Juno Eclipse

Juno Eclipse was a Human female officer in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War, having defected from the Galactic Empire after she was accused of treason.

Early life

 * Juno Eclipse was born on Corulag as the daughter of a teacher and civil engineer. As a child, she developed a fascination with alien cultures and diversity, a trait which her mother encouraged. Early in her life, however, Eclipse was dealt a personal tragedy when her mother died, reportedly caught in the crossfire of an insurrection on Corulag. The loss of her mother left the young Juno in the care of her father, who increasingly became cold and distant after the death of his wife. Nevertheless, Eclipse desperately desired to win the approval of her only remaining parent. As a result, she developed into a loyal supporter of the Galactic Empire, mainly due to the fact that her father was an uncompromising Imperialist who was enamored with those that enlisted into Imperial Military service.[2]In addition to being indoctrinated into Emperor Palpatine's New Order, Juno Eclipse's father attempted to impart his Anti-Jedi sentiments to his daughter. A fierce supporter of the Emperor, Eclipse's father loathed the fallen Jedi Order and wholeheartedly believed the Emperor's false account of the Jedi's attempt to seize control of the Galactic Republic by assassinating then-Chancellor Palpatine. Despite her's father obvious contempt towards the Order, Eclipse never developed any personal resentment against the Jedi, mainly due to the fact that she possessed very little knowledge of the Jedi or the Force.[2]

In a last attempt to win her father's approval once and for all, Juno Eclipse dedicated her young life to entering Imperial service. It was Eclipse's hope that her father would be elated by her career choice, mainly so that she could finally earn the same admiration that he felt for the Empire's enlisted personnel. Despite her youth, Eclipse was accepted into the Imperial Academy on Corulag at the age of fourteen, thus making her the youngest cadet ever to be welcomed into the Empire's military training institution.

Imperial pilot
Despite graduating at the top of her class with high honors, Juno Eclipse was heartbroken when her father did not attend her graduation ceremony. Grieved by him for the final time, Eclipse disowned her father and homeworld in order to move on from an unhappy childhood. Having severed her ties to the past, Eclipse decided that her only family from that point on would be the Imperial Navy.[1]

Early on in her career, Eclipse flew many successful combat missions throughout the Outer Rim as an Imperial pilot, awarding her the admiration of her peers and commanding officers. Through quick promotions that led to the rank of captain, she eventually gained command of Black Eight Squadron, Darth Vader's elite unit of eight TIE Fighter pilots. Owing to this, she also was one of several Imperial TIE pilots to act as a test pilot for the then-in-development TIE Advanced x1 prototype next-generation starfighter.[5][6] Though she originally considered serving under the second most powerful man in the Empire as the highlight of her career, Eclipse's quick discovery of the Dark Lord's brutal tactics would weigh heavily on her conscience. It was during the Bombing of Callos when she demonstrated her loyalty to Vader when, despite obvious misgivings about obeying her orders, she continued her assault on the already beaten and defenseless planet, leading to the mass genocide and complete sterilization of all life on the planet.[2]

In addition to her loyalty, Vader also realized that Captain Eclipse lacked the ruthlessness he found vital to commanding the Black Eight Squadron. Thus, Eclipse was reassigned to a top-secret mission in which she would pilot the Rogue Shadow, a state-of-the-art starship, as well as the transport of Starkiller, Darth Vader's secret apprentice and personal assassin.

Now assigned to pilot the Rogue Shadow, Captain Eclipse came to work alongside Darth Vader's secret apprentice, a Sith assassin codenamed Starkiller. They hunted the few remaining members of the Jedi Order that survived the initial purge of Order 66, including General Rahm Kota and Jedi Master Shaak Ti, until the apprentice was betrayed by his master, while Eclipse was stripped of her rank and arrested as a traitor due to her affiliation with Starkiller. Unwilling to abandon Eclipse, Starkiller chose to rescue the disgraced Imperial officer, who supported the apprentice's effiorts to raise a rebellion against the Empire.

Eclipse remained loyal to Starkiller, even after learning that his true allegiance still belonged with the Sith Lord who betrayed him, and over time their rapport evolved into an emotional attachment. After the apprentice was betrayed by Vader once more, Eclipse transported Starkiller to the Death Star where the Alliance's founders of the were taken. The Rebellion was ultimately saved due to their actions, although Starkiller was killed in battle against the Lords of the Sith. Following the apprentice's sacrifice, Eclipse became the commanding officer of the Alliance Fleet's flagship, the Salvation.