Mira (born 3,974 BBY) is a bounty hunter in the fictional Star Wars universe, seen in the 2004 video game Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.

Mira lost her family during the Mandalorian Wars. By the end of the wars, the Galactic Republic was flooding with refugees, and many of them, including Mira, ended up in the refugee sector of Nar Shaddaa. To survive in the hostile environment, she became a bounty hunter with the sole purpose of earning credits.

Unlike other bounty hunters who enjoyed killing their victims, Mira believed that a good bounty hunter didn't need to kill their target - especially if they know that target well. She soon became successful, and that success predictably led her enemies to envy. Another bounty hunter, the Wookiee Hanharr, was employed to hunt her.

Hanharr planned to ambush Mira in vents beneath the Nar Shaddaa docks and drive her into some mines he placed in escape tunnels, but Mira outwitted him by remotely disabling the mines and re-enabling them when Hanharr was pursuing her. Hanharr survived the explosion - barely - and begged Mira to end his torment by killing him, but Mira felt sorry for him and saved him.

Technically, according to the Wookiee code, a Wookiee should pledge a life-debt for his savior. While Hanharr respected this rule, he treated a life-debt as enslavement, and always killed those he had life-debts for - to free himself from them. Mira was not an exception. Although Hanharr didn't have enough courage - or perhaps enough ruthlessless - to kill Mira, he hated her and insulted her whenever their paths crossed.

The conflict reached its culmination when Goto, an elusive crime lord, announced the Jedi Exile's arrival on Nar Shaddaa. Mira and Hanharr, as well as a number of other bounty hunters, started looking for the Exile, each hoping to receive the bounty Goto had put for every remaining Jedi. Whoever reaches the Exile first depends on the Exile's devotion to either the light or the dark side of the Force, determined by the player.

Canonical Light Side Ending

Mira tracked the Exile, who was helping the Nar Shaddaa's refugees and undermining the Exchange's business. When Visquis, the local Exchange overseer, tried to lure the Exile into a trap in Jekk'Jekk Tarr, Mira stole her envirosuit (which was supposed to protect the Exile from the Jekk'Jekk Tarr atmosphere toxic to humans) and allowed Visquis to capture her. Unbeknownst to her, however, Hanharr collaborated with him.

While the Exile was trapped in the Jekk'Jekk Tarr tunnels, Visquis allowed Hanharr to kill Mira on his arena. However, Mira proved herself tough to kill. She defeated Hanharr and left him apparently dead on the arena, fought her way through Visquis' Ubese bounty hunters and let the Exile in, escaping the tunnels herself. After that, Mira joined the Ebon Hawk crew in their quest to free the Exile from Goto's yacht.

She remained loyal to the Exile, accompanying her during her adventures on the Ebon Hawk. She felt somewhat sorry for her past victims, thinking that she was doing nothing but killing all her life. To help her forget her previous life, the Exile taught Mira to feel and use the Force on Nar Shaddaa, which Mira still anticipated because it was filled with life and activity.

Mira and Hanharr (who was saved by Kreia) confronted each other once again on Malachor V. The player (as Mira) has a choice, after defeating Hanharr once again, to kill him or to spare his life. In the latter case, Hanharr vows to hunt Mira until one of them dies. This choice, however, does not affect gameplay.

After the final confrontation with the Exile, Kreia (having once again taken her dark identity of Darth Traya) predicted that Mira would stop hunting life and instead live it. "She was not born to be a predator," said Darth Traya among her last words. "Her death will occur in many years time on a forgotten planet, saving the lives of others. But it will be her choice, and she will have no regrets."

Should the Exile, after gaining Mira as a follower, turn to the Dark Side, Mira follows her. Kreia reveals that Mira dies hunted, a murderess and slayer of Jedi.

Trivia

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• The wrist-mounted rocket launcher, a weapon unique to Mira in the game, can also launch darts and hand grenades. It is a tribute to Jango and Boba Fett's weapon.
• The word Mira, in Hebrew, Portuguese and Italian means aim. This can be a reference to her bounty hunting. Also, the word "Mir" in slavic languages means peace, referred to the fact she seeks peace because she lost her parents and she is hunted by Hanharr.
• Some of have come to believe that Mira may be an ancestor of Mara Jade. This is not only due to the similarities in their names, but also that they both have red hair and are both Force-sensitive. Currently this is pure speculation as there is 4,000-year gap between them.
• According to Chris Avellone's comments on the Obsidian Entertainment forum, she is 23 years old.

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Mira (Guerre Stellari)