Valen Rudor

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Baron **Valen Rudor** was a Human male TIE Fighter pilot from the planet Corulag in service to the Galactic Empire who was transferred to Lothal with an promise that he'd be a test-pilot on some of the newest vehicles and technology. Once Rudor was there, he had hated the Outer Rim world Lothal then this experience turned out to be more than Pilot Rudor bargained for, including multiple encounters with an small cell of Rebels of Lothal. Years later Valen was given ownership of Old Jho's Pit Stop-cantina after Jho was arrested during a Imperial raid and shortly was executed for the treason act of aiding rebels.

## Biography

### Imperial Service

#### Assigned to Lothal

Baron **Valen Rudor**, a Human male was a TIE Fighter Pilot in the Imperial Navy during the time before an rebel movements throughout the galaxy. Valen's operating number was **LS-607** and after the establishment of factories at Lothal he was then transferred to this backwater Outer Rim world to act as a test pilot for a new Sienar Fleet Systems vehicles designs coming out of a development from Lothal's most productive factories products. His presence at Lothal was used for HoloNet News.

#### Encountering Spectres

One day while watching after his TIE starfighter in Capital City, Rudor was ambushed by Lasat rebel, Garazeb Orrelios. Rudor ordered this Lasat to leave this area which resulted in Valen being knocked unconscious by them. Awaking soon after to find an fallen Stormtrooper blaster at his side, he then issued out a command for reinforcements before he fired this weapon at this Lastat rebel. Garazeb evaded the shots, however, and managed to get out of his line of sight before knocking baron Rudor unconscious again. While Baron Valen was pursuing a rebel crew cell in the *Ghost*, his craft was shot down by the *Phantom's* guns. The impact totaled the TIE Fighter, leaving him trapped inside this damaged cockpit. Thankfully, a young Ezra Bridger was nearby; however, despite this boy's seemingly good intentions, the Baron instead shooed him away, considering Ezra to be "beneath him". Valen's brashness didn't faze this boy, however, who then had proceeded to pretend saving Rudor. Ezra, in the end, managed to steal some parts of this ship all the while tricking him.

Afterwards, Ezra grabbed Rudor's helmet and escaped. From his cockpit, he'd attempted to kill Ezra by shooting at him with his damaged craft's lasers. However Ezra was able to avoid the shots through unintentional use of the Force. Ezra fired multiple shots from a energy slingshot into his TIE cockpit knocking Valen out. Some time following encounter with Ezra Bridger, who had now joined a *Ghost* Rebel cell, the Spectres, Rudor met Orrelios again in Kothal, being cornered by two stormtroopers. Looking to settle the score with the Lasat Zeb Orrelios, Rudor targeted Orrelios in his TIE Fighter and ordered the Stormtroopers to arrest Zeb. But Orrelios leaped onto his Fighter and tossed Rudor out, taking it for his own and using it to rescue Ezra. During the Empire Day ceremony of 4 BBY in Lothal's Capital City, the Baron was then tasked with flying a prototype TIE Advanced v1 starfighter that was fresh from the factory. Before he could commence a test, Rebel Spectres destroyed the TIE and then fled off planet with the fugitive Tseebo who'd held vital Imperial secrets.

#### Empire Cantina Owner

Years later, Rudor was given ownership of the cantina Old Jho's Pit Stop by the Empire after Jho, a member of Lothal's resistance, was executed for treason for attempting to aid the potential-rebels during an raid carried out by the Imperial Security Bureau. Imperial authorities assumed ownership of the watering hole, placing it under an stewardship of Valen Rudor. Not long after these events, rebels Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren, disguised as civilians, entered, searching for the Lothal Resistance. When the two came to the bar Rudor found Bridger vaguely familiar from their encounters years before. However, he did not realize who Ezra was. When Bridger and Sabine attempted to leave, this suspicious Baron attempted to order their arrest, but the two rebels were quickly extricated by an Lothal Rebel member Jai Kell, who had been sent to the cantina by Ryder Azadi to watch for rebel Spectres. Later, after the Lothal rebels had escaped into the sewers via a hatch located in the Pit Stop, Rudor tried to aid the hunt for the rebels, but was unable to apprehend them.