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Brie, Shira

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according to the Imperial record created by Darth Vader, this woman was a native of the planet Shalyvane. Shira Brie was an alias given to Shira Elan Colla Brie, who was one of Vader's agent. Shira Brie joined the Alliance as a pilot in the wake of the Imperial attack on Shalyvane, claiming that her family had been killed when the nomadic barbarians of the planet attacked her home in Chinshassa, and that she fled into the sewers when the Empire arrived to subjugate the planet. During the period following the Battle of Hoth, she and Luke Skywalker shared a mutual attraction for each other during their service at the Alliance base on Arbra. Their attraction blossomed into something more, until they were both chosen to pilot modified TIE Fighters on a mission to infiltrate Admiral Giel's armada and destroy the teezl they had captured. Luke managed to destroy the teezl and badly damage Giel's flagship, but in the heat of battle he mistakenly shot down Shira's TIE Fighter. Luke had used the Force to determine whether the ship was a friend or a foe, and his instincts told him to shoot. In the end, the destruction of her TIE Fighter allowed Shira to return to Imperial services, and made Luke Skywalker a pariah in the eyes of the Alliance. Note that this character is initially referred to as Shira Brei in issue 56 of the Marvel Comics Star Wars series.