Tanith Shire

Tanith Shire was a Human female from the planet Ophideraan. As a young woman, she and her father crashed their ship on Ophideraan, and her people were enslaved by the Serpent Masters, a scavenger group who forced them to maintain the Great Well, their base of operation. Due to the Serpent Masters' mastery over the world's flying serpents, Shire and her people were unable to escape. However, Shire convinced the Serpent Masters' leader, Supreme Serpent Master Tyrann to let her leave Ophideraan to send salvage their way.

As an agent for the Serpent Masters, Shire worked as a supply tug operator at the starship yards of Fondor. She was able to reprogram drone barges to crash-land on Ophideraan, supplying her masters with a regular supply of salvage. During her work, Shire came into contact with the Rebel spy, Luke Skywalker who was at the shipyards to gather intelligence on the Executor, which was being constructed there. Shire rescued Skywalker from an ambush by Darth Vader and helped him escape Fondor in one of her reprogrammed drone barges. After crash-landing on Ophideraan, Shire and Skywalker teamed up to defeat Tyrann and the Serpent Masters, freeing her people. Although Shire had fallen in love with Skywalker during their adventures, and tried to convince him to stay with her, Skywalker's devotion to the Rebellion would not let him abandon his cause and the two parted ways.

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