Jaahn Liddle Jaahn Liddle was a human male who joined the Rebel Alliance after they rescued him from Imperial imprisonment on Oreenda Fayeet . Not long after joining the Alliance , Liddle traveled to the planet Tibrin as part of a diplomatic mission with fellow Rebels Luke Skywalker , Leia Organa and Tadd Marteens . Liddle was extremely excited to meet Skywalker due to his exploits during the Battle of Yavin , and on Tibrin he and Marteens questioned Skywalker about his work with the Alliance , drawing the attention of a KX - series security droid . This led to an Imperial attack on the Rebels in which Liddle was injured and Skywalker captured . Biography . Working with a hero . The human male Jahn Liddle at some point became addicted to spice and was imprisoned by the Galactic Empire on Oreenda Fayeet . The Rebel Alliance then freed him from imprisonment , after which he quickly joined their cause . Not long after he joined the Alliance , Liddle had kicked his spice addiction and was sent on an important mission to the planet Tibrin with the Jedi Padawan Luke Skywalker , Prince ss Leia Organa and the Rebel pilot Tadd Marteens . Skywalker , M and Liddle pilot ed the starship " Breha " together in order to reach the planet , and as they approached Tibrin , Skywalker ordered Liddle to set up an orbit pattern . Despite the Imperial presence on Tibirin , the ship was cleared to land , causing Liddle and Marteens to theorize that the Empire was trying to recover from the Battle of Yavin , where Skywalker had destroyed the Imperial Death Star superweapon . Loose lips sink ships . Upon setting down on an ocean landing pad in Tibrin ' s capital city , the four Rebels disembarked together and while Organa greeted the Ishi Tib Mariod Govi , Liddle and Marteens questioned Skywalker about his past exploits in service of the Rebellion . The duo were overheard speaking about Rebel activity by an Imperial KX - series security droid , triggering an almost immediate attack on the Rebels by Imperial stormtrooper s firing from a neighboring landing pad . During the fighting , Liddle was knocked to the floor and injured by the stormtroopers fire . On Organa ' s orders , Marteens then tried to throw a grenade at the Imperials , but was struck by a blaster bolt mid - throw and so dropped the explosive . The grenade the rolled toward Skywalker and exploded , knocking the Jedi unconscious and causing the platform that Organa , Marteens , Liddle and the " Breha " were stood on to sink into Tibrin ' s oceans . Organa managed to climb aboard the pad that the the Imperials had been standing on and witnessed them capture an unconscious Skywalker . While Liddle and Marteens were recovering from their injuries , Organa managed to infiltrate the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Stormbringer " were Skywalker was being held and rescue him , escaping with the aide of the Ishi Tiib after they chose to stand against the Empire . Liddle , with a bandage around his head and his right arm in a sling , was then present when Organa met again with Mariod Govi , who apologised for the fact that the Ishi Tiib had not intervened against the Imperials sooner . Personality and traits . Jaahn Liddle was extremely excited to work with Luke Skywalker and spoke to him about his various heroic exploits with the Alliance , even doing so in public where they could be overheard by Imperials . He had no combat experience prior to the mission to Tibrin , but pretended he did when Skywalker asked . Liddle had fair skin and brown eye s and hair . Equipment . Liddle wore a Rebel uniform that included a dark brown jacket over a blue shirt with black , fingerless glove s , a black belt and black boot s . Behind the scenes . Jaahn Liddle first appeared in comic " The Trouble at Tibrin " , which was written by Landry Q . Walker and published in " Star Wars Adventures 4 " on November 29 , 2017 . The comic identified the character only as Liddle , but Walker provided the Rebel ' s first name and expanded on his backstory on , revealing that the character and his name were inspired by the late " Star Wars " fan film maker John Liddle .