Bevel Lemelisk

Bevel Lemelisk was one of the chief designers of the Death Star.

Biography
Nasdra Magrody instructed him in AI programming, Lemelisk was enlisted by Wilhuff Tarkin sometime after the superweapon's initial construction began, as part of the team responsible for creating its incredibly powerful superlaser. He helped design the Death Star prototype, which was used to test the superlaser that would be installed in the Death Star. Because the Death Star was destroyed at the Battle of Yavin, Emperor Palpatine unleashed deadly piranha-beetles on him, eating at his flesh, and blinding him. Still alive, he woke up in a new body cloned for him, with the warning that the next time he failed the Emperor, he would make sure to kill him 'in a more interesting way, such as being dipped in copper in liquid form'. When Bevel worked up the courage to ask Palpatine why it had been molten copper the reason was 'that was what the smelter was using that day'



He helped reengineer the Death Star after the Battle of Yavin IV and corrected the fatal design flaws. For the Death Star II, he added thousands of turbolasers and built it to be the ultimate weapon. After his failure on the Death Star II, he was executed again. Due to failures in the six different superweapons he designed, he was executed seven times. After each execution, each one more brutal than the last, he would be cloned to serve the Empire once again.

Some of his designs were: The Tarkin, the Eclipse-class Star Dreadnought, the Death Star I, and the Death Star II. He helped in making the Victory I-class Star Destroyer and the Geonosian assault craft. He was also contracted by Durga the Hutt to design the Darksaber. Durga often threatened to execute him as Palpatine had, but Lemelisk knew the Hutt was not capable of resurecting him in a clone body.

After the New Republic rose, Lemelisk was captured after the Darksaber crisis and was incarcerated on Orinackra, with a brief visit allowed to study Hethrir's Worldcraft.

He was eventually executed for the final time by the New Republic for war crimes, one of the few former Imperials to be given that sentence (along with Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik). His final words were "At least make sure you do it right this time," before he died his final death.

Appearances



 * A Death Star Is Born
 * Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Jedi Search
 * Children of the Jedi
 * Darksaber