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Tyr Taskeen was a skilled Rebel general during the Galactic Civil War. Originally the owner of his own starship sales business, Taskeen was enraged when the Galactic Empire nationalized his company and enslaved his nonhuman employees. He joined the nascent Rebellion on his homeworld of Alderaan and quickly rose to the rank of general due to his skills in setting up and operating secret bases in the Outer Rim.

Taskeen was the commander of the Rebel forces on Abridon in 3 ABY, where he convinced Brenn Tantor, the Imperial general who had conquered his forces, to defect to the Rebel Alliance after Tantor was ordered to massacre a refugee camp. After Tantor's defection, Taskeen supervised him, overseeing such operations as the theft of an AT-AT walker and the reconquest of Abridon. Taskeen was also one of the Rebel generals present at the Battle of Endor, liaising with Tantor yet again. That working relationship continued into the New Republic, as Taskeen commanded the conquest of Coruscant with Tantor in control of tactical operations underneath him.