Name: Winter Celchu
Species: Human
Planet of Origin: Alderaan

[Biography will be edited in once the CUSWE is back online]

Winter has got to be my favourite character in the E_U. She has survived so much and having to remember everything is something that she has borne well. I remember a quote in one of the Han Solo trilogy novels that i can't be bothered to look up right now but in it she tells Bria Tharen of her encounter with Emperor Palpatine and the fear she felt.

She did such a dangerous job and was treated badly as a result of her usefullness but didn't seem to resent it..

I could probably go on but i'd bore you to death...

So what did everyone else think of her?

I loved reading her in the comics; wish they'd done more with her, Intel-wise, in the novels.

There is so much potential - and they made her a nanny! *shakes head* Winter could have done so much...

Hey, she was a good nanny... I mean come on! She took on an assult team!

Well, yeah, she was... but they could have done so much more with her character...

She took on a what? *hasn't read and never plans on reading the JAT*

An assault team tried to get Anakin, I believe, on Anoth.

Been a while since I read the books...

I have all three of those. Picked them up for a buck each.

BTW, Kevin J. Anderson is a good author. His star wars books may be mediocre, but he did great on the essential chronology and he has a few excellent non-star wars books.

Winter is one of my favourite characters too. I especially liked her protrayal in the comics. I second what Mirax_Corran said... she could have been used so much more in the novels and they had to make her a nanny! :huh:

Maybe she still continued with some Intel work? I just can't see her doing nothing but changing nappies, babysitting the three children, telling stories and following the Solo family all around...

Regarding KJA... am I the only one who cringed at the implications :blink: of a relationship between Winter and Ackbar? Not that I have anything against Ackbar but... Winter and Tycho are together (!!)... And KJA also went to set Wedge up with that feather-brained blue scientist :angry: ...

Okay rant over :D

When I write her, I tend to ignore her nanny-ness...

You are NOT the only person bothered by the suggested Winter/Ackbar nonsense...

Winter/Ackbar?


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That's what I thought. Winter had been in the relationship with Tycho for so long then, that it's really cruel. At least nothing happened. . .

Not if KJA had his way.... I seem to recall some rather disturbing comments he made about Winter/Ackbar a long time ago. :sick:

Never mind. We can all have selective amnesia over that issue. Ditto for Wedge/Qwi. :shhh:

Yup. Fortunately, I've never read KJA's SW stuff. :dancing: *has selective amnesia*

ah, KJA! *grumbles*

Ew, I remember noticing that too! Gross!

Burger Boy should refund the money of anyone who bought his drivel.

Can anyone clear me up on Winter's role and how it evolved from the early comics up through to the NJO?

I know she was an Intel agent for the Alliance, and I know she became nanny and bodyguard for the solo brats. But what, exactly, happened when the Alliance became the New Republic?

I might be wrong, but I think she served as an aide/bodyguard (not sure about the bodyguard) for Leia.

That's what I thought... wasn't really sure if she was still part of NRI or what. And was it the entire time til the twins were born?

That's part of the article on her on the OS Databank.

To be honest, I can't see Winter as not being part of Intel. If I were General Cracken (cue anti-Cracken missiles), I wouldn't want to lose an operative like her :p

Um, I know this is probably a really odd question but... does anyone think that Winter could have albinism?

That's a good point, Seph.

And that's not a weird question, really... since the white hair. But I believe she has blue (?) eyes... colored at any rate, so I don't think so. And her skin is normal for a caucasian.

I always got the impression that once the government started functionng, Winter became Leia's senate aide (and if the NR Senate is anything like the American Senate, nothing happens without the extremely underpaid, underappriceated, and insanely hardworking senate aides!). And then KJA was allowed to write SW...

*snicker*

A lot of the time I write Winter as if she's still NRI... *shrug*

Half my stories are AU anyway... *mutters*

Strangely enough, albinos usually have blue eyes. And they usually have visual problems such as poor visual acuity, nystagmus... highly unlikely in Winter's case since she can pilot shuttles and is able to shoot anything that moves and flies. But with their medical technology *shrugs* who knows? I thought Winter had green eyes?

Jes:

But AU is fun! :grin:

RedBirdie:

nothing happens without the extremely underpaid, underappriceated, and insanely hardworking senate aides

Yeah, the same situation all over the world... lackeys slave, bosses enjoy the fruits of their labour. Voice of experience?

Maybe she does have green eyes, I don't really know... but still, her skin is normal.