Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Actually, that's not quite right. The galaxy we're in now and that galaxy are one in the same. Therefore it was not far, far away nor was it really all that long ago. In fact, I was there. In the background you could say. I was a young lieutenant in the rebellion at the time working with my fellow comrades to take down the tyrannical Empire and it's malicious ruler, Darth Sidious, the emperor along with his merciless enforcer, Darth Vader.
But enough about me. This isn't my story.
This is the story of one of my closest friends who actually played a rather large role in the defeat of the Empire. Despite that though, you've probably never heard of her. Not many have.
You all know Luke Skywalker, the great hero of the New Republic and his brother-in-law Han Solo and his sister Leia as well as their close friend Chewbacca. In many of the minds of the people of the New Republic, those brave souls were the saviors of the rebellion, the true heroes. But what they don't know is that there were other's there, others who didn't need the recognition or fame to be proud of what they'd done or to be considered heroes to those who knew them. Not to say that Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca were only in it for those reasons, far from it actually. But they were not alone.
This individual whose story I'm here to pass on to you was what you would call an unsung hero, someone who was a hero in a less obvious, public way. Those who knew her knew of her great bravery and heroics, of the part she played in all of this. She was a legend among those who fought in the great war for freedom and her story is one worth telling.
She is Senna Nyrithian and this is her story…
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