| “ | I'm a woman who doesn't believe in sure things. | „ |
| ~ Doctor Aphra. |
Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra is a recurring character in the Star Wars franchise. She first appeared in the comic series Star Wars: Darth Vader published by Marvel Comics as the deuteragonist, and is the titular protagonist of her own spin-off comics. Aphra is a rogue archaeologist and former ally of Darth Vader.
What Makes Her Magnificent?[]
- Has a tragic and sympathetic backstory, as her father was rather neglectful of the family and her mother was killed by raiders in an attack on her homestead.
- Has a sassy personality and sarcastic sense of humor.
- Has moral standards such as being disgusted with the Empire's crimes against the galaxy and her droids' tendencies to needlessly murder and torture others.
- Is a valuable ally to Darth Vader when hired to assist him in his plans to overthrow Emperor Palpatine, as seen on missions such as helping him gather a droid army, leading a group of bounty hunters in stealing credits to finance his operation, and locating the home of Luke Skywalker.
- Reveals Vader's plot to the Emperor when she predicts he is about to kill her and avoids this by arranging for her droids and Black Krrsantan to rescue her when Vader pushes her out of an airlock, all the while faking her death.
- Uses Krrsantan to distract the Imperials on Yavin IV while she infiltrates the temple with her father and droids.
- Keeps a crystal taken from the Citadel of Rur and tricks her father into storing a fake one on Quarantine World III.
- Convinces Luke to team up and travel with her to Ktath'atn to reactivate the crystal.
- While at first she abandons Luke to be prey for the Queen of Ktath'atn, she has a change of heart and rescues him, before helping him defeat the Queen.
- Arranges for two journalists to interview Krrsantan and breaks into their ship while they are busy, which she uses to transmit messages advertising her auction of the crystal.
- Rigs a bomb onto a waiter droid and falsely suggests the Xonti Brothers to lure Krrsantan into a trap, before causing them to be knocked out by the explosion of the droid.
- Clones a batch of tookas modified to explode in response to a codephrase, using them to wipe out an Imperial squad on Skako Minor and later destroy an Imperial space station.
- With a group of mercenaries, she captures Hera Syndulla as a distraction for her to steal 0-0-0's memories from the Tarkin Initiative.
- Retrieves 0-0-0's memories and beneficial data for the Rebel Alliance, before safely handing Hera over to the Rebels.
- Even when she is returned to Vader's service, she outsmarts him once again by giving Vader the wrong location of the Rebel base and luring him to a Jedi confessional on Tython, where he succumbs to the Force powers.
- Tampers with Imperial records and information on their Rebel base search, delaying them and allowing the Rebels to prepare for an attack on their base on Hoth.
- Secretly records a rogue Imperial minister who caused her mother's murder revealing her plot to assassinate Palpatine and broadcasts to the public, leading to the official's death at the hands of Vader.
- Prevents Ronen Tagge from gaining power from the Rings of Vaale for himself.
What Makes Her a Baddie?[]
- She often does not hesitate to deceive, betray or kidnap others when it can benefit her goals.
- This often leads to people getting hurt or suffering fates worse than death.
- Was complicit in the crimes of Darth Vader when they were working together.
- Among this was torturing Commodex Tahn about Amidala's son, Luke Skywalker.
External Links[]
- Chelli Lona Aphra at the Villains wiki
- Chelli Lona Aphra at the Star Wars wiki
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