- "The Empire killed my friends."
- ―Hazram Namir blaming Tar's death on the Empire
Tar was a male soldier who lived on the Outer Rim planet Crucival during the Imperial Era. They joined a band of soldiers led by the human Hazram Namir. In 1 BBY, the band was recruited by the Galactic Empire to help defend Crucival's transmitter tower from Rebel Alliance forces. However, almost the entire band, including Tar, was killed in the battle after the Empire abandoned them. Namir, the sole survivor, blamed the deaths of Tar and the rest of the band on the Empire.
Biography[]
During the Imperial Era, Tar lived on Crucival.
Tar was a soldier who lived on Crucival,[2] an Outer Rim[3] planet ridden with war between various competing factions, during the Imperial Era. They fought for at least one master, who was eventually lost. Tar then resorted to robbing passersby in the streets, hiding the brand that symbolized their former faction. Hazram Namir, another soldier who had once fought against Tar, eventually recruited them to join him and a band of other soldiers who were ready to stop fighting in the reoccurring wars on the planet.[2]
In 1 BBY,[1] the Galactic Empire offered to arm any volunteers who would help the Imperials defend Crucival's transmitter tower against an imminent attack by the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry. Tar and the rest of Namir's band of soldiers were among the many who took the offer. However, nearly all of them died in the first wave of the attack after the Empire abandoned the armed volunteers. By end of the battle, Tar and the rest of the band had been killed, leaving only Namir alive. The soldier blamed the Empire for their deaths, and subsequently joined the 61st during the company's recruitment drive a week after the battle. He cited the deaths of the band to the rebel Besalisk Gadren as his reason for enlisting.[2]
Equipment[]
Tar was given a rifle and a particle blaster by the Empire to use during the Battle of the Tower.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Tar was mentioned in the 2015 novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, written by Alexander Freed.[2]
Appearances[]
- Battlefront: Twilight Company (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The section of Battlefront: Twilight Company involving the transmitter tower's destruction—including Tar's death on Crucival—is set two months before the Battle of Yavin, which corresponds to 1 BBY, per Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Battlefront: Twilight Company
- ↑ Battlefront: Twilight Company establishes that Crucival is located within the Tion Hegemony, a sector that Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition places in the Outer Rim Territories.