Juno Eclipse

Juno Eclipse was a human female revolutionary who served as an 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. Born on the Core World Corulag around the end of the Clone Wars, she was the daughter of a civilian engineer and a teacher. Eclipse enlisted in the Imperial Military after her mother's death, hoping to earn the respect of her father who was a staunch supporter of Galactic Emperor Palpatine and the New Order. She was first enrolled as the youngest cadet at the Corulag Academy before leaving her homeworld to embark on a career in the Imperial Navy. Rising to the rank of Captain, her skills in the cockpit attracted the attention of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who promoted Eclipse to lead his Black Eight Squadron. Though an exceptional TIE pilot, she openly questioned Vader's methods, which resulted in the massacre of Callos and Eclipse's reassignment.

Reassigned to pilot the Rogue Shadow, Eclipse came to work alongside Darth Vader's secret apprentice, an assassin codenamed Starkiller. Eclipse aided Starkiller hunt for the few remaining members of the fallen 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 officer, who supported the apprentice's efforts 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 Marek to the Death Star where the Alliance's founders had been taken. The Rebellion was ultimately saved due to their actions, although Starkiller was killed in battle against the Lords of the Sith. Following his sacrifice, Eclipse became the commanding officer of the Alliance Fleet's flagship, the Salvation.

Outwardly, Juno Eclipse was an exceptional member of the Imperial Navy. But her moral sense of right and wrong conflicted with the ruthless attitude that defined the Empire and its Sith masters. Her conscience would ultimately play a large part in the formation of the Rebel Alliance and the fate of the Galaxy. In addition to her strong moral guidelines she was also a gifted student, skilled pilot, talented mechanic and model officer.

Being among the first generation born under the Galactic Empire, Juno Eclipse was virtually a product of the Imperial propaganda. As a child, Juno was exposed to her father's anti-Jedi sentiment and fierce loyalty to the Empire. But despite such influences, Juno never developed a strong sense of hatred for the Jedi or fanatical loyalty to the Empire; her only desire was to obtain her father's approval. But even with all of her achievements at a young age, as well as graduating as one of the youngest students ever accepted into the Imperial Academy, she failed to impress her father.

While serving as the commanding officer of Darth Vader's Black Eight Squadron, Captain Eclipse was well aware of how her meteoric rise through the Imperial hierarchy culminated to a position directly under the second most powerful man in the Empire, and thus she was filled with a great sense of pride. But despite her loyalty to the Empire, Juno also carried a strong sense of morality, even to the point where she questioned Vader's ruthless tactics during the Battle of Callos.

When she was secretly reassigned to ferry Darth Vader's secret apprentice throughout the galaxy, Juno was somewhat curious about the young man, known to her only by his callsign "Starkiller." Although uncomfortable around each other at first, Juno gradually developed a rapport with Starkiller. Her relationship with the apprentice would grow as they embarked to form the Rebel Alliance to fight the tyranny of the Empire. Eventually, she fell in love with Galen Marek (Starkiller's birth name), a feeling which he reciprocated, thus causing Juno to be the most responsible factor behind the apprentice's redemption from the Sith. When Marek died saving the Alliance leadership from certain death, Juno mourned Marek's death, causing her to commit her life to the Alliance in the hopes of ensuring that Marek's sacrifice was not in vain.

Regarding PROXY, Juno was not particularly fond of the holodroid. She found it strange that Marek considered the droid as a friend, despite the fact that PROXY was programmed to kill his Master. Her initial discomfort with PROXY faded after Marek's death. After repairing the holodroid and learning that Marek had left it to her in the event of his death, Juno kept PROXY at her side when she became the commanding officer of the Salvation. In effect, she apparently perceived the droid as the only thing she had left of Marek.

As with PROXY, Juno Eclipse did not care much for General Rahm Kota. During her time with the Empire, Kota was just another fugitive and enemy of the Empire as far as Juno was concerned. After Marek's death, Juno took solace in the knowledge that Marek was one with the Force and that she was the most responsible for his conversion to the light side of the Force, as revealed by Kota. When the two went on to serve in the Rebel Alliance, Juno viewed the general as a close friend and indispensable ally. She even went to extreme lengths to cover up his unsanctioned missions, if only to ensure that Kota's disagreements with the Alliance leadership did not lead the general to turn his back on the Alliance altogether.

Upon discovering a renegade clone of Galen Marek, she was both stunned and elated, believing at first that the secret apprentice had somehow overcome death itself. Juno refused to believe that the clone was anyone else other than the real Marek, mainly out of desperation and desire to believe that Galen was alive again. She stubbornly clung to her delusion until Darth Vader revealed a batch of failed clones that were based on Marek's genetic code. The revelation caused Juno to feel all of the sadness and remorse she felt over Galen's death once more. During her period of unconsciousness on Kamino, she experienced visions and memories of her entire life she’d known Galen Marek, and came to the conclusion that, clone or original, the spirit of Galen lived on, and not even death could stop her from hearing him call her name. She kissed him wordlessly and embraced him upon Vader’s defeat upon Kamino, showing that, she accepted the Starkiller before her, as he held the memories, the thoughts, and passions of Marek. This include his love for her, and thus she could love his clone the same as she had him.

The Salvation was a Nebulon-B frigate that served under Captain Juno Eclipse.