Fantes Mer'darro

Fantes Mer'darro was a native of Balosar, a planet which was homeworld to the eponymous species of which Mer'darro was a fair-skinned male with dark hair. By 3 ABY,The New Essential Chronology Mer'darro joined the Bespin Wing Guard, the main security force of Cloud City on the planet Bespin. In his service to the Wing Guard, Mer'darro wore the standard uniform of the organization, and the antennapalps hidden under his cap helped Mer'darro sense suspicious people in Cloud City's many casinos.
In 3 ABY, the Galactic Empire occupied Bespin with intent to capture the Rebel Alliance's light freighter Millennium Falcon. When the Millennium Falcon landed on Cloud City's Platform 327, Mer'darro and other Wing Guard troopers accompanied the city's Baron Administrator, Lando Calrissian and his chief administrative aide, Lobot, in greeting the freighter's occupants. Upon Lobot's command, the Wing Guard troopers left Calrissian and his aide alone with the Falcon occupants, who were unaware Calrissian was in truth leading them into an Imperial trap.
==Behind the scenes==
Fantes Mer'darro was created for the 1980 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21 of that year. Prior to the film's release, he first appeared simultaneously in Shep Steneman's The Empire Strikes Back StorybookThe Empire Strikes Back Storybook and the film's novelization, written by Donald F. Glut.Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization Both of the publications were released on April 12 of the same year.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition Mer'darro's scene was filmed between April 5 and April 12, 1979 on stage 2 of Elstree Studios.The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
On March 11, 2014, Mer'darro was first named by the article "Rogues Gallery: The Cloud City Wing Guards," published in the Star Wars Insider magazine's 148th issue. Kevin Beentjes, Sander de Lange, and Tim Veekhoven, who wrote the article, stated that nearly all of the Wing Guard members described were "good guys" who opposed the corruption that was prevalent under the leadership of Cloud City's previous Baron Administrator, Dominic Raynor—with the exception of the ones who had been previously established to have been corrupt. They further talked about naming Mer'darro after fellow Star Wars fan Stefan Pfister, and also making him a Balosar "to break to mold of having only human characters."
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization 
*The Empire Strikes Back Storybook
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Golden Book
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Cine-Manga
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*Star Wars (1977) 43 
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back 1
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Category:Balosars
Category:Bespin Wing Guards
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