Shonmai Shonmai was a female Mon Calamari and a Mon Calamari Ranger in 137 ABY . She survived the initial stages of the Genocide on Dac and fought for her people ' s safety alongside her fellow Rangers . Eventually , Shonmai sacrificed her life to bring down Vul Isen ' s Sea Leviathan , a creature which would have greatly expedited the extinction of the Mon Calamari race . Biography . Shonmai and her fellow ranger Adriphar were scouting the area near the Devil ' s Crevasse when they spotted something abnormal on their scopes . Recognizing it to be too big to be an Acklay and not a native creature of Dac , the two Mon Cals approached the massive creature on a reconnaissance run . As they scouted the creature , they felt certain that Master Treis Sinde and Captain Tanquar should be informed of this new devilry . When they got closer , they were noticed by the Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport riding herd beside the beast . Shonmai told Adriphar to get out of there , but his Krakana was shot down by the vessel . He crashed into the monster and warned Shonmai to get back to the Ranger Grotto , before his life - force was sucked out by the beast . Shocked by Adriphar ' s sudden death , Shonmai rushed back to the Grotto and told the other Rangers of the encounter . Tanquar began preparing for an attack against the beast in order to save the Mon Calamari refugees being attacked . Sinde , however , tried to dissuade the Rangers from performing a suicidal attack on the creature , which he revealed to be a Sith - created Sea Leviathan . He told them the creature had been specifically designed to kill them , but the Rangers were unwilling to let their people die as they waited in safety . Changing his mind about the attack , Sinde came up with a plan : The Rangers would attack and destroy the AT - AT swimmer , while he would use the Force to command a legion of Devilsquid to attack the Leviathan . Two extra Rangers would then use the empty crevasse to shelter the fleeing Mon Calamari . Devil ' s Crevasse . As the rebel forces began their approach on Devil ' s Crevasse , Shonmai ignored Tanquar ' s order to sit out the battle , as she felt a need to fight for her people . When they reached the Leviathan and the AT - AT swimmer , Sinde swam into the Crevasse to commune with the Devilsquid while the rangers arced around the beast and began their attack on the swimmer . They pummeled the AT - AT with all they had , but the Krakana ' s plasma weapons could not pierce the swimmer ' s powerful shield , and the Leviathan , thus far unopposed , began to make short work of the fleeing refugees . They kept on attacking it , searching for a chink in its shielding , trying to give Master Sinde more time . Finally , as more Rangers herded the remaining refugees towards the Crevasse , Master Sinde and his Devilsquid horde rose up and swarmed the Leviathan . Overwhelmed , the Leviathan began to falter under the throng of Devilsquid . Believing it to be in danger , Sith Lord Darth Azard commanded the pilot to lower the shields surrounding the hangar and release the Sharks , in order to destroy the Krakana and eliminate the troublesome Devilsquid . Sacrifice and Death . Shonmai informed Captain Tanquar of the lowered shields , but the blaster fire coming from the swimmer made it impossible for the other Krakana to swoop in and assist in destroying it . Seizing an opportunity , and using her close position to the hangar , Shonmai made a choice . She powered up her Krakana ' s drives to full and rammed directly into the swimmer ' s hangar , destroying it instantly , but costing her her life . Her sacrifice enabled the Krakana to destroy the Imperial Sharks , and the Devilsquid succeeded in pulling the Sea Leviathan into the Crevasse , where the devoured it . As Tanquar saved the injured Master Sinde , the Sith ringleaders escaped the wreckage of the AT - AT swimmer and escaped to the ocean ' s surface . The Mon Calamari were now afforded some small amount more of safety , at least from the Sea Leviathan . Afterwards , Sinde would remark that the battle had not really been a true victory for the Mon Calamari , but they had won the right to fight another day . He and Tanquar intended to make sure they were ready for it . Behind the scenes . Shonmai appeared in the 2009 comic " " , the second issue of " " " " story arc . Her name was spelled " Shonm " o " i " twice in the first few pages of the comic . While it was most likely it was an editing mistake , it could have just been what Adriphar called her .