Romas Navander

"The first transport is away. The first transport is away."

- Romas Navander, during the Battle of Hoth

Romas Navander was a Human male who served as a lieutenant in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. In 3 ABY, he was amongst the Rebel forces stationed in Echo Base on the planet Hoth, where he worked in the control room. When Imperial forces arrived in the Hoth system, he was the first to inform General Carlist Rieekan. He later announced over the base's speaker system that the first of the Rebel transports had successfully passed through the Imperial blockade.

Biography
Lieutenant Romas Navander was a Human male who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. He was amongst the forces that were stationed in the Rebel's Echo Base on the planet Hoth, where he worked as a controller in the base's command center. In 3 ABY, an Imperial probe droid was destroyed near Echo Base. Assuming that the Empire now new the location of their base, the Alliance to began to prepare an evacuation.

During the preparations, Navander remained at his console in the command center, where he was alerted to the arrival of the Imperial Death Squadron within the Hoth system. Navander then urgently motioned over General Carlist Rieekan, commander of Echo Base, and informed him of the arrival of the Empire. After the Imperials blockaded Hoth and began landing ground forces, the Rebels launched the first of their GR-75 medium transports, Quantum Storm. Echo Base's v-150 ion cannon then fired at the Imperial blockade, disabling the Star Destroyer Tyrant and allowing the transport to escape unharmed. Navander announced the successful evacuation of the Quantum Storm over Echo Base's speaker system, prompting cheers from those still preparing to escape. Ultimately the Alliance successfully evacuated Echo Base, but sustained heavy casualties in doing so.

Personality and traits
Navander has fair skin, blue eyes and graying brown hair.

Behind the scenes
Romas Navander first appeared in the 1980 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. The character was portrayed by Burnell Tucker in the film and credited only as one of several "Other Officers". Tucker also portrayed Wyron Serper in the film, and had previously played the character Del Goren in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

In the new Star Wars canon, Navander was first identified in "In the Trenches", an article published on the official website of Fantasy Flight Games in 2019. The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used in 1996 on a card in the Hoth Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization