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Original generated catalogue card for General Bast

Catalogue entryHumanAge of Rebellion

General Bast

Told Tarkin the Death Star had a weakness, and was told to be quiet.

Full name
Moradmin Bast
Species
Human
Homeworld
Not established
Affiliation
Galactic Empire
Rank
General
First appearance
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977)
Continuity
Canon
Portrayed by
Leslie Schofield, credited as "Commander #1"
Role
Chief of staff to Grand Moff Tarkin
Fate
Killed at the Battle of Yavin, 0 BBY

Moradmin Bast is a human Imperial general, played in A New Hope (1977) by Leslie Schofield and credited only as "Commander #1". He served as chief of staff and aide to Grand Moff Tarkin aboard the Death Star, and he is the officer who brings the analysis of the Rebel attack to the command deck and suggests that Tarkin's ship be made ready.

Tarkin declines. The station is destroyed minutes later at the Battle of Yavin, killing Bast along with everyone else aboard. He is a two-line part whose entire function is to establish that the Empire's problem was never a shortage of people who noticed.

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