Bren Derlin/Legends

"We had Battle of Gormen won, until the AT-ATs arrived. They came out of the fog and ripped apart the front lines. The locals ran in terror, but the experienced surrendered. We knew that you can't outrun an AT-AT."

- Major Bren Derlin, Rebel Alliance field commander

Bren Derlin was an officer in the Rebel Alliance and New Republic and the son of Senator Galen Derlin.

Biography


As a captain, he had worked several times with General Carlist Rieekan. By stealing a personnel transport from the Galactic Empire, he evacuated several hundred refugees from the Rebel base on Nentan when it had to be abandoned.

As a result of his heroic actions, he was promoted to Major by Carlist Rieekan and assigned to Major Kem Monnon's Corps of Engineers as a supervisor at the Rebel base on Hoth. When Echo Base was completed, Rieekan made Derlin chief of security and operations.

He was saved by Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles during the Fourth Battle of Yavin IV, along with General Jan Dodonna. He also commanded Rebel forces at the Battle of Gormen.

Around 1 ABY, he also became the commander of operations and security of the Rebel Alliance High Command Base.

Also around 1 ABY, Derlin went to Filsan for a recruitment operation. There, he met swordsmistress Cene Gilvent. For unknown reasons, Gilvent attacked the new recruits, almost killing them in Derlin's eyes. The Task Force on Alliance Security asked Derlin to write a report on Gilvent's threat, due to his first-hand experience with Gilvent. Derlin explained Gilvent's skill and suggested a sharpshooter.

When Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were stranded in a Hoth blizzard, Derlin was the one to inform Princess Leia Organa that the shield doors to Echo Base had to be closed for the night. On Hoth, his battalion included 4th Squad.

He survived the Battle of Hoth and also fought at Endor, where he led the strike team on the Sanctuary Moon. After the formation of the New Republic, he served in New Republic Intelligence; he was promoted to colonel by the time of the Thrawn Offensive. By the Yevetha Crisis he was a Brigadier General.

Behind the scenes

 * Derlin was portrayed by John Ratzenberger in The Empire Strikes Back. He was voiced by Tom Virtue in the radio dramatization of Return of the Jedi.
 * In the Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Derlin's card notes "At the Mos Eisley Cantina, everybody knows his name." The line in question is a reference to the theme song of Cheers, in which the actor John Ratzenberger appeared on as "Cliff Claven."

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Entrenched
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novel
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars 39: The Empire Strikes Back: Beginning
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi radio drama
 * The Last Command
 * Tyrant's Test
 * ''Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy