Leo Leonis

Leo Leonis was a human male agricultural scientist who worked for the Ministry of Agriculture of the Galactic Empire. He was married to Tepha Leonis and his daughter Dhara Leonis attended the Academy for Young Imperials on the planet Lothal. His son Zare Leonis entered Lothal's AppSci institute to prepare for attendance to the Imperial Academy. During the last days of the Galactic Republic, Leonis and his wife Tepha developed genetically modified crops to help feed the people of Chrona and ran into problems with the Trade Federation, a powerful galactic corporation. Due to these experiences, Leonis developed a strong dislike for the Trade Federation and compared the new Galactic Empire favorably to the former Galactic Republic.

Leonis and his family traveled to many different planets before they settled down on Lothal, a backwater Outer Rim world. Throughout his adult life, Leonis had a reputation for being a staunch Imperial supporter despite the Empire's growing heavy-handed policies on the planet Lothal. He was devastated by the alleged disappearance of his daughter Dhara. In reality, she had been kidnapped by the Grand Inquisitor for a secret Imperial project called Project Harvester.

Leonis took pride in having both his children attend the Imperial Academy on Lothal. For a long time, Leonis clung tightly to the belief that the Empire was doing its best to find Dhara. While Leo was initially unwilling to confront the truth, he later reluctantly accompanied his wife into hiding after Zare was arrested and tried for treason against the Empire. After Merei Spanjaf and the Spectres rescued Zare and Dhara, Leonis and Tepha embraced their two children on the planet Garel.

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