Carlist Rieekan

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Star Wars character
Carlist Rieekan
Carlist Rieekan as portrayed in Star Wars: Rebellion
Position	General, Director of New Republic Intelligence
Homeworld	Alderaan
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	1.8 meters
Affiliation	Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire (?), Rebel Alliance/New Republic
Portrayed by	Bruce Boa

General Carlist Rieekan is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. He was seen in The Empire Strikes Back, in which he was portrayed by Bruce Boa.

[edit] Biography

A native of Alderaan, Rieekan was inspecting satellites near its sister world Delaya when he saw his homeworld explode under the Death Star's superlaser. He joined the Rebel Alliance and commanded Echo Base during the Battle of Hoth; it was he who gave the final evacuation order, only barely getting out before the Empire seized the base. Later, the general served as Leia Organa Solo's second-in-command on the New Republic Council and took over in her absence, such as when she disappeared during the trouble on Nam Chorios. Rieekan survived an attempted poisoning, which was intended to throw the New Republic into chaos. He then became the director of New Republic Intelligence and decided to terminate Colonel Pakkpekatt's pursuit of the mysterious ghost ship that carried Lando Calrissian, his aide Lobot, C-3PO and R2-D2 as hostages. However, he did allow Pakkpekatt to take Calrissian's ship (the Lady Luck), Luke Skywalker, and three volunteers to search for the ship.

During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion he came out of retirement to serve as Commander of Coruscant's Planetary Defence Force.

[edit] External links

• Rieekan entry in the Star Wars Databank
• Carlist Rieekan on Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki