Alexandra Zafferano

Alexandra Zafferano was the wife of Chad Zafferano and mother of Brandon “Zaf” Zafferano.

Born Alexandra Turanga-Lela, Alexandra Zafferano was a dedicated, focused individual ever since a child, excelling in her education and eventually getting employment with the Galactic Senate as a lawyer. It was during a court martial trial that she met Chad Zafferano, a Lieutenant in the Republic Navy who was being called as a character witness. Alexandra was attracted to Chad’s ambition and he her intelligence and looks. The two courted for a short time and then married on Coruscant.

In 35 BBY, Alexandra gave birth to a son, Brandon. She and her husband provided everything her son needed to succeed, paying for a good education and pulling various strings and calling in favors in order to secure him several prospective favorable job prospects. In his teenage years, he was sent to Anaxes War College on Anaxes, where he was to follow in his father’s footsteps. Ultimately, the young man did not, going rogue and becoming an embarrassment to his family.

The embarrassment that Brandon going AWOL combined with the reformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire brought bad tidings and fortunes to the family. While they never lost their riches and status completely, gone were the halcyon days of a decade earlier. In 14 BBY, Chad died, and because he was under investigation by Imperial Navy Intelligence, his estate was frozen and his assets were seized until a definitive ruling could be reached. This pushed Alexandra over the edge, and while she might not be able restore the family’s status in the eyes of the Empire, she could do something about her son and dedicated considerable resources to finding him. In 13 BBY, she tracked his ship, the Gamma Wanderer, down to Nowhere, the asteroid-based deep-space trading outpost and shadowport located in the Terana asteroid belt in the Vernet system within the Expansion Region.

Traveling to Nowhere, she was able to find the Gamma Wanderer and confronted her son. Her attempt to convince him to return to Coruscant to stand trial and imprisonment was half-hearted at best, and after very little discussion, drew her blaster. Citing how her son was a disappointing investment, she attempted to kill her son. Brandon, in both disbelief and perhaps in a sign of his love, would have seemingly been struck by the blaster bolt and killed had Odo-Bin-Garda, his co-pilot, not intervened. A former Jedi who had kept his past hidden, Odo leapt in action and deflected the bolt with his lightsaber, sending it back into Alexandra, who died instantly.