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Yerka Mig

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Yerka Mig was a Human from the planet Ralltiir who became an Imperial officer, pilot, and bureaucrat. When the Galactic Empire subjugated his homeworld in 1 BBY, Mig resigned and fled in remorse, becoming a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Security Bureau and living as a fugitive on Tatooine, where he frequented the planet's Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY.

Biography[]

The Human[2] Yerka Mig hailed from the planet Ralltiir.[1] He joined the Galactic Empire, becoming a pilot and an Imperial officer.[3] Also a bureaucrat with high security clearance, Mig was still serving the Empire when his homeworld was subjugated[1] in 1 BBY.[4] Mig resigned in protest[3] and fled in remorse after Ralltiir's subjugation.[1] With his high security clearance making him a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence[3] and the Imperial Security Bureau, Mig was forced to live as an outlaw on Tatooine.[3]

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Yerka Mig (center) at the cantina

While on Tatooine, Mig was known to frequent Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in the planet's city of Mos Eisley.[5] In 0 BBY,[6] Mig was in the cantina when a former moisture farmer named Luke Skywalker and a Jedi Master named Obi-Wan Kenobi entered, searching for a pilot to take them and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to the planet Alderaan. Mig witnessed the smuggler Han Solo killing the bounty hunter Greedo before Solo left the cantina.[2]

Personality and traits[]

Yerka Mig fled from the Empire in remorse after his homeworld's subjugation.[1] While he was living as an outlaw on Tatooine and frequenting Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, Mig could not help but smirk at Solo quipping "sorry about the mess"[3] to Wuher, the bartender. He had brown hair and fair skin.[2]

Behind the scenes[]

Yerka Mig first appeared in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the first film of the original trilogy. Uncredited in the film,[2] he was portrayed by actor George Stock, listed as one of the "bureaucrats."[7] Mig's scenes were filmed from April 12 to April 22, 1976 at Elstree Studios's stage 6.[8] In 1995, Decipher first named Yerka Mig in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game's Premiere Limited set.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6  Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited Card: Yerka Mig) (backup link
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 CAN 1-6: Mos Eisley Cantina Characters
  4. ↑ Empire 5 dates the subjugation of Ralltiir to three weeks before the Battle of Yavin. According to The Essential Atlas, the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope begin on 35:3:3, which would place the subjugation of Ralltiir in 35:2, which equates to 1 BBY, as explained here.
  5. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
  7. ↑ Star Wars: A New Hope - Cantina Archeology Part 1: Behind The Scenes of the Mos Eisley Cantina - UK on the The Credible Nerds YouTube channel (backup link)
  8. ↑ The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film

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