Teckla Minnau

Teckla Minnau was a Human female from the planet Naboo who served as a handmaiden to Senator Padmé Amidala. Born in the city of Parrlay, Minnau attended a private school in Naboo's capital of Theed with her half-sister, Nandi. In 32 BBY, when the Trade Federation invaded the planet and attacked Theed, Minnau fled to an outlying marsh village, where she waited out the invasion. Though she was separated from Nandi for the duration of the Federation's occupation, they were reunited at the Naboo people's victory celebrations. The half-sisters entered into service to Senator Amidala, and in 22 BBY, they managed her family's Lake Country residence of Varykino.

At the dawn of the Clone Wars later that year, Minnau was sent to Coruscant to become part of Amidala's staff at the Naboo Embassy. While raising children in the difficulties of wartime, Minnau provided moral support for Amidala during her career in the Republic Senate, particularly during Amidala's campaign against a military increase bill.

In the final month of the war, Minnau accompanied Amidala on a mercy mission to Scipio, the headquarters of the InterGalactic Banking Clan. During the ensuing negotiations, Amidala was forced to collaborate with Banking Clan representative Rush Clovis, a former colleague and old flame, who suspected the Core Five leadership of corruption but so far lacked evidence to prove his claims. Minnau and Amidala agreed to help Clovis gain access to the Banking Clan's Main Vault, but while covertly sabotaging the Vault's power generator, Minnau was shot and killed by the bounty hunter Embo. Her actions allowed Amidala and Clovis to gain the necessary evidence and expose the Core Five as embezzlers.

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