Alys Ongwa

Alys "Crash" Ongwa was a human female Corellian who lived on Corellia during the High Republic Era. She grew up in the bodyguarding business, eventually coming to lead the Supreme Coronet City Diplomat Protection agency after inheriting the business from her mother, Baynoo Ongwa. Following the Valo Atrocity, Ongwa and her crew were tasked with protecting Chancellor Lina Soh of the Galactic Republic during a visit to Corellia. At the time, Ongwa was sixteen years old, and was accompanied by the droid 10-K8. In the year following the Fall of Starlight Beacon, Ongwa and her crew traveled the galaxy to hunt down anyone involved in the Nihil's infiltration on Corellia.The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing
==Behind the scenes==
Alys Ongwa was created by Daniel José Older for the Star Wars: The High Republic publishing initiative. Older first hinted at the character through her nickname of Crash in an episode of Star Wars: The High Republic Show on July 28, 2021, while Ongwa was formally revealed in a later episode of the show on November 17. Ongwa debuted in "Crash and the Crew Do What They Do," a comic story written by Older, illustrated by Jesse Lonergan, and published in The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021 by IDW Publishing on December 15, 2021.
Older created the character as a tribute to writer Alyssa Wong, tuckerizing Wong's name. Having asked them what role they would like to play within the Star Wars universe, Older based Ongwa and her occupation on Wong's answer. Ongwa's pink hair was a request from Wong.
==Appearances==
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*The High Republic: Midnight Horizon 
*The High Republic Adventures (2021) 12 
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*The High Republic: Escape from Valo 
*The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 3
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*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 7
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 8 
*The High Republic Adventures: Crash and Burn
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 10
*The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 1 
*The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 2
*The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 14
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==Notes and references==
Category:Business owners and executives
Category:Females
Category:Humans
Category:Individuals with she/her pronouns
Category:LGBTQIA+ individuals
Category:Supreme Coronet City Diplomat Protection personnel