Rebel Hero Roster

The Rebel Hero Roster was one of four rosters of legendary heroes in the galaxy. It described each listed person/droid and what made him/her a hero of the Rebel Alliance. Here are some abbreviated excerpts about each hero in the book.

Leaders

 * ,, and : The founders of the Alliance, no one could have done a better job than them, even if they were often divided on the issue of how to run it.
 * Princess of Alderaan, adopted daughter of Bail Organa, and later revealed to be the biological daughter of Anakin Skywalker, Leia was a beacon of hope to all of us who wanted true justice and freedom in the galaxy. After Bail died, she was needed more than ever to spur on the Rebel cause, and she did it with a vengeance.

Soldiers, commanders and other heroes
deserting Imperials a chance to prove themselves worthy.''
 * A grizzled Jedi General who never trusted the clone troopers, Kota forced our cause to take more direct action, and we all owe him for that, even if his personality was not altogether likeable.
 * and : Though he used to be a remorseless Jedi killer, Marek proved himself a hero by saving the Alliance leaders from the Emperor in the Death Star in 2 BBY. Two years later, his one good clone saved Marek's lover Juno Eclipse's life and won a decisive victory for the Rebellion at Kamino.
 * ''Juno once committed a war crime when intimidated by Darth Vader, but she later pledged herself to the Rebel Alliance, and atoned for her crime by bringing Admiral Ackbar and the Mon Calamari and Quarren into the cause. Ackbar remembered her example, and advised his daughter to give more
 * Ackbar's genius in leading the Alliance fleet could rival that of the Imperial Grand Admirals. Even Thrawn himself couldn't outsmart a Mon Cala so devoted to depending on the Force.
 * Rieekan still bears the burden of the destruction of Alderaan on his shoulders, but his extreme caution that resulted from it had saved the Rebellion from complete destruction multiple times. Even people who found it hard to love him are sincerely grateful for that.
 * and : These are a couple of examples of former Imperials who became disillusioned with the Empire. Dodonna was forcefully flung into the Rebels' arms, but directed several victorious battles, and Madine was appalled by what the Empire was doing with his Storm commandos, and couldn't serve them anymore.
 * and : Two Rebel soldiers, these men fought valiantly in the Battle of Hoth and helped win the Battle of Endor for the Rebellion.
 * His activities have been mostly classified, due to his unorthodox behavior and smuggling activities, but he helped Leia and some other Rebels locate where Han Solo had been taken after being frozen in carbonite.
 * A former Imperial stormtrooper, Kyle agreed to serve the Alliance, and was known to have brought down the Dark trooper project, saving many people from destruction at the hands of these droid troopers.
 * He was a brave Rebel soldier on Hoth. Sadly, he fell victim to Darth Vader, but he stood up to Vader instead of cowering before him, and sent a loving goodbye message to his relative, Mon Mothma herself.
 * and : They were two alien lovers. Dice was Force-sensitive. Lak was skeptical about the Force initially, but Dice taught him to believe in it. Then, after Dice died in the Battle of Hoth, and later, Lak died in the Battle of Endor, Dice helped them both retain consciousness within the Force. According to Luke Skywalker, their spirits now live on Endor for eternity.
 * Clones: Despite Kota's strong skepticism, some clone deserters proved themselves as heroes of the Alliance, wanting redemption for their past actions during and after Order 66. Individual Rebel clone troopers included clone commanders, and captain , ARC troopers ,  and , Force-sensitive clone , who led Grey Squadron, and regular troopers , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
 * Lux, a former Separatist citizen, fled the Empire to the Rebel Alliance, and was reunited with his Jedi girlfriend, Ahsoka Tano. He served as a tough soldier in the Alliance army, making General Kota proud, dying in the Battle of Endor, on the moon's surface, though, like Lak, he was saved from evaporation into the Force by Ahsoka, who helped him retain consciousness.
 * Ahsoka was saved from Order 66 by free-thinking clone troops Rex and Fives, and also Echo, and served to give much needed supplies to Bail Organa and his daughter Leia. Rex, Echo, Fives, Waxer, and Boil were her close allies up until the Alliance was officially founded. She also fought in many battles of the Galactic Civil War, until her death at the Battle of the Pit of Carkoon, where she sacrificed her soul for her friends, and to become one with the Force. After the Endor battle, during the victory celebration, Ahsoka and her boyfriend Lux stood with her best friend Barriss Offee and her lover, Uli Divini, and then went on to live with Lux forever on Raxus.
 * Jedi Barriss very nearly died on Felucia, shot by an AT-TE's cannon, but being left for dead and self-recovering with her healing powers saved her. Barriss was very jittery and distrusting of all clones, but after a long drama of living among clone deserters with Ahsoka, she gradually came to at least trust the deserters. She eventually became close friends with Cody and Gree, who helped her and Ahsoka provide needed supplies to us. After the Battle of Yavin, she officially joined the Rebellion, befriended Luke and Leia and was reunited with her friend from the Clone Wars named Uli, who had gone through his own personal quagmire through unwilling Imperial servitude. After falling in love with him, Barriss helped General Rieekan and Leia evacuate Hoth and saved Uli from Vader when he stormed Echo Base. She died selflessly alongside Ahsoka at the Pit of Carkoon, but then she helped Uli retain his personality in the Force after he died.
 * "Uli", as he liked to be called, met Barriss during the Clone Wars as a youth, and became infatuated with her. Unlike almost everyone else in the galaxy, he cried when he thought she died on Felucia, and was forced to become a permanent Imp officer, more specifically, a battle surgeon. For nineteen years he did his job unhappily but professionally, until he met some other disillusioned Imperials and Princess Leia aboard the Death Star, who believed that we have to create good news out of bad news, rather than wait to read about it the next morning. He soon deserted with some of his new friends, and joined the Alliance, even though he didn't entirely trust Mon Mothma to keep her word about being a temporary dictator due to Emperor Palpatine's broken promises. He met Leia and Barriss again, and fell in love with the latter, who reciprocated. For four years, he helped save the lives of injured soldiers and pilots, until he was vaporized with the medical frigate Redemption at Endor, but Barriss's spirit appeared in a vision and saved him from transformation into the Force. Now, it's said that they live together on Mon Calamari for eternity.
 * The adopted Twi'lek daughter of a clone deserter who became a farmer, Shaeeah Lawquane wanted to save the Lawquane's home world, Saleucami, from what happened to Alderaan. She came to the Rebellion wielding a DC-15S blaster carbine, the standard weapon for Republic clone troopers. Kota, admittedly, couldn't believe that a Fett clone could desert and'' become a farmer, but Shaeeah defended Cut (her father's name), and we let her join. She proved herself well as a soldier, especially at Hoth and Endor. When she went home to visit her family, she returned with the greatest honors a Rebel trooper could have. They say her parents and younger brother Jek were very proud of her.