Trace Martez

During the early period of the Clone Wars, Trace, along with her sister Rafa, resided with their mother and father on one side of the Level 1313 underworld portal. While living in the underworld, the two sisters would listen to stories about the Jedi and grew to admire them.

In the opening stages of the Clone Wars, Cad Bane and his group of fellow bounty hunters successfully managed to liberate Ziro the Hutt from his confinement within the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center. This led to the group being pursued into the Coruscant underworld by the Jedi, where Bane and his crew jumped between oncoming speeders, drawing the attention of crowds, including the Martez family. Eventually, Bane targeted the engine of a transport ship, causing it to spiral out of control towards a populated landing platform. The Jedi managed to redirect it away from the heavily populated area, but instead sent it crashing into the same Underworld portal where the Martez family lived. Seeing the impending danger, Trace and Rafa's parents rushed to evacuate them from their home; however, before their parents could escape along with them, the transport crashed into the portal wall, killing both of the Martez sisters' parents.

Following Ziro's escape, the Jedi returned to inspect the collateral damage caused by the transport's crash. A green-skinned Jedi approached the grieving sisters and simply told them that she needed to make a choice, but that they shouldn't worry as the Force would be with them, before departing. This experience left Trace and Rafa with a sense of bitterness towards the Jedi Order, both for their role in their parents' deaths and their attempt to comfort them.

Having been orphaned, the two sisters began to dream of leaving Coruscant to "escape from the war." To achieve this, Trace tried to earn as much money as possible by working as a mechanic in the repair shop she had inherited from her parents, and she gradually began piecing together a Nebula-class freighter that she named the Silver Angel. Meanwhile, Rafa won a laundromat, which she used as a cover for her shady business dealings, such as borrowing money from a shady moneylender named Pintu Son-El.

While Trace was working in her garage, the former Togruta Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano crashed her speeder bike on the edge of the garage's platform. Noticing Tano's predicament, Trace offered to repair her bike. Since Tano didn't have the necessary tools, Trace allowed her to use her tools and facilities to repair the vehicle. Feeling sympathy for Tano, Trace allowed her to stay with them as long as she could pay.

After Tano introduced herself as a resident of the upper levels, Trace told Tano that she and her sister Rafa had acquired a starship called the Silver Angel in order to leave Coruscant and make a living among the stars. Later, the moneylender Pintu and two towering alien thugs visited Trace's garage to collect Rafa's debts. Trace tried to handle Pintu on her own. When the thugs cornered her, she tried to fight back with a pole but was quickly overpowered and beaten up by the thugs. At Trace's request, Tano intervened. Using her Jedi training and powers, Tano defeated Pintu's thugs and forced them to leave.

Trace and Tano then went to Rafa's laundromat to inform her about the incident with Pintu. Rafa promised to pay back her debts using a new "big job." Though Rafa assured them that Pintu wouldn't bother them again, Trace said she was tired of being punched. Trace also introduced her new friend Tano to Rafa. Shortly after, the two sisters and Tano were visited by the Twi'lek Lokann, who told Rafa that his business partner needed three binary loadlifters to be built.

Trace and Tano worked together to assemble three binary loadlifters, which turned out to be repurposed demolition droids. Tano convinced Trace that they needed to place restraining bolts on the dangerous droids. One of the droids attacked Tano, but she deactivated it with a remote. However, a second droid broke free before they could install a restraining bolt. The binary loadlifter rampaged through the streets of Level 1313. Trace attempted to pin down the droid with a fork life but it proved elusive. In the end, Tano managed to deactivate the droid and used the Force to lift a speeder carrying the droid to safety.

While Rafa sold the binary loadlifters to Lokann, Trace chatted with Tano at a food court. When Tano asked about her relationship with her older sister Rafa, Trace explained that Rafa was trying to make things better for the both of them. Rafa later joined them and explained that she used the proceeds from the sale of the droids to pay off their debts to Pintu. Rafa also announced plans to accumulate more credits. Trace thanked Tano for saving her earlier before helping the Togruta to repair her damaged bike.

As Ahsoka settled into her new life and job at Trace's repair shop, the two developed a friendship. Trace was impressed with Tano's skill with repairing starships. Seeking to hide her Jedi past, Tano claimed that she had attended the Skywalker Academy. Later, Rafa enlisted Trace and Ahsoka for a spacefaring job that involved delivering spice from the planet Kessel. While Rafa had been reluctant to involve her younger sister, she was forced to do so after the original pilot backed out.

For the Kessel job, Trace was tasked with flying the Silver Angel due to her piloting skills. Despite Tano's warnings, Trace flew into a military lane. This attracted the attention of Admiral Wullf Yularen, who threatened to confiscate Trace's starship pilot license. Rafa claimed that she was teaching her younger sister to fly. Fortunately, Tano's former mentor Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker was present on Yularen's Venator-class Star Destroyer and sensed Tano's presence. He convince convinced Yularen to let the Silver Angel go.

Under Rafa's guidance, Trace took the Silver Angel on a hyperspace route to the planet Kessel. This marked Trace's first trip into space with the inexperienced pilot forgetting to turn off the breaks. Following an uneventful journey, Trace landed the Silver Angel at a palace hangar Kessel's lush southern hemisphere. The trio found themselves to be guests of King Yaruba, the rule of Kessel. Since the King was away, they were hosted by the King's majordomo Kinash Lock.

Kinash tasked the trio with delivering three shipments of unrefined spice to the Pyke Syndicate crime lord Marg Krim on the planet Oba Diah. While Rafa and Trace were eager to make money, Tano was uncomfortable due to the spice trade's association with the underworld and slavery. When Tano raised her concerns with Trace, Trace believed that Rafa was looking out for her and admitted this was her first job involving spice. The trio traveled on the Silver Angel to the spice mines of Kessel, which lay in the planet's northern hemisphere. There, they picked up the spice shipment and departed offworld.

During the hyperspace journey, Tano argued with the Martez sisters about the ethics of delivering spice. When Tano objected to dealing with criminals, Rafa countered that she took the job in order to pay off her and Trace's debts. Tano tried to convince Rafa to deliver the spice shipment somewhere else but Rafa was determined to continue with the job. Fearing the loss of the Silver Angel, who panicked and dumped the spice into hyperspace.

After a heated debate, the three decided to fool Marg Krim and the Pyke syndicate. Upon landing, Tano tried to use a Jedi mind trick to convince Krim to pay them without checking the cargo. However, his majordomo Fife was suspicious and managed to force open the spice cargo canisters, exposing the fact they were empty. The Martez sisters and Tano attempted to flee the Pykes but the Silver Angel was trapped in a tractor beam. While Rafa wanted to blamed Tano, Trace pointed out that all three of them were responsible for the crisis with the Pykes.

Trace along with Rafa and Ahsoka were imprisoned in the Pyke Syndicate's prison. While locked in a cell, Rafa and Trace related to Tano how their parents' deaths through an accident caused by the Jedi during the Senate hostage crisis had caused them to distrust the Jedi. When the Pyke guards led Rafa away for interrogation, Rafa told Trace that she would get the family business if she died. Trace protested that she did not want the family business and reassured Rafa that she would not die. When the two were alone, Trace confided with Tano that her and her sister's life had been a struggle since the death of their parents. Trace also told Tano that she helped her due to her late mother's belief in helping others.

After a bruised Rafa was returned to the cell, Trace was dragged out to the interrogation chamber. When the smelter droid demanded to know where the spice was, Trace pretended to faint but took the opportunity to grab one of her captors' blasters and shoot at a guard. She then took out two more guards and escaped into the prison. While eluding the pursuing guards, Rafa freed two Ithorian and Weequay prisoners, who helped her escape the guards.

While navigating through the prison, Trace encountered Ahsoka and Rafa, who had managed to escape their cell. Under Tano's guidance, the trio fled to an outdoor hangar. When the guards arrived, Trace used a blaster to ignite several crates, causing an explosion. They then fled across a bridge but their Pyke captors began retracting them. While fleeing across the bridge, the Martez sisters noted Ahsoka's athletic abilities, unaware of her Jedi identity. Fleeing down a garage, they fought another Pyke guard who was crushed by machinery.

While Trace and Rafa distracted the guards, Tano infiltrated the guard tower and opened the gates. Escaping into the streets of Oba Diah city, Trace convinced the others to find their ship Silver Angel and escape offworld. While on the run, they passed by a Gotal beggar who took offense when Rafa refused to give the money. The beggar subsequently reported them to the Pyke authorities. Since the Silver Angel was parked at the Pyke Palace's landing platform, Rafa tried to convince Trace to give up her beloved ship. Trace refused to give up her ship and demanded that Rafa buy her a new one.

The trio commandeered a landspeeder but the Pykes shot its engine. The two Martez sisters were captured but Tano managed to escape. Fife and Krim wanted to execute the two Martez sisters for attempting to cheap them and causing them damage. Before the Pykes could execute them, Tano came to their rescue and fought with the Pykes. However, Tano was also captured and the three were brought back to their cell in the Pyke Prison.

After returning to their, Trace sided with Ahsoka's argument that Rafa's plan to transport spice to the Pykes had been a mistake. This upset her older sister Rafa, who was shocked that Trace had sided with Ahsoka. Ahsoka told the Martez sisters that she had a plan but could not divulge it. She told them to trust her.

In Krim's throneroom, Ahsoka claimed that she and the Martez sisters had hidden the spice offworld. She convinced the Pykes to send them offworld to retrieve the spice within one rotation or Ahsoka would reveal the location of the Martez's family. In addition, Tano demanded a small percentage of the value of the spice shipment. Unaware about Tano's deception, Krim ordered the Martez sisters to retrieve the spice within one rotation or he would kill Tano, them and their family.

While refueling the Silver Angel at the Orondia Refueling Station, Trace was puzzled as to why Ahsoka would threaten to give up their family when she knew their parents were dead. Rafa pointed out that Ahsoka had sacrificed herself so that they could escape. Rafa resolved that they would return the favor by rescuing Tano.

Traveling to a Pyke spice loading facility, Rafa convinced a Toong worker that they had special request from the Pykes to obtain spice. The two were soon confronted by the Trandoshan manager, who demanded to see the manifest. He grabbed Trace, prompting Rafa to attack him. The two sisters fought the Trandoshan, who was killed when Rafa dropped him from a crane over the cliff. The Martez sisters then returned with their spice shipment to the Pyke Palace.

When the Martez sisters return to the Pyke Palace, they found that the Pykes were preparing to execute Tano on the pretext that she was a spy for the Jedi and the Galactic Republic. The Martez sisters were shocked that Tano had kept her Jedi identity a secret from them. However, Tano had planted explosives throughout the Pyke Palace during an earlier escape attempt. These explosives created enough havoc for the trio to escape aboard the Silver Angel. The Pykes sent starships after them but Ahsoka shot them down. Trace piloted the Silver Angel and charged at a Pyke ship, causing it to swerve and to crash into the mountain.

The Martez sisters and Ahsoka then returned to the Martez sisters' hangar on Coruscant. When Tano told them that she had left the Jedi Order, Trace expressed surprise that Tano had walked away from the Jedi Order. Rafa told Tano that even though she was no longer a Jedi, she acted as the Jedi aspired to be. Trace also thanked Tano for rescuing them and getting them out of a difficult situation.

The Martez sisters were both present when a group of Mandalorians led by Bo-Katan Kryze visited the hangar, seeking Ahsoka's help in dealing with Maul, who had taken over the planet Mandalore. Though Trace volunteered to help, Tano declined her offer since she regarded Maul as too dangerous for the Martez sisters. However, Tano left her speeder bike with the sisters for safekeeping before leaving with the Mandalorians. When Skywalker later asked Tano about what she was doing on Oba Diah, Tano alluded to her adventures with the Martez sisters without directly mentioning them.

After the Clone Wars concluded, Trace and Rafa became part of an underground movement, striving to improve the galaxy for everyone by opposing the new Galactic Empire. They were tasked by Rex, the former Clone Captain, with acquiring the head of a decommissioned Separatist tactical droid for its valuable information. As part of their mission, the Martez sisters infiltrated a decommissioning facility on the planet Corellia.

Trace successfully retrieved the tactical droid's head from a conveyer belt in the facility's northern sector, outpacing Omega, a young female clone of Jango Fett who was a ward off a squad of rogue Clone troopers known as the Bad Batch. The Bad Batch had been hired by the Trandoshan information broker Cid to recover the tactical droid's head. Trace contacted Rafa via comlink, informing her that she had obtained the droid head and inquiring about her delay. However, Rafa was being held up by Omega.

Meanwhile, Trace encountered the Bad Batch members Hunter, Echo, and Tech at the plant's control center. At that point, the intruders were spotted by a factor worker who reported a security breach and placed the factory on lockdown. As the workers retreated, squads of armed police droids were dispatched to the decommissioning plant to neutralize the intruders. Trace took advantage of the gun battle to flee the Clones with the tactical droid's head and contacted Rafa to meet them at the rendezvous.

The pursuit of the Martez sisters by Omega and the Bad Batch led them through the factory. In the midst of this high-speed chase, Trace skillfully transferred the droid head to Rafa. Nevertheless, after colliding with a droid, Rafa inadvertently dropped it onto the moving conveyer belt. Consequently, Trace and Omega were compelled to navigate the conveyer belt at top speed to recover the tactical droid head. Although Omega successfully snatched the head and made her escape down a chute, Trace later retrieved the droid head after Omega's leg became trapped beneath a component of a droid. Upon successfully escaping the conveyer belt, Trace made contact with Rafa, arranging to rendezvous at their designated location on the north exit.

However, upon hearing Omega's cries for assistance, Trace experienced a change of heart and utilized the arm of a B2-series super battle droid to pull the younger girl to safety, preventing her from being crushed within the smelter. Trace's act of saving Omega garnered the respect of her adversary, Hunter. Following a reunion with Rafa and the remaining members of the Bad Batch, including Wrecker, the Martez sisters and the Bad Batch opted to set aside their differences and collaborate in fighting their way out of the decommissioning plant. With Tech's assistance, Trace reprogrammed the tactical droid's head, reactivating the decommissioned battle droids to engage the police droids. Tech employed a power bank and data droid to amplify the tactical droid's signal.

As the reactivated battle droids engaged the police droids in combat, the Martez sisters and the Bad Batch seized the opportunity presented by the distraction to make their escape from the factory. Trace also contacted R7-A7 via radio, requesting a pick-up. However, during their escape from the decommissioning plant, Trace inadvertently dropped the tactical droid's head, resulting in its destruction. Subsequently, the group made their escape aboard the Martez sisters' vessel, the Silver Angel. During the flight, the two groups engaged in a discussion regarding their respective motivations for seeking the tactical droid head. While Hunter elucidated that the Bad Batch were mercenaries striving to make a living, Trace disclosed that she and Rafa were affiliated with an anti-Imperial resistance movement.

As a result of their shared experiences, the Martez sisters forged a friendship with Omega, who extended an invitation to the older women to visit her on Ord Mantell, a location that Trace deemed unsavory. Demonstrating respect for the Martez sisters and their cause, Hunter provided them with a data rod containing intelligence acquired from the tactical droid before its destruction. Following their departure from the Bad Batch, Rafa relayed their findings to Rex, who subsequently located the Bad Batch on Ord Mantell. Rex informed the Bad Batch that he had learned about their exploits on Corellia from the Martez sisters.

Trace and her sister briefly provided Rex with the use of their repair shop while he interrogated a mysterious assassin dispatched by Rampart with the intention of assassinating Senator Riyo Chuchi.

Trace was a human female characterized by her tan complexion, brown eyes, and curly brown [hair](/article/hair], with both sides of her head shaved. Her height was measured at 1.66 meters (equivalent to 5 feet, 5 inches).

Trace possessed a notably amiable disposition, evident in her willingness to assist Ahsoka Tano in repairing her speeder bike without charge, despite having previously stated her expectation of payment for such services. Furthermore, Trace exhibited a strong sense of morality and responsibility, as she was troubled by Rafa's involvement in questionable dealings with criminals, despite understanding that her sister's actions were motivated by the need for survival. In contrast to Rafa, Trace demonstrated a high level of trustworthiness towards those she befriended, such as Ahsoka. Upon discovering that Ahsoka had concealed her past as a Padawan, Trace experienced feelings of hurt and anger, but quickly extended forgiveness and continued to regard her as a friend.

Trace also exhibited traits of naivety and impulsivity. During a mission to deliver spice to the Pyke Syndicate, she, upon hearing concerns that the Pykes might damage her cherished ship, the Silver Angel, made the decision to jettison the spice rather than risk harm to her vessel. Consequently, this action placed herself, Rafa, and Ahsoka in jeopardy of violating their agreement with the criminals, a potential consequence that she had failed to consider prior to discarding their shipment.

Trace once held the Jedi Order in high regard, but after they inadvertently caused the death of her parents and did little to comfort or support her and her sister afterwards, Trace developed a sense of resentment towards the Jedi. However, Trace did not harbor complete animosity towards the Jedi and viewed Tano as an embodiment of how true Jedi should behave. She struggled to comprehend the reasons why someone would choose to leave the Order.

Trace also possessed a strong moral compass and once saved the life of the female clone Omega during a mission to recover a tactical droid's head on Corellia. As a result, Trace and Rafa developed a friendship with Omega and the rest of the Bad Batch. Out of respect, the Bad Batch's leader Hunter gave the Martez sisters a data rod containing intelligence from the tactical droid.

Trace possessed limited piloting skills, having only gained experience with speeders and maintenance vehicles. Consequently, Trace lacked the necessary preparation to successfully pilot her ship, the Silver Angel.

Trace demonstrated proficiency in both armed and unarmed combat. She possessed a high level of physical fitness and engaged in combat on multiple occasions. She also proved to be effective with a blaster, destroying the Pykes' smelter droid, and later destroying several crates in an explosion. Trace was also a capable runner. Trace also possessed sufficient technical aptitude to reprogram a tactical droid's head.

Trace utilized a multitool for the purpose of repairing machinery that was brought into her repair shop. She also wore a jacket to protect her against the chilly environment of Coruscant's lower levels.

Trace Martez made her inaugural appearance in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Gone with a Trace." Her voice is provided by Brigitte Kali. Among the various design options for Trace, artist JP Balmet presented Dave Filoni with a design that ultimately served as the basis for Trace's sister, Rafa.

While the story arc that ultimately featured the Martez sisters was in development in 2012 before The Clone Wars was cancelled, Trace and Rafa didn't exist. Instead, Ahsoka would have met a young mechanic named Nyx Okami, who filled the Martez sisters' role as the one who owed money to Pintu Son-El.