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Alexandra Winger

Biographical information
Homeworld	Garos IV
Born	12 BBY, Janara III
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Blue
Cybernetics	Prosthetic fingers
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era New Republic era
Affiliation	Garos resistance movement New Republic New Jedi Order

[Source]

"Hey, have you ever known me to take risks?"

―Alex Winger^[src]

Alexandra "Alex" Winger was a Force-sensitive female Human. Her biological father was Matt Turhaya, but she grew up as the adopted daughter of the Imperial Governor of Garos IV, Tork Winger.

1 Biography
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 External links
- 5.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

Born in 12 BBY, Alex spent much of her early childhood with relatives on Janara III while her father served aboard the Relentless. In 6 BBY, an Imperial raid devastated the city where she was staying, and Alex was dug from the rubble by Lieutenant Chanceller. Chanceller's superior officer, Senior Lieutenant Brandei, offered the girl for adoption to his old friend Tork Winger.

Her Force-sensitivity first manifested itself in dreams about future events—dreams which, most of the time, came true. She often dreamed that she was climbing the Tahika Cliffs, accompanied by a man with sandy brown hair and deep blue eyes—a man she had never met in real life. Another recurring dream was a vivid nightmare of how her biological parents died in an Imperial attack on her original homeworld. Through the Force, she was also able to sense imminent danger and pick up the presence of other life forms.

Resistance fighterEdit

By her late teens, Alex had become a resistance fighter on Garos IV. She routinely took advantage of her father's position as planetary governor to actively participate with her friends in the Garosian resistance's missions and guerrilla ambushes. The resistance's efforts were focused particularly on sabotaging the production of a rare ore vital to Imperial cloaking device projects.

Extremely intelligent, Alex attended the University of Garos and was one of the best students the university had ever seen, excelling in virtually every course. A graceful and beautiful young woman, many of her male fellow students were romantically interested in her. Among these were Lej Carner, whom she found disgusting, and the clumsy but charming Trad Mays, with whom she was secretly infatuated with for some time.

She also renewed her acquaintance with Dair Haslip, an old family friend who she had first met at the time of her adoption. About a decade older than Alex, Haslip was an Imperial officer and a secret member of the resistance on Garos IV. In order to avoid suspicion, Alex and Dair would pretend that they were having a secret love affair, but many of their romantic night time escapades were espionage missions in reality. Their feigned relationship would eventually develop into genuine feelings of attraction and infatuation, especially on the behalf of Dair.

In 9 ABY, the blue-eyed man remained a recurring figure in her dreams, teaching her the ways of the Force and seeing her off in a capital ship's hangar as her X-wing squadron prepared to launch on a mission. Another recurring dream featured the two of them climbing the Tahika Cliffs on Garos IV together; this dream may have evolved into her vision of Sarahwiee, but it may also indicate another aspect of their relationship.

Later in 9 ABY, Alex traveled to the Imperial fortress world of Sarahwiee to rescue captured comrade Carl Barzon. There she discovered that the blue-eyed man in her recurring dreams was none other than the Jedi Luke Skywalker, who was leading the Katarn Commandos on a mission for the New Republic. As they escaped the Imperial facility, they shared a stolen kiss and parted with a sense that they would meet again someday.

New Republic soldierEdit

Alex eventually joined the New Republic, and according to her dreams and Force Visions, she became a X-wing pilot, flying with Blue Squadron as Blue Four. In 12 ABY, during a routine mission she attacked two TIE starfighters with her squadron, when a Star Destroyer appeared, which damaged her starfighter and captured her. Placed in cell for days and then transferred to a prison on Janara III, she discovered that it was the captain Brandei's destroyer, the Judicator, which had captured her. The old friend of her adoptive father tried to make her talk, telling her that following its discovery in command of a Republican ship, her father and her "boyfriend" Dair Haslip had been arrested for complicity of treason and showing her the two men tortured on holocomm.

But Haslip, safe and in a stormtrooper disguise, came to her rescue and told her about the death of her father three months earlier of a heart attack. Noting the growing powers of his friend, he asked her why she had not yet visited Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Academy. But her experience with Jaalib Brandl and the dark side was so frightening that she was afraid to deepen her connection with the Force. To that Dair replied that to not train, made her weaker.

Escaped from the prison with her friend,on a speeder, the young woman was chased by some scout troopers on their speeder bikes, and during the pursuit Alex was shot in the hand, losing fingers, but still managed to escape by stealing a shuttle and going into hyperspace. Coming out of hyperspace, Alex decided that it was time for her to go on to Yavin IV, and entered the coordinates of the Jedi moon in the computer.

By 19 ABY, Alex Winger was a captain in the New Republic Defense Fleet and had her hand fitted with prosthetic replacement fingers. During the Battle of Yaga Minor toward the end of the Galactic Civil War, she commanded the Webley.

Behind the scenesEdit

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Author Charlene Newcomb had developed plans to continue Alex's adventures that were curtailed by the abrupt cancellation of the Star Wars Adventure Journal series.

Charlene has indicated that she intended Alex to become a Jedi, but to date no canonical source has reflected this.