Finance Grude, born in 37 BBY, was always the black sheep of her family. The fiercely ambitious Grude clan supported controversial upstart Nute Gunray in his bid to take over the Trade Federation. Despite Gunray's setbacks, the Grudes enriched themselves in wealth and prestige. Not interested in commerce, young Finance decided to study abroad.

Grude was 18 years old and working on her first BA at the University of Alderaan in 19 BBY when her family's fortunes fell forever. Orphaned in the massacre of the Separatist council by the newly raised Darth Vader, her people marginalized by the Emperor's consolidation of Galactic power, she didn't know what to do. So, paralyzed, she kept taking classes. Luckily, she had relocated to Coruscant by the time of the former planet's destruction by Grand Moff Tarkin's Death Star.

Multiple Ph.Ds later, Dr. Finance -- an appellation she still wears in memory of her family -- carries around the crushing weight of insurmountable student debt, which she'd do nearly anything to escape.

Ambition: Status
Finance wants to have tenure and the respect of her academic peers, but can't publish or make connections as easily while swimming in debt.

20 Obligation (student loans)

Dr. Grude is tall for a Neimoidian woman, and has the lean look and utilitarian style of a green Ellie Sattler. Her tone is often laconic but she brightens up talking about special interests and the subjects of her studies (Anthropology, History, Xenobiology, and Art History). Her hair is a tousled straw blonde, and her eyes are a rich miasma of yellow, red, and orange.