the uprising on Raada in the early reign of the Galactic Empire , she became an A - wing pilot , then an X - wing pilot , and later joined the Alderaanian consular security , a branch of the Rebel Alliance military . She had a talent for making locks and explosives . Biography . Miara and her family moved to the remote Outer Rim moon of Raada when she was very young . She was three years younger than her older sister , Kaeden . When Miara was eleven and Kaeden was fourteen , their parent s were killed in a farm ing accident . Kaeden , although not yet a legal adult , became Miara ' s guardian . Vartan , the leader of the work crew Miara and Kaeden ' s parent s had been on , hired Kaeden as a gesture of kindness so the girls had some income . By the time Miara was fourteen , in 18 BBY , she was also working on the crew , even though she was technically too young . Vartan gave her lighter hours , due to her age . That year , Miara and Kaeden befriended " Ashla " , a Togruta woman close in age to Kaeden who had recently come to Raada and set herself up as a mechanic . Miara , on Kaeden ' s request , installed a lock with an explosive security feature on Ashla ' s door . Unbeknownst to the sisters , " Ashla " was actually the former Jedi Padawan and Order 66 survivor Ahsoka Tano , who had come to the moon running from the Galactic Empire . Several weeks after Ashla ' s arrival , a Star Destroyer arrived at Raada with a garrison , as part of an Imperial plan to utilize the moon ' s farmland to grow a crop that leeched nutrients from the soil . Tano began covertly organizing a resistance , and Miara , due to her talent for bomb - making , was swiftly included . However , the farmer Hoban , another member of Vartan ' s work crew , chafing at what he saw as " Ashla " ' s excessive caution , secretly organized another resistance group under her nose , and included both of the Larte sisters . Tano had planned a quiet strike against the Imperial garrison , to sneak in and plant acid bombs that would destroy the legs of the garrison ' s walker s . Hoban , however , had secretly planned an attack on the garrison that same night , involving himself , Kaeden and his sister Neera , intending to use the sabotage mission to keep " Ashla " occupied elsewhere . Miara was with Tano and Kolvin , planting the acid bombs , when Tano discovered powerful explosives in her bag , which she had built at Hoban ' s request . Tano forced Miara to come clean about Hoban ' s plans , and sent Miara to Selda ' s cantina while she tried to rescue the farmers . In the futile attack , Hoban was killed , and Tano exposed herself as a Force - user . The Larte sisters , Kolvin , and the traumatized Neera were forced to hide in the cave s outside of town that Tano had been preparing . Miara was shocked at " Ashla " ' s deception , but not as much as Kaeden , who , furious , made the mistake of returning to town , getting arrested by Imperial forces outside Vartan ' s house . Tano was forced to go rescue Kaeden , before having to leave Raada , promising to return . For many weeks , Miara , Kaeden , Neera and Kolvin lived in the caves , passing their time with games of crokin . During this time , an Inquisitor , the Sixth Brother , came to Raada looking for Tano . He located the rebels ' hideout , and demanded Kaeden surrender herself . The rebels prepared to ambush him , but Miara , on Kaeden ' s request , was stun ned by Neera so she couldn ' t come along . She awoke to find her sister missing and Neera and Kolvin dead , slaughtered by the Inquisitor . When Tano returned to Raada shortly thereafter , she found Miara camping a few hours ' walk out of town , and Miara told her what had happened . Tano , before rescuing Kaeden , sent Miara to Selda and Vartan to inform them of the arrangements in place for the evacuation of the people of Raada , made with the help of Bail Organa . Miara and Kaeden were evacuated on the " Tantive IV " , which was the last ship to leave . Miara was fascinated by the rebel pilots , and expressed interest in fighting for the rebellion once she was old enough . Initially , Miara , Kaeden and the other Raadan refugees were settled in refugee camps on Alderaan . She received pilot training , and eventually became a rebel pilot , a process made easier by the heavy losses the rebellion sustained in those early , less - organized days . In 9 BBY , she was promoted to captain at a ceremony where Queen Breha Organa , Viceroy Bail and Prince ss Leia were present . Shortly thereafter , she received her first mission from Fulcrum , who Miara instantly recognized as Tano from the symbol . Knowing she had to keep it a secret , she chose her words carefully when she told Kaeden about it . Miara eventually came to serve in the Alderaanian consular security , and regarded the planet as her second home . In 0 ABY , she and her crew were present at the Great Temple on Yavin 4 for the medal ceremony honouring the heroes of the Battle of Yavin . Personality and traits . Miara was a friendly young woman , but initially had some distrust for " Ashla " , sensing that she was hiding something . She was also somewhat naïve , despite her considerable talents for building explosives , and was traumatized after Neera and Kolvin ' s deaths . Over the course of her years serving the rebellion , she gained considerable experience as a starfighter pilot , and adopted Alderaan as a second home . The Disaster left her in mourning , as it did her subordinates who were mostly born on Alderaan . She faced criticism from some native - born Alderaanian s for this because she wasn ' t born there . However , Miara did not let this stop her from being a comforting figure to her crew , as she had already experienced the loss of her previous home , Raada . After spending so much of her life in starship s , Miara enjoyed breathing real air whenever she had the chance . Miara had brown skin of a medium shade , like her sister . Also like Kaeden , she had curly hair , but unlike her sister she had no talent for braiding it , so she wore it loose . Behind the scenes . Miara Larte first appeared in the novel " Ahsoka " , written by E . K . Johnston , which was published in 2016 .