Rukh/Legends

Rukh clan Baikh'var was a Noghri who served as the personal bodyguard of Grand Admiral Thrawn during his campaign to destroy the Rebellion.

Biography
"For the treachery of the Empire against the Noghri people. We were betrayed. We have been avenged."

- Rukh, The Last Command, before he assassinated Grand Admiral Thrawn

Rukh enjoyed hiding in the shadows outside the door of whatever room Grand Admiral Thrawn was in so he could ambush people who were summoned by the Grand Admiral. His favorite target was Captain Gilad Pellaeon since Pellaeon utterly despised this practice.

Rukh killed many of Thrawns enemies, both in defense of Thrawn and in murder, to further Thrawn's own means. He frequently clashed with the so-called "traitor", Khabarakh, upon Khabarakh's miraculous "escape" and return from a mission to kill Leia Organa Solo. Rukh was one of the Empire's staunchest supporters on Honoghr, despite the fact that the Empire was not well liked.

At the height of the Battle of Bilbringi, Rukh wounded Pellaeon and then killed Thrawn by thrusting his assassin's knife into the back of Thrawn's command chair, pinning and killing the Grand Admiral. Unfortunately, the heroic assassin was cut down by stormtroopers led by Major Grodin Tierce while attempting to flee Chimaera.

Through his death, Rukh became a legend among Noghri circles for his killing of a hated enemy.

Behind the scenes

 * The full name of "Rukh clan Baikh'var" is a reference to the Reichenbach Falls, where Sherlock Holmes, one of the inspirations for Thrawn, seemingly met his death in "The Adventure of the Final Problem", only to return several years later in "The Adventure of the Empty House".

Appearances

 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command
 * Specter of the Past