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Star Wars : The Last Jedimarks the big screenland debut of the Resistance ’s Vice Admiral Holdo ( dally by Laura Dern ) , and those curious to learn about her younger days as a peer of Princess Leia ’s can do so by reading a Modern canon novel . Even by Lucasfilm ’s standards , Holdo ’s theatrical role has been subject to high level of secrecy during promotion forEpisode VIII . She is the only member of the main cast to not be featured in any merchandise , and details about her character are slim . While the porgs and BB-9E become breakout hotshot , audiences are largely being kept in the darkness about Holdo . However , for fans itching for a Holdo fixture in the calendar month before the motion-picture show comes out , author Claudia Gray has made her a support player in the bookLeia : Princess of Alderaan .
Since the novel is set three years prior to the events ofA New Hope , it is n’t so much aLast Jediprequel as it is an interesting piece of the lore that reveals how Princess Leia became involved with the Rebellion at a youthful age . While Holdo will be an older and ( presumably ) judicious woman inEpisode VIII , it ’s still fascinating to take her backstory . Princess of Alderaanexplains why Amilyn is a part of the Resistance , which of course is led by General Leia Organa . Apparently , the two go right smart back .
Amilyn Holdo’s Personality
Amilyn is enclose early on on in the Holy Writ as a fellow member of Leia ’s pathfinding year , which was organized by Breha Organa ( Leia ’s mother ) so her girl could socialize with hoi polloi nearer to her age . The Princess has just turned 16 in the novel , so while Holdo ’s eld is never explicitly posit , it ’s implied she is in that range . Her verbal description is as follows when Leia first meets her :
" This student was human , a tall , gangly girl with a minute brass and long nose . Her pilus was acid fleeceable , which intend that she was either from Iloh or she really like standing out . While the others mostly jade white gear with silver or orange reflective stripes , this girl wear thin a rainbow of bright colors that clashed so painfully Leia had to fight the itch to squint . Her goggles were already strapped on , and they were of antique make , with pinkish lens system that trend out from the frames to an almost ludicrous degree . "
Holdo is in spades lay up as one of the more peculiar figures in theStar Warsgalaxy . Hailing from the satellite Gatalenta , she speak in a"drawn - out monotone"voice that at times is describe as sing - songy . Her hair changes color on the face of it on a scene - by - scene basis , and her kit get increasingly prodigal - a personal determination made to differentiate from the traditional impost on her menage world . Holdo has a keen involvement in astrology and also yearns for hullabaloo . One reason why she ’s so thrilled to be part of the pathfinding mathematical group is"to get more comfortable with the nearness and inevitability of death . “It throb her that the experience can potentially be dangerous , and she ’s the only student who seems to be delighted when informed dying is a trenchant possibility . Leia is n’t quite sure what to make of Amilyn , due to her odd mannerisms .
Despite being ab initio put off by Holdo ’s various crotchet , Leia finally becomes acquaintance with Amilyn in an movement to make a friend so she can just attend out with somebody and not constantly worry about her daily responsibilities . The two ’s most noteworthy soldering experience in the book come in during a skyfaring session , which is a"calisthenics practice"the people of Gatalentan enjoy . There , they jest about the chance of interspecies romances and Leia finds someone she can vent her frustration to . During their discourse , Holdo helps Leia loosen up and relax by stressing the grandness of positivity and happiness . From her perspective , things like joy and promise are needed to push back against the Empire . Much like Leia , Amilyn is concern with aid others and pull in the need to take a rack .
Some of the earliestLast Jedirumorssuggested Holdo and Leia would be rivals , so it come as some surprise they are so amiable with one another inPrincess of Alderaan . Of course , a lot can transfer in three decades , so it ’s possible they do n’t see optic - to - eye on some government issue whenEpisode VIIIpicks up . However , Gray ’s enactment of their dynamic makes it vocalise like they are closelipped ally united in a fighting against tyranny and oppression . meter will say how they interact as older adults , but their partnership got off to a rousing start with one of Leia ’s first prescribed missions for the Rebel Alliance .
Holdo Joins The Rebellion
Leia has just join the Rebel Alliance inPrincess of Alderaan , and because of its covert nature , she has to keep the mental process a enigma from everyone - including most of her friend . That proves to be a shade difficult when Leia is partner up with Amilyn on a pathfinding expedition on Pamarthe . There , the two are fascinate when they hear a call for a senatorial charter to Chandrila ( home of Mon Mothma , Senator Winmey Lenz , and one of their pathfinding classmates ) . take a shit their way through the spaceport , they ’re alarmed when they see Lenz ( a penis of the Rebellion ) speaking with an nameless Imperial about a freight for a key project . As Leia assay to work out out a way to expose what ’s happening in the moment before Lenz go away , Holdo makes the scandalous move of stowing away aboard his ship . While en road to the planet Ocahont , Leia inform Holdo of the Alliance ’s existence .
Ocahont , it turns out , is the site of an Alliance outpost where Mon Mothma is in burster . Leia and Amilyn inform the Rebellion leader about what they see . Lenz is attempt to play both side of the impending engagement , making allies with the Empire and Rebels so he can choose one over the other depending on who has the upper hand . Mothma lay down the decision to slowly phase Lenz out of the Alliance so he can not be a scourge to the group . Leia gets reprimanded for place herself in such danger when she revert home to Alderaan , but she still brought the Rebellion valuable intel that could help stabilize the group go onward .
A running theme inPrincess of Alderaanis Bail Organa ’s reluctance to let Leia become a to the full - flight appendage of the uprising . That all change at the very end of the book . After Leia recognize Grand Moff Tarkin is cognizant of the Rebellion ’s growing fleet at Praucis Major , Mon Mothma and Breha place Leia off to warn the Reb stationed there . ineffectual to observe a ship for herself , Leia hitches a ride with Holdo , who had hired a ship for travel . The two make their style to Praucis , and Bail leads the evacuation endeavour , saving their vessels in the appendage . It ’s at this point Amilyn becomes fully aware of the extent of the push back against Palpatine and it ’s clear she ’s someone Leia can trust . Holdo even uses intuition on the comeback trip to Alderaan , where her star divination noesis came in handy finding a unsuspicious path menage .
Of course , Holdo is nowhere to be go through in the original trilogy , but that does n’t mean she was n’t a participant in the Galactic Civil War . As show in non - movie canon materials like the TV showRebelsand other books , the Alliance was much larger than just what was shown in those first three films . After all , Mon Mothma shows up inRogue Oneand is n’t seen onscreen chronologically untilReturn of the Jedi . Holdo was most likely imply in some capacity , help the cause in any bit of ways offscreen before the Empire ’s downfall .
Conclusion
give the capacity ofPrincess of Alderaan , it will be interesting to see the Leia / Holdo dynamic unfold inThe Last Jedi . It ’s difficult to estimate anything at this crossroads , since the roles for both are largely mysterious . If they ’re both assort with the Resistance , they most potential are still protagonist - but anything could have happened in the year betweenReturn of the JediandEpisode VIII . With speculation implying Amilyn has an antagonistic relationship with Poe Dameron ( Leia ’s foster Word ) , perhaps the two do n’t see centre - to - oculus any longer . Whatever happens , knowing Holdo ’s backstory and her story with the Princess will certainly total proportion for die - grueling fans .
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