Ryoo Thule

Ryoo Thule was a female Human from the Mid Rim planet of Naboo. She had a sister and was married to an unidentified man who died many years before the end of the Galactic Republic. From their marriage was born a daughter, Jobal, who had a happy childhood and received a good education.

Thule was good friends with another Naboo woman named Winama Naberrie. The two secretly plotted to marry off their children, Jobal and Ruwee, and were the first to be surprised when they both actually fell in love.[1] The young couple got married in 51 BBY. Winama died in 33 BBY, a year before the Battle of Naboo.

Thule's great-granddaughter, Ryoo Naberrie, was named after her. The name was also shared by a blue and yellow flower that grew near the city of Keren.

In 19 BBY, Thule was the overseer of the funeral of her granddaughter Padmé Amidala, as was the custom on Naboo. Feeling great grief at her beloved grandchild's passing, Thule spent the next six monthsmourning at Translucence Cove in Varykino.

After all these months, Thule finally decided that it was time to return to Theed, as she knew that Amidala would not have wanted her to live in seclusion for the rest of her life. However, Thule had been having a strange feeling ever since she woke up, but tried to comfort herself by thinking that she was only anxious to let go of her grief. It was the only possible explanation why her heartfluttered, or why Amidala felt so especially close to her that morning.

Thule suddenly realized she was not alone in the retreat. A man named Malorum, one of the Empire's Inquisitors, had come to interrogate Thule about Amidala and her mysterious pregnancy. As soon as Thule saw his eyes, she understood what she had been feeling all morning. She knew she was going to die. Eventually, Malorum proved her right. Her hesitation and defiance to his questions led him to deduce that Amidala's offspring had not died. The Inquisitor then proceeded to kill Thule. A short while later, Ferus Olin and Trever Flume arrived in turn at Varykino. With her dying breath, Thule begged Olin to protect her granddaughter's memory.

Malorum's knowledge of the existence of the Skywalker twins died with him during a lightsaber duel with Olin. He fell to his death inside the Theed power generator when he tried to retrieve his lightsaber that was tumbling down the pit. Olin had watched him struggle in the Force, desperately trying to hold onto his lightsaber, knowing that if he lost it he would be disgraced and would never become a Sith.