Delevar

"If you ever do anything like that again&hellip;make sure you tell me first. Nice going, kid."

- Bren Derlin to Delevar after the latter used a gas grenade to defeat an Imperial scout walker

Corporal Delevar was a male Human serving with the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War.

Service on Hoth
Delevar served the Alliance to Restore the Republic as a medic and scout, and held the rank of corporal. Assigned to Echo Base, the Alliance High Command headquarters on the ice planet of Hoth in 3 ABY, Delevar participated in the Battle of Hoth. Despite Imperial forces attaining a considerable victory over the Alliance, Delevar survived the battle, and managed to escape the planet. Following the battle, he was stationed with the main Alliance Fleet.

Battle of Endor
"Take the squad ahead. We'll meet at the shield generator at 0300."

- General Han Solo to Major Derlin

One year later, Delevar volunteered to be part of a strike team being assembled by General Han Solo. Although considered to be a rookie soldier by the team's planet-level unit commander Major Bren Derlin, Delevar was highly recommended by General Crix Madine, commander of the Alliance's SpecForces. The team was being put together for a mission to disable an Imperial facility on the surface of the forest moon of Endor. This facility projected a powerful energy shield that protected the second Death Star, which was undergoing construction in orbit of the moon. Having learned of its location&mdash;and the fact that Emperor Palpatine would be aboard during the final construction phases&mdash;through the efforts of the Bothan Spynet, the Alliance decided to strike at the battlestation. However, for any attack to succeed, the shield would have to be deactivated before they arrived.

Delevar attended the briefing aboard the Alliance flagship Home One along with the rest of the commandos, sitting in the front row of the semi-circular amphitheatre, where General Madine outlined the basic operation the team would undertake. They would infiltrate the Endor system using a stolen Imperial Lambda-class T4 shuttle called the Tydirium and a secret Imperial code that would clear them through the military picket lines.

Armed with standard commando gear&mdash;including jungle fatigues and pack, standard comlink, low-feedback scanner, sensor scrambler, macrobinoculars and a heavily muffled blaster&mdash;Delevar joined the rest of the unit on the Tydirium. Also carried by the team was an E-Web heavy repeating blaster, and a Caspel launcher. The Tydirium, piloted by General Solo and his Wookiee First Mate Chewbacca, left the Alliance fleet in the Sullust system, and proceeded directly towards the Endor system. Arriving at their destination, the shuttle was queried by the Star Dreadnought Executor in orbit of the moon. The stolen Imperial code allowed them passage through the military lines&mdash;although they were unaware that Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, had sensed the presence of his son, Luke Skywalker aboard the shuttle and had allowed them to pass on purpose.

Personality and traits
He was known to pride himself on being an efficient soldier in General Crix Madine's commando organization.

Like all the commandos assigned to the strike team, Delevar had extensive training in the use of blasters and explosives.

Behind the scenes
Delevar first appeared in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi as an unnamed commando during the briefing scene aboard Home One. In Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, published in 1995, a commando named Delevar appeared in the short text story Night Attack. It was not until the 1999 release of the Endor Limited expansion for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game that the unnamed commando from the briefing was identified as being Delevar.

Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi establishes that Delevar is a rookie at the time of the Battle of Endor. However, his Star Wars Customizable Card Game entry from the Endor Limited set states that he is a veteran of the Battle of Hoth. The Official Star Wars Fact File's entry on the strike team asserts that while Delevar was an experienced soldier, he was still considered to be a rookie by the rest of the team.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Night Attack

Notes and references
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