Olia Choko Olia Choko was a female Pantoran who served the New Republic as the public relations representative between Chancellor Mon Mothma and the Galactic Senate . During a news broadcast that took place before the first official meeting of the new Galactic Senate , she spoke to the galaxy about a need for peace and reform . One angry citizen threw rotten fruit at her , but she brought him on camera and spoke to him about his needs , asking him to present his case to the Galactic Senate where they could take care of his people ' s needs . She also saw a New Republic soldier parading around Imperial prisoner s , so she reprimanded him to show the galaxy that the New Republic would be nothing like the Galactic Empire before it . Biography . Olia Choko was a female Pantoran who lived during the Age of the Empire and the rise of the New Republic . Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Choko became the public relations representative for Chancellor Mon Mothma and the new Galactic Senate . While the Rebellion on Akiva was taking place , Choko was interviewed by the Queen of the Core Network journalist Tracene Kane and the Trandoshan camera man Lug . This was the first broadcast of the new HoloNet channel . When Kane noted her nervousness , Choko reassured her that she would be fine as a pretty alien . Choko made sure that Lug got a good shot of Hanna City , Chandrila ' s capital and the current headquarters of the Galactic Senate . Choko also told Kane and Lug to get a good shot of the stormtrooper helmet art installation in the city circle . Having sorted out the surroundings , Kane commenced the interview and Lug commenced filming . During the interview , Choko was struck in the face by a rotten fruit flung by the disgruntled Xan named Geeska Dotalo . While Kane wanted to cut the footage , Choko told Lug to continue filming and confronted the Xan . While Dotalo was reluctant to be filmed , Choko asked him to tell her his problems . Dotalo recounted that the fighting between the New Republic and the Empire had led to chaos , crime , and famine on his homeworld of Gan Moradir . Taking pity on the Xan , Choko promised that the Galactic Senate would help him and asked if he was interested in serving as his world ' s representative on the Senate . She then put him in touch with another Pantoran Galactic Senate official . Following the interview , Choko went to confront the New Republic Corporal Camerand Argell , who was parading several captured Imperial officer s and stormtroopers . With Lug filming , Choko chastised the officer for parading prisoner s like cattle and ordered him to tell Commander Rohr to cease the parade . When the Corporal protested that they should be proud of winning the war , Choko responded that the New Republic would not behave like the Empire . After Argell had led the prisoners away , Kane chatted with Choko on live camera . Choko told Kane that the New Republic had to continue standing up for what was right . When Kane asked if the protestor , the orphans , and the parade of prisoners were warning signs of danger , Choko responded that the New Republic was a democracy and was focused on trying to get things right . While the Empire only cared about order , she reiterated that the New Republic would put the greater good above everything else . After bidding Kane farewell and promising to keep the New Republic accountable , Choko then accompanied a procession of a hundred senators down to the provisional Galactic Senate , which was based in the old Chandrila Senate house . Personality and traits . Olia Choko was female Pantoran with blue skin . She had golden hair pulled back into a simple , practical braid . She wore a plain and unpretentious dress and her only jewelry consisted of a pair of silver bracelet s . As a public relations representative , Choko was trained to smile . Choko was a righteous and compassionate woman who cared for the victims of war . She regarded Imperial officers and soldiers as fellow sentient beings and spoke up for them when a New Republic officer decided to parade them as " spoils of war . " Choko firmly believed in the righteousness of the New Republic ' s cause . While acknowledging that the New Republic would not get things right , she believed that it was important for the Republic to remain a democracy . Behind the scenes . Olia Choko first appeared as a minor character in Chuck Wendig ' s 2015 novel " Aftermath " .