Via Dailydot.com:

Star Wars fandom has a long tradition of turning minor characters into beloved superstars. Boba Fett and Wedge Antilles both became cult favorites despite their small roles in the original trilogy, and The Force Awakens has rejuvenated that tradition with X-wing pilot Jessika Pava.

Jessika “Testor” Pava, played by actress Jessica Henwick (Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones), is a member of the Resistance’s Blue Squadron, one of the two X-wing units commanded by Poe Dameron. She only has a few lines in the movie, but that was enough to win the hearts and minds of Star Wars fans.

Like many minor Star Wars characters, Pava’s role has already been expanded in tie-in books and comics. Before The Force Awakens’s release, she had appeared in the illustrated young-adult tie-in novel The Weapon of the Jedi as a young pilot who asks C-3PO to tell her a story about Luke Skywalker that no one else has heard.

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