Nanda ( female ) Nanda was a Human female from Naboo who served as an ensign in the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War . A few months after the Battle of Yavin , she worked as Darth Vader ' s aide during a five - day mission to find and punish every person the Sith Lord considered as responsible for the infiltration of Rebel agent Kell Bircher into the Imperial Navy ranks . Biography . In the service of the Empire . Nanda , a Human female , was born on the Mid Rim planet of Naboo during the last years of the Galactic Republic . Since her graduation , she had been working on the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " . In 0 ABY , shortly after turning 21 , Nanda was appointed by Darth Vader , the Emperor ' s second - in - command , as the commanding officer of a squad of six elite stormtroopers , whose purpose was to deal with the mysterious slicers who had inserted a Rebel Alliance spy , Kell Bircher , into the Imperial Navy . Vader ' s mission of vengeance . Nanda ' s first task was to fly their shuttle to the Data Center on Coruscant . As soon as they reached their destination , she had to deal with a deck officer , whose role was to check the crew and cargo of every incoming ship . Inside the Data Center , Nanda witnessed for the first time Darth Vader ' s infamous ruthlessness with obvious fear and shock . Several hours later , the young ensign piloted their new ship , the corvette " Archer " , to Bothawui — where Vader ' s stormtroopers quickly took care of several Bothans who were suspected to be the wanted data slicers . The next stop was the Core World planet of Kuat . Vader brutally dealt with the command staff of his former flagship , the " Devastator " , with Ensign Nanda watching the scene with wide - eyed terror . After leaving the Kuat Drive Yards facilities , Nanda spent a certain amount of time alone in the corvette ' s cockpit . When Vader came back from his personal quarters , the Sith Lord ordered Nanda to set a course for the Alderaan system where , according to Intelligence reports , a X - wing starfighter would have been spotted along with an old Star Destroyer . Doubting the veracity of this information , Nanda tried to convince Vader that it was probably pointless to go there . She eventually complied when the Sith Lord insisted to go to the system " at once . " Upon their arrival to the Alderaan system , Nanda detected the " Audacity " , a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer with a former Imperial scientist named Tag Rogaren on board . Vader subsequently sent his elite stormtroopers to bring back Rogaren alive aboard the " Archer " . When the six troopers came back with their new prisoner , they suddenly turned on Vader , who immediately attacked them with his lightsaber . However , exactly as Nanda feared , the ship ' s hull was damaged during the fight . After having taken care of the treacherous troopers , Vader ordered Nanda to maintain course while he would repair the damages . When the Sith Lord was done with sealing the hull and torturing Rogaren , he told Nanda to set a course for the Chandrila system , as he had noticed that the traitor Bircher had a slight Chandrilan accent . Ensign Nanda was then sent by Vader to Bircher ' s childhood home on the planet of Chandrila . On the site , she found three tombstone s belonging to members of the Mothma family . Nanda soon realized that Bircher was actually related to Mon Mothma , one of the leaders of the Rebel Alliance . As soon as she commed Vader to inform him of her discovery , the " Archer " destroyed the estate . Aftermath . As promised , Nanda was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander after the completion of her mission , and an impressive amount of credits was deposited into her accounts . However , she was so traumatized by the five days she spent with Darth Vader that Nanda had hallucination s , seeing the Sith Lord everywhere . Personality and traits . A native from Naboo , Nanda was a young woman with black hair , brown eyes , and dark skin . One of her most prominent character traits was her unwavering loyalty to the Empire . When she was assigned to act as Darth Vader ' s assistant during one of his missions of " vengeance and redemption , " she followed the Dark Lord ' s orders without questioning , despite her clear disgust with some of Vader ' s ruthless methods . The young ensign could also be perceived as naïve . Despite knowing about the destruction of Alderaan by the Death Star , she was genuinely surprised when they arrived to the Alderaan Graveyard and saw nothing left of the Core World planet but asteroids and debris . Nonetheless , even though she was far from being cold - blooded and merciless like Darth Vader and the stormtroopers , Nanda had no objection to the slaughter of the Bothans who were suspected to have made Bircher ' s deception possible , simply because she had lost friends in the destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance . Nanda proved to be a good pilot , flying the " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle and the " Assassin " - class corvette Vader and his team of elite stormtroopers were traveling on across the galaxy . She also successfully used her diplomatic skills with an unidentified deck officer upon their arrival to the Data Center on Coruscant , which earned her a " " Well done . " " from Vader himself . Behind the scenes . Nanda first appeared in the of Dark Horse ' s " Star Wars " comic book series , written by Brian Wood and pencilled by Facundo Percio . It was released on January 8 , 2014 , and is the first part of a two - issue arc , " " , which centers around Darth Vader and his quest for revenge , following the revelation of Colonel Bircher being a Rebel spy , with Nanda acting as the narrator for the story .