Amanda Beckett (3 BBY) is a young rookie pilot with the New Republic. As a young girl she was quite the trouble maker, having been arrested on a number of occasions for breaking and entering and burglary. When her parents couldn't take it any longer they sent her to a military academy where she eventually enrolled in pilot's training. Very early on she discovered she had a knack for flying. Her sim scores and test scores were almost always above average and though she wasn't technically the hottest stick around she aspired to be. Flying became her passion even more so than thieving though she does still indulge herself in her old practice on occasion, much to the chagrin of her fellow squad mates.