Valen Rudor Baron Valen Rudor , operating number : " LS - 607 " , was a male human TIE fighter pilot from Corulag in service to the Galactic Empire on Lothal 5 years prior to the Battle of Yavin . He and several stormtrooper s were assaulted by Garazeb Orrelios when the latter became lost in the streets of Lothal ' s Capital City . Rudor then attempted to call for reinforcements , but his request was met with indifference by his commanding officer . Sometime later his TIE / ln space superiority starfighter was defeated by the " Ghost " and found in the fields by local con artist Ezra Bridger , who pretended to try to help him in order to rob him , and sell pieces of the ship in the black market . Years later , he was given ownership of Old Jho ' s Pit Stop by the Empire after Jho was arrested during an Imperial raid and executed for treason . Biography . Moving to Lothal . Baron Valen Rudor , a human male , was a TIE fighter pilot in the Imperial Navy in 4 BBY . His operating number was " LS - 607 " . After establishing factories on the Outer Rim planet Lothal , the ship production company Sienar Fleet Systems was able to convince Rudor to travel to Lothal and test out products that had been built in Lothal ' s most productive factories . Rudor ' s decision to go to Lothal was used by the Galactic Empire in HoloNet News propaganda reports . Scuffle with Zeb . On Lothal , while inspecting a TIE fighter on a landing platform in Capital City , Rudor was confronted by Garazeb Orrelios , who was being pursued by two stormtrooper s . Rudor was briefly knocked out after being tossed across the platform by the Lasat warrior , but came to once more when a blaster slid towards him , after it had been knocked out of the hands of a stormtrooper . The TIE pilot regained his footing as Orrelios fought with a small squad of stormtroopers , before pointing the blaster at the Lasat and calling for reinforcements . The Imperial commander who replied questioned how many intruders were on the landing pad , leading Rudor to balk at the question and demand reinforcements . While waiting for other Imperial troops to arrive , Rudor attempted to shoot Orrelios , but the Lasat was able to evade him . Orrelios managed to make it to the top of the TIE fighter , and from there he grabbed Rudor and threw him back across the landing area . The stormtrooper reinforcements arrived shortly thereafter , but their firefight with Orrelios triggered an explosion when their blaster fire hit a fuel leak on the TIE fighter , causing it to explode . Rudor survived the explosion , while Orrelios also managed to escape . Encounter with Ezra . Sometime after the incident with Orrelios , Rudor flew a TIE fighter that engaged in battle with the " Ghost " , the ship on which the Lasat served . The " Ghost " shot Rudor ' s fighter down , and it crashed outside Capital City while the rebel ship escaped . The crash was witnessed by Ezra Bridger , an orphaned Lothal citizen who lived in a nearby tower . When Bridger approached and asked if Rudor was still alive , Rudor reacted angrily to Bridger ' s presence , telling him to move away from the TIE fighter as it was property of the Empire . Bridger managed to open the TIE fighter ' s hatch and jumped into the fighter , pretending to help the pilot while secretly stealing parts from the ship to sell on the black market . He then stole Rudor ' s helmet and left the pod . Rudor fired the fighter ' s laser cannons at Bridger , but the boy was able to use the Force to evade the blaster fire . Ezra was not yet aware that he was Force - sensitive , and Rudor did not realize there was anything unusual about the boy ' s dodging skills . Bridger fired back with his energy slingshot and knocked Rudor unconscious , giving the boy an opportunity to escape unharmed . Trouble with the Spectres . Some time after his encounter with Bridger , who had now joined Orrelios ' rebel cell , the Spectres , Rudor met Orrelios again in Kothal , being cornered by two stormtroopers . Looking to settle the score with the Lasat , Rudor targeted Orrelios in his TIE fighter and ordered the troopers to arrest him . But Orrelios leaped onto his fighter and tossed Rudor out , taking it for his own and using it to rescue Bridger . During the Empire Day ceremony of 4 BBY in Lothal ' s Capital City , Valen Rudor was tasked with flying a prototype TIE Advanced v1 starfighter that was fresh from the factory . Before he could commence with the test demonstration , the Spectres destroyed the ship and then fled offworld with the fugitive Tseebo , who held vital Imperial secrets . Bartender . Three years later , in 1 BBY , Rudor was given ownership of the cantina Old Jho ' s Pit Stop by the Empire after Jho , a member of the Lothal resistance , was executed for treason for attempting to aid potential rebels during a raid carried out by the Imperial Security Bureau . A few days later , Ezra and Sabine Wren , disguised as civilians , entered , searching for the Lothal resistance . When the two rebels came to the bar to get drinks , Rudor found Ezra vaguely familiar from their encounters years before . However , he did not realize who Ezra was . When Ezra and Sabine attempted to leave , Rudor , suspicious , attempted to order their arrest , but the two rebels were quickly extricated by Lothal resistance member Jai Kell , who had been sent to the cantina by Ryder Azadi to watch for the Spectres . Later , after the Spectres and Jai had escaped into Jhothal ' s sewers via a hatch located in the Pit Stop , Rudor informed death trooper DT - L21 that he had not known that the hatch was unsealed . Personality and traits . Valen Rudor was a human TIE fighter pilot from Corulag who moved to Lothal during the Age of the Empire . He was a skilled and famous starfighter pilot who worked as a test pilot for the Imperial factory on the Outer Rim world of Lothal . As an Imperial starfighter pilot , Rudor was capable of physical combat but prove no match for the Lasat warrior Zeb . He was protective of his TIE fighter which he regarded as Imperial property . Due to his status as a renowned pilot , Rudor was given the honor of flying a prototype TIE Advanced model . Rudor was later placed in charge of managing the late rebel Jho ' s cantina , which he turned into a haunt for Imperial personnel . Rudor regarded the late Jho as a traitor . Rudor also recognized Ezra Bridger but could not remember who exactly the boy was . Rudor later led a hunt for the Spectres and Jai Kell but failed to account for an unsecured hatch in his cantina . This enabled the rebels to escape and link up with Ryder Azadi . Behind the scenes . Valen Rudor first appeared as a minor character in the first season of the Disney XD animated television series " Star Wars Rebels " in late 2014 . He appeared in several spinoff products including a HoloNet News report , the prelude shorts " Entanglement " and " Ezra and the Pilot " , and Michael Kogge ' s chapter book " Rise of the Rebels " .