Vana Dorja Vana Dorja was a Human female who served as a commander in the Navy of the Imperial Remnant during the Yuuzhan Vong War . She was an inquisitive and observant woman with a partisan Imperial frame of mind . Her family had a long history of naval service to the Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire , with her father having captained an Imperial Star Destroyer into the era of the Remnant . Although the Remnant ' s Council of Moffs chose not to participate in the war , Dorja was sent on an allegedly commercial mission to the New Republic ' s capital planet of Coruscant , where she witnessed the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong attack the world in 27 ABY . She escaped before the invaders conquered the capital , and in 28 ABY , she made her way to the New Republic ' s provisional capital planet of Mon Calamari and requested a ride back to Imperial Space . Dorja was shuttled home by Captain Han Solo and the ambassador Leia Organa Solo aboard their freighter , the " Millennium Falcon " , as the Solos were themselves on a diplomatic mission to the Remnant . Organa Solo suspected that Dorja had been serving as an Imperial spy on Coruscant and was frequently unsettled by the commander ' s presence , but when the freighter was interdicted from hyperspace by a Yuuzhan Vong dovin basal , Dorja crewed one of the " Millennium Falcon " quad laser turrets and helped destroy Yuuzhan Vong coralskipper fighters . Their victory was aided by the arrival of a force of New Republic starfighters , whose leader , Colonel Jagged Fel , came aboard the " Millennium Falcon " and discussed with Dorja what he thought the Remnant ' s best interests would be as the Yuuzhan Vong War continued to rage . After Fel departed , the freighter continued to Imperial Space , and Dorja quietly slipped away from the Solos when they landed aboard a Super Star Destroyer at the Remnant ' s capital of Bastion . Biography . Escape from the capital . The Human female Vana Dorja was born around the year 2 BBY . Her father , Captain Dorja , was an officer in the Imperial Navy , continuing their wealthy family ' s rich tradition of Imperial and Republican military service — the preceding six generations of Dorja men had all been naval officers . Vana Dorja ' s father became the captain of the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Relentless " before 4 ABY , and he continued to command the warship into the era of the Imperial Remnant . The younger Dorja followed in her father ' s footsteps and became a commander in the Remnant ' s Navy . In 25 ABY , the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy . Although the Imperial Remnant ' s Council of Moffs elected to sit out the war and fortify Imperial Space while the New Republic dealt with the invaders , Dorja was sent to the New Republic ' s capital world of Coruscant , allegedly to negotiate a commercial treaty and to purchase Ulban droid brains for Imperial hydroponics farms . The negotiations failed due to the fact that the droid brains could also be used for military purposes , and in 27 ABY , during Dorja ' s extended stay on - world , the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Coruscant . Dorja escaped off - world before the capital was conquered , and in 28 ABY she arrived at the New Republic ' s provisional capital planet of Mon Calamari and asked for a ride back to Imperial Space . Leia Organa Solo , an ambassador attached to the New Republic , was about to embark on a diplomatic mission to the Remnant and agreed to bring Dorja aboard her husband ' s freighter , the " Millennium Falcon " . Hitching a ride . Organa Solo was suspicious about Dorja , suspecting that she was a commercial spy who had been on Coruscant to witness its fall . She also believed that Dorja ' s negotiations had been intended to go nowhere and that her subsequent escape had been planned long in advance . Accordingly , Organa Solo declared certain areas of the " Millennium Falcon " off - limits to Dorja and scanned the commander for any technological secrets . The result was negative , and the freighter embarked on its journey . While they were traveling through hyperspace , Dorja made conversation with the Solos ' protocol droid , C - 3PO , and later dined with Organa Solo and her husband Han Solo in the ship ' s main hold . They spoke of power and of leadership , and Dorja mused out loud how she thought the Empire would have dealt with the Yuuzhan Vong threat had Emperor Palpatine still ruled the galaxy . The conversation was interrupted by the wail of alarms , however , as the ship was interdicted from lightspeed by a Yuuzhan Vong dovin basal in an area of space along the Hydian Way . Captain Solo rushed to the cockpit while Dorja and Organa Solo took to the freighter ' s quad laser cannons , Dorja in the dorsal turret . Solo took the " Millennium Falcon " directly toward the dovin basal , the gravitic pull of which hid them from the sensors of six Yuuzhan Vong coralskipper fighters that were positioned on its other side . When he swept past at the last minute , he fired concussion missiles , which , combined with Dorja and Organa Solo ' s laser fire , destroyed four and damaged one of the coralskippers . Six others were pursuing from behind , which led to Solo taking the freighter around for another pass inside the dovin basal ' s gravitic pull and destroying one of the pursuers . When the lone survivor of the first flight caught up to them , Dorja destroyed it . Solo then halted his slingshot around the dovin basal in order to confuse the remaining enemy pilots , which allowed Dorja and Organa Solo to destroy another coralskipper and damage its wingmate . They finished off one more as Solo rocketed back out of the dovin basal ' s gravity , but before they could tangle with their remaining foes , a joint force of New Republic E - wings and Chiss clawcraft decanted from hyperspace and took care of the remaining coralskippers . Solo invited Colonel Jagged Fel , the force ' s leader and his daughter ' s boyfriend , aboard the " Millennium Falcon " for dinner . After Fel was introduced to Dorja , he joined the others at the table in the main hold . When Organa Solo mentioned her diplomatic mission to the Imperial Remnant , Fel wished her luck but mentioned that it was in the Remnant ' s short - term interests to ally themselves with the Yuuzhan Vong . An intrigued Dorja bid him to continue , and his musings that the Yuuzhan Vong would offer vast amounts of territory to its Imperial allies had Dorja ' s attention until he pointed out that in the long term , the invaders would end up betraying and destroying the Remnant . He departed soon afterward , and the " Millennium Falcon " continued on its long voyage through Yuuzhan Vong territory . When they arrived in the Sartinaynian system at the Imperial capital world of Bastion , they landed in a Super Star Destroyer ' s docking bay , where Dorja quietly slipped away . As the Solos were escorted to Imperial Headquarters on the fortress world ' s surface , Organa Solo suspected that Dorja was briefing the Remnant ' s Supreme Commander , Gilad Pellaeon , on what she had learned about the state of the New Republic . The Solos then met with Pellaeon and successfully negotiated an exchange of information : in return for all of the intelligence that the New Republic had on the Yuuzhan Vong , Pellaeon provided the Remnant ' s secret hyperspace routes through the galaxy ' s Deep Core . Personality and traits . Vana Dorja had brown eyes and bobbed dark hair that she tucked neatly into her Imperial uniform . She was an observant , inquisitive woman with the bland and pleasant face of a diplomat — attributes that Leia Organa Solo thought were appropriate for a probable Imperial spy . Organa Solo found her manner of speaking to also be bland , and although Dorja was polite and accommodating to her hosts aboard the " Millennium Falcon " , she created unsettling moments for them quite easily . Dorja appreciated the efficiency of C - 3PO but found him to be slightly talkative . During the freighter ' s battle with Yuuzhan Vong coralskippers , Dorja thought that Solo ' s creative piloting was highly unorthodox , but she nevertheless adjusted to it and proved herself a capable gunner . Her usual restraint was broken when she whooped with joy after destroying an enemy ship . Dorja held a partisan view toward the Empire , believing that Emperor Palpatine would have immediately crushed the Yuuzhan Vong with his Imperial war machine . She felt that New Republic Chief of State Borsk Fey ' lya ' s method of negotiating with the Yuuzhan Vong while simultaneously fighting them had been a weak and hesitant method that had in turn led to chaos . Dorja listened intently when she believed that Jagged Fel was advocating that the Imperial Remnant ally itself with the invaders rather than with the New Republic , and she was also critical of the New Republic ' s lack of a clear chain of command following Fey ' lya ' s death . She suspected that Organa Solo , a former Chief of State herself , would attempt to return to power — to Dorja , the voluntary relinquishing of power was tantamount to declining one ' s responsibility . Han Solo was openly critical of Imperial methods , and after an angry tirade of his about past failures of the Empire , Organa Solo thought that she detected amusement in Dorja ' s eyes . Behind the scenes . Vana Dorja plays a minor role in Walter Jon Williams ' s " " ( 2002 ) , the fourteenth novel in " " series . Although the book only vaguely discusses her parentage , merely calling her " the daughter of the captain of a Star Destroyer , " 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " explicitly identifies her father as Captain Dorja , a character who first appeared in Timothy Zahn ' s 1992 novel " Dark Force Rising " .