Mara Solo

Shmi Solo (born Shmi Amidala Solo) was the eldest child of Jaina Solo and Zekk and the older twin sister of Solan Solo and older sister to and Alona Solo. She was named after her maternal great-great grandmother, Shmi Skywalker and her great-grandmother, Padmé Amidala. Like her namesakes Shmi was very wise and kindhearted. Shmi was the most pragmatic of her children as Jaina considered while Solan always rushed into battle without thinking and Alona being the most indecisive out of the three.

Early Life
Shmi and her younger twin brother Solan were born in 42 ABY on Maw to Jaina and Zekk soon after the rise of Jacen's Sith Empire. However after their birth, Jaina and Zekk sent twins sent them along the Great River where the other Jedi refugee children were in order to protect them from their uncle. The children were taken care off by her mother's friend, Winter and thier father will Jaina went off to find missing Jedi on Belsavis.

Abduction
A year later the Empire discovered the Jedi safehouse on Maw. Imperial stroomtroopers surrounded the place, although most of the Jedi managed to escape to the rendevous point, Zekk and the twins. Shmi and Solan, were trapped. Zekk did his best to protect the infant twins but he was shot by a stormtrooper with stun blaster, knocking him out. The twins watched in horror as their home was being destroyed. Jaina came to the station as quick as she could but it was too late, Shmi and her brother were kidnapped. Fortunately they left behind a trail of pain and grief that was easily sensed by their parents.

When Shmi and Solan awoke they were greeted by none other than Jacen's right hand man Admiral Nebulax. The aged man explained to them that their parents died in the raid and that he was their guardian. The twins did not adapt well and would use their powers to anger the guards.

Soon after mysterious man rescued them and killed the Admiral. The mysterious man took ther and her brother to Jaina to their mother. The mystery man was revealed to be Ben Skywalker, the son of Luke Skywalker. After the raid on Maw, their parents and the rogue Jedi moved their operations to New Aldeeran.



Reunion
When they were two-and-a-half years old, the twins returned to New Aldeeran to live with their parents. By this time, Shimi and Solan demonstrated an ability to move objects with their minds from time to time. They had also further developed the mental bond that they had been born with and had a tendency to use it to complete each other's sentences or get into mischief. Soon after their sister Alona was born.

Final Battle
Heeding Ben's advice, Jaina and Zekk, accompanied by Ben, took Shmi and Solan into hiding on the world of Polis Mossa while they sent Alona to another Jedi Base on Ossus so that the future of the Jedi would be protected from Jacen &mdash; who planned to kill to kill the last remnants of the Jedi thus making the Sith rule once more. Zekk and Jaina took Ben's advice, but Jacen was able to determine their destination due to his mastery of the force and intercepted the Millennium Falcon. The Falcon was damaged in the ensuing confrontation but Zekk and R2-D2 managed to coax it into limping all the way to Polis Mossa and landed it on the asteroid planet.

Jacen, hot on their trail, managed to catch up with them thus starting a battle between Ben and Jacen while Jaina and Zekk fled with the twins. However they became seperated were greeted by Jacen's deadly Sith mynocks. Using their mental bond Shmi and Solan were able to destroy the mynocks using the Force. After the mynocks Shimi and Solan sensed that their mother was in danger and quickly ran to her rescue only to find her knocked out and wounded. Soon after Solan went into a trance like state and used Jaina's lightsaber to cut them down while Shmi healed her mother's wounds.

The battle ended when Ben killed Jacen thus ending his reign of terror he had unleashed onto the galaxy so many years ago.

New Rebellion
After her uncle's defeat at Polis Mossa the New Alliance was formed and Ben Skywalker rebuilt the New Jedi Order once again bringing peace and justice to the galaxy. However peace would not last, seven years later a criminal organization called the Imperial Alliance started to make trouble in the galaxy.

In 51 ABY Shmi and her siblings accompanied their mother on a diplomatic mission to Coruscant while their father stayed to run the new Jedi Praxeum with Ben on Ossus. Once there Jaina left the children in the care of Threepio and Artoo at a Senator Pooja Naberrie, whom neither knew they were distant relatives. There, Jaina and Pooja were scheduled to attend a major trade conference. The conference was the first part of a major attempt by the New Republic to re-open Coruscant to major trade as it was deeply affected by the Empire's reign. During their time at the Senator's house they met the Queen of Naboo and quickly befriended her.

On the first night of the conference, the children stayed up late and spied on their mother, Pooja Naberrie and other Senators as they viewed a recording and discussed the ominous implications of the message that it had contained &mdash; that the individuals who had sent the message would destroy entire star sytems if their yet-to-be-detailed demands were not met. Shimi, Solan, and Alona would end up in "Aunt" Pooja's mansion and they watched from their apartment as enclaves within Coruscant burned to the ground and bodies piled up in the streets in the first stages of what would come to be known as the Imperial Rebellion.

Soon after the house came under fire and Threepio decided that at this point it was time to leave. The children, the two droids went to the into the Falcon. With the freighter's hyperdrive, older than their parents themselves, managed to get off the planet. By the time they reached Naboo, the Falcon 's old hyperdrive became absolete.

Shmi, Solan, and Alona were happy to accept the hospitality of the Queen and received a lesson about Nubian traditions as well. The following morning after breakfast, Shmi, Solan, and Alona told her what had happened before they were forced to leave Coruscant.

Soon after Shmi and her siblings were captured by Nebulax, who had planned to use them to blackmail their mother into surrendering to the Imperial Alliance. The were taken to Nebulax's Star Destroyer Nebulax's Fist and were imprisioned. The children then escaped from their prison with the aid of Artoo and Alona, and made their way to their mother's freighter. After they effected some repairs with the help of the droids, Shmi piloted the Millennium Falcon out of the mouth of the ship with the Admiral in hot pursuit. Though they didn't have much knowledge about flying ships, Shmi managed to evade the Admiral while Solan used his gunnery skills to destroy Nebulax's lasers. While they were busy Alona contacted her father at the Praxeum and informed them of the attack on Coruscant.

Soon after Zekk arrived and rescued Jaina on Coruscant. With their help Jaina and Zekk were able to capture Admiral Nebulax and end the Imperial Rebellion.

Jedi Training (55 ABY–59 ABY)


"Cool! Always wanted to know how a lightsaber worked."

- Shmi Solo

At the age of 13, Shmi and her brother attended Ben Skywalker's newly built Jedi Praxeum on Ossus. At the praxeum she would meet the Hapan princess Allana, Tira, and Draco, they would all form a long lasting friendship. While Solan developed an affinity for the force, Jaina became a capable pilot and mechanic, forming a close bond with her mother, Jaina.

Shmi honed her impressive talents in the force and became one of the most powerful students at the praxeum. During her time at the academy Shmi, Solan, Allan and Draco would go on exciting adventures in the jungles of Ossus while learning valuable lessons that would hardly prepare her for the events ahead.

Behind the Scenes
This article was created by Jaina Solo