Hart-and-Parn Gorra-Fiolla

Biography

Early life and career

Born on Lorrd, Fiolla was raised in a middle-class family. Her parents operated a landspeeder dealership and led a life that was generally considered unremarkable. This did not appeal to the adventurous Fiolla, who cherished memories of hearing tales of show business from her uncle Rewello, a comedian who had once performed for the Regent of Alderaan.

Fiolla eventually enrolled at the University of Kalla, where she pursued studies in political science. During one vacation, she and her roommates randomly selected a destination within the Galactic Empire to visit, which turned out to be Etti IV. While she appreciated the shopping opportunities the planet offered, she found that it lacked the excitement she desired.

One evening during their trip, while she and her friends were socializing at a dance club, she spotted the renowned holostar Rex Shaxrigge. Intrigued, Fiolla excused herself from her friends and followed the holostar out of the club's back entrance, hoping for an encounter. To her surprise, Shaxrigge met with an older woman, whose posture and demeanor suggested a military background. Remaining concealed, Fiolla witnessed Shaxrigge brandishing a vibro-shiv at the woman. Reacting swiftly, Fiolla recited lines from one of Shaxrigge's holodramas, diverting his attention. She then seized a tray of drinks from a passing droid and emptied it onto the would-be attacker, providing the woman, an agent working for the Auditor-General's office, with the opportunity to summon her Espo backup. The agent, Dagmar Vozda, was impressed by Fiolla's resourcefulness and quick thinking. Vozda explained that Shaxrigge had been seducing female executives to steal industrial secrets. Vozda offered Fiolla a position as her assistant within the CSA's law enforcement division, which Fiolla accepted with enthusiasm.

Shortly after commencing her employment, Vozda retired, and Fiolla succeeded her as a full agent. Within three years, she had achieved the rank of Assistant Auditor-General, a remarkably rapid advancement. As a native of Lorrd, a planet with a history of slavery, she harbored a deep-seated hatred for slavers. This animosity would eventually lead her to investigate and dismantle a slavery ring operating within the Corporate Sector.

Adventure with Solo

Investigation

In 2 BBY, Fiolla found herself on Bonadan, investigating a slaver network. The investigation was triggered when her portable computer terminal malfunctioned, leading her to use her assistant's terminal while conducting an audit. By chance, this unlocked information about a slaver ring within the Authority and a forthcoming meeting between the slavers and Zlarb. Her assistant, Magg, intercepted a message revealing the meeting's location, prompting Fiolla to attend after instructing Magg to investigate the spacer transporting Zlarb to Bonadan. She also instructed him to attempt to infiltrate the spacecraft while diverting the spacer to an Authority hangar to keep him out of the way. However, this aspect of her plan was unsuccessful.

While Magg was conducting his investigation, Fiolla awaited Zlarb's arrival at the meeting. However, instead of Zlarb, the spacer, identified as Han Solo, appeared. Solo had previously killed Zlarb during an altercation on his ship, but as Zlarb owed Solo ten thousand credits, Solo intended to collect his due at this meeting. Zlarb's associate, however, had other plans, attacking Solo with a vibroblade. Fiolla attempted to shoot the assailant, but her blaster malfunctioned. As the two men fought, Fiolla seized a nearby swoop used by Zlarb's associate and ran the vibroblade-wielding attacker over. With the attacker neutralized, Fiolla parked the swoop and attempted to ascertain the identity of this newcomer, as she had initially mistaken Solo for Zlarb.

However, Fiolla and Solo barely had time to introduce themselves, let alone discuss their motives for involvement in the slaver affair, before four more swoops descended upon them. Solo and Fiolla boarded the swoop used by Zlarb's associate and sped away from their pursuers. Thanks to Solo's reckless yet skillful piloting through a canyon and a weather control station, they managed to evade the other four swoops.

Upon returning to the main city, Fiolla and Solo sought refuge in a local tapcafe for a private discussion. Fiolla explained that she was investigating the slavers and wished to enlist his assistance, recognizing that she could not depend on the local Espos for support, as the slavers appeared to have influence over them. Solo informed her that he was an independent spacer and was only interested in payment, which she did not appear capable of providing. Furthermore, he had already been attacked on Bonadan and was far from pleased about it. Fiolla seemed to be making little progress with the smuggler until his first mate Chewbacca arrived, escorting a skip tracer named Spray. Spray had been attempting to repossess Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon, due to unpaid debts, much to Solo's dismay. Fiolla, realizing that this would guarantee Solo's assistance in her investigation, paid off the skip-tracer for Solo, surprising him greatly. To further solidify her leverage, Fiolla assured him that she would omit his name from her report to the Board of Directors. With few viable alternatives, Solo agreed to help her, despite the necessity of bringing Spray along. Acting on a lead from Solo that traced Zlarb's activities through an agency on Ammuud operated by the Mor Glayyd clan, Fiolla and Solo went to retrieve her assistant Magg while Chewbacca, Spray, and Solo's droid Bollux returned to the Millennium Falcon to prepare for a journey to Ammuud.

Pirate attack

The pair returned to Fiolla's hotel room at the luxurious Bonadan Imperial Hotel. However, upon entering her room, they discovered that both it and Magg's room had been ransacked. Solo swiftly instructed her to gather her belongings so they could depart quickly. Fiolla complied, realizing that she could not report the incident to the Espos if she suspected their involvement. The two returned to the Millennium Falcon only to find that it was being watched by several suspicious individuals, including two of the swoop riders from earlier in the day. With that avenue of reaching Ammuud closed off, Fiolla and Solo opted to take a passenger liner instead; they would rendezvous with Chewbacca and the Falcon on Ammuud. Fiolla, flush with Authority credits for her expenses, paid for the tickets, though Solo advised her to use currency rather than vouchers, as it was less traceable. His revelation that her missing assistant might be dead or captured did little to alleviate her anxieties.

However, Fiolla's streak of misfortune continued as their shuttle experienced mechanical delays and missed its connection with the ship destined for Ammuud. With no other option, Fiolla and her disgruntled Corellian companion were compelled to board a much slower tour ship, the Lady of Mindor. She enjoyed her time on the ship, particularly in Solo's company, though to his annoyance, she kept her stateroom door locked while sleeping. Solo offered to recoup some financial losses through his gambling skills, but Fiolla declined to provide him with the necessary stake.

While they were strolling along the ship's promenade, the Lady of Mindor abruptly dropped out of hyperspace and immediately came under attack by pirates. Fiolla and Solo immediately sought refuge; as Fiolla still had her hard currency with her, there was no need to retrieve anything from their quarters. Despite the impracticality of her formal shimmersilk dress for rapid movement, the two made their way toward the escape pods. As the captain of the Lady of Mindor had surrendered the vessel, the pods were disabled. Solo located an unmanned laser cannon turret and was preparing to fire on a pirate boarding craft, much to Fiolla's dismay, when the Corellian devised an alternative plan. Evading boarding parties dispatched by the pirates, Solo led the thoroughly unhappy Fiolla through a series of service corridors. Fiolla failed to grasp the purpose of this dirty, hot, and uncomfortable journey and voiced her opinions to Solo. In response, Solo informed her that the pirates were likely targeting them specifically, which somewhat mollified her.

After traversing the entire length of the vessel, Solo brought Fiolla back to the airlock where the pirate craft had boarded, intending to seize it and use it to escape the Lady of Mindor. Sending Fiolla ahead to pose as a frightened passenger, Solo ambushed the lone guard who came to investigate the terrified young woman in the utility locker. After Solo knocked the guard unconscious and seized his weapon and armor, Fiolla and Han Solo boarded the pirate craft, heading for its rack of escape pods. En route, they were confronted by a pair of pirates. Solo fired his captured weapon, a flechette launcher, at the pair, and while the light antipersonnel rounds were of little use against armored pirates, they were sufficient to buy time for their escape in a ship's lifeboat. Solo grabbed Fiolla and pulled her to safety; the identity of one of the pirates had completely shocked her: her assistant Magg, who had been part of the slaver ring the entire time.

Mor Glayyd

Upon landing at Ammuud's heavily guarded spaceport, Fiolla feigned a close relationship with Solo to alleviate the suspicions of the port security officials, who were composed of members from various clans. Fiolla's disheveled appearance and tattered dress contributed to convincing the guards of their plight. Fiolla and Solo, revealing that they had business with the Mor Glayyd, the head of the Glayyd clan, were escorted to the Glayyd clan estates, but not before Solo's droid Bollux was able to meet up with them. Bollux informed them that Chewbacca and Spray had landed the Millennium Falcon in the hills and were repairing damage from a bomb that had been planted on the ship.

From information gleaned from Bollux and the port security guards from the Glayyd clan, Fiolla learned that the patriarch of the clan was scheduled to fight a death-duel with an offworlder, as dictated by Ammuud's social honor code. Realizing that they could not afford to lose their source of information, they rushed to the Glayyd holdings in an attempt to meet with the patriarch before he entered the duel, leaving Bollux to return to the Falcon to inform Chewbacca of the situation.

At the Glayyd stronghold, Fiolla and Solo met the Mor Glayyd's sister Ido, who explained that the death-duel was the result of an insult and a physical assault she had endured from an offworlder, who turned out to be the renowned gunman Gallandro. Fiolla, recognizing the name, revealed to Solo that Gallandro was a special operative of the territorial manager Odumin. Furthermore, she insisted that he take the Mor Glayyd's place in the duel, trusting that Gallandro would back down once he realized that it was not the Mor Glayyd participating in the death match. Solo was extremely unhappy with this idea, but he had no other choice, and he did agree that, since the duel appeared to be a plot to kill the Mor Glayyd, Gallandro would withdraw. As the Mor Glayyd prepared to meet Gallandro, the unhappy Corellian hastily took his place, knowing that it was his only chance to stop the slaver ring and even have a chance of recouping the ten thousand credits owed him.

As Fiolla had predicted, Gallandro did indeed back down from the duel, but Solo made several caustic remarks about the gunman. Fiolla chided Solo for his brashness and after seeing Gallandro's speed and accuracy when the other gunfighter fired at several practice targets, Solo was inclined to agree with her.

After Gallandro departed, Fiolla and Solo were able to discuss matters with the Mor Glayyd regarding his associations with Zlarb. Though the clan head was originally unwilling to reveal his connections, Han's mention that Zlarb was a poisoner was able to garner more information; the previous Mor Glayyd had died of poisoning recently and the late Zlarb had been a Malkite Poisoner. After the connection between them was revealed, the Glayyds were more forthcoming. With a data plaque, spare parts to repair the Millennium Falcon, and a fresh change of clothes to replace Fiolla's torn dress, Fiolla and Solo returned to the grounded freighter, locating its landing area in the remote mountains. Upon seeing the names of the Authority officials on the data plaque, Fiolla was incensed by the corruption. As Han set their borrowed lifeboat down near the Falcon and commenced the nearly-complete repairs with the aid of Chewbacca and Bollux, three unknown vessels were detected. A quick check by Solo revealed that the lifeboat's transceiver had been rigged to send out a constant transmission. Solo immediately suspected Fiolla, who denied the accusation.

Pursuit and rescue

The entire party boarded the Millennium Falcon and took off. Due to his suspicion of her, Solo placed Fiolla in the forward compartment being observed by Bollux while Spray flew the ship. In order to shake off their pursuit, Solo and Chewbacca manned the quad laser cannon turrets. The two spacers were able to defeat the three smaller ships, but soon they were chased by a much larger vessel—the slaver vessel that had attacked the Lady of Mindor. The Millennium Falcon attempted to escape, but was caught in a tractor beam and slowly reeled in, despite the efforts of its crew. An unpleasant fate at the hands of Magg and the other slavers on the vessel was averted when an Espo Victory-class Star Destroyer arrived and turned its own tractor beams on the two ships. The slaver vessel tried to fire on the destroyer and received a turbolaser barrage to its main power plant in return, eliminating any further resistance.

Spray, in the mean time, had returned to the tech station where Fiolla was to examine the damage done to the Falcon by the slaver vessel. As he worked, Fiolla noticed him scratching his hands, as he had been doing previously, and realized that he had been the person who had attacked Solo back on Bonadan; Solo had told her that he had bitten his assailant's hand. Fiolla realized that Spray had been manipulating the two spacers the entire time, but the skip-tracer responded calmly, informing her that her career was at a critical juncture and advising her to cooperate with him.

As the Millennium Falcon was hauled into the hangar bay of the Espo destroyer, they were met by Gallandro, who ordered them out of the freighter. Fiolla, along with the others, disembarked from the Millennium Falcon, where Spray revealed that he was Territorial Manager Odumin and Gallandro had been his assistant. As Odumin revealed how he had been controlling the whole situation and using Solo in order to draw out and break the slaver ring, Solo and his partner were thoroughly infuriated. Odumin also noted Fiolla's dedication, ambition, and loyalty, stating that the aftermath of the investigation would leave her an opening to advance rapidly to deputy territorial manager. At that point, Odumin ordered Gallandro to take the two spacers into custody for crimes committed. Gallandro replied that he would do so after Solo and Chewbacca flew the Millennium Falcon back to port on Ammuud, clearly intending to have a blaster duel rematch against Solo. Odumin consented, reminding Gallandro to recover the data plaque from Solo. During this entire ordeal, Fiolla stood by quietly, refusing to meet Solo's eyes, as she knew that her position was on the line.

However, what neither Odumin nor Gallandro knew was that Fiolla had rigged Zlarb's security case, which held the data plaque, to emit a powerful electrical surge if the safety was released. Solo used this to his advantage to paralyze both himself and Gallandro while giving Gallandro the case. Chewbacca then arrived and tied up Gallandro. With the Falcon still in the hangar of the Star Destroyer, Solo quickly noticed that Fiolla and Spray were still in the vicinity, having just climbed into a safety cage that would take them back into the destroyer. Acting swiftly, Solo slipped the cage off of the hoist with Fiolla and Spray inside it. He hooked the cage and its hostages onto the Falcon's forward cargo mandible, and soared out of the hangar bay.

With the status quo suddenly altered in favor of the two smugglers, Solo ordered Gallandro to discuss some terms for the return of his hostages—namely, his unconditional release and the ten thousand credits he was owed. Then, looking at the cage where Fiolla and Odumin were hanging in space, Solo indicated his gratitude and appreciation for her actions in a way that only she would notice due to her talents in kinetic communication. Fiolla was amused by his response, and Fiolla stayed with Solo for some time afterwards. This was ostensibly to ensure the Authority kept its word, but Solo's reasons for retaining her were of a more personal nature.

Fiolla stayed with Solo for some time afterwards, but when he prepared to leave the Corporate Sector, she returned to her job, knowing that her work and a promotion were awaiting her.

Later career

In 0 ABY, Fiolla, serving as an Auditor-General, received orders to retrieve Naven Crel, a prisoner, from Commex and transport him back to Direx. Crel faced charges of industrial sabotage, and Direx preferred to conduct a trial instead of allowing Commex to execute him outright. The mission proved to be lengthy and draining, pushing Fiolla to endure thirty hours without sleep, with her fuel and power cells nearing depletion. After departing Ulicia with her captive aboard her vessel, the Tydia Rish, Fiolla was in transit when a fresh message arrived from the office of the Prex.

Contained within the message was a new assignment, designated with a priority X, leaving her no option but to immediately embark on the new task, Crel still in her custody. The message informed her of the destruction of the first Death Star by the Rebel Alliance, and Fiolla was instructed to investigate a Rebel cell located within the Abo Dreth system. As the Tydia Rish entered hyperspace, Fiolla succumbed to sleep in the cockpit, only to awaken and discover that Crel had freed himself from his binders and was pointing her blaster at her. Reacting swiftly, she initiated a rapid deceleration of the ship, causing Crel to fall, and she reclaimed her blaster. After re-securing her prisoner, she landed the Tydia Rish on Abo Dreth near a location where her life-sign detector indicated a presence.

Accompanied by Crel, she and her prisoner put on breath masks to protect themselves from the atmosphere. While examining the vicinity of her landing site, she was taken by surprise by another woman aiming a sporting blaster at her. The woman identified herself as Akeeli Somerce, the Prex's assistant, and revealed her intention to eliminate Fiolla and Crel. The reason was that they possessed too much knowledge regarding the Prex's unlawful disclosure of CSA information to the Empire. Consequently, Chils Meplin, the Prex, had dispatched the Priority X message to Fiolla, with the aim of luring her and Crel to a location where they could be secretly assassinated.

Observing that Crel had once more managed to escape his restraints, Fiolla deliberately delayed Somerce, providing Crel with an opportunity to seize her blaster and fire at the other woman just as Somerce discharged her weapon. Although Fiolla successfully evaded the blaster bolts, both Somerce and Crel were struck. In his final moments, Crel disclosed that he was an undercover Auditor-General and instructed her to apprehend Meplin, a task that Fiolla readily pledged to fulfill.

Around the same period, Fiolla also made an investment in a family-owned landspeeder business called Hart and Parn Starships in the Lorrdian city of Qatamer. While she had limited interest in actively managing the business, she allocated some of her earnings from her Auditor-General position to the venture, expanding its offerings to include starship sales and repairs. Nevertheless, she consistently declined to engage in any direct involvement with the Rebellion.

Also during 0 ABY, Han Solo, her former love interest and now a member of the Rebellion, brought Zak and Tash Arranda, fugitives from the Empire, along with the shapeshifter Mammon Hoole, to Hart and Parn Starships to get their ship, the Shroud, repaired. Fiolla was absent upon their arrival, as she was occupied with an audit on Daermor, which frustrated Solo, who harbored suspicions about her associates. Fiolla placated him by arranging for him and his group to stay with Governor Zenobia le Ingiana of Kinyov, a friend of hers who held a high-ranking position and was more sympathetic to the Rebellion than Fiolla. She also permitted the Arranda children to explore her store, provided they refrained from causing any damage. The two Arrandas later uncovered a pair of Imperial spies attempting to deploy a hidden weapon on Lorrd. However, they managed to thwart the plot and escaped with the assistance of Garik Loran, a former actor, who borrowed and subsequently damaged an R-22 Spearhead starfighter from Fiolla's inventory during the escape. Following the incident, Loran expressed his hope that Fiolla would sell him the damaged craft. By 10 ABY, Fiolla continued to hold the position of Auditor-General.

Personality and traits

Fiolla possessed an adventurous spirit, relishing excitement and disliking the monotony of an ordinary existence. She was also characterized by ambition, diligence, and loyalty to the Corporate Sector Authority, firmly believing in her ability to enact necessary reforms within the organization. Unlike many other CSA employees, Fiolla was an idealist who genuinely sought to do what was right. She even discreetly assisted Han Solo in taking her and Odumin hostage, enabling the smuggler to evade the consequences of CSA litigation. Fiolla believed that Solo's previous assistance with her investigation more than compensated for their freedom, and she had enjoyed Solo's companionship. Fiolla harbored a strong aversion to slavers and slavery, a sentiment rooted in her Lorrdian heritage. Those who knew her also recognized her for her quick thinking, wry humor, and sharp observation, though Han Solo noted that she could also be somewhat naive, as she often hesitated to suspect malicious intent in others. Nevertheless, she was practical and generally well-prepared, such as consistently carrying cash on her person in case of a sudden need to flee.

Skills and abilities

As a result of her Lorrdian upbringing, Fiolla possessed the ability to perceive even the slightest kinetic movements, such as body language, and replicate them. Consequently, she was a highly skilled mimic. This talent proved instrumental in securing her employment with the CSA. She was also proficient in the use of a blaster. She would leverage her abilities during negotiations, as she could deduce much about the other party's intentions from their body language and tone. While she was not a skilled pilot during her investigations into Zlarb's slaver ring, Fiolla later acquired her own vessel for use in her investigations, which she piloted herself. Fiolla received training in various disciplines as part of her law enforcement background, including swimming, first aid, computer programming, demolitions, vehicle piloting and repair, lock picking, forgery, pick-pocketing, negotiation skills, and melee and unarmed combat.

Relationships

Han Solo

During her investigation into the slaver ring operating in the Corporate Sector, Fiolla found herself gradually developing an attraction to Han Solo. Solo, impressed by her beauty, talents, and quick thinking, was equally, if not more, drawn to her. After Solo negotiated his release from the Corporate Sector and the slaver ring was dismantled, Fiolla spent some time with the Corellian. While they enjoyed each other's company, she recognized that her responsibilities back in the Corporate Sector awaited her, so when he departed the Corporate Sector, she returned to her position.

Behind the scenes

Fiolla was initially conceived by Brian Daley for Han Solo's Revenge, and her backstory was subsequently expanded upon in Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook.

Although her hair color has been consistently described as black in almost all of the stories in which she appears, Dave Dorman's artwork for the cover of the 1997 re-issue of Han Solo's Revenge depicted Fiolla with golden hair. This inconsistency has not been addressed by Lucasfilm officials.