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]

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]
Appearances[]
A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
Sources[]
- SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Screen Entertainment (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited Card: Yerka Mig) (backup link (First identified as Yerka Mig)
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Tatooine Limited Card: Rachalt Hyst) (backup link (Picture only)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 CAN 1-6: Mos Eisley Cantina Characters (First identified as Yerke Mig)
- Animal Icons: Star Wars Creatures
- Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
"Refresher Reading" — Star Wars Insider 91 (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5 Card: #521 - Sandtrooper Patrol (backup link) (Picture only)
Star Wars: Soundboards on StarWars.com (backup link) (original site is defunct) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (Picture only)
Han Solo in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Video clip only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
- ↑
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)
- ↑ The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
External links[]
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)