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In today’s video, we will be going over who exactly is Hera Syndulla.
Hera Syndulla was a Twi'lek female revolutionary who became a central figure in the early rebellion
against the Galactic Empire and the formation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
Born on the planet Ryloth to her father Cham and mother Eleni Syndulla, Hera was a little
girl during the time of the Clone Wars.
Her father Cham was a prominent Twi'lek revolutionary who had fought against the Confederacy of
Independent Systems in the Clone Wars and later against the Galactic Empire.[16] Eleni
hid her underground while the Separatist Droid Army occupied her homeworld.
When the Republic's Clone Army came, Hera looked up at their ships and decided to become
a pilot, prompting her to leave her family and home to pursue what she loved.
She eventually became an expert pilot and set off across the galaxy to build her own
resistance movement against the Empire aboard her starship, the Ghost.
She would be accompanied by Kanan Jarrus, a Jedi who survived Order 66, who joined her
during the Gorse conflict.
The rest of her crew, known as the Spectres, was eventually comprised of Mandalorian warrior
Sabine Wren, Lasat survivor Zeb Orrelios, Syndulla's life-long astromech droid Chopper,
and Padawan Ezra Bridger.
They would mount an insurgency on Lothal.
The small rebellion Hera led on Lothal gained the notice of Senator Bail Organaand his efforts
to coordinate activities between various rebel cells across the galaxy.
Hera and the Spectres joined one of these cells, Phoenix Cell, and she eventually became
Phoenix Leader.
With Phoenix Cell, Syndulla helped expand their forces, gain new allies, and establish
a base of operations on the remote world Atollon, though they were unable to help Lothal as
the Empire strengthened its grip on the planet.
As the rebellion began to grow larger and become more of a threat, the Empire selected
Grand Admiral Thrawn and gave him the task of dismantling the rebels.
Hera continued to lead Phoenix Cell and became an influential leader of the rebellion.
Hera's cell was among the first to join the formal Rebel Alliance upon its creation.
Thrawn eventually located their base on Atollon and launched an attack against them.
Their base would be destroyed, but Hera, the Spectres, and several starships managed to
escape the onslaught.
With their base gone, Hera and Phoenix Cell joined the Massassi Group on Yavin 4, where
Hera continued to lead the rebellion against the Empire.
Hera and the Spectres returned to Lothal not long after, seeking to finally free the planet
from the Empire.
Despite initial setbacks in gaining support from the Alliance, Hera led a squadron of
fighters to destroy the Imperial Armory Complex on Lothal, but Thrawn's fleet managed to crush
her forces and take her prisoner.
Without Alliance support, the Spectres led a rescue mission to free her.
As they made their escape, Kanan sacrificed himself to save Hera and the others from the
explosion of the Imperial fuel depot.
With newfound determination following Kanan's death, Hera, the Spectres, and various allies
they made along their journey managed to defeat Thrawn and free Lothal from the Empire.
Sometime after the liberation, Hera gave birth to Kanan's son, Jacen Syndulla.
In the following years during the Galactic Civil War, Hera continued to be one of the
most crucial leaders in the Alliance.
Hera took part in the Alliance's pivotal moments on Scarif, Mako-Ta, Hoth, and eventually,
Endor, the battle which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the fracture of the Empire.
Following the battle, the Alliance reorganized into the New Republic, with Syndulla as one
of its top military leaders.
She continued to oversee the Barma Battle Group, which included Alphabet Squadron, throughout
the aftermath of Endor, and participated in the Empire's final defeat at the Battle of
Jakku.
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