Jori Lekauf

Jori Lekauf was a Human male officer of the Galactic Alliance Guard, the secret police of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. The grandson of Erv Lekauf, an Imperial officer who served under Darth Vader's command, Jori followed his grandfather's example by serving with Colonel Jacen Solo—Vader's grandson, a Jedi Knight and the commander of the Guard. Following the formation of the Guard, Lekauf served with the 967 Commando, a company of elite GAG troopers who served under Solo's direct command.
Lekauf rose through the ranks of the Guard, having been promoted from Corporal to Lieutenant during his service in the Second Galactic Civil War. Noted for his optimistic outlook, he befriended the young Jedi Ben Skywalker, Vader's other grandson who also served as an officer in the Guard. In 40 ABY Lekauf sacrificed his life on the planet Vulpter in order to complete a GAG mission.
==Biography==
Jori was the grandson of Erv Lekauf, who served under Darth Vader's command. He looked up to his grandfather more so than he did his own parents. Jori opted to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and became a Corporal in the Galactic Alliance Guard, serving under Vader's own grandson, Jacen Solo. Jori was fiercely loyal to Solo, though at times, he often questioned the nature of his decisions.
During one GAG raid on Coruscant, Lekauf befriended Ben Skywalker, Jacen's cousin and informal apprentice. Lekauf offered to help Ben get over his first combat kill. They grew very close as Ben considered him to be one of his best friends.
Shortly after being commissioned Lieutenant, Sacrifice, p. 173 Jori was tasked with leading a small group of GAG personnel to Vulpter, where they were to monitor the meeting between Prime Minister Dur Gejjen and Chief of State Cal Omas. Sacrifice, pp. 130-134 To prepare Ben for his role in the mission, Jori insisted on having a hand in Ben's combat training. Within a day, he managed to turn Skywalker into an efficient sniper, though the boy had his doubts about killing Gejjen in cold blood. Sacrifice, pp. 149-157 Although their mission was a success, it was not a clean getaway; as Jori and Ben tried to escape security locked down the entire spaceport. Realizing that they would be caught, Lekauf took the sniper rifle from Ben, used a hostage to bluff his way out of the terminal (all the while shouting that he was a Corellian patriot opposed to the GA), and then managed to board their ship. Jori then self-destructed the ship so that security would believe the killer was already dead and Ben would go free.
==Appearances==
*Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines 
*Legacy of the Force: Tempest
*Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
*Legacy of the Force: Fury 
*Legacy of the Force: Revelation 
==Sources==
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Enlisted personnel
Category:Galactic Alliance Guard personnel
Category:Humans
Category:Males
Category:Sharpshooters and snipers