Bob Hudsol

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Bob Hudsol was a male human who served as a sector commander and general in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. Hudsol was killed when his starship was destroyed during the assault on the Mako-Ta Space Docks.

Biography

Bob Hudsol[6] was a sector commander in the Alliance to Restore the Republic.[1] When the Alliance attacked the Empire's Death Star battle station in the Battle of Yavin, Hudsol monitored the attack from the Rebel strategy center in the Great Temple on the moon Yavin 4. After Death Star was successfully destroyed, Hudsol attended an award ceremony in the temple where the pilot Luke Skywalker and the smuggler Han Solo received medals.[4] As soon as the ceremony ended the Rebels rushed to evacuate Yavin.[7]

Bob Hudsol in the war room.

Bob Hudsol in the war room.

After a failed attempt to persuade Regent Dors Urtya of Mon Cala to join the Rebel Alliance, Hudsol served as a general and was present at an Alliance High Command meeting during which Princess Leia Organa detailed a plan to rescue King Lee-Char in order to sway the Mon Calamari to join the rebel cause.[5] As the fleet assembled at the Mako-Ta Space Docks, Hudsol's ship was the first one completely outfitted and the first to pass through tests. During the assault on the Mako-Ta Space Docks by the Empire's Death Squadron, Hudsol was in his starship when it was destroyed and exploded in a fireball, killing him.[3]

Personality and traits

Hudsol had fair skin, brown eyes, gray hair, and a prominent mustache.[4]

Behind the scenes

Bob Hudsol appeared in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the first installment of the Star Wars original trilogy.[4] The character did not receive a name until he appeared in 1996 on a card in the A New Hope Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Legends Star Wars Customizable Card Game by Decipher[8] Hudsol's name was confirmed to be canon in the reference book Ultimate Star Wars, which was released in 2015.[6] Star Wars lead writer Kieron Gillen was the one who came up with killing off Hudsol, as he thought about how the heroes rose through the ranks so quickly.[9]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
  2. ↑ According to Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition, the Battle of Mako-Ta occurred around a year after the Battle of Yavin. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas establishes that the battle marks the beginning of 0 ABY, the Assault, including Hudsol's death, must take place around 1 ABY.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars (2015) 53
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars (2015) 45
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ultimate Star Wars
  7. ↑ Princess Leia 1
  8. ↑ Swccglogolg Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited Card: Rebel Commander (backup link)
  9. ↑ TwitterLogo Kieron Gillen (@kierongillen) on Twitter (post): "I did. I came from me thinking "how did our heroes climb the ranks so quickly?" and the answer being "a huge disaster which created a lot of places in CoC."" (screenshot)