Gobi Glie Gobi Glie was a Twi ' lek male who lived on Ryloth . During the Clone Wars , he was part of the Twi ' lek Resistance that opposed the Separatist Alliance ' s occupation of the planet . After the rise of the Galactic Empire , Glie joined Cham Syndulla ' s Free Ryloth movement . Biography . The Clone Wars . When the Confederacy of Independent Systems invaded Ryloth during the Clone Wars , Gobi joined the Twi ' lek Resistance under General Cham Syndulla . He then fought with the Resistance along side the Republic garrison under Jedi General Ima - Gun Di . Unfortunately , supplies started to run low and the Droid Army was overwhelming them . When Di told Syndulla that his men would hold off the droids while the Resistance and their families fled to the mountains , Gobi spoke with Di . Gobi told him how Syndulla felt betrayed by the Republic , but Di told him that his men would get their families to safety . Gobi promised Di that they would remember his sacrifice . As Gobi and the others made their escape , they then received supplies from " Pelta " - class frigates under Alderaan Republic Senator Bail Organa . Gobbi continue to fight under Syndulla . He then got a scratch that weakened him , but Cham assured that he would get better . He and the other Resistance fighters then cheered when Syndulla decided to join Windu ' s forces and free Ryloth ' s capital of Lessu from the Confederacy . Age of the Empire . After the end of the Clone Wars and transformation of the Republic into the Empire , Gobi continued to fight under Syndulla when the Resistance was reorganized into the Free Ryloth movement . He , Syndulla and the movement attacked the " Perilous " , attempting to assassinate Emperor Palpatine and Sith Lord Darth Vader . Though the " Perilous " was destroyed , the Free Ryloth movement failed in their assassination of the Emperor and the Sith Lord . Aiding the Spectres . Three years before the Battle of Yavin , Gobi was still considered one of Syndulla ' s best soldiers . By then , the Free Ryloth movement was engaged in a struggle against the Galactic Empire , which had succeeded the Old Republic and was refusing to leave Ryloth . He along with Cham and Numa later rendezvoused with Syndulla ' s daughter Captain Hera , who had become the leader of a rebel cell that operated from the starship " Ghost " . Hera had established contact with her estranged father Cham because she needed his help to hijack an Imperial " Quasar Fire " - class cruiser - carrier orbiting Ryloth . Since the cruiser - carrier housed TIE / sa bomber s that regularly bombarded Ryloth ' s surface , Cham advocated destroying the ship . However , Hera disagreed with her father ' s plan and advocated stealing the cruiser - carrier for the rebellion . After a heated discussion , Cham reluctantly conceded to Hera ' s plan . In secret , Cham still intended to destroy the Imperial cruiser - carrier and instructed Numa and Gobi to bring a bag of detonator s . During the journey to Ryloth , Gobi and his Twi ' lek companions pretended to befriend the rebels in order to gain their trust . After landing a stolen TIE bomber in the Imperial cruiser carrier , the Ryloth rebels put their plan into action . Under Cham ' s orders , Gobi and Numa stunned Hera ' s rebel comrades Ezra Bridger , Sabine Wren , Kanan Jarrus , and Garazeb Orrelios while Cham dealt with Hera and her astromech droid Chopper . After exiting their TIE bomber , the three Twi ' leks defeated a squad of stormtrooper s that had been sent to the hangar bay . While Cham proceeded to disable the ship ' s hyperdrive , Gobi and Numa made their way to the munitions rack . Shortly later , they were caught up in a gun battle with more stormtroopers . Two of the Spectres , Sabine and Zeb , managed to overpower Gobi and Numa by using a rigged mouse droid to stun them . The two rebels then secured their Twi ' lek prisoners while the other four Spectres convinced Cham to abandon his plan to destroy the Imperial cruiser - carrier . While Hera reasoned with her father , Sabine played the recording to Gobi and Numa in an effort to convince them to join forces . In the end , Cham agreed to work with the Spectres and Gobi and Numa appeared to accept his decision . After several Imperial reinforcements and TIE bombers attempted to reclaim the cruiser - carrier , Gobi and Numa joined forces with Sabine and Zeb in repelling the Imperial forces . In the end , the two rebel cells managed to escape the Ryloth system with their stolen ship . While leaving , they destroyed an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser , which boosted the morale of the Ryloth rebels and the Twi ' leks . Having established a working relationship with the rebellion and neutralized the threat posed by the Empire , Gobi and his comrades depart on their shuttle back to Ryloth . Recovering the Kalikori . Two years before the Battle of Yavin , the Free Ryloth movement faced a formidable new opponent in the form of Grand Admiral Thrawn . Studying Twi ' lek culture , philosophy , history , and art , Thrawn devised successful counterinsurgency techniques which led to the capture of Tann Province , the home of the Syndulla clan . Gobi was aboard the " Ghost " when Cham ' s daughter Hera undertook a supply run for the Free Ryloth rebels . After the " Ghost " drove off the Imperial pursuers and picked up Cham and Numa , Gobi and all the other rebels volunteered to assist Hera recover her mother ' s Kalikori heirloom from the Empire , who were occupying the Syndulla residence . As part of the recovery mission , Gobi and the other rebels staged a diversionary attack on Imperial forces in the Tulara Ravine while Hera , Ezra , and Chopper infiltrated the Syndulla residence . During the skirmish , Gobi along with Cham and Numa charged into the fray on their blurrg steeds after Sabine blew up an Imperial Troop Transport and an AT - DP walker . The two rebel cells then fled into the wilderness but were unable to outrun a second AT - DP walker . Gobi tried to delay the walker by collapsing rocks in its path but the walker blasted through it easily . Following a prolonged gun battle , the AT - DP stopped fighting to broadcast a message by Thrawn ' s second in command , Captain Slavin . Slavin offered to spare the lives of Hera and Ezra if Cham surrendered himself to the Empire . Cham accepted due to his love for Hera . Whenever Gobi advised him against it , Cham designated Hera as his successor . However , Hera staged a successful escape plan which involved getting Chopper to plant explosives . During the exchange , Hera ignited the explosives . This allowed the two rebel cells to escape with all their personnel . Gobi and Numa later mingled with Hera ' s crew while Hera and Kanan chatted with Cham .