Talva Ko'lib was a Bothan Force Adept who was raised on the planet Bothawui during the reign of the Galactic Empire. Life on Bothawui taught Ko'lib the value of social maneuvering and the Bothan became well placed to gain a position of power on the planet. Following the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War between the forces of the Empire and the Rebel Alliance, Ko'lib resisted recruitment efforts that were made by the Alliance on Bothawui, considering the Rebels to be a group of criminals that were fighting a lost cause. However, after the Empire constructed a base on Bothawui and imposed Imperial rule onto the world, Ko'lib finally joined the Alliance and was assigned to serve aboard the transport Griffon's Wings. A short time after the Battle of Yavin, the Griffon's Wings was dispatched b