Name: Lucidius Hale
Portrayed by: Jake Gyllenhaal
DOB/Homeworld: 20 BBY / Alderaan
Allegiance: Galactic Republic
Rank/Title/Positions: <> Lord Protector of the Galactic Republic
<> Supreme Commander of the Republic Defense Force
Historical Background: Lucidius Hale was born to a large and wealthy family of musicians, artisans, and merchants on his native planet of Alderaan. Learning what he could from his parents, brothers, and sisters, Hale developed a knack for being a jack-of-all-trades at a very early age, and entered the family business as a teenager. Upon hearing about the Rebellion Against the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Hale decided to submit an application to the Imperial Academy on Corulag so that he could defend the Empire and his beloved Alderaan.
On his 20th year, Hale graduated from the Academy and was given a junior officer assignment in Scourge Squadron - then Grand Moff Tarkin's outfit. After the destruction of Alderaan, Hale was devastated and angered that the Rebel Alliance effectively caused its demise. With all of his family killed in the incident, Hale dedicated himself to destroying the Rebel Alliance once and for all. His anger and fervor was noted by Grand Moff Kaine, who transferred Hale to the SSD
Executor so that he could gain personal satisfaction from Death Squadron's primary mission to locate and destroy the Hidden Rebel Base. While onboard the
Executor, Hale's future was ultimately decided by Darth Vader himself, who appointed Hale as the new commanding officer of the new 1st Imperial Expeditionary Force.
Immediately following the Battle of Endor, Hale's leadership took the Imperial Remnant to new heights as ultimately he used the 1st IEF to expand the Imperial Remnant's sphere of influence across the galaxy as well as destroy the Rebel Alliance once and for all.
Recent History: After the Battle of Coruscant, Hale's dramatic decision to order the 1st Imperial Expeditionary Force to secure Imperial Center for the New Republic led to the final victory for the Republic and expulsion of all Imperial forces from Coruscant. However, the attack on Coruscant left the New Republic's Fleet and leadership almost entirely wiped out, and so Hale was celebrated as a hero and given the title of Lord Protector, so that he could restore order. Using his new found authority, Hale formed an interim parliament in order to ratify the Pellaeon-Mothma Treaty, which reorganized the galaxy into various spheres of influence. Taking what resources and territories he could from his Imperial Remnant holdings, the battle-shattered New Republic was reconsolidated and reorganized into the Galactic Republic.
In the year following the Battle of Coruscant, the GR's hybrid approach towards governance would come to be known for its democratically elected legislative branch - embodied by the
Republic Senate, its powerful executive branch - embodied by the
Republic Defense Force, and the judicial branch - which utilized a restored
Jedi Order of the Republic to provide the Republic with moral authority and oversight. In order to prevent one man from ever attaining too much power, one of the first bills passed by the Senate was to establish a Supreme Triumvirate, so that there would always be "rule by three". Comprised of the Senate President, Lord Protector, and a Jedi Grand Master, the Supreme Triumvirate worked to restore the principles and liberty that reigned under the Old Republic, with the enduring mission to restore peace and prosperity throughout the galaxy.
Name: Jana Sable
Portrayed by: Kate Upton
DOB/Homeworld: 16 BBY / Ralltiir
Allegiance: Jedi Order of the Republic
Rank/Title/Positions: <> Jedi Knight
<> Jedi Liason to the Republic Executive Branch
<> Special Agent of the Republic Secret Service
Historical Background: Jana's past will forever be clouded in mystery. What she does know is that she was discovered by Darth Vader during the Jedi Purge and Rise of the Empire era during an intensive battle on Ralltiir. Her Arkanian parents genetically engineered her to be a perfect human female, but since genetics and cloning was outlawed by the Empire, her parents were executed. Afterwards, as was Vader's personal policy to not let a single infant be an innocent victim during this time, he took the baby and immediately transferred her to the Imperial Special Activities Division HQ located on Byss: a holding complex designed to "rehabilitate" battlefield orphans. Trained from the very earliest ages to be an Imperial Operative, Jana's latent Force sensitivity was noticed by the Emperor himself, who then selected her at the age of 6 to be the Emperor's Shadow.
Over the next 10 years, Jana's relentless training regime molded her into the perfect assassin and operative the Imperial Security Bureau could ever imagine in their wildest dreams. By the age of 16 she was proclaimed the Emperor's Shadow - the youngest ever, and no mission was too small or too great for Jana to accomplish. While her designation as the Emperor's Shadow lent her to perform many internal espionage missions, many Imperial Moffs, Admirals, and Generals each experienced tragic "accidents". Her youth and her beauty were often used as weapons as well, as it was easy to perform countless blackmails and loyalty tests while working undercover as a secret mistress.
Her experiences and talents ultimately led to her assignment as Hale's personal attache, as the Emperor - ever suspicious of Vader's machinations - wanted to prevent Hale from ever achieving too much power. As Hale's operative during his tenure on Chandrila, Jana assisted him in tracking down a massive Rebel smuggling ring eventually linked to the Hutt Empire. Her investigation on Nar Shaddaa was eventually interrupted with the death of the Emperor, which sent a powerful Force reverberation through her psyche and physiology, leaving her weakened and slightly deranged. Disconnected from her Force powers and reality, Jana began taking odd jobs from the very criminals she was investigating in order to make a living. The rise of Darth Algoz sent another Force reverberation through the galaxy, only this time it "awakened" Jana. During her revival period, Jana returned to serving Hale doing what she knew best, but struggled with the Dark Side's hold over her.
Recent History: After an encounter and battle with the mysterious Darth X on Endor, Jana's triste with the Dark Side formally ended as she knew the only way to overcome such power was by turning to the Light Side. Later, Jana recovered a Jedi Holocron within the ancient Jedi ruins at Ilum and began her informal training as a Jedi Knight using the teachings from the holocron. In the Battle of Coruscant, Jana led a strike team to the Imperial Palace and planted enough explosives to destroy the entire palace as well as presumably kill both Darth Algoz and Luke Skywalker.
In the weeks following the Battle of Coruscant and the formation of the Galactic Republic, Jana was ushered into creation of the Jedi Order of the Republic (JOR) and proclaimed Jedi Knight. Although Jana's knowledge of the Force an the Jedi Order is limited, she began tracking down former Force-sensitive Imperial Operatives and Dark Side Adepts that the Emperor held and offered them a chance to convert to the Light Side and join the JOR. Eventually, many Jedi Masters that went into hiding stepped forward and offered leadership to the JOR, and so Jana was officially assigned to the Republic Secret Service to put her counter-espionage skills to good use and to continue to serve by Hale's side.