In 4 BBY, Marida Sumar lived with her husband Morad on a farm on Lothal. The two were forced from their home by the Galactic Empire, who had originally wanted to buy it from them but, after Sumar refused the offer, destroyed it and took the couple prisoner. They were later rescued by Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios. By 2 BBY, Marida and her husband had joined a rebel cell led by Lothal's former Governor Ryder Azadi. She and her husband took part in a joint mission to infiltrate the Lothal Imperial Armory Complex. During the course of that mission, Marida lost her husband.