Varish Vicly Varish Vicly was a female Loneran who served as a senator in the Galactic Senate of the New Republic twenty years after its founding . She belonged to the Populists , a senatorial faction whose members believed individual planet s should retain almost all authority . Although she seemed to cultivate frivolous interests , Vicly was an upright politician , and one of the very few senators her fellow Populist Leia Organa enjoyed to spend time with . Biography . New Republic senator . Varish Vichly was a female Loneran senator in the New Republic ' s Galactic Senate on Hosnian Prime . She was a member of the Populists , a faction that believed that individual worlds should retain most of the authority . In 28 ABY , Varish attended a memorial ceremony to dedicate a Jelucani fogstone statue of the late Bail Organa , a founding member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the adoptive father of her Populist colleague Leia Organa . After listening to Leia ' s speech , she told Organa that she was a pessimist and remarked that X - wing starfighter manuevers were more exciting than speeches . Later that day , she organized a dinner for several Populist senators including Organa . The following day , Senator Varish attended a hearing where Ryloth ' s Emissary Yendor highlighted the threat posed by the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel to his planet ' s economy and independence . She opined that the matter was an intrasystem one and that the Senate had no jurisdiction to investigate even if Ryloth and Bastatha belonged to the New Republic . In the end , senator Organa and a young Centrist senator named Ransolm Casterfo agreed to investigate Rinnrivin ' s cartel . They discovered that Rinnrivin ' s cartel was a major crime syndicate which was funnelling its gambling and smuggling revenue to mysterious sources in the Outer Rim Territories . Political intrigue . Later , Varish and her Populist colleagues including Organa and Tai - Lin Garr were disappointed when a Centrist motion to create a new powerful government office called First Senator was adopted by the Senate . She invited Organa and Tai - Lin to her opulent penthouse where they discussed their next strategy . In the end , the three senators decided to nominate Organa as the Populist candidate for First Senator due to her status as a rebel war hero and her contributions to the New Republic . Several days later , Varish met with Organa and Tai - Lin at the New Republic senatorial complex to attend a Populist caucus meeting to discuss Leia ' s nomination . However , Leia discovered a note inscribed with the message " Run . " Shortly later , a bomb damaged half of the Senatorial conference building . While nobody was killed due to Leia ' s quick thinking , Varish suffered several broken bone s . She spent the next three days at the medcenter regrowing her arm bones . Despite recovering from her injuries , Varish was unhappy with the lack of perceived improvements in bacta therapy . Varish sent a holomessage to her friend Leia , who received it after returning from a senatorial mission to Ryloth . Standing by a friend . On the day of the Senate hearing to consider Leia ' s nomination for First Senator , Varish gave an impassioned speech describing Leia ' s contributions to the Rebellion during the Galactic Civil War . She then urged the Senate to support Leia Organa as First Senator . However , Leia ' s Centrist friend Ransolm Casterfo took the floor and revealed that Leia was the daughter of the infamous Imperial enforcer Darth Vader . Varish was outraged by Casterfo ' s accusation and denounced it as a filthy , outrageous lie that Leia would deny . However , Casterfo presented Leia ' s keepsake chest and music box containing a recording from Bail confirming Leia ' s parentage . As a result , Leia was forced to admit that she was indeed Vader ' s daughter . This revelation threw the Galactic Senate into uproar and destroyed Leia ' s political career . After Leia left the Senate chamber , Varish rose to Leia ' s defense by reading out a passage from the New Republic constitution declaring that nobody should have to answer for their parent ' s crimes . Her friend Tai - Lin Garr also submitted a motion to the entire Populist party reaffirming their respect and loyalty for Leia ' s individual accomplishments . Later , Varish presumably attended another Senate hearing where Leia withdrew her nomination for First Senator and obtained leave from the Senate . Leia ' s warning . Following Leia ' s mission to Sibensko , Varish and her fellow Populists presumably voted in favour of Leia being granted a hearing at the Senate . Later , she invited Leia to a party at her residence where Tai - Lin Garr announced that he would stand as the new Populist candidate for First Senator in order to render that position irrelevant . The following day , Varish presumably attended a Senate hearing where Leia and Casterfo warned about the danger that Rinnrivin ' s cartel and a paramilitary faction called the Amaxine warriors had posed to the New Republic . Ten days later , Varish and Leia accompanied Tai - Lin Garr on his first campaign in a public park on Hosnian Prime . She encouraged Leia to come along and pointed out that people would still respect her because of her glorious war record and service to the Senate . She expressed hope that Leia would be able to rebuild her political career . During the campaign walk , Varish was optimistic about Tai - Lin ' s chances of success given that the Centrists had not yet fielded a candidate . She was also hopeful that Tai - Lin Garr would win based on poll results showing that support for the Populists had not fallen despite the revelations of Leia ' s parentage . Varish was present when the Amaxine leader Arliz Hadrassian assassinated Tai - Lin before committing suicide . Following the assassin ation attempt , Varish and many others believed that Arliz had been the sole mastermind behind the Napkin Bombing and Rinnrivin ' s cartel and that the Republic had nothing more to fear . Leia disagreed and pointed out that a small - time businesswoman like Hadrassian did not have the resources to bankroll an entire paramilitary . During Tai - Lin Garr ' s memorial service , Varish brushed off Leia ' s warning and told her that Tai - Lin needed to be mourned in peace . In truth , Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxines had been engineered by agent s of the First Order , which was preparing for its war with the New Republic . Disillusioned with the Senate ' s complacency and regulations , Leia formed the Resistance , a paramilitary outfit aimed at protecting the Republic . Personality and traits . As a Loneran , Varish Vicly was covered in long , silky gold fur and had four thin , extended limb s which allowed her to walk on two feet or all fours with equal ease . Despite her frivolous interests , Varish was a woman of integrity and a staunch Populist . She was a good friend to Organa and stayed loyal to her despite revelations about Organa ' s true parentage . As a Loneran , Varish believed that opulence was a virtue and showcased her status by living in a luxurious penthouse in Hosnian Prime . Unlike Leia , Varish believed that the destruction of Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine Warriors eliminated any threats to the New Republic . She did not realize that these groups were proxies of the First Order , a remnant of the Old Empire preparing to retake the galaxy . Behind the scenes . Varish Vicly first appeared in Claudia Gray ' s 2016 novel " Bloodline " as a supporting character . Her lines are told through the point of view of the main protagonist Leia and the antagonistic Carise Sindian .