Hume Tarl Hume Tarl was a Human male from the planet Corellia , who served in the Galactic Empire ' s Stormtrooper Corps after graduating from the Academy on the world Corulag . Tarl joined the stormtrooper unit Tempest Force around 2 BBY , and later participated in the assault on the Rebel CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " as a part of the Galactic Civil War , a conflict between the Rebels and the Empire . Sometime after 0 BBY , Tarl , now a sergeant , was posted in Corellia ' s Coronet City , where he was helped by a spacer who captured Dina Whisper , one of Tarl ' s informants whom he suspected of betraying him , and disabled a small black market . After six years in Tempest Force , Tarl took part in the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , where he fought against both native Ewoks and Rebels seeking to destroy the Empire ' s Death Star II . Tarl survived the battle , and years later , he was interviewed by the journalist Cindel Towani for her work " Portraits of the Galactic Civil War " , released in 41 ABY . Biography . Stormtrooper . A Human male native of the planet Corellia , Hume Tarl trained to be a stormtrooper of the Galactic Empire ' s Stormtrooper Corps in the Academy on the world of Corulag . Tarl later joined the Stormtrooper Corps ' s Tempest Force unit in 2 BBY , at the time of the Galactic Civil War , fought between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Around two years later , in 0 BBY , Tarl participated in a raid alongside members of the Imperial 501st Legion on the Rebel CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " when the corvette was in the Tatoo system , which resulted in the capture of key Rebel leader Leia Organa . Service on Corellia . Sometime after 0 BBY , Tarl , now a sergeant , was stationed on his homeworld in the city of Coronet . During his work in Coronet City , Tarl came to suspect that Dina Whisper , a female informant of his , was selling sensitive information to the Rebels . As Tarl was unable to trust the informant , he commissioned the help of a spacer affiliated with the Empire . Though the spacer asked about the details of Whisper ' s betrayal , Tarl remained vague . Faithfully fulfilling the contract , the spacer apprehended Whisper outside the city , with Whisper later being taken into Imperial custody . With the contract complete , Tarl paid the spacer 100 . Tarl discovered the existence of a small black market outside of Coronet due to the interrogation of Whisper . Once again enlisting the help of the spacer , Tarl charged the individual with shutting down the illegal operation . However , the sergeant also threatened the spacer that the individual would be imposed with charges of treason if the mission were not done exactly to his expectations . Eventually , the spacer agreed to take out the outpost . During the spacer ' s disabling of the black market , the spacer encountered the person who ran the place , a profiteer who adamantly opposed Imperial authority . During the ensuing fight , the spacer killed the individual . After the destruction of the black market , Tarl congratulated the spacer for completing the assignment in the service of the Empire . The sergeant then directed the spacer to seek further work with Imperial Captain Gilad Pellaeon . Deployment and fighting on Endor . During the course of six years with Tempest Force , Tarl saw action on the worlds of Kashyyyk , Marcelan Prime , Sarko , and Aurimaus , as well as other obscure locations . Due to the Empire ' s construction of the massive Death Star II above the Forest Moon of Endor , Tarl and Tempest Force were deployed on the moon for nine months , during which Tarl was occasionally on leave at the world of Annaj . Besides the Imperial presence on Endor , the moon was also inhabited by Ewoks , short hairy bipeds , which Tempest Force ' s survey teams had discovered during their thorough surveys . To Tarl , the Ewoks seemed to be afraid of the shield generator bunker Tempest Force was posted to defend , and they did not bother the Imperials . In 4 ABY , Tarl and Tempest Force shined up their plastoid Stormtrooper armor and were deployed aboard a hangar in the Death Star for the arrival of Emperor Palpatine , who was the supreme leader of the Empire . Shortly after returning to Endor , the whole of Tempest Force was put on high alert due to both the disappearance of a speeder bike patrol , and the knowledge that Rebel agents were on the moon . Tarl was later present when one of the Rebels turned himself in to the Empire , and watched as the Rebel — who was actually important Rebel member Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker — was taken by the Imperial Sith Lord Darth Vader before being transported to the Death Star aboard a shuttle . A day after the Rebel was captured , Rebels forces attacked , with a Rebel ground force attempting to knock out the Endor shield generator bunker , which protected the Death Star via a deflector shield . This would then enable the Rebel fleet in orbit to destroy the now unprotected Death Star . Tarl and Tempest Force captured the Rebel ground force members after they had infiltrated the back entrance of the shield generator , and Tarl himself exited the shield generator while guarding the captured Rebels . The Ewoks then attacked , and Tarl watched as the Rebel – allied Ewoks cut down Imperials one by one with arrows , knives and axe s . Stormtroopers chasing Ewoks ended up in pitfall traps filled with spikes while Ewoks wielding blasters obtained from fallen Imperials killed other stormtroopers . Sergeant Tarl managed to survive the fighting , though the battle ended in a Rebel victory , with the Death Star destroyed and Emperor Palpatine and Vader both killed . Years later , Tarl was interviewed by the journalist Cindel Towani and told her of the events that happened on Endor . In the interview , Tarl expressed his disgust at how the Rebels , who had by then formed the New Republic , did not count the Ewoks ' massacring of Tempest Force as an atrocity . Tarl ' s interview was included in Towani ' s work " Portraits of the Galactic Civil War " , released in 41 ABY . Personality and traits . Tarl remained vague when the spacer asked him about the specific details regarding Whisper , and was later strict with the spacer , threatening the individual with charges of treason if the black market assignment did not go according to plan . Tarl also considered Tempest Force as one of the finest legions in the New Order , and thought Annaj was only interesting for those who had been stationed on the boring moon of Endor . Tarl thought he and Tempest Force were protecting their Emperor during his stay on the Death Star , and during the arrival of Palpatine , his eyes were drawn to the Emperor even across the hangar . When Tarl saw Skywalker , whom he thought was short , the sergeant did not recognize that the Rebel Jedi was Luke Skywalker . Tarl also figured that even though Skywalker informed Vader he was alone , there had to be more Rebels on the moon as one Jedi could not take out an entire biker patrol . After capturing the Rebels in the shield generator and hearing that the Rebel fleet was failing in their attack , Tarl and Tempest Force believed that the Rebellion was doomed . The stormtrooper considered most natives beggars or thieves . However , initially Tarl reckoned that the Ewok natives were not like most natives , and as they were not causing problems , would not have to be excised from around the generator . He also thought that the Ewoks were afraid of the shield generator . Tarl did not find the Ewoks who slaughtered his legion cute as the rest of the New Republic did , and had not thought they would be a problem until the Ewoks attacked the Imperials . He also thought the directors of the holo - thrillers depicting Ewoks should admit that they were paid to tell New Republic lies as they made the Ewoks look cute in their works . Tarl questioned why historians loved to talk about Imperial atrocities , but did not count the slaughtering of Tempest Force as one . As an Imperial stormtrooper , Tarl wore a set of white stormtrooper armor and wielded an E - 11 blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . Hume Tarl first appeared as an unnamed stormtrooper in 1983 ' s film . He was finally identified as Tarl in " Endor Limited " , a 1999 expansion for the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game . The sergeant appeared as a in 2003 ' s video game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " , developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts . On December 15 2011 , the game was shut down . Players who performed a series of quests for Sergeant Tarl had to apprehend Dina Whisper and bring her to Coronet , as well as kill the profiteer of the black market outside of the city . Although the player could choose not to do Tarl ' s quests , this article assumes 100 % game completion . Tarl ' s history was later expanded in 2012 ' s " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , written by Jason Fry and Paul R . Urquhart , which featured an interview of Tarl by Towani . The guide also gave Tarl his first name of Hume . Fry later wrote in his endnotes about writing Tarl ' s interview . He mixed in certain elements of quotes from the entire " Star Wars " movie saga into the interview and tried to make the interview a nastier version of " Return of the Jedi " . Fry also mentioned that he considered Tarl an unreliable narrator , though the stormtrooper does state facts that are the truth .