Pharl McQuarrie

Pharl McQuarrie was a Human captain in the Galactic Republic Navy during the Clone Wars and later a general with the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. A native of the Core Worlds planet Ralltiir, McQuarrie's Clone Wars service saw him command a Consular-class cruiser in the Republic defense of the vital agricultural planet Ukio. Although the Republic repelled the enemy Confederate incursion from Ukio, Separatist interests ultimately captured financial control of the planet nonetheless.

McQuarrie went on to serve as a respected military advisor for many years on his homeworld, until the Galactic Empire's subjugation of Ralltiir just weeks before the Battle of Yavin. After fleeing his home planet to seek assistance from the Rebel Alliance, McQuarrie returned to take command of the Ralltiiri Rebel resistance movement, helping to deliver information concerning the existence of a secret Imperial superweapon, the first Death Star battle station, to Princess Leia Organa.

McQuarrie's efforts led directly to the subsequent Rebel capture of the Death Star plans and the destruction of the battlestation shortly thereafter. General Carlist Rieekan later handpicked McQuarrie to serve as his second-in-command at the Rebellion's new Echo Base on the planet Hoth, where McQuarrie was instrumental in the facility's construction. He went on to serve in the Rebel defeat at the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY.

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