Nolaa Tarkona Nolaa Tarkona was a female Twi ' lek who was the leader of the Diversity Alliance . Her teeth were filed sharp and one lek was missing , but she had an ocular implant in its place , literally being able to see out of the back of her head . Biography . Rise to Power . Nolaa Tarkona was born on Ryloth during the Imperial Period . As with many other aliens , she was subject to the Humanocentric policies of the Galactic Empire ' s New Order , fueling her hatred of Humans . The Empire had also enslaved many Twi ' leks and her half sister Oola had died as a slave in Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s palace when he fed her to his pet rancor . Not wanting to suffer the same fate as her half - sister , an enslaved Nolaa rose up against her masters and started a rebellion , with the result that she overthrew the Ryloth government and became the first female Twi ' lek leader in galactic history . Any Twi ' lek that didn ' t follow Nolaa ' s ideals were killed , exiled or sent to work in the ryll mines . Soon afterward , Nolaa started the Diversity Alliance ( using Ryloth ' s ryll profits to finance herself ) and spread her message of alien unity to many species across the galaxy . She held many rallies on several alien worlds where she whipped up support for the Alliance . Many aliens joined her including Wookiees , Quarren , Ugnaughts , Trandoshans , Duros and Chironian s . The Diversity Alliance seemed like a peaceful aliens - first movement on the outside but Nolaa created the Diversity Alliance as a way for all nonhumans to band together against a common enemy : Humans . The Emperor ' s Plague . In 24 ABY , an alien scavenger named Fonterrat discovered the Emperor ' s plague storehouse in the Deep Core . Hidden within it was a supply of deadly diseases created by General Evir Derricote almost two decades before . Though the Galactic Empire had been defeated , this plague warehouse still remained with its supply of deadly diseases . Knowing of Nolaa ' s hatred of Humans , Fonterrat offered to sell her a navicomputer module containing the storehouse ' s location , though he refused to deal directly with her , suggesting that she send a neutral party to meet him on Kuar . When negotiating , he also provided her with two samples of the virus , one of which she used to seal his payment . ( She used the other on the last of the four Imperial Royal Guards as a demonstration for Rullak , Corrsk and Kambrea . ) The neutral party turned out to be a wealthy Human merchant and shipping tycoon named Bornan Thul . In exchange for the navicomputer module that contained the coordinates for the asteroid , Bornan paid with a time - locked case filled with credits . Bornan was then supposed to deliver it to Nolaa at a trade conference on Shumavar but he found out about what lay within the plague warehouse and went into hiding . Enraged , Nolaa hired numerous bounty hunters to locate Thul and bring back the navicomputer . Among those bounty hunters was Ailyn Vel , disguised as her father Boba Fett . The Jedi Intervene . Later , Bornan ' s son Raynar Thul ( who attended Master Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum of Yavin 4 ) went to find his father with the help of his classmates Jacen Solo , Jaina Solo , Tenel Ka Djo and the Wookiee Lowbacca . They searched his last known locations stretching from ancient ruined worlds including Ziost to the droid foundry world of Mechis III . Fonterrat also went to the all - Human colony on Gammalin where he unwittingly unleashed the plague which wiped out the population . Before the plague had taken its effect , Fonterrat was imprisoned by the colonists . Since the plague had wiped out every one on the colony other than Fonterrat , he died in his cell of starvation since there was no one to take care of him . Meanwhile , Nolaa Tarkona continued her crusade to whip up support among the alien species of the galaxy by visiting the Chroman s of Chroma Zed where she recalled Imperial oppression . Hidden Secrets Exposed . Later , Lowbacca was recruited into the Alliance by the female Wookiee Raabakyysh and traveled to their headquarters of Ryloth to learn more about them . Meanwhile , the Human Zekk — a friend of the Jedi — rescued Bornan from bounty hunters and learned the reason he had disappeared and the top - secret Imperial plague warehouse . Bornan also revealed that Boba Fett ( actually Ailyn Vel ) had sliced into his ship ' s navicomputer and stolen the coordinates of the plague warehouse . Ailyn Vel then presented this information to Nolaa , who wished to unleash a Human - specific plague upon the galaxy . Feeling that Lowbacca only knew the public face of the Diversity Alliance and not the hidden anti - Human sentiment , Lowie ' s Jedi companions traveled to Ryloth only to get arrested by the local authorities and put to work in the dangerous ryll mines of Ryloth . However , Lowbacca soon learned what had befallen of his Human companions through Raabakyysh . The enraged Wookiee turned against the Diversity Alliance and helped them escape the harsh terrain of the planet and zealous Diversity Alliance troops . The Jedi also discovered that the Diversity Alliance was keeping Humans as slaves in its ryll mines and stockpiling weapons for its war against Humans . They were also rescued by Zekk , Luke Skywalker and Lusa ( a Chironian who had left the Diversity Alliance over the death of her Talz friend and disillusionment over executing an operation ) . The Jedi then fled offworld to the galactic capital of Coruscant . Her Last Stand . This incident attracted galaxy - wide publicity and a special session was held at the New Republic Senate to deal with it . There , before thousands of Senators and representatives , Luke requested that an inspection team be sent to Ryloth to investigate reports of Diversity Alliance aggression . When word of this reached Nolaa Tarkona , she ordered one of her trusted friends , the Devaronian Kambrea , to entertain the inspection team and cover up the evidence of Alliance aggression . She also prepared a fleet to go the plague warehouse . Meanwhile on the Jedi / New Republic side , after recording an encrypted message to his wife Aryn Dro Thul explaining their plan , Bornan , along with Raynar , Zekk , Jacen and Jaina Solo , Tenel Ka , and Lowbacca gathered up some explosives and went to the warehouse with the intention of destroying it . They had almost finished wiring when Diversity Alliance ships showed up . In the ensuing confrontation with Tarkona in the warehouse , some of the plague canisters were broken open , including Human and Twi ' lek specific virus . Bornan sacrificed himself so the plague would not spread , and told Raynar to get himself and his friends off the asteroid . Meanwhile in space , a New Republic fleet under Han Solo defeated the Diversity Alliance fleet . On Ryloth , fighting took place when the New Republic inspection team discovered stockpiles of weapons . However , the fighting was stopped by the Twi ' lek Kur who convinced the Alliance soldiers that they had been misguided and that both Humans and Aliens should work together . With the Diversity Alliance facing defeat , Nolaa and Raaba fled to an uncharted world in the Outer Rim on their transport " Rising Star " where Nolaa died from a slow - acting disease which ravaged her body by wiping out her immune systems and causing her to sweat profusely . She had tried to persuade Raaba to take her to Coruscant so that she could infect her enemies , but failed because the Wookiee had become disenchanted of the Alliance ' s ideals by then . This ended the Diversity Alliance , which collapsed with the death of Nolaa .