Lamalla Rann was a human female journalist operating on Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

. She was gathering footage and reporting on the Separatist War

Mantellian Separatist Crisis Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

at Mannett Point, along with her personal holorecorder, a human named Waxx

Waxx (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

. They were in Mannett Point when Separatists attacked

Takeover of Mannett Point Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

, she had fled the island, but Waxx, however, stood behind and later was persuaded to join the Separatist movement

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

, leaving Lamalla without the holodiscs containing the footage she desired, which contained graphic images of the carnage inflicted by a Separatist attack, or as she described it, "fantastic, gory stuff."
Lamalla, without her footage and without enough credits to bribe the Mantellian Army

Mantellian Army Organization Planetary and Sector

to aid her in retrieving them, turned in desperation for assistance

The Untold Story Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

to a team of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

- Voidhound

Voidhound Character Major Characters

and Meteor

Meteor Character Major Characters

, who were en route to Mannett Point on the mission of their own. She conveyed to them that her priority was retrieving the holodiscs rather than rescuing Waxx. When the operatives returned and informed her Waxx had joined the Separatists, she seemed unsurprised at the news, remarking that Waxx was easily influenced by what he perceived as noble causes.
She later published a holobook based on her time on Ord Mantell, entitled "Missing the Mannett Point: The Mantellian Civil War Revealed," and it became the top-selling nonfiction work of the year. A later release, "The Soldier, the Scoundrel, and the Stars", was included on many reviewers' annual must-read lists.