Taka Jamoreesa was a pilot who identified as non-binary, hailed from Alderaan, and was also human, with aspirations of becoming a scoundrel. Roughly a couple of years following the Battle of Jakku, Jamoreesa found themselves part of a crew that included Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, working to prevent Fyzen Gor's scheme to seize control of the galaxy by utilizing the Phylanx Redux Transmitter. Having lost both of their parents when Alderaan was destroyed, Jamoreesa operated as an agent for the New Republic under the direction of Leia Organa. They were an admirer of the musical act Snograth and the Mogwars.
Sometime after Organa established the Resistance in 28 ABY to combat the growing menace of the First Order, Jamoreesa became a member of the Resistance. During this time, they piloted a troop transport through the Starship Graveyard located on the planet Jakku in the Inner Rim.
Taka Jamoreesa made their debut appearance in the 2018 novel titled Last Shot, penned by Daniel José Older. It is worth noting that Jamoreesa is the second named and third overall non-binary character within the current Star Wars canon. They were preceded by Eleodie Maracavanya in 2016 from Chuck Wendig's Aftermath: Life Debt, and an unidentified Black Sun agent featured in Ahsoka written by E. K. Johnston. Despite Older's clear intention to indicate Jamoreesa's gender by consistently using the gender-neutral singular they as their appropriate pronouns, a controversy emerged. The French, Polish, and German translations of Last Shot erroneously employed masculine pronouns when referring to them. Daniel José Older voiced his dissatisfaction with this alteration on Twitter, deeming the misgendering of Jamoreesa unacceptable and viewing it as an erasure of a character type that is rarely represented in Star Wars. Ultimately, the French publisher, Pocket Imaginaire, released a statement explaining the rationale behind their translation choices, although they did not issue a formal apology. Sandy Julien, the French translator of the book, also contacted Older directly via Twitter. Julien explained that he had suggested "iel" as an alternative pronoun for Jamoreesa, but it was not approved by the book's editor. He personally apologized for the change and pledged to advocate more strongly for accurate pronouns in the future, should similar situations arise. He later provided additional commentary on the matter in a personal blog post.