Dannen Lifehold Dannen Lifehold was Human male Alderaan - based smuggler who joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic and was captain of the " Lifeline " during the Galactic Civil War . As an adult he was tall with green eyes . Having learned from bitter experience that dyes simply did not help , Dannen wore his hair in its natural color : electric blue . Biography . Originally born on a world somewhere in the Mid Rim , Lifehold was orphaned at an early age and spent most of his childhood on the street . At the age of fourteen he stowed away on a freighter owned by a Captain Twolz , who discovered Lifehold and agreed to let the stowaway work for him . Twolz taught Lifehold everything about hyperspace , cargo and logistics , as well as how to shoot a blaster . Twolz also taught Lifehold about the fall of the Galactic Republic and the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire . During his years with Twolz , Lifehold also befriended the regular gunner Krell . While Lifehold and Krell were running an errand for Twolz to Niian , the Empire caught up with Twolz , who , along with most of his personnel , was executed on the spot by stormtroopers . Lifehold and Krell returned to find the remains of Twolz ' operation . After having traversed the space lanes for some time , Lifehold and Krell eventually set up a repair shop on Alderaan , where Lifehold stayed for a few years until he decided once again to travel the stars . He continued to feel a strong connection with Alderaan which he would return to , whenever he needed some peace of mind . The criminal loan shark Linkaas granted Lifehold a loan to buy a starship , provided that Lifehold would work for him as a smuggler whenever Linkaas needed it . Lifehold smuggled over the next handful of years and would use the money he earned to pay off his loan to Linkaas . He also hired a mechanic called Feq , who became his best friend . Unfortunately , Feq was killed by a stormtrooper during an Imperial customs inspection of the " Lifeline " . Lifehold decided to keep their smuggling business running , but had a hard time without Feq ' s mechanics skills and his friendship . With only one payment left to Linkaas , Lifehold accepted a smuggling job for Linkaas himself that was supposed to be a simple blue milk run , involving a pick - up of some goods on Dohu VII , which would cast off enough profit for Lifehold to pay the last installment and have the " Lifeline " repaired . In reality , Linkaas had decided to kill Lifehold and appropriate his ship in order to sell it , and had dispatched his two henchmen Chokk and Bakk to Dohu . Chokk and Bakk almost did manage to kill Lifehold in Docking Bay 71 of the Dohu city Skagras . Fortunately for Lifehold , he was rescued by a group of Silika who had earlier challenged him to a drinking contest and lost . The Silika chased off Chokk and Bakk , who did , however , manage to steal Lifehold ' s cargo . He was in for another surprise when he found that a Tinnell , who called herself Purr , had sneaked aboard the " Lifeline " while he was doing business in Skagra , and repaired it . Surprised with her flair for mechanics , Lifehold hired her as a mechanic and they quickly developed a close friendship . While on a smuggling run to Rafft , delivering a new bacta tank to a small Rebel base of operations , Lifehold ended up helping evacuate the base , as the Empire had placed a homing beacon in the bacta supplies , thus learning of the whereabouts of the base . Lifehold offered to take all Rebel personnel offplanet in his ship . Upon safely delivering the Rebels to a Rebel frigate , Lifehold learned that the Empire had destroyed Alderaan . He immediately joined the Rebel alliance as a transport pilot , and was given the rank of captain by commander Brion Peck .