Nek Bwua'tu

Nek Bwua'tu was a Bothan admiral in the Galactic Alliance Defense Force.

As of 36 ABY, Bwua'tu carried his flag aboard Admiral Ackbar, a brand new pirate-hunting variant of the Victory-class Star Destroyer. Bwua'tu was lauded for his victories in the Thrawn simulator and his Bothan crew took great pride in serving under who they saw as the greatest commander in the Fleet.

A year after the evacuation of the Qoribu nests, Bwua'tu was tasked with commanding the blockade of the Utegetu Nebula with the Fifth Fleet. The nebula had been the source of dark membrosia and the hiding place for many pirates&mdash;and of course, the Dark Nest. During the blockade, he impounded the Millennium Falcon with Barabel Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne and her apprentice, Leia Organa Solo, onboard. Both Jedi sensed something odd aboard the Ackbar, but Bwua'tu brashly ignored their advice as Jedi trickery and sorcery.

The admiral had many busts of himself onboard his ship, and these busts would later explode, full of Gorog larvae. Despite ordering the Fifth Fleet to attack the incoming Killik fleet, his ship was overtaken by the Killiks and former Jedi-turned-Joiner Alema Rar. He finally followed Leia Organa Solo's advice, they were forced to evacuate the Star Destroyer, and it fell into the hands of UnuThul.

Aboard Mon Mothma, commanded by Commodore Gavin Darklighter, Bwua'tu again took command of his fleet, though he himself doubted he would command the Fifth Fleet for much longer. With many Jedi serving under his command now&mdash;including Luke Skywalker&mdash;and a bare ten ship advantage over the Killiks, he ordered the fleet to engage the Killik ships with everything they had, thus starting the Swarm War.

Nek Bwua'tu continued to serve as a strategic influence all the way through until the end of the Swarm War.

Appearances

 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War