Bria Tharen was a Human female and a commander in the New Galactic Republic during the First War. Born to a wealthy family on Corellia, Tharen intended to study archaeology and pursue a career as a museum curator. When she was seventeen, however, Tharen experienced the Exultation performed by a t'landa Til missionary at a religious revival. Drawn in by the Exultation's effects, Tharen sold all her jewelry and booked passage to Ylesia, where she dedicated her life to the religion's service. Tharen spent a year on Ylesia before her religion was exposed as a front for a Hutt spice/slaving operation by a young Corellian pilot named Han Solo.
Solo helped Tharen to escape from Ylesia and the two fell in love. However, Tharen struggled to cope without the Exultation and decided to leave Solo to confront her addiction. Finding a new purpose in life that helped her to eventually overcome her addiction, Tharen joined the fledgling resistance movement on Corellia, and devoted herself to fighting against both the Galactic Empire and Axis of Empires to bring an end to slavery. Tharen worked on several undercover assignments and helped make contact with rebels on other worlds.
After the founding of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Tharen was given command of Red Hand Squadron. She began planning a raid on Ylesia to end the slavery operation, recruiting a number of smuggler pilots to act as guides, including Han Solo, with the promise of a share of the Ylesian spice. Tharen and Solo briefly resumed their relationship, but when the Rebels betrayed the smugglers at the Battle of Ylesia, taking all of the spice, Tharen and Solo parted once more. Shortly after, Tharen led Red Hand Squadron to Scarif to help Rogue One retrieve the plans for the first Death Star in the Battle of Scarif. Barely able to escape the Imperial fleet and resuming the fight for the galaxy.
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As a young girl, Tharen was intelligent and independent minded. A tall woman with blue-green eyes, long, dark eyelashes, poreless white skin and reddish-gold, curly hair, she was not classically beautiful, but was considered attractive. She was particularly keen on history during her time at school, and was looking forward to continuing her studies at university in the hopes of pursuing a career as a museum curator. Although Tharen studied hard, she also made time to enjoy herself, attending numerous parties during her youth. However, she grew frustrated that working hard and behaving herself was seemingly not enough to please her mother. Sera Tharen kept a tight rein over her daughter and the young Bria grew up feeling that she could do nothing right by her. While her father supported Tharen in her desire to have a career, her mother wished only for her to marry into a family of good breeding. The falling out between the two after Tharen split from Dael Levare was the culmination of years of tension.[5]
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Tharen's time working on an archaeological dig gave her experience in handling delicate artifacts. During her time as a pilgrim on Ylesia, Tharen proved herself to be a highly skilled and dexterous craftsperson in her work separating threads of spice. Her knowledge or rare antiquities enabled her to determine which objects in Teroenza's collection were the most valuable, and later to verify the authenticity of the Yavin Vassilika.
During her time with the Rebellion, Tharen displayed proved to be an articulate negotiator in her work as a liaison to other resistance cells. She was also skilled at undercover work and capable of manipulating situations to find out what she needed. A capable actor, Tharen could conceal her true feelings automatically, and was adept at disguising her appearance. Since so little of what she learned during her undercover work could be written down, Tharen took lessons and underwent conditioning to improve her memory.
Tharen was considered by her superiors to be an able leader. Her organizational skills were demonstrated by her ability to catalog Teroenza's collection and oversee Sarn Shild's household staff and office. Combined with her understanding of strategy and tactics, and her own combat skills both with a blaster and unarmed, this made her an effective leader for Red Hand Squadron.
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- Bria Tharen at Wookiepedia