Carlist Rieekan Carlist Rieekan was a human male military officer who served as a General in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the military leader of the Rebellion ' s base on Hoth . Biography . Joining the rebellion . A human male from the planet Alderaan , Carlist Rieekan served as a fighter for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars . Later in his career , Rieekan became a founding member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Rieekan was off - world when Alderaan was destroyed . He later attained the rank of General and assumed command of Echo Base on the ice planet of Hoth . Battle of Hoth . In 3 ABY , General Rieekan summoned Prince ss Leia Organa , Han Solo , and Chewbacca to the base ' s command center to discuss some signals that his staff had intercepted . After the protocol droid C - 3PO recognized the signal as an Imperial code , Han and Chewbacca ventured outside , where they discovered and destroyed a Viper probe droid . However , Han deduced that the probe droid had already alerted the Galactic Empire to their presence and warned General Rieekan to order an evacuation of Echo Base . During the Battle of Hoth , General Rieekan commanded the rebel evacuation of Echo Base . Alliance Fleet . After the evacuation of Hoth , he was present with the other leaders of the Alliance on Zastiga to develop a plan to attack the second Death Star . Later , General Rieekan was stationed aboard the Mon Calamari cruiser " Liberty " . He commanded several Alliance forces , including the X - wing starfighter squadron Corona Squadron . Following the disappearance of both the " Millennium Falcon " and Luke Skywalker , General Rieekan summoned an emergency conference of senior officers including the starfighter pilot Wedge Antilles . The following morning , General Rieekan and Chancellor Mon Mothma officiated over a briefing for members of the Corona Squadron including Private Yendor , Lieutenant Thane Kyrell , and Kendy Idele . After Mothma informed Corona Squadron that they would not be accompanying the rest of the Alliance Fleet to the new rendezvous point , Rieekan briefed the pilots that their squadron would be based on the " Liberty " for the foreseeable future . He added that they would get permanent bunk assignments within the next few hours . Yendor then joked about living in a sauna , prompting the General to ask the pilot to clarify his statement . While the others laughed , Rieekan smiled . After Thane Kyrell returned from a secret meeting with his friend Ciena Ree , who was still a commissioned officer the Imperial Navy , General Rieekan thanked Thane for his timely return two hours prior to takeoff . When Thane volunteered to report his movements during his absence , Rieekan reassured the pilot that he was free to come and go as he pleased as long as he followed security protocol . However , Rieekan was visibly displeased when Thane informed him that he had made contact with an Imperial officer . When Rieekan inquired whether Ciena was aware that Thane had already joined the Rebellion , Thane admitted that she already knew of his involvement with the Rebel Alliance . Angered by Thane ' s apparent failure to follow security protocol , Rieekan demanded to know whether the rebels had a double agent feeding the Empire intelligence . Thane reassured General Rieekan that Ciena had identified him based on Imperial battle footage from Hoth . While Reekan accepted Thane ' s explanation , he still asked whether the officer had placed a tracking device on his X - wing starfighter . While Thane vouched for Ciena ' s friendship , Rieekan still insisted on scanning his ship . Before leaving the hangar , Rieekan warned Thane not to make any more contact with Imperial personnel and added that the galaxy was full of women who did not fight for the Empire . New Republic . General Rieekan continued serving the Rebel Alliance ' s successor government , the New Republic , and its military . To bolster the expanding New Republic Defense Fleet , Rieekan embarked on a plan to capture Imperial Star Destroyer s during the Battle of Jakku . For this mission , General Rieekan recruited the former Imperial officers Thane and Kendy . Despite their misgivings , he reassured them that the Imperial crews were not as die - hard as they used to be and pointed out that they had seen capital ships as large as attack cruiser s switch allegiance in earlier battles during the Galactic Civil War . When Thane pointed out that those ships had thousands of crew members as opposed to tens of thousands , Rieekan responded that they needed enough sympathizers to help them shut the systems down . He added that former Imperial officers like Thane and Kendy could identify the most vulnerable areas . Thane and Kendy later boarded the Imperial Star Destroyer " Inflictor " , which was being commanded by the now Captain Ciena Ree . Despite their efforts to disable the ship ' self - destruct mechanism , Ree managed to deny the ship to the New Republic by crashing it on Jakku ' s surface . Meanwhile , the Battle of Jakku ended as a decisive victory for the New Republic which brought the end of the Galactic Civil War . The defeated remnants of the Empire were forced to sign the Galactic Concordance with the New Republic , which became the dominant government in the galaxy for the next twenty - nine years . Legacy . Decades after the Galactic Concordance , the Resistance would award the Rieekan Ribbon for Bravery in Battle to soldiers in its armed forces . Personality and traits . Carlist Rieekan was a gruff and stern Rebel Alliance general who took his duty and work seriously . Despite his stern and businesslike demeanor , General Rieekan could still appreciate humor , as shown when the pilot Yendor likened the starship " Liberty " to a sauna . Rieekan was a flexible commander who allowed his men to come and go as they pleased as long as they followed the Alliance ' s security protocols . Rieekan regarded the Alliance military as a volunteer force . As a committed rebel , Rieekan had a strong antipathy towards the Empire and Imperials in general . Rieekan expressed disappointment and anger when one of his subordinates , Thane Kyrell , fraternized with his former classmate Ciena Ree , a commissioned officer in the Imperial Navy . Despite accepting Thane ' s report that Ciena did not pose a threat to the Rebellion , he disapproved of their relationship and told Thane that he could choose other women who did not fight for the Empire . Behind the scenes . General Rieekan was portrayed by Bruce Boa in . His backstory was expanded in several " Star Wars " Legends works . More recently , Rieekan has appeared as a supporting character in the canon spinoff novels " Lost Stars " and " " .