Thar ' quan Thar ' quan was a combat - trained Defel miner and a saboteur for the Rebel Alliance . Working as an intelligence agent for General Airen Cracken , Thar ' quan carried out attacks on assets of the Galactic Empire , including the capture of Alpha Outpost . He performed other dangerous missions while working undercover . Thar ' quan was painfully scarred several times in the line of duty , but that did not affect his enthusiasm , loyalty or efficiency . Biography . A Defel born on Af ' El in 27 BBY , Thar ' quan eventually became a miner and a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . He was a spy , saboteur and information collector for Rebel officer Airen Cracken . Under the guise of a rough miner equipped with dark gray and black gear common to Defel miners , Thar ' quan hacked computer networks at Uhur ' qah , the capital city of Af ' El , to benefit the Rebel network on the nearby planet Sriluur . During his career , Thar ' quan had an unfortunate encounter with a Dithanune needle beast that managed to injure him . He was also injured during an unplanned trek through a razor grass field on Togoria . At some other point , Thar ' quan served a sentence in a Kessel prison and suffered an accident affecting his face while he was there . Thar ' quan was eventually rescued from Kessel by Rebel scout Larq Thur . For some time , Thar ' quan was an employee for Hctaqsas Metals while working undercover for the Alliance along with Rebel agent Sasnak Toxis . Thar ' quan was wounded due to the dangers of this activity . At some point , Thar ' quan managed to capture Imperial Alpha Outpost during an operation to distract the Empire ' s attention from Rebel activities on Ralltiir . A short time after the Battle of Yavin , Thar ' quan managed to access the top - secret coordinates of ore depots of Kuat Drive Yards . Soon after this operation , Thar ' quan went to Uhur ' qah . Personality and traits . A hard - working and loyal member of the Rebel Alliance , Thar ' quan was an expert at blind - fighting and with the vibro - pickaxe , although he commonly used a blaster carbine ; a garrote ; and a sawed - off Adostic Arms 8 - gauge projectile shotgun . He was also familiar with the bureaucracy of the mining companies he had worked for , particularly Vulca Minerals and Hctaqsas Metals . Thar ' quan had a collection of scars from his activities as a Rebel scout , although beings unaware of his real activities believed Thar ' quan had suffered mining accidents . These scars included ragged punctured holes on his right ear after his encounter with a Dithanune needle beast , partial paralysis of his right cheek due to an accident in a Kessel prison , disfigurement of his back and side suffered in a razor grass field on Togoria , and other scars suffered while working for Hctaqsas Metals along with Toxis . He proudly showed these cicatrices to Rebel collaborators — Cracken himself admired Thar ' quan due to his loyalty toward the Alliance despite his suffering . Behind the scenes . Thar ' quan was first mentioned in " Cracken ' s Rebel Operatives , " written by several authors and edited by Bill Smith . Thar ' quan was alluded to again , this time in passing , in " Alliance Intelligence Reports . " This last book misspells his name as " Tar ' quan " and " Tar ' quin " .