Descended from a long, illustrious line of Jedi, she was directly related to the
legendary Vima Sunrider, the daughter of Nomi Sunrider. Vima-Da-Boda served the Force
for 100 years, and raised one daughter, Neema, who turned to the Dark Side. The dark-
side power didn't help Neema, who was abused and finally killed by her husband, a
barbaric Ottethan warlord. In her rage at finding that her daughter had been fed to
rancors, Vima ignited her lightsaber and cleaved the warlord in two. She then sank deep
into despair over her actions and the loss of her daughter. Her retreat from the world
is probably what saved her from the Great Jedi Purge.
At one point she was imprisoned in the Kessel spice mines and met young Kyp Durron, whom she gave some elementary training in the
Force. Eventually free of the Imperial shackles, she retreated to the dark lower levels
of the Corellian Sector of the smuggler's moon Nar Shaddaa. Six years after the
destruction of the second Death Star, Alliance hero Han Solo brought his wife, Leia Organa-Solo, to the moon and ended up in the lower
levels fleeing from bounty hunters. The 200-year-old Vima could sense Leia's Jedi
potential. She kissed Leia's feet, begged her forgiveness, and gave her a gift --
Vima's own ancient lightsaber.
Months later, Leia and Han returned to retreive Vima, who was on the run from Imperial
Dark Side Elite, so she could help me learn Jedi training techniques for the Academy.
When I was poisoned by the Dark Side Elite, Vima was there to save me with her Jedi
healing powers.
After the final destruction of the Emperor, it was Leia's hope that Vima, who remembered
the time when the Jedi were unequaled in strength and wisdom, would live to train her
children in the ways of the Force. But during the victory celebration in the walled
city of Iziz on Onderon, Vima mysteriously disappeared. None of the remaining Jedi were
able to locate her, and it is not known if she is dead, or whether she found passage
back to her old haunts on the spaceport moon of Nar Shaddaa. No matter which, I will
always remember the odd old lady for the assistance she gave us in protecting Leia's
children, the New Republic, and the legacy of the Jedi Knights.
