Deena Shan Deena Shan was a young Human female who , looking for adventure and a better life for herself , left her homeworld of Etti IV and became a private in the Alliance to Restore the Republic shortly after the Battle of Yavin . Initially working as a supply officer on the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " , she found herself accompanying Han Solo , Leia Organa , and Chewbacca after an Imperial attack ; and fighting alongside the famous Rebels solidified her decision to join the Alliance . She later posed as an Imperial lieutenant on a mission to the Imperial base of Kalist VI , where she and Imperial captain Kale Roshuir quickly developed a mutual attraction . Despite her feelings for him , Shan led Roshuir ' s forces into a trap where many of them were killed , allowing the Rebels to free the captive Jorin Sol and escape with a group of Jabiimi slaves and vital fuel for the Alliance Fleet , but forever making an enemy of her lover . Confused by her feelings for Roshuir and determined to prove her worth to the Rebels , Shan later accompanied Luke Skywalker on a mission to rescue his old friend Janek Sunber . Despite again encountering Kale Roshuir , who attempted to stop them , Shan and Skywalker were able to rescue Sunber and return to the Rebel Fleet , though their unsanctioned mission resulted in them both being disciplined . The two soon worked together once more in a mission to infiltrate Bannistar Station . Though the mission went awry , with most of the Rebels either killed or captured by Imperial forces , Shan was able to evade capture and destroy a Star Destroyer as well as a significant portion of the station . After her comrades managed to escape , the group fled the station and Shan returned to the Alliance Fleet as a hero . Biography . Into the Rebellion . The Human female Deena Shan was born around 19 BBY and raised on Etti IV in the Corporate Sector during the early years of the New Order . Her father had always dreamed of leaving his homeworld , but Shan ' s birth forced him to marry young and he always blamed her for making him abandon his plans , as well as being frustrated that she was not a boy . As a result , her relationship with her father was difficult at times and , no matter how hard she tried to earn his respect , he considered her to be a screw - up and " always in the wrong place at the wrong time . " Faced with a choice of either being a stay - at - home wife or overseeing the automated assembly line at a speeder factory , Shan soon became uninspired by her future prospects as a citizen of Etti IV . In 0 ABY , aged nineteen , Shan heard news of the Rebel Alliance ' s victory over the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Yavin and decided to join the Alliance Military , seeing it as an opportunity for adventure and a better life . Even when she decided to leave Etti IV , her father expected her to fail and insisted she ' d be back . Nevertheless , Shan was able to make contact with the Rebel Alliance and , after enlisting as a private , she was assigned to supplies and requisitions on the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " . After three months with the Alliance , the tough , unglamorous lifestyle was beginning to make Shan regret her decision . However , that would change when the " Millennium Falcon " arrived at the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " and Shan was assigned to take an inventory of the ship ' s fuel and ammunition . Having heard stories of the " Heroes of Yavin , " Shan was eager to meet the famous Han Solo and quickly became attracted to the Corellian captain and jealous of the attention he showed Princess Leia Organa . As Solo led Shan onto the " Millennium Falcon " , the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " detected an Imperial presence nearby and all ships were ordered to scramble to random destinations to avoid capture . Fearing that the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " was too large a target and would place the young women in danger , Solo and Chewbacca insisted that Organa and Shan accompany them to safety on the " Millennium Falcon " , leaving the " Kalla ' s Stanchion " and jumping into hyperspace . Exiting hyperspace near an uncharted planet , the " Millennium Falcon " soon picked up a distress signal from the planet ' s surface and Solo piloted the ship down to investigate . After landing , Solo and Chewbacca went to locate the source of the distress signal , though Solo insisted that Shan and Organa remain in the safety of the ship . While the two former smugglers were gone , Shan and Organa exchanged stories of what led them to join the Alliance . Hearing Organa ' s reasons for joining the Rebellion made Shan ' s own reasons seem selfish and she shook off her infatuation with the captain as she came to understand the true relationship between him and the princess . The conversation was interrupted by the sound of blaster shots — Solo and Chewbacca had located a wrecked ship which was the cause of the distress signal and , on their way back , come under attack from a large creature . Although scared , Shan took a weapon and followed Organa into the forest . Shan and Organa were able to free Solo and Chewbacca from the creature ' s grasp and , together , the group managed to kill it and left in the " Millennium Falcon " . Mission to Kalist VI . Over the coming months , Shan became a lieutenant and , eight months after the Battle of Yavin , she volunteered to accompany the Infiltration of Kalist VI to rescue the captive Rebel mathematician Jorin Sol and acquire fuel for the fleeing Alliance Fleet . The Rebels captured the Imperial freighter " Nuna ' s Twins " bound for the Imperial base on Kalist VI and , after arriving , claimed that their escort had been destroyed en route . A staged attack by Red Squadron was designed to convince the Imperial forces of their story . After Red Squadron withdrew from the area , the " Nuna ' s Twins " was granted permission to land . Shan , disguised as an Imperial science officer assigned to study the fuel consumption of various Imperial bases , accompanied Captain Harran and Luke Skywalker into the base to meet with General Noils while R2 - D2 began to drain fuel from the Imperial pumps and Rebel soldiers , posing as stormtroopers , attempted to locate Sol . The Rebels planned to leak information about the Rebel base at Thila , informing the Imperials that it was where they ' d first encountered their attackers . While the Imperial troops left to investigate and fell into a trap , the Rebels would be free to conduct Sol ' s rescue . Shan offered to assist Captain Kale Roshuir in pinpointing the probable location of the Rebel base , explaining that her training had involved a geographic survey of the Thila system . Shan and Roshuir were instantly attracted to each other and , while working together , this quickly developed into a strong relationship , resulting in Shan spending the night in his quarters . In the morning , as Roshuir prepared to lead the attack on the Rebel base , Shan realized that she had placed him in danger and tried to persuade him not to go . Dismissing her concerns , he left for battle and promised to return to her as soon as he could . After leaving Roshuir ' s quarters , Shan encountered Skywalker , who had become concerned when she had failed to return the previous night . After watching the departing Imperial troop shuttles they prepared to return to the " Nuna ' s Twins " but were stopped by Janek Sunber , an old friend of Skywalker ' s from Tatooine and now a lieutenant in the Imperial Army . While the old friends caught up , Shan returned to the ship and the news that a number of Jabiimi slaves were being held at the base . Harran agreed with his troops that they must attempt to rescue the slaves , although doing so would complicate their mission . Meanwhile , Roshuir ' s men had reached Thila and , when many of them were killed by the concealed explosives , Roshuir realized that Shan had set him up . Furious , he took his remaining men and returned to Kalist VI as quickly as possible . Sol ' s imminent transfer to Coruscant forced the Rebels into action but Skywalker and the Rebel troops soon became cut off from the " Nuna ' s Twins " and would have to find an alternate way to get Sol and the slaves to safety . Shan and Harran prepared to leave in the " Nuna ' s Twins " with their valuable cargo of fuel but Shan was confronted by a furious Roshuir . Feeling betrayed and blaming her for the deaths of his men , Roshuir attacked Shan but was surprised and knocked unconscious by Harran . The two Rebels fled in the " Nuna ' s Twins " followed shortly by the others in a stolen " Acclamator " - class assault ship . Imperial subterfuge . Despite her attachment , Shan was a key part of the Alliance ' s victory at Kalist VI . However , following the battle , Shan was frequently despondent , torn by her feelings for Captain Roshuir and her loyalty to the Rebellion that had led her to betray him . Drunk and depressed , Shan offered herself to Luke Skywalker , who was struggling with his own confused emotions after learning of Janek Sunber ' s involvement with the Empire . When Skywalker turned her down , Shan became even more convinced that her father was right : she couldn ' t do anything right and the Rebellion would be better off without her . Skywalker , in an attempt to make her feel useful , asked her to go and watch over the recovering Jorin Sol who could have vital information for the Alliance . Unbeknownst to the Alliance however , Jorin Sol had been brainwashed by the two Imperial Intelligence agents . Shan arrived on the medical deck to find the room dark and the remains of a medical droid . As she went to activate the alarm she was attacked by the brainwashed Jorin Sol , who had broken free of his bacta tank . Sol attempted to strangle her but , as his own personality won the struggle against his Imperial programming , he let her go . Luke Skywalker soon received a transmission from Janek Sunber announcing his intention to defect to the Rebellion . Organa feared that it might be an Imperial trap and refused to let Skywalker go to his friend , but Skywalker decided to go anyway . Shan anticipated Skywalker ' s actions and , determined to prove her worth , she convinced him to let her accompany him . Their vessel emerged from hyperspace into an Imperial junkyard containing derelict ships dating back as far as the Clone Wars . Locating the only source of power , a small administration center , Skywalker and Shan boarded the station where Skywalker searched for Sunber while Shan covered the shuttle and watched for signs of an Imperial trap . Soon an Imperial shuttle docked and stormtroopers boarded the station . Shan was surprised to see that they were led by her still - angry former lover , Kale Roshuir . When Skywalker returned with Sunber , who had apparently been tortured and restrained when Skywalker found him , the two Rebels fought off the Imperials and were able to escape and return to " Rebel One " with the rescued Imperial . Their return to the fleet was not a warm one . Sunber was placed under the custody of security , and Shan and Skywalker were reprimanded heavily and debriefed before being allowed to return to duty . This entire chain of events , however , had been nothing but an Imperial plot that brought a large Imperial fleet to their location , along with Darth Vader . Though the Rebels were able to escape the subsequent battle , their fleet suffered heavy losses . Bannistar Station . Shan survived the attack by the Imperial fleet and remained aboard " Rebel One " as the ship fled through hyperspace . However , her feelings of self - doubt soon returned and , convinced that it was only a matter of time until she made a mistake that got somebody killed , she decided to leave the Alliance . Luke Skywalker was attempting to persuade her to stay when the ship suffered hyperdrive failure and reverted to normal space prematurely . The two rushed to the bridge to discover that the ship had emerged at Bannistar Station , the Imperial refueling station and supply hub . The Rebels had sought a way to attack the facility for months but had been unable to find a way to sneak up on it . With the ship now in place and temporarily hidden among the other traffic , the Rebels realized that they had a unique opportunity to deal a blow to the Empire ' s hold on the region . It was Tungo Li who devised a plan to eliminate the station by placing thermal detonators on selected fuel tanks . The resulting detonation would destroy the station but those on the mission were unlikely to survive . Leia Organa agreed with the plan and would lead a volunteer team to the station while " Rebel One " was scuttled after the rest of the crew evacuated and fled to safety . Despite her earlier desire to leave the Alliance and return to a normal life , Shan made the difficult decision to volunteer for the mission , even though it would likely lead to certain death . The volunteer commandos were to split into three groups . While Basso ' s team took out the communications array and attempted to find a way to escape , Organa and Able would destroy the fuel dump , leaving Shan to join Skywalker ' s team in disabling the coolant and fire - retardant systems . As Shan and the others made their way to the planet below , Tungo Li and a skeleton crew remained aboard " Rebel One " to destroy it , taking out as many nearby Imperial ships as possible . The destruction of " Rebel One " served as the signal to the commandos to begin their mission and Shan found herself once more in enemy territory . Led by Skywalker , Shan made her way inside the station . Initially , the group saw no signs of stormtroopers , but Shan soon heard fire from outside and realized that Organa ' s team was under attack , moments before her own team walked into an Imperial ambush . The Imperial commander , Arno D ' Vox , had become aware of the Rebels ' arrival and planned a trap for Skywalker and Organa , hoping to use their capture to earn a transfer . The stormtroopers , under instructions only to capture Skywalker alive , quickly killed two of his team . Skywalker used his lightsaber to hold their attackers off while Shan attempted to open a nearby door . However , after she succeeded , Skywalker destroyed the door ' s controls behind her , telling her to complete the mission while he drew the Imperials ' fire . Like Organa , Skywalker was captured soon after . Though Shan was uncertain that she could complete the mission alone , she was able to keep going and soon reached the cooling substation control room . Finding only a single engineer , Shan stunned the Imperial before disabling the fire retardant systems . Though her part of the mission was complete , Shan knew that she had to rescue her comrades before attempting to escape . To this end , she used the station ' s mainframe databases to find where they were being held . Her search also revealed that the Empire was preparing a major attack on Ansion in retaliation for the Battle of Yavin . After making her discovery , Shan was contacted by Basso , who had been able to survive the ambush which eliminated his team and secure a shuttle . Though Basso was unable to assist in Shan ' s rescue attempt , he arranged to meet her at the top of the station after she freed the others . However , before Shan was able to set out , she was confronted by Captain Red Rishyk and a squad of stormtroopers . Rishyk was quickly able to overpower Shan and decided to torture her before killing her . However , when Shan spat in his face , the Imperial responded in anger , throwing her across the room and through a glass screen . As he stood over her and taunted the Rebel , Shan grabbed a shard of the shattered glass and used it to stab the Imperial in the leg . With Rishyk distracted by his wound , Shan grabbed a detonator from her satchel and threw it into the group of stormtroopers , using the resulting explosion to cover her escape . Escape from Bannistar . Shan returned to her mission , making her way towards the top of the station while stormtroopers began searching the base . Running on adrenaline and fear , Shan eventually found herself on the system of walkways connecting the fuel tanks , high above the refueling " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Certainty " . Her path soon led to a dead - end where Rishyk caught up to her . As the Imperial threatened to throw her over the edge of the platform , Shan realized that there was no way to escape . Having lost all but one of her detonators in the earlier confrontation , Shan decided to use her last one in an attempt to destroy the nearby fuel tank . Though she knew this would kill her , she hoped that it would provide a distraction which Basso could use to rescue the others . Realizing what Shan was about to do , Rishyk moved quickly to tackle her , knocking the detonator from her hand . The explosive fell from the platform and landed in the fuel line feeding the Star Destroyer . The unexpected turn of events distracted Rishyk long enough for Shan to get away and , as he gave chase , he tripped and fell from the platform , grabbing a precarious hold on the edge with his hand . Seeing his plight , Shan stopped and attempted to help him back to the platform . When the Imperial instead attempted to pull her from it , she kicked him in the face , causing him to fall to his death . However , Shan realized that she no longer had time to flee the platform before the imminent explosion . Instead , she wrapped herself in one of the platform ' s tubes and hoped to survive the blast . When the Star Destroyer exploded moments later , the walkway fell away beneath her , but the tube held and Shan found herself hanging from what remained of the platform . The explosion took out an entire section of the station and , as Shan had hoped , the resulting chaos provided a distraction which allowed her comrades to escape and rendezvous with Basso . After launching in a stolen " Lambda " - class shuttle , the Rebels made a pass of the station to search for Shan , eventually finding her still hanging from the wrecked platform and pulling her to safety . Though the search had given the Imperials time to launch TIE fighters to intercept the Rebels , the timely arrival of Dagger Squadron ' s B - wings provided an escort through the Imperial fighters and the Rebels safely escaped to hyperspace . After returning to the Alliance Fleet , Shan was taken to recover from her injuries in the medical deck of the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser " Home One " . However , she made sure to inform them of the impending attack on Ansion and the Rebels soon began planning to warn their allies there . While she recovered , Shan was visited by Skywalker , who thanked her for saving him and the others , and informed her of the fame that her actions had brought her among her comrades . When asked about whether she still planned to leave , Shan informed the young Jedi that she had decided to stay . The " Imperial Weapon " . After fully recovering from her injuries , Shan continued to serve as a Rebel commando . On one mission , she was part of a team , under the command of Skywalker , dispatched to a desolate moon following reports of an abandoned Imperial weapon . Shan was suspicious and wondered why the Empire would abandon an apparently powerful weapon , concerns which were shared by Skywalker . Despite their concerns , the Rebel team landed on the moon and began their search . They soon came across the wreckage of several crashed Imperial shuttles , but found no bodies or sign of survivors . The Rebels began to search the area around the crash site , with Shan joining Able in searching away from the main group . When Able noticed some rubble falling from a nearby ridge , he moved to investigate but , upon reaching the top of the ridge , was attacked and overpowered by a swarm of rakghoul s as they moved towards the Rebels from the other side . With no way to help her comrade , Shan fell back to the other Rebels as the group opened fire on the new threat . As she fired on the creatures , one leaped towards her , knocking her off her feet before it was killed by Skywalker ' s lightsaber . Outnumbered , the Rebels retreated to the " Millennium Falcon " . Skywalker and Organa , however , were dragged away by the rakghouls before reaching the safety of the ship . Fearing for his friends , Solo wanted to go back outside and rescue them , but Basso stopped him and Shan suggested that the only way to save them was to take off and use the " Falcon " weapons to eliminate the rakghouls . Solo reluctantly took the " Falcon " away from the surface , only to come under attack from Imperial TIE fighters . However , the former smuggler ' s piloting skill allowed him to evade them and return to the planet just in time to pick up Skywalker and Organa as they escaped from the rakghouls . When Shan and the others safely brought them aboard , the group returned to the Alliance Fleet . Personality and traits . Having joined the Alliance at a young age — she was in her late teens when she enlisted — Shan displayed a somewhat naïve attitude . She saw the Rebellion as an opportunity for adventure and a better life for herself , rather than a necessary fight for freedom from the rule of the Galactic Empire . Her first adventure caused her to quickly grow up and re - assess her ideas , forcing her to face her fear in order to help rescue Solo and Chewbacca . Upon hearing the story of Princess Leia and seeing how brave she and the other " Heroes of Yavin " were , Shan came to realize that the heart of the Rebellion was about making a better life for everybody , not just herself . Shan was considered attractive and was friendly , sometimes quite flirtatious with men such as Han Solo and later Luke Skywalker . She quickly developed feelings for Kale Roshuir and the need to follow her orders and betray him hurt her deeply . Shan struggled with her loyalty to the Alliance and her desire to be with him until , upon encountering him again , his promise to feed her " battered , bleeding body to a malnourished Sarlacc " provided her with what she would later describe as " closure . " Even so , she continued to blame her relationship for having jeopardized the mission . Although Shan stopped letting her father dictate her life when she left Etti IV , her feelings of inadequacy that started with his belief that she was a failure eventually led her to question her usefulness to the Rebellion . She attempted to overcome this by accompanying Skywalker on Janek Sunber ' s rescue , demonstrating her ability to keep calm in a fight and to risk her life for others , the same qualities that she had earlier admired in Organa . Yet Shan still felt that she didn ' t measure up to those around her and it was this that led to her decision to leave the Alliance . Circumstances , however , prevented her from seeing this through and she volunteered for the Bannistar mission despite the poor odds of survival . Shan hoped that , by staying close to Skywalker , she would be able to rediscover her inner courage and , though the sacrifice of Tungo Li made her question if she would be able to do the same , when the time came she was prepared to sacrifice her life in the hopes of saving her friends . Deena Shan was a Human with blonde hair , blue eyes and light skin . In addition to Galactic Basic Standard , Shan was able to speak the Bocce trade language . Behind the scenes . Deena Shan was created by Welles Hartley and first appeared in of the " " comic series before returning in the story arc " " . She later became a regular in the " " comic series , appeared in the " " and " " story arcs by Rob Williams and Jeremy Barlow respectively . Her most recent appearance was in " " , as part of the " " crossover series .