Ganaire Kyrell Ganaire Kyrell was a female human Second - wave aristocrat from the planet Jelucan . She was married to Oris Kyrell and was mother to two sons , Dalven and Thane . During the reign of the Galactic Empire , Ganaire sought to curry favor with the Empire . Biography . Ganaire Kyrell was the wife of Oris Kyrell and the mother of Dalven and Thane . She was a Second - wave r who lived on the planet Jelucan during the reign of the Galactic Empire . Ganaire and her family were wealthy and lived in a gold - tiled house . In 11 BBY , Ganaire and her family attended a ceremony in the city of Valentia celebrating the Empire ' s annexation of Jelucan . She complained about walking through the streets like " valley trash " , a pejorative referring to the valley - dwelling First Wavers who had settled on Jelucan . Her husband Oris responded that the hangar s were packed with hovercraft and that it would do their sons no harm to walk . When her older son Dalven complained that they should have left Thane at home with their tutor droid CZ - 1 , Ganaire sided with Thane and reminded him that he was born in the same year that the Empire was established . After Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin gave a speech , Ganaire and Oris attended a reception with several Imperial dignitaries . They left Dalven to babysit his younger brother . However , Dalven got distracted by his friends and abandoned Thane . Thane subsequently befriend a valley - dweller girl named Ciena Ree . After meeting Tarkin himself , the two decided to strive for a career in the Imperial Navy . Ganaire and Oris showered their older son Dalven and ignored Thane . When a fifteen year old Thane was beaten up by his father following an argument , Ganaire did not intervene nor acknowledge her son ' s wounds in the morning . As a result , Thane endeavored to secure a place at the Imperial Academy and leave his parents and Jelucan behind . When Thane secured a place at the prestigious Royal Imperial Academy on Coruscant , Ganaire and Oris said farewell to their son at home and did not accompany him to the spaceport . During his studies and subsequent service as a TIE fighter pilot , Thane did not maintain contact with his parents . After deserting the Empire following the destruction of Alderaan , Thane did not seek refuge with his parents ; knowing his mother ' s willingness to curry favor with the Empire and his father ' s violent temper . After Thane ' s friend Ciena falsified his death , Ganaire along with Oris and Dalven presumably believed that Thane had committed suicide out of grief at the loss of his comrades aboard the Death Star . In truth , Thane had run away and subsequently joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Personality and traits . Ganaire was a human woman who wore a long saffron - color ed robe . Ganaire and her husband Oris were snobbish and built a large gold - tiled house to impress their neighbors . However , the large size of their house forced them to locate their hangar in the terrace below . As a second - waver , Ganaire looked down upon the Jelucani valley - dwellers , who had first settled the planet . Ganaire also wanted to curry favor with the Empire . While she did not belittle Thane like his father Oris and older brother Dalven did , she did not protect Thane when he was beaten up by Oris during one of the latter ' s drunken rags . Behind the scenes . Ganaire Kyrell first appeared as a background character in Claudia Gray ' s 2015 young adult novel " Lost Stars " .