- "We'll try this Rebellion. But if this Empire isn't overthrown in…five years, tops, we're going back to cards, curves and Corellian brandy…and doing it my way!"
- ―Raal Yorta to Sammie Staable
Raal Yorta was a Human male Sabacc player and who worked the with bounty hunter Sammie Staable and the pickpocket Smileredon-Verdont.
Biography[]
- "Oh blast it! Oh blast it! Oh blast it! Oh blast -"
- ―A panic-stricken Raal Yorta shooting at stormtroopers
Raal Yorta was a gambler who enjoyed an extravagant and glamorous lifestyle which meant he was often unable to make ends meet. His father was Captain Yorta,[2] a major executive of Red Star Shipping Lines.[6] Sometime before the Battle of Yavin, Raal Yorta became an associate of the bounty hunter Sammie Staable and the pickpocket Smileredon-Verdont. Like his partners, Raal relied on gambling and scamming small-time criminals in order to capture them for their bounties in order to earn a living.[2] Prior to the Battle of Yavin, Raal Yorta, Smileredon-Verdont and Sammie Staable attempted a heist on the Coral Vanda.[7]
With the help of Sammie, Yorta was able to capture the notorious Rodian criminal Ten-Suckers Madoom during a game of sabacc on Ord Mantell. Unfortunately for the trio, Sammie had failed to renew his B23-1-14 permit, and received only a paltry 245 credits for the bounty. At that point, Sammie revealed his intentions to join the Rebel Alliance.[2]
Drunk, Raal attempted to talk Sammie out of it in an Ord Mantell bar called the Power Dive. Sammie would not be deterred, however, and pulled a blaster on Raal, taking the gambler hostage aboard his own ship.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Raal Yorta was based on a character roleplayed by Parris in the "Rebel Breakout" adventure of the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, in which Pablo Hidalgo was serving as the game master. At least two statements made by Yorta in Rookies: No Turning Back were adapted from dialogue assigned to "3rd Rebel" and "4th Rebel" in the Adventure Script included with "Rebel Breakout."
Appearances[]
- Rookies: Rendezvous (First appearance)
- Rookies: No Turning Back
- Rookies: Day Long Remembered (canceled)
Sources[]
Origin of the Rookies on Fragments From the Mind's Eye — Pablo Hidalgo's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 358 ("Yorta, Raal")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Rookies: Rendezvous
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 174 ("Dawn, Raleigh")
- ↑ Rookies: Rendezvous
- ↑ Rookies: No Turning Back
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 88 ("Red Star Shipping Lines")
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 140 ("Coral Vanda")