Toos

"Ah, everything's under control, situation normal.''" "What happened?" "''Ah, had a slight weapons malfunction, but, ah, everything's perfectly all right now, we're fine, we're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"

- Han Solo attempts to persuade Toos everyhing is fine in Detention Block AA-23

Toos was a human male who served as an ensign on board the Galactic Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station. He was on duty in Station Control West with Sublieutnenant Slallen when the YT-1300 light freighter known as the Millennium Falcon was brought into Docking Bay 327 of the Death Star, and the pair argued about the quality of the vessel. When their commanding officer Station Commander Pamel Poul demanded they have the bay cleared, they informed her they could not until the Scanning crew checking the freighter was finished.

Poul then ended her shift and handed over control of the room to Commander Sheard, but before she could leave alarms went off which Toos informed both commanders was due to the sensors going down in Detention Block AA-23. On Poul's orders, Toos tried to get in contact with the block, whose staff had been taken out by the crew of the Falcon while they tried to rescue the prisoner Princess Leia Organa. The captain of the Falcon Han Solo responded to Toos and tried unsuccessfully to persuade him everything was fine but after Solo blasted the comm unit in panic, Poul ordered Toos to send a squad into the detention block.

Fascination with the Falcon
"Piece of junk? Sublieutenant Slallen, I despair, I really do. That piece of junk, as you call it, is&mdash;''" "A YT-1300 light freighter, that is currently disrupting the docking bay schedule." "Yes, ma'am. Sorry, ma'am." "Don't apologize, Ensign. Just get the docking bay cleared, now''."

- Toos is cut off by Poul

Toos was a male who served the Galactic Empire as an ensign on board the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station. In the year 0 BBY, Toos was stationed in Station Control West and was on shift under the command of Station Commander Pamel Poul when the YT-1300 light freighter known as the Millennium Falcon was brought onboard by tractor beam. The freighter was forced to land in Docking Bay 327 which was under the jurisdiction of Toos' station, and meant all traffic scheduled for that bay was diverted to Docking Bays 328 and 329. Toos was sat at a monitoring station control console next to Sublieutenant Slallen, and the pair argued about the quality of the YT-1300 until Poul approached them to discover why Docking Bay 329 was causing a seven minute delay.

Slallen explained that she and Toos could not clear the dock as a scanning crew under the command of Captain Edmos Khurgee was still searching the Falcon. Poul's shift replacement Commander Sheard then arrived, and Poul told Toos and Slallen to report to him when Khurgee was done. Sheard approached and ordered Toos to bring up the Falcon one the main screen then the commanders spoke with Slallen about her brother, a naval architect who Toos also knew.

An alarming situation
"There's an alarm from level five, Detention Block AA-Twenty-Three. Subcontrol reports all sensors in the block have gone down.''" "''Confirmed. All cams are out."

- Slallen and Toos

An alarm began chirping on Toos's control console causing him to frown and begin cycling through a series of switches while peering at this monitor. When Poul asked what was wrong, Toos began turning a dial to switch through surveillance frequencies but found only screen after screen of static, and reported that all sensors were down in Detention Block AA-23 where an alarm was going off.

Unbeknownst to Toos and his colleagues, the crew of the Falcon had incapacitated the staff of the detention block and destroyed the sensors while trying to rescue Princess Leia Organa, who was imprisoned there. On Sheard's orders, Toos tried to get in contact with the detention block, but as the block held political prisoners it had secure comms and so they had to wait for someone to answer.

A boring conversation
"We're sending a squad in.''" "Ah, ah, negative, negative, we have, ah, a reactor leak here, ah, now, give us a few minutes to lock it down. Ah&hellip; large leak, very dangerous." "Who is this? What's your operating number?" "''Ah&mdash;"

- Toos and Han Solo

When the comm chimed, Toos open his mouth to speak, but was cut off by Han Solo, captain of the Falcon. Solo attempted to persuade Toos that there was nothing going on in the detention block, claiming they had simply had a weapon malfunction. Toos looked to Slallen, and when she nodded he warned Solo they were sending in a squad; however, Solo quickly claimed there was a reactor leak and so no one should be sent. Suspicious, Sheard asked to know who the officer on duty in the detention block was, and when Poul answered that it should be Lieutenant Shann Childsen.

Toos new that the voice speaking to him was not that of Childsen, and asked for Solo's operating number. Panicking, Solo blasted the comm and ending the conversation. Poul ordered Toos to perform a systems check, and when he and Slallen reported that there was no reactor leak Poul ordered the security squad sent in and that Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin be contacted about the situation. Tarkin had the station put on full alert, but the crew of the Falcon managed to escape the Death Star with Organa. Soon after the Death Star was destroyed during a battle with the Rebel Alliance above the moon of Yavin 4.

Personality and traits
"Come on, you're telling me you don't recognize a classic when you see one?"

- Toos admires the Millennium Falcon

Toos considered the YT-1300 light freighter line of freighters to be classics and was shocked when he heard Slallen disparage one, clicking his tongue in disappointment.

Behind the scenes
Toos's voice was first heard in canon in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, released on May 25, 1977, although the dialogue did appear earlier in the Star Wars Legends novelization of the film written by Alan Dean Foster and released on November 12, 1976. Toos was neither named or seen in the film, but then appeared for the first time in the short story "End of Watch", which was written by Adam Christopher and released as part of the From a Certain Point of View anthology on October 3, 2017.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope