Eva Sargent

Eva Sargent (16 BBY&mdash;11 ABY) was a New Republic ambassador to Caspar.

Eva Sargent was born on Coruscant, during the period when the Empire controlled the planet. Her mother was Magan Sargent, an Empire finance administrator, and her father was Li Sargent, an Empire Telecommunications Engineer. Growing up, she showed an early talent for languages. Through her father's professional connections, she obtained a volunteer position in the Galactic Senate at age 13. She remained as a volunteer in the Senate until just before her 15th birthday, when it was disbanded. During that time, Imperial propaganda declared that Alderaan was to be placed under permanent quarantine because of disease that threatened to wipe out the entire population. But Eva was disturbed by rumors about the successful 'test' of a new secret class of warship.

At age 18, Eva entered the Northern Linguistics Institute of Coruscant. She intended to pursue a career in translation. After her first few months at the Institute, the Empire was defeated at the Battle of Endor and Coruscant changed hands. Her parents left the planet during the mass exodus after the Battle of Endor. But Eva stayed behind and applied for New Republic citizenship, disgusted with Imperial power politics and propaganda. Eva worked at odd jobs for the next few years, before deciding to use her talents to support the New Republic. As representative to Caspar, her first task was to negotiate construction of the New Republic's permanent embassy in Plaxton City.

For personal reasons, Eva 'went native' and became a Caspar citizen in 10 ABY (when her player stepped into the role of Leia). Eva lived on Caspar until her death in a tragic shuttle accident in 11 ABY.