Everi Chalis Everi Chalis was a female human from a remote and impoverished planet in the galaxy . Enrolling in the Colonial Academy to become an artist , she took an apprenticeship under Count Denetrius Vidian of the Galactic Empire . She later became his successor and served as the governor of Haidoral Prime during the Galactic Civil War , before temporarily defecting to the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Biography . Early life . Born a female human , Everi Chalis grew up on an impoverished planet under the care of her mother . When Chalis reached the age of six , her mother tried selling her to a Trade Federation exploratory vessel . The vessel ' s captain rejected the offer because Chalis was too small , and the captain gave her a packet of nectrose crystal s out of pity . Chalis continued to live in the ruins of a bombed - out paper mill , sleeping on her mother ' s stained mattress and using her fingers to eat the crystal s . Nectrose was intended to be sprinkled in water to add fruit iness , but Chalis didn ' t know this and didn ' t have fresh water anyway . She rationed the crystals and had them only once a week for months . Chalis soon after realized she was living in filth , eating garbage , and drinking poison , while others in the galaxy were rich enough to share treats such as nectrose packets . Desperate to leave her world , she enrolled into the Colonial Academy and trained as an artist . Eventually , she made it offworld , but found she had nowhere to go under the Galactic Republic . Imperial career . When the Galactic Empire was born from the Republic , Imperial Count Denetrius Vidian saw quality in Chalis ' s sculptures and admired her ability to visualize concepts , so he offered her an apprenticeship . Chalis accepted the offer , and artistry drifted out of her life . Rising to be a lieutenant under the tutelage of Vidian on Calcoraan , Chalis found herself committing horrible acts , such as proposing the mining of an inhabited planet ' s atmosphere and deceiving and killing an Imperial moff . Fourteen years before the Battle of Yavin , Chalis was Vidian ' s most trusted aide , and he constantly had her traveling on assignment . After Vidian and Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin uncovered an insurgence on Gilvaanen , a planet responsible for producing stormtrooper armor , Vidian placed Chalis in charge of the Imperial Department of Military Research . After Vidian ' s death during the Gorse conflict less than three years later , Chalis took over the roles of her mentor , becoming an emissary to the Imperial Ruling Council and the honorary Grand Architect of the New Order . Defecting to the Rebellion . Sometime later , Chalis was appointed to be the governor of Haidoral Prime , a planet in the Mid Rim , by Darth Vader . Despite the promotion , Chalis considered it to be a punishment . During the Galactic Civil War , a galactic conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic , Haidoral Prime became the site of a battle . Convinced she would be punished by her superiors regardless of winning or losing the fight , she defected to the Alliance , turning herself over to the Sixty - First Mobile Infantry , also known as " Twilight Company . " Twilight Company brought Chalis to the " Thunderstrike " , their CR90 corvette , and , as an act of caution , placed her in the airlock as a make - shift cell . She stayed there for days , until the " Thunderstrike " was attacked by Imperial forces . The section of the corvette containing Chalis ' s airlock caught fire , so Sergeant Hazram Namir attempted to rescue her . Namir reached the airlock , but the heat ' s intensity prevented him from making a return trip , so he locked himself in the airlock with her . Eventually the flames were put out , and their burns were treated . Recalling the Tseebo incident , Chalis believed that Vader would come looking for her . In actuality , Vader was searching for Luke Skywalker , the pilot responsible for destroying the Death Star two years earlier , while Verge , a young prelate , led the search for Chalis . The company continued moving from planet to planet fighting in numerous battles , before being summoned to the new Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth . While on Hoth , Chalis gained the trust of Rebel general Philap Bygar , and she provided the Alliance High Command with statistical data of the Empire . In the following days , the Empire discovered the location of the Rebel base , and within eleven days of Chalis ' s arrival the Rebellion began evacuating . In the subsequent Battle of Hoth , Imperial ground forces led by Darth Vader breached the base . Before Chalis was able to evacuate , she and her Rebel escort encountered Vader and the snowtroopers of Blizzard Force . After a short - lived battle , Chalis , believing Vader was there for her , approached the Sith Lord and submitted herself for execution . Vader , uninterested in Chalis , Force choke d her and demanded to know the location of Skywalker . As Chalis struggled , a stormtrooper informed Vader that the " Millennium Falcon " had been found . Vader then released Chalis and resumed his chase for the young rebel . Other than Chalis , only Namir survived Vader ' s attack . The two limped to a shuttle and managed to slip pass the Imperial blockade using Chalis ' s old clearance codes . Following the jump to hyperspace , they rendezvoused with the rest of Twilight Company on the planet Ankhural . Chalis , now aware of her triviality to the Empire , wanted to get revenge . Together with Namir , whom unofficially replaced the deceased Micha Evon as captain of Twilight , Chalis plotted out seemingly random targets for the company to hit , finishing with an Imperial Star Destroyer construction yard on Kuat . Understanding the workings of the Imperial system , Chalis knew that destroying the listed facilities would be a devastating setback for the Empire . Namir , not seeing any alternatives , complied with Chalis ' s plan . Twilight began its campaign against the locations determined by Chalis , and after several victories the company reached their second - to - last target : the Inyusu Tor mineral processing facility on Sullust . However , Prelate Verge had determined Chalis was assisting the Rebels , and he was able to predict their attack . Twilight Company was ambushed , and they suffered heavy losses , including the " Thunderstrike " . During the ensuing battle , Chalis fled to the nearby city of Pinyumb , killed an Imperial officer , and attempted to escape the planet in a shuttle . Before she was able to leave the atmosphere , Verge ' s Star Destroyer , the " Herald " , locked onto the shuttle with its tractor beam . Verge , accompanied by Tabor Seitaron , approached the captive shuttle . Chalis exited the vessel , and after exchanging a few words with the prelate , revealed the shuttle had been rigged with ion charge s . Chalis activated the charges , dealing major power loss to the Star Destroyer . Unable to power its weapons and maintain altitude , the ship began to drop towards the surface . Verge , adamant about continuing the attack , ordered the ship ' s crew to continue firing and began scuffling with Chalis . However , Seitaron , who was not willing to die unnecessarily , shot and killed the young prelate , ordering the crew to cease the attack and move the ship into orbit . As Seitaron prepared to execute Chalis , she took advantage of his fear of punishment for killing Verge , and she convinced him to let her go . Starting over . No longer a captive of the Rebellion , Chalis traded the shuttle for a civilian starcutter and drained her offworld financial accounts . In the following days she sent a recorded message to Namir , telling him that he should have trusted her and that she would not return to the Rebellion . Thinking of plans for her future , she decided to reside on a remote planet and continue her artwork . Recalling Namir speak of his homeworld , Crucival , she decided to start there . Personality and traits . Everi Chalis was a female human with light skin and white - streaked , graying , black hair . She spoke with an exaggerated Coruscanti accent , enjoyed reading classical fiction , and was a skilled sculptor . Behind the scenes . Everi Chalis was first mentioned in the canon short story " Bottleneck , " which was published in " The Rise of the Empire " in 2015 . Written by John Jackson Miller , " Bottleneck " bridges the novels " Tarkin " and " A New Dawn " . Chalis made her first full debut in the novel " " , which was written by Alexander Freed and released November 3 , 2015 .