Koska Reeves

Koska Reeves is a Mandalorian woman from the Star Wars universe, who appears from the second season of The Mandalorian. An active member of Bo-Katan Kryze's Nite Owls five years after the Battle of Endor, Koska is actively working with her leader to recapture the Mandalorians' homeworld, Mandalore, ravaged by the Galactic Empire. Koska briefly followed fellow Ax Woves as her new leader after Bo-Katan failed to claim the Darksaber, a weapon with which to claim Mandalore's sovereignty, but rejoined her again after Bo-Katan defeated Woves on Plazir-15 and legitimately obtained the Darksaber. Koska then joined with all of the remaining Mandalorian clans guided by Bo-Katan to reclaim Mandalore, resulting in the utter defeat of the Imperial remnant hidden on her world.
==Background==
===Personality===
Like all Mandalorians, Koska is a cool-headed warrior, capable of being as ruthless as she is mortal to her enemies and with a certain sense of honor. She doesn't have a very high opinion of the Children of the Watch cult of Mandalorians like Din Djarin, seeing them as fanatics or zealots. She is somewhat hypocritical, viewing the dreaded Boba Fett as a vulgar sidekick despite Fett pointing out that she herself is Bo’s sidekick. Despite her personal opinions, Koska knows how to recognize the value of a fighter, as with Din Djarin after his help in the takeover of the Imperial freighter.
Unlike most of her compatriots, Koska knows how to show a certain compassion, risking her life to save Grogu without even knowing if he was a foundling. When they go out to eat afterwards, she even amuses him a little by swallowing a tentacle. She also doesn't seem privileged with Mandalorian honor, joking that it's all about the money.
===Abilities===
*Expert Fighter: As a Mandalorian, Koska is very adept at hand-to-hand combat, easily defeating Stormtroopers and Quarrens, while still being able to fight on a par with an accomplished fighter like Boba Fett. Specific to The Mandalorians, Koska is also a seasoned fighter in the air.
*Expert Markswoman: Koska is a very good long and short distance shooter.
*Expert Weapon Handling: Like all Mandalorians, Koska masters the handling of several gadgets and weapons such as the jetpack, blaster, flamethrower and whipcord launcher.
==Apparences==
===The Mandalorian===
In The Heiress, clad in a cloak, Koska spots the Mandalorian bounty hunter, Din Djarrin aka Mando, walking the streets of Trask before slipping away to inform Bo-Katan. Later, Mando and his foudling, Grogu are trapped by Quarren plunderers wanting to grab his armor in Beskar but Koska, accompanied by Bo-Katan and another member of the Nites Owls named Axe Woves attack the plunderers arriving by the air on their boat. Once the Quarrens are eliminated, Koska jumps into the water to save Grogu from a Mamacore and returns him to his adoptive father. When Koska and his teammates remove their helmets, Mando rejects them as Mandalorians due to his unknown membership in the Children of the Watch and ends up leaving with Grogu. The three Mandalorians then blow up the boat.
After dark, Koska, Bo-Katan, and Axe once again encounter Mando and Grogu when other Quarrens confront the two to avenge the death of their comrades, only to be shot by the trio. They then invite Mando for a drink with them to tell them about Mandalore's recovery project. The bounty hunter isn't initially interested until Bo-Katan offers him the location of a Jedi if he helps the trio. The Mandalorians then travel to the port to plan the boarding of a Gozanti cruiser guarded by an Imperial Remnant, Koska expressing their habit of scanning for life forms.
The next day, the four Mandalorians chase the ship leaving the harbor before reaching the bridge and eliminating the stormtroopers on guard. Quickly, they force their way inside, eliminating one by one the stormtroopers getting in their way. Arrived in front of the hold, the Mandalorians exchange fire with the enemy before being locked in by the magnetic doors in the hold control area which they activate to turn the Imperial forces out of the hold in mid-flight. Despite having recovered the stored weapons, the trio's real plans are to take complete control of the ship. As they almost reach the cockpit, the captain attempts to plunge the ship into the ocean, leaving little time for the Mandalorians who have yet to pass the stormtroopers protecting the cockpit. Once through, Koska, Bo-Katan, and Mando enter the cockpit and straighten the cruiser in time. With the captain having committed suicide after refusing to say where the Darksaber was, Koska informs Kryze that a signal has been sent and therefore they must leave. The cruiser then leaves Trask after Mando leaves the craft.
In The Rescue, Koska and Bo-Katan are having lunch at a bar on a desert planet when they are approached by Mando and Boba Fett to ask for their help in rescuing Grogu, captured by Moff Gideon. Bo-Katan declines the request under the assumption that it is a mere bounty hunting mission, prompting Fett to bitterly suggest that he dispense with the help of the two women, leading to a brief hostile exchange between him and Koska, who calls the bounty hunter a sidekick, to which he responds that Koska herself is a sidekick, and threatens to put him in a bacta tank. With the tension rising further between Bo-Katan and Fett, Koska eventually gets fed up and this leads to a fight between her and the old bounty hunter until Bo-Katan puts an end to their feud and then agrees to team up with Mando.
Attending the briefing in Slave One with New Republican marshall Cara Dune and mercenary Fennec Shand in addition, Koska listens to Bo-Katan's planning to enter Gideon's light cruiser. Later, the group is aboard a Lambda-class shuttle while Fett pretends to attack them as they exit hyper-space to thwart the vigilance of the Imperial Remnant. The subterfuge having succeeded, the shuttle lands in disaster in the bay and the four women open fire on the Imperial forces then rush towards the control room while Mando goes to save Grogu. After a long and strewn crossing, Koska and the others reach the bridge before eliminating any enemy presence. She then disables the terminal's arming system, while Bo-Katan notices Gideon's absence.
Mando later joins the group with Grogu and a captive Gideon after defeating him in battle. This creates an uncertain atmosphere as Gideon's defeat allowed Mando to inadvertently claim the Darksaber that Bo-Katan and Koska had come to recover. Before things go further off the rails, the group is warned by the ship's alarm that Gideon's Dark Troopers are heading straight for them. Koska blocks every possible exit but that only slows the droids who start to punch through the door that separates them from the group. As a new clash seems inevitable, an X-wing, piloted by jedi Luke Skywalker, enters the cruiser and its pilot takes out the Dark Troopers one by one. On the bridge, Gideon shoots Bo-Katan and Mando with a hidden blaster before being surrounded by Koska, Cara and Fennec and being knocked out by Cara as he intended to kill himself. Once the threat of the Dark Troopers is eliminated, Koska witnesses the separation of Mando and Grogu who leaves with the Jedi master.
As Bo-Katan did not claim the Darksaber for herself, her troops left to work as a mercenary under Woves' leadership, with Koska joining as well. Some time later during the events of Guns For Hire, Koska is aboard Gideon's cruiser now owned by Woves when she and her fellow Mandalorians intercept a Quarren ship carrying on board a runaway Mon Calamari whose bounty has been placed by her father and which the Mandalorians come to collect. Koska takes it upon herself to escort the fugitive aboard the cruiser, the Mon Calamari criticizing the so-called honor of the Mandalorians to which Koska replies that they only have it in exchange for credits.
Subsequently, the Mandalorians are hired as security forces on the independent world Plazir-15. Bo-Katan, Mando and Grogu later arrive at their base camp, Bo-Katan claiming what was once hers and challenges Woves when he refuses to give in to her, Koska watching without seemingly taking sides. After Bo-Katan defeats Woves, the other Mandalorians are reluctant to follow her again due to the Darksaber being in the hands of a "misguided zealot". Mando however reveals that Bo-Katan previously saved him on Mandalore from an enemy who captured him, in this way he gives her the Darksaber rightfully and Koska accepts her again as her leader.
In "The Spies", The Mandalorian privateers arrive at the Tribe's camp on Nevarro and quickly the atmosphere between the two factions is quite icy. After the evening banquet, Koska listens to Bo-Katan explain his plans to reclaim Mandalore, starting with bringing the entire fleet there and sending a reconnaissance team to find what remains of the Great Forge so that once secured other Mandalorians will join them. Koska is among the volunteers to find the Great Forge.
Back on Mandalore, the team crosses paths with survivors of the purge who are able to lead them to the exact location of the Great Forge. The day after the arrival, Koska silently watches as Woves and Paz Vizsla fight after a disagreement over a game of chess until Grogu separates them. Later, a giant monster native to the planet attacks the Mandalorians' sail barge, though the survivors are able to reach the caverns to safety. Sinking deeper below the surface, the Mandalorians finally reach the Great Forge, only to sadly see it is nothing more than a ruin. Armored beskar-wearing Jumptroopers arise and attack the Mandalorians on equal footing, with Koska able to kill three single-handedly. Casualties racked up on both sides, the Imperials retreat, so the remaining Mandalorians pursue them until they indirectly penetrate a secret Imperial base. Armored fire doors close on the Mandalorians, trapping the majority including Koska in a confined space while Mando and a small group ambushed on the other side. As Mando gets subdued by the Jumptroopers, Moff Gideon joins the scene, clad in Dark Trooper-like armor made from the beskar he's been looting on Mandalore for some time and intent on exterminating the Mandalorians once and for all, started with their fleet. Koska is able to survive the onslaught after Bo-Katan is slashed through the fire doors with the Darksaber, but at the cost of Paz Vizsla covering their retreat and ending up being finished off by three Praetorian Guards.
In "The Return", Koska and Bo-Katan eliminate their pursuer with explosives before being guided by the Mandalorian survivors to safety in the caverns that have served as their shelters since the Great Purge. The survivors then tell their comrades that with the service of Mandalore, the dormant species woke up and the plants grew again, as is the case in this same cave. The Armorer then contacts the survivors to announce the arrival of reinforcements, so the Mandalorians return to the fight.
A violent fight ensues in the air where the Mandalorians face without respite the imperials in beskar armor. After a long, fierce confrontation, the victorious Mandalorians obliterate the base before the Light Cruiser crashes into it, killing Moff Gideon once and for all. Koska is later present at the Living Waters when Mando officially adopts Grogu to be a Mandalorian apprentice. She is last seen with all of the Mandalorians, Nite Owl as the Tribe, gathered at the Great Forge where all loudly reaffirm their connection to Mandalore.
==Gallery==
Bo Katan Mandalorian Poster.jpg|Koska with Bo-Katan and Axe.
Mandalorian2x03 0828.jpg|Koska thanked by Mando for saving Grogu.
Mandalorian2x03-0865.jpg|Koska reveals her face.
Mandalorian2x03-1044.jpg|The Nite Owls after slaughtering other Quarrens to aid Mando once more.
Mandalorian2x03-1103.jpg|Koska looks at Grogu.
Mandalorian2x03-1145.jpg|"We've been hitting 'em pretty hard."
Mandalorian2x03-1784.jpg|Koska and Bo-Katan battling the Stormtroopers to reach the cockpit.
Mandalorian2x08-0412.jpg|"You’ll be talking through the window of a bacta tank."
Mandalorian2x08-0471.jpg|Koska blocking Boba Fett's fibercord whip.
Fennec Koska Gideon.jpg|Koska holds Moff Gideon at gunpoint.
Din and the others meeting Luke.jpg|Koska and the others meets Luke Skywalker.
==Trivia ==
*Koska's floor-throwing style is based on the movements of her actress, Mercedes Varnado who is a wrestler for WWE.
*Before the second season aired, many fans believed that Varnado was playing a live-action version of Sabine Wren.
*In previous Interviews, Mercedes Varnado hinted that Koska would not return in third season of The Mandalorian, but that was ultimately proven to be untrue.
*In "The Spies" It is revealed that she lived at the Great Forge like many of her comrades.
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