Yerka Mig

Yerka Mig was a Human male outlaw from the planet Ralltiir who became an Imperial officer, pilot, and bureaucrat. When the Galactic Empire subjugated his homeworld in 1 BBY, Mig resigned and fled in remorse, becoming a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Security Bureau and living as a fugitive on Tatooine, where he frequented the planet's Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY.
==Biography==
The Human male Yerka Mig hailed from the planet Ralltiir. He joined the Galactic Empire, becoming a pilot and an Imperial officer. Also a bureaucrat with high security clearance, Mig was still serving the Empire when his homeworld was subjugated in 1 BBY.Empire 5 dates the subjugation of Ralltiir to three weeks before the Battle of Yavin. According to The Essential Atlas, the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope begin on 35:3:3, which would place the subjugation of Ralltiir in 35:2, which equates to 1 BBY, as explained here. Mig resigned in protest and fled in remorse after Ralltiir's subjugation. With his high security clearance making him a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Security Bureau, Mig was forced to live as an outlaw on Tatooine.
While on Tatooine, Mig was known to frequent Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in the planet's city of Mos Eisley.Star Wars Encyclopedia In 0 BBY,The New Essential Chronology dates Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY. Mig was in the cantina when a former moisture farmer named Luke Skywalker and a Jedi Master named Obi-Wan Kenobi entered, searching for a pilot to take them and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to the planet Alderaan. Mig witnessed the smuggler Han Solo killing the bounty hunter Greedo before Solo left the cantina.
==Personality and traits==
Yerka Mig fled from the Empire in remorse after his homeworld's subjugation. While he was living as an outlaw on Tatooine and frequenting Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, Mig could not help but smirk at Solo quipping "sorry about the mess" to Wuher, the bartender. He had brown hair and fair skin.
==Behind the scenes==
Yerka Mig first appeared in 1977's , the first film of the original trilogy. Uncredited in the film, he was portrayed by actor George Stock, listed as one of the "bureaucrats." Mig's scenes were filmed from April 12 to April 22, 1976 at Elstree Studios's stage 6.The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film In 1995, Decipher, Inc. first named Yerka Mig in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game's Premiere Limited set.
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==Sources==
*SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
*Star Wars Screen Entertainment 
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*Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive 
*Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*Animal Icons: Star Wars Creatures
*Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days 
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
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*Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia 
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Category:Bureaucrats of the Galactic Empire
Category:Humans
Category:Males
Category:Officers of the Galactic Empire
Category:Pilots
Category:Ralltiiri