Romas Navander/Legends

"General, there's a fleet of Star Destroyers coming out of hyperspace in Sector Four."

- Romas Navander, to General Carlist Rieekan

Romas "Lock" Navander was a pilot and tech communications officer at Echo Base during the Battle of Hoth.

Biography
"The first transport is away! The first transport is away!"

- Romas Navander, during the Battle of Hoth

Romas "Lock" Navander was a native of the planet Corellia, in the Core Worlds. Shortly after graduating from the Imperial Academy, Navander, a skilled pilot, defected from Imperial service and joined the revolutionary Alliance to Restore the Republic.

By 3 ABY, Navander, a lieutenant, served the Rebellion at the Alliance High Command's secret Echo Base on the remote ice planet Hoth from the facility's command center. Working under the direction of General Carlist Rieekan, theater commander of all Alliance forces in the Hoth system, Navander played an important role as tech communications officer, responsible for coordinating and relaying orders to Rebel starships in space. In this capacity, he worked closely with Commander Tamizander Rey, Echo Base's senior deck officer who oversaw all docking operations.

After the Imperial discovery of Echo Base, Navander, working in the command center, detected the arrival of Death Squadron, Darth Vader's personal fleet of Imperial-class Star Destroyers, led by his flagship, the |Star Dreadnought Executor, in the Hoth system. After urgently gesturing for Rieekan to look at his computer console, he reported to the general the imminent Imperial threat bearing down on the planet. Rieeken in response ordered him to reroute the base's power supply to the theater shield in defense of an potential orbital bombardment.

During the early stages of the Rebels' evacuation of Hoth, Navander reported to the base over the central public address system that the first GR-75 medium transport to depart the planet, the Quantum Storm, had slipped through the Imperial blockade in orbit under the protective fire of Echo Base's v-150 anti-orbital ion cannon.

From there, Navander took command of one of the base's BTL Y-wing starfighters and helped to escort four transports past the waiting line of Star Destroyers to the hyperspace jump point, where they would proceed to the predetermined rendezvous point. However, when Navander turned back to escort a fifth transport, a pair of Imperial TIE/ln starfighters destroyed his Y-wing. Navander safely ejected from his craft, but was captured by a nearby Star Destroyer.

Behind the scenes
Romas Navander was played by Jerry Harte.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back radio drama
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Notes and references
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