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Encyclopedia > Carlist Rieekan
Star Wars character
Image:Rieekan.JPG
Carlist Rieekan as portrayed in Star Wars: Rebellion
Carlist Rieekan
Position General
Homeworld Alderaan
Species Human
Sex Male
Height 1.8 meters
Affiliation Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire (?), Rebel Alliance/New Republic
Portrayer Bruce Boa

General Carlist Rieekan is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. He was seen in The Empire Strikes Back, in which he was portrayed by Bruce Boa. The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Image File history File links Rieekan. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, Alderaan is the home of Princess Leia, Bail Organa and also, in 4000 BBY, Ulic Qel Droma who fought in the Great Sith War. ... In George Lucas fictional Star Wars universe, humans are the most numerous and dominant species, with apparently millions of major and minor colonies galaxywide. ... Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... - Senator Palpatine Form of Government Federal Republic Official language Basic Capital Coruscant Head of Government Chancellor Establishment c. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Galactic Empire was the regime established by Palpatine to replace the Galactic Republic. ... The Starbird, symbol of the Rebel Alliance In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Rebel Alliance, or more formally, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, was an interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire. ... New Republic can be: The New Republic, an American magazine. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ...


A native of Alderaan, Rieekan was inspecting satellites near its sister world Delaya when he saw his homeworld explode under the Death Star's superlaser. He joined the Rebel Alliance and commanded Echo Base during the Battle of Hoth; it was he who gave the final evacuation order, only barely getting out before the Empire seized the base. Later, the general served as Leia Organa Solo's second-in-command on the New Republic Council and took over in her absence, such as when she disappeared during the trouble on Nam Chorios. Rieekan survived an attempted poisoning, which was intended to throw the New Republic into chaos. He then became the director of New Republic Intelligence and decided to terminate Colonel Pakkpekatt's pursuit of the mysterious ghost ship that carried Lando Calrissian, his aide Lobot, C-3PO and R2-D2 as hostages. However, he did allow Pakkpekatt to take Calrissian's ship (the Lady Luck), Luke Skywalker, and three volunteers to search for the ship. In the fictional Star Wars universe, Alderaan is the home of Princess Leia, Bail Organa and also, in 4000 BBY, Ulic Qel Droma who fought in the Great Sith War. ... A satellite is any object tha orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ... The first Death Star The second Death Star The Death Star is a giant military space station in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... The Starbird, symbol of the Rebel Alliance In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Rebel Alliance, or more formally, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, was an interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire. ... Echo Base is a geographical location from the science-fiction Star Wars universe. ... The Battle of Hoth is a fictional battle in the 1980 science fiction film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Galactic Empire was the regime established by Palpatine to replace the Galactic Republic. ... Her Royal Highness, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (born in 19 BBY), born Leia Amidala Skywalker, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe played by Aiden Barton in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, actress Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI, and by Ann... The New Republic (officialy The New Galactic Republic) is a fictional government in Star Wars. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... Lando Calrissian (born c. ... C-3PO (pronounced See-Threepio, called 3PO for short) is a character from the fictional Star Wars universe, created by Anakin Skywalker circa 32 BBY. He is a protocol droid - an android specifically designed to interact with organics - with a very proper manner and British accent when speaking in English. ... For the weapons system nicknamed R2-D2, see Phalanx CIWS. R2-D2 (called R2 for short), is an astromech droid and colleague of C-3PO in the fictional Star Wars universe, created not long before 32 BBY. R2-D2 was played by Kenny Baker in all 6 Star Wars films... A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way. ... Luke Skywalker (born 19 BBY) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...


He has been described as a "mechanical genius" who discovered unorthodox new ways for the Alliance to use its limited resources. A genius is a person with distinguished mental prowess. ...


During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion he came out of retirement to serve as Commander of Coruscant's Planetary Defence Force. The Yuuzhan Vong as seem on the cover of Vector Prime, 1999. ... Coruscant (pronounced //) is the name of a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ...


External links

  • Star Wars Databank entry
  • Wookiepedia article
Preceded by:
Leia Organa Solo
Minister of State of the New Republic
11-13 ABY
Succeeded by:
Q-Varx

  Results from FactBites:
 
Carlist Rieekan - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki (586 words)
Carlist Rieekan was an important military commander in the Rebel Alliance and one of the New Republic's first Ministers of State.
His successes at Nentan, Tiems and Dankayo made General Rieekan a perfect candidate for the commander of Echo Base on Hoth in the event that the base required either defense or evacuation, or as the case was, both.
Carlist Rieekan remained a member of the reorganized Galactic Alliance, and participated in the planning of the final assault against the Yuuzhan Vong.
Kwenn's Star Wars Database : General Carlist Rieekan (295 words)
It was Rieekan's foresight that allowed the Alliance time to evacuate the base when it was found by the Empire.
Rieekan fled as well, and stayed with the Alliance through the Battle of Endor and beyond.
With the New Republic in power, Rieekan became the Minister of State to Chief of State Leia Organa Solo, and later head of New Republic Intelligence.
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