Madhi Vaandt was a female Devaronian freelance news reporter active after the Second Galactic Civil War. Vaandt honed her craft under the guidance of Tyl Krain, a man with whom she worked her entire career. A compassionate journalist who frequently reported live and on location, Vaandt occasionally did a segment for the Chevin Perre Needmo's show, The Perre Needmo Newshour. After a particularly successful show wherein Vaandt covered the Galactic Alliance's failure to provide sufficient aid and protection to the beings of the Coruscant underworld, Vaandt was again hired by Needmo to cover a continuous segment about the prevalence of slavery throughout the galaxy. In doing so, Vaandt came into contact with Freedom Flight, an anti-slavery organization who planned to further their own covert a