Vima Da Boda

SW Character


name=Vima-Da-Boda
planet=Unknown
species=Human
gender=Female
height=Unknown
hair=Unknown
eyes=Unknown
position=Jedi Knight
affiliation=Jedi, Old Republic
portrayer=N/a

Vima-Da-Boda is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe. She was introduced in Tom Veitch's "Dark Empire" series, and also appeared in Kevin J. Anderson's novel "Jedi Search".

Biography

Vima is introduced in "Dark Empire" as a Jedi Master during the later years of the Galactic Republic. She speaks in the third person, referring to herself as "Vima".

In her first appearance, Vima meets Leia Organa Solo, in whom she senses greatpower in the Force. Assuming the stranger to be a fellow Jedi, Vima tells Leia her life story.

Vima is a sixth-generation descendant of Nomi Sunrider through Vima Sunrider, and an illustrious warrior. She serves the Jedi Order faithfully for over a century and is accounted one of the Order's best. The Force-sensitivity passes through Vima to her daughter, Neema. She trains her daughter in the ways of the Force, but it is less than successful; Neema grows frustrated by the pace of her training, and becomes curious about the dark side. Gradually, the dark side consumes Neema, and she leaves her mother, falling in with other similarly impatient and rebellious young Jedi.

Years later, Vima receives a telepathic plea from her daughter, who had become the wife of an Ottethan warlord who was using her and her friends to aid in his autocratic rule of a dozen systems in the Outer Rim. He had proven to be unfaithful, taking for lovers the very fallen Jedi Neema counted her friends. An enraged Neema sought to kill him with her nascent dark side power, but he defended himself, being himself adept in the dark side, and imprisoned her. In the months of her captivity, Neema repented, and called on her mother. Vima rushes to the dungeon where her daughter is imprisoned, but is too late; Neema had been devoured by the wild rancors of Ottetha. Filled with rage, Vima slices the warlord in half with her lightsaber. Her desire for vengeance quenched, Vima realizes she is succumbing to the dark side. Over time, her ability to sense and use the Force faded away.

With the onset of the Great Jedi Purge, Vima goes into hiding on Nar Shaddaa.

Shortly before the Galactic Empire's destruction, Vima is imprisoned on Kessel in its Imperial Correctional Facility. Vima discovers Kyp Durron, a young human ripe with extraordinary Force potential. Even with her dulled connection to the Force, Vima senses the raw, untapped power within Durron. Vima teaches Durron what minor skills she could before being removed by Imperial authorities under unknown circumstances.

In "Dark Empire II", Leia returns to Nar Shaddaa to remove Vima and extract from her knowledge of the Jedi Holocrons and the destroyed Jedi Order. Vima feels unworthy of serving the power she senses in Leia and her unborn son, Anakin – but is given little choice after an ambush by Boba Fett. Han Solo and Chewbacca helps the group escape the bounty hunter's clutches.

En route to New Alderaan, the "Millennium Falcon" is forced to hide from Fett in the gas cloud home to Empatojayos Brand’s "Robida Colossus". Upon their arrival, Vima and Brand help Luke Skywalker train Jem Ysanna and Kam Solusar, the first of the new Jedi. The wisdom imparted to Luke and his new students would be influential in the creation of the Jedi Praxeum. Shortly thereafter, Vima uses her healing skills to rid Luke over a poison injected into him by Dark Jedi agents.

After fleeing to Nespis VIII, Leia, who had been hesitant to tap into her Force potential, learns the ways of the Jedi from Vima, including how to shield her infant son, Anakin. This skill allows Leia to save Anakin from being possessed by the spirit of Palpatine in "Empire's End". Vima, having rekindled her spirit in aiding Leia, Luke and the New Republic, is granted power in the Force once again.

References

*"Jedi Search", 1994. Kevin J. Anderson, ISBN 0553297988
*"Dark Empire", trade paperback, 1993. Tom Veitch, ISBN 1-56971-073-2
*"Dark Empire II", trade paperback, 1st edition, 1995. Tom Veitch, ISBN 1-56971-119-4
*"Empire's End", trade paperback, 1997. Tom Veitch, ISBN 1-56971-306-5
*"A Guide to the Star Wars Universe", 2nd edition, 1994. Bill Slavicsek, ISBN 0-345-38625-6
*"The Dark Empire sourcebook", Wizards of the Coast, 1st edition, 1993. Horne, Michael, ISBN 0-87431-194-2