Beak Beak was a male individual who served as a soldier of the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s Sixty - First Mobile Infantry during the Galactic Civil War . Biography . Joining the Alliance . Beak joined the Alliance ' s Sixty - First Mobile Infantry , also known as Twilight Company , sometime before the Galactic Civil War . He and Roja were present for the battle of Mygeeto and served Twilight Company through the Mid Rim Retreat . Escort to Hoth . Shortly before the Battle of Hoth , Beak was assigned along with Roja and First Sergeant Hazram Namir to escort defected Imperial governor Everi Chalis and Captain Micha Evon , also known as Howl , to Alliance High Command . They were met by Alliance General Philap Bygar who commended Twilight Company for their service . Whilst Chalis and Howl attended a strategy conference with the high command , Roja , Beak and Namir were given duties throughout the Rebel base on Hoth where Roja quickly bonded with the snow speeder technicians and Namir got into a fight with an Alliance Special Forces soldier named Kryndal . Roja and Beak eventually found Namir again and they told stories of past battles and the incompetence of the base troops . Howl and Chalis returned the next day with news of their imminent departure . However , news came that the Empire had found them and a mass evacuation immediately came into preparation . Battle of Hoth . Beak and the other two were deployed to defend against encroaching Imperial scout forces that fanned out from the main attack force . They passed a pair of Macrobinoculars between them and Roja spotted ships overhead . Beak identified them as Gozanti - Cruisers carrying Imperial vehicles to the ground and Namir told him to report it to Echo Base . The walkers were confirmed by Outpost Beta shortly before it was destroyed . Beak also answered Roja ' s continuous questions to Namir . The contigent of light vehicles overwhelmed the defences and the turrets were reduced to cinder . Without proper defences to challenge them , the remaining Imperial scout forces withdrew and the three were forced to retreat . They found a juggernaut and Roja got it back online . Beak then assisted Roja driving the Imperial vehicle and Namir stayed in the back with a few other survivors . When they got back to the base , the rebel defences were in full retreat and the main base had taken severe hits from AT - AT shots . A Colonel claimed that the command had taken a hit and the trio made for the base . Beak and the other two later navigated the hallways of the base and found Chalis and an injured Howl . Namir then scouted the hallways and came back with a route to the hanger . The group made for the hanger but were cut off by Darth Vader and his troops . The trio shot at the group and Vader jumped in front of Beak , bisecting him and killing him instantly . Roja then threw a grenade at Vader which was deflected and knocked out Namir . Namir woke to find Roja and Howl dead and Chalis swept aside by Vader and his troops . The two escaped Hoth and went back to Twilight Company . Personality and Traits . Beak was respected as a fine soldier amongst the Twilight troops . Beak was also very intelligent and was able to identify Gozanti - Cruisers from far away . Behind the scenes . Beak first appeared in the 2015 canon novel " " , written by Alexander Freed .