Rukh Rukh was a male Noghri who served as the bodyguard and assassin of Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn . Thrawn used Rukh ' s name as the override command for his sparring droids . Rukh was an excellent tracker and fighter with a strong senses of smell . In 1 BBY , Thrawn employed Rukh ' s services in hunting down members of the Spectres rebel cell and the Lothal resistance . Rukh played an important role in capturing the Spectres leader and Rebel Alliance General Hera Syndulla during the failed attack on Lothal . Rukh would later see further action against the Spectres in the lead up to the Liberation of Lothal . Rukh perished at the hands of Garazeb Orrelios , who electrocuted him while fighting inside the Imperial Complex . Biography . In 1 BBY , after the theft of the prototype TIE / D Defender on Lothal , Grand Admiral Thrawn sent Rukh to assist Governor Arihnda Pryce in the search for the rebels responsible . Pryce suspected that the thieves would return to the vicinity of the crash site to retrieve the prototype ' s removed hyperdrive . The TIE Defender heist . Upon arriving at the crash site , Rukh smelled the Lasat rebel Garazeb Orrelios , as well as Ezra Bridger and Jai Kell , nearby where they were retrieving the drive . As the assassin approached the scene , Bridger attempted to stall him by claiming that he and Kell , who were both disguised as scout trooper s , had just finished searching the area . The ruse did not work , and Rukh attacked the two . During the fight , he realized that Bridger was a Jedi when he used the Force to fling him into a rock . The two escaped on a speeder bike , with Rukh pursuing . Meanwhile , Orrelios had evaded the assassin and escaped with the hyperdrive in an Imperial Troop Transport . Rukh chased Bridger and Kell through a labyrinth of rock spires on a speeder bike . He engaged Bridger in a brief fight , his electrostaff to Bridger ' s lightsaber . When the two rebels pulled ahead due to Rukh being forced to evade a boulder in his path , the assassin fired a homing beacon at their bike , which they did not notice . Rukh continued the pursuit , eventually launching his bike over a pile of rock that Bridger had created as an obstacle with a planted detonator While in the air , Rukh ' s bike was destroyed when Bridger fired upon it , and the rebels fled . Using his tracking device , Rukh located the rebel camp and sent Pryce the coordinates . However , due to the rebels ' earlier escape , Pryce did not allow Rukh to take out the camp by himself , which he was confident he could do . She instead attacked with several tanks , a strategy that he criticized . After the Rebels had escaped the camp , deeper into the mountain s , Rukh insisted that he be allowed to pursue , but Pryce refused , deciding instead to bomb the mountains . Rebel attack . During the Rebel attack on Lothal , Rukh was stationed in Capital City . The rebels ' attempts to destroy the Imperial fuel depot and factory had failed , as Thrawn had prepared a second set of TIE fighters to intercept the bomber s after they broke through the blockade outside the planet . Upon being informed that some Rebel pilot s may have survived their crash - landing , Thrawn tasked Rukh with capturing any survivors alive , only killing them if he had no choice . Thrawn also told him to capture Hera Syndulla , the attack ' s commander , at any cost . Rukh complied , and during his mission , he captured Rebel pilot Secon Daree and brought him to Pryce , who congratulated the assassin . Rukh later searched for Syndulla , acquiring her scent and found her helping another pilot , Mart Mattin . He ambushed the trio and engaged in a short skirmish with them . While he was unable to capture Mattin and Chopper , he managed to separate Syndulla from them , which led to her capture by Imperial forces . Rescue of Hera Syndulla . When the Spectres mounted a mission to rescue General Syndulla , Rukh was on patrol when he encountered two stormtroopers . Rukh asked the troopers if they had anything to report . His nostrils twitched as the Spectres passed over him in three Loth - bat glider s . Sensing something afoot , Rukh tried to warn Governor Pryce . While he was talking with her , the Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus freed Syndulla from Pryce ' s office . Rukh pursued them by climbing up the Imperial Complex to the garbage chute on the south entrance . Rukh briefly fought with Kanan , resulting in the loss of Jarrus ' s lightsaber . However , Kanan pushed him off the building but Rukh managed to avoid death by clinging to a balcony . The rebels escaped on a glider but Kanan was killed . First Defeat . Following the death of Kanan Jarrus , Rukh was present in Governor Pryce ' s office during a hologram briefing with Grand Admiral Thrawn . Thrawn reprimanded Pryce for destroying the Lothal City fuel depot and disrupting the Empire ' s TIE Defender project on Lothal . After chastising Pryce , Thrawn warned Rukh that the rebels would strike recklessly and tasked him with eliminating them . As Rukh left the room , he smirked at the chastised Pryce . Continuing his hunt for the Spectres , Rukh encountered a scout trooper who had been knocked out by the Lasat Garazeb Orrelios . He narrowly escaped being killed by an explosive that Sabine Wren had planted on the trooper ' s bike . Rukh ' s sharp senses helped him to home in on Sabine and Zeb , and he followed them into the wilderness . Sabine and Zeb trapped him but Rukh turned the tables on them by activating his cloaking device . Armed with his cloaking device , Rukh viciously attacked Zeb . Using her Mandalorian helmet ' s rangefinder , Sabine managed to shoot at Rukh . However , he was able to dodge her with superhuman reflexes and managed to knock out her helmet . After struggling with Zeb , Rukh retreated for a second round . This time , Sabine managed to neutralize his cloaking device by throwing a paint bomb at him , damaging his cloaking device and partially painting him . Now visible , he was quickly overpowered by Orrelios . Zeb almost beat him to death but was stopped by Sabine , who convinced him to spare Rukh ' s life . Wren instead spray - pained Rukh before sending him back to the Empire on a speeder bike . Trap at the Lothal rebel base . Rukh accompanied Pryce on an invasion of the rebel base . Ryder Azadi nearly shot him , but decided to maintain his cover and let him go . Rukh fought with Ezra Bridger . When the rebels retreated into the cave , Rukh followed them with his men , and found Bridger standing in the dark . When Rukh taunted Bridger about his " army " , Bridger ignited his lightsaber , revealing a pack of Loth - wolves , terrifying him . In the ensuing battle , he was thrown off the encampment by the white Loth - wolf . While he survived the plunge , he lost his electrostaff . Last stand on Lothal . Rukh managed to survive the fall and by the time he made his way back up the cliff , he found Commander Wolffe , Mart Mattin and Cikatro Vizago loading up the " Ghost " and attacked them . He easily subdued all three rebels and prepared to kill them , but became terrified when the white Loth - wolf returned and hastily boarded a stolen TIE gunship to escape . He then informed Thrawn of Pryce ' s capture . Thrawn tasked him with disabling the Planetary Shield Generator . Rukh managed to disable the generator , but was attacked by Orrelios , who fought him in the shield generator core . Orrelios tangled Rukh ' s foot in the generator ' s wiring , causing Rukh to be caught in the electric current as Kallus activated the shield generator . Realizing the shield was up as his bombardment did nothing to the city , Thrawn contacted Rukh for his status , but Orrelios had retrieved Rukh ' s comlink and laughed at the news of the bodyguard ' s fate amidst the sound of Rukh being fried to death in the background . Personality and traits . Rukh was fiercely loyal to the Galactic Empire in general and Grand Admiral Thrawn in particular , serving as the latter ' s bodyguard and top assassin . Unless ordered otherwise , he would pursue his targets relentlessly and without hesitation or remorse . From the moment he arrived on Lothal Rukh developed a rivalry with Governor Arihnda Pryce , showing contempt for her attempts at using brute force to subdue the rebels and receiving significant scorn from her over his abilities . After Pryce killed Kanan but destroyed the Imperial fuel depot on Lothal in the process , Rukh was present when she was admonished for her failure by Thrawn . He smirked in delight at the sight of his humbled rival . Like Pryce , Rukh was terrified of the Loth - wolves . Skills and abilities . As a Noghri , Rukh could climb tall structures and travel quickly on all fours without tiring . His agility and reflexes made him formidable and unpredictable in close quarters combat . Despite this , he could be easily overpowered by Force - sensitive s such as Bridger . Rukh also displayed a heightened sense of smell , catching the scent of Orrelios from a considerable distance , as well as easily seeing through Bridger and Kell ' s disguises . Rukh proved skilled in melee combat even when outnumbered due to his use of a personal cloaking device . He had faster reflexes than a human and was able to match the Lasat Zeb ' s strength . However , when Rukh ' s cloaking device was compromised , he was no match for Zeb ' s brute force . Only Sabine ' s intervention saved him from death . Equipment . Rukh carried an electrostaff in combat , holding his own against the seasoned Bridger . He also employed tracking devices for help with finding targets , and knew how to operate a speeder bike . He also carried a personal cloaking device with him , as shown when he was fighting Garazeb Orrelios and Sabine Wren . Behind the scenes . Rukh was first introduced in the Legends novel " Heir to the Empire " , as the bodyguard of Grand Admiral Thrawn . It was confirmed in Celebration Orlando that Rukh would appear in " Star Wars Rebels " Season Four with his voice provided by Warwick Davis .