Valen Rudor

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"LS-607 requesting reinforcements!"

―Valen Rudor^[src]

Baron Valen Rudor, operating number: "LS-607", was a male human TIE fighter pilot from Corulag in service to the Galactic Empire on Lothal 5 years prior to the Battle of Yavin. He and several stormtroopers were assaulted by Garazeb Orrelios when the latter became lost in the streets of Lothal's Capital City. Rudor then attempted to call for reinforcements, but his request was met with indifference by his commanding officer. Sometime later his TIE/ln space superiority starfighter was defeated by the Ghost and found in the fields by local con artist Ezra Bridger, who pretended to try to help him in order to rob him, and sell pieces of the ship in the black market.

Biography

"Hey, don't say thank you or anything."
"Thank you? Please! I'm an officer of the Imperial Navy. I didn't need your help!"

―Ezra Bridger and Valen Rudor^[src]

Moving to Lothal

Baron Valen Rudor, a human male, was a TIE fighter pilot in the Imperial Navy in 4 BBY. His codename was "LS-607."^[2] After establishing factories on the Outer Rim planet Lothal, the ship production company Sienar Fleet Systems was able to convince Rudor to travel to Lothal and test out products that had been built in Lothal's most productive factories. Rudor's decision to go to Lothal was used by the Galactic Empire in HoloNet News propaganda reports.^[4]

Scuffle with Zeb

On Lothal, while inspecting a TIE fighter on a landing platform in Capital City, Rudor was confronted by Garazeb Orrelios, who was being pursued by two stormtroopers. Rudor was briefly knocked out after being tossed across the platform by the Lasat warrior, but came to once more when a blaster slid towards him, after it had been knocked out of the hands of a stormtrooper. The TIE pilot regained his footing as Orrelios fought with a small squad of stormtroopers, before pointing the blaster at the Lasat and calling for reinforcements. The Imperial commander who replied questioned how many intruders were on the landing pad, leading Rudor to balk at the question and demand reinforcements.While waiting for other Imperial troops to arrive, Rudor attempted to shoot Orrelios, but the Lasat was able to evade him. Orrelios managed to make it to the top of the TIE fighter, and from there he grabbed Rudor and threw him back across the landing area. The stormtrooper reinforcements arrived shortly thereafter, but their firefight with Orrelios triggered an explosion when their blaster fire hit a fuel leak on the TIE fighter, causing it to explode. Rudor survived the explosion, while Orrelios also managed to escape.^[2]

Encounter with Ezra

Valen Rudor XWM — Rudor piloting a TIE Advanced prototype

Sometime after the incident with Orrelios, Rudor flew a TIE fighter that engaged in battle with the Ghost, the ship on which the Lasat served. The Ghost shot Rudor's fighter down, and the fighter crashed outside Capital City while the Ghost escaped. The crash was witnessed by Ezra Bridger, an orphaned Lothal citizen who lived in a nearby tower. When Bridger approached and asked if Rudor was still alive, Rudor reacted angrily to Bridger's presence, telling him to move away from the TIE fighter as it was property of the Empire.^[3]

Bridger managed to open the TIE fighter's hatch and jumped into the fighter, pretending to help the pilot but secretly stealing parts from the ship to sell on the black market. Bridger then stole Rudor's helmet and left the pod. Rudor fired the fighter's laser cannons at Bridger, but the boy was able to use the Force to evade the blaster fire, though neither he nor Rudor knew that Bridger used the Force. Bridger fired back with his energy slingshot and knocked Rudor unconscious, giving the boy an opportunity to escape unharmed.^[3]

Trouble with the Spectres

Some time after his encounter with Bridger; who had now joined Orrelios' rebel cell, the Spectres, Rudor met Orrelios again being cornered by two stormtroopers. Looking to settle the score with the Lasat, Rudor targeted Orrelios in his TIE fighter and ordered the troopers to arrest him. But Orrelios leaped to his fighter and tossed Rudor out taking it for his own and using it to rescue Bridger.^[5]

During the Empire Day in Lothal's Capital City, Valen Rudor was tasked with flying a protoype TIE Advanced v1 starfighter that was fresh from the factory. Before he could commence with the test demonstration, the Spectres destroyed the ship and then fled offworld with the fugitive Tseebo, who held vital Imperial secrets.^[6]

In 1 BBY,^[7] Rudor ran Old Jho's Pit Stop after Jho's was executed for treason, for attempting to aid potential rebels during a raid carried by the Imperial Security Bureau.^[8]

Personality and traits

Valen Rudor was a human TIE fighter pilot from Corulag who moved to Lothal during the Age of the Empire. He was a skilled and famous starfighter pilot who worked as a test pilot for the Imperial factory on the Outer Rim world of Lothal. ^[4] As an Imperial starfighter pilot, Rudor was capable of physical combat but prove no match for the Lasat warrior Zeb.^[2] He was protective of his TIE fighter which he regarded as Imperial property.^[3] Due to his status as a renowned pilot, Rudor was given the honor of flying a prototype TIE Advanced model.^[6]

Behind the scenes

Valen Rudor first appeared as a minor character in the first season of the Disney XD animated television series Star Wars Rebels in late 2014. He appeared in several spinoff products including a HoloNet News report, the prelude shorts "Entanglement" and "Ezra and the Pilot", and Michael Kogge's chapter book Rise of the Rebels.