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| |name=Duron Veertag | | |name=Veertag |
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| |species=[[Human/Legends|Human]]<ref name="anh">{{Film|IV}}</ref> | | |species=[[Human/Legends|Human]] |
| |gender=[[Gender/Legends|Male]]<ref name="anh" /> | | |gender=[[Gender/Legends|Male]] |
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| |hair=[[Color/Legends|Black]]<ref name="Golrath">[[Star Wars (1977) 65|''Star Wars'' (1977) 65]]</ref> | | |hair=[[Color/Legends|Black]] |
| |eyes= | | |eyes= |
| |skin=Fair<ref name="Golrath" /> | | |skin=Fair |
| |cyber= | | |cyber= |
| |affiliation=*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="anh" /> | | |affiliation=*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] |
| *[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]<ref name="egtw">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''</ref>
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| {{Quote|Congratulations, son. It's good to have you back.''"<br />"''It's great to be back, General!|Veertag and Luke Skywalker, after the latter's reinstatement as commander|Star Wars (1977) 65}} | | {{Quote|Congratulations, son. It's good to have you back.''"<br />"''It's great to be back, General!|Veertag and Luke Skywalker, after the latter's reinstatement as commander|Star Wars (1977) 65}} |
| '''Duron Veertag''' was a [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] who served as a [[Major/Legends|major]] in the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] by [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]. That [[Standard year/Legends|year]], after the Alliance destroyed the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire's]] [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|DS-1 Orbital Battle Station]] [[Superweapon/Legends|superweapon]] during the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], Veertag was present during a [[Royal Award Ceremony/Legends|ceremony]] honoring [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and other [[Heroes of Yavin/Legends|heroes]] of the battle. In [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], Veertag, by then a [[General/Legends|general]], was stationed in the Alliance's [[Haven Base]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Arbra/Legends|Arbra]]. Following a [[Battle of the secret armada|battle]] in which [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] Skywalker shot down [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Lumiya|Shira Brie]], Veertag joined [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] and General [[Carlist Rieekan/Legends|Carlist Rieekan]] in the [[Triad of Judgement]] presiding over Skywalker's trial. During the trial, evidence proving Brie's Imperial loyalties was retroactively discovered, and Skywalker was acquitted and reinstated as Commander. In [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]], Veertag landed [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] forces on the planet [[Milagro/Legends|Milagro]] for a three-month [[Milagro campaign|conflict]] with the goal of overtaking the planet's manufacturing facilities. The battle resulted in an Imperial retreat and [[Base Delta Zero/Legends|bombardment]] of the planet's surface to prevent the Republic forces from using Milagro's facilities. | | General '''Veertag''' was a [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] who served in [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], as a [[General/Legends|general]], at the Alliance's [[Haven Base]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Arbra/Legends|Arbra]]. Following a [[Battle of the secret armada|battle]] in which [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] Skywalker shot down [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Lumiya|Shira Brie]], Veertag joined [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] and General [[Carlist Rieekan/Legends|Carlist Rieekan]] in the [[Triad of Judgement]] presiding over Skywalker's trial. During the trial, evidence proving Brie's Imperial loyalties was retroactively discovered, and Skywalker was acquitted and reinstated as Commander. Veertag advocated Luke Skywalker's innocence during the trial, was glad to have Skywalker back, and shook the Commander's hand while congratulating him after the trial. |
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| ==Biography==
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| [[File:Duron_Veertag_small.jpg|thumb|left|Veertag was present at the ceremony honoring the Heroes of Yavin.]]
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| The [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] Duron Veertag served in the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], a conflict between the Alliance and the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]].<ref name="anh" /> He attained the [[Military rank/Legends|rank]] of [[Major/Legends|major]] by [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]].<ref name="Insider">{{InsiderCite|133|Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery}}</ref> That [[Standard year/Legends|year]], the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] occurred, during which the Alliance destroyed the Imperial [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|DS-1 Orbital Battle Station]] [[Superweapon/Legends|superweapon]] over the [[Moon/Legends|moon]] [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]]. Following the battle, a [[Royal Award Ceremony/Legends|ceremony]] was held in the [[Grand Audience Chamber]] of the [[Great Temple/Legends|Great Temple]], the Alliance's [[Alliance High Command/Legends|headquarters]] on Yavin 4. Veertag was present in the ceremony, which honored the [[Heroes of Yavin/Legends|Heroes of Yavin]]: [[Pilot/Legends|pilots]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]], and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]].<ref name="anh" />
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| By [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]],<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> Veertag had become a [[General/Legends|general]] and was stationed on [[Haven Base]], the Alliance's headquarters on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Arbra/Legends|Arbra]].<ref name="Golrath" /> That year,<ref name="NEC" /> now-[[Commander/Legends|Commander]]<ref name="m62">[[Star Wars (1977) 62|''Star Wars'' (1977) 62]]</ref> Skywalker inadvertently shot down one of his comrades,<ref name="NEC" /> [[Captain/Legends|Captain]]<ref name="m62" /> [[Lumiya|Shira Brie]],<ref name="NEC" /> who steered her own [[TIE/LN starfighter]] directly into his line of fire in a [[Battle of the secret armada|battle]] against an Imperial [[Secret armada|fleet]] commanded by [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Mils Giel]].<ref name="m61">[[Star Wars (1977) 61|''Star Wars'' (1977) 61]]</ref> As a result, the Commander was convicted for her [[Death/Legends|murder]] and stripped of his rank.<ref name="m62" />
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| Days later, General Veertag, alongside [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] and General [[Carlist Rieekan/Legends|Carlist Rieekan]], formed a [[Triad of Judgement]] presiding over Skywalker's subsequent trial regarding the incident of Brie's apparent death. Haven Base tuned into a broadcast of the trial, which presented [[Krake Data Vault|evidence]] collected by Skywalker that retrospectively proved Brie was an Imperial operative. For the final verdict, Veertag and the rest of the Triad all proceeded to activate pressure-sensitive discs set into the armrests of their chairs, and found Skywalker not guilty. The Triad reinstated Skywalker to the commander rank, and Veertag shook hands with Skywalker, congratulating him for the reinstatement.<ref name="Golrath" />
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| In [[5 ABY/Legends|5 ABY]], Veertag landed [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] [[Troop/Legends|troops]] on the planet [[Milagro/Legends|Milagro]] with the hope of taking the planet's manufacturing facilities. The subsequent three-[[Standard month/Legends|month]]-long [[Milagro campaign|conflict]] saw [[Ground warfare|open combat]] between Imperial [[All Terrain Armored Transport/Legends|All Terrain Armored Transports]] and New Republic [[Hovertank/Legends|hovertanks]] and [[Airspeeder/Legends|airspeeders]] in addition to subterranean conflicts between sappers and miners on both sides. Eventually, the Imperial forces withdrew from the planet, [[Base Delta Zero/Legends|bombarding]] Milagro's surface to deny the Republic forces' usage of the planet's facilities.<ref name="egtw" />
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| ==Personality and traits==
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| Duron Veertag advocated Luke Skywalker's innocence during the latter's trial over allegedly shooting down Captain Brie, and reinstated him to the rank of Commander. Veertag was glad to have Skywalker back, and shook the Commander's hand while congratulating him after the trial. Veertag had [[Color/Legends|black]] [[Hair/Legends|hair]] and fair skin.<ref name="Golrath" />
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| The character of General Veertag was created for [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Star Wars (1977) 65|''Star Wars'' (1977) 65]], published in [[November]] [[1982]].<ref name="Golrath" /> Veertag did not appear or get mentioned in any other ''[[Star Wars]]'' media until ''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''{{'s}} release in [[April]] [[2012]], which also gave him the first name of "Duron."<ref name="egtw" /> ''Warfare'' author [[Jason Fry]] worked with [[Leland Chee]] and [[Pablo Hidalgo]] to [[retcon]] as Veertag one of the unnamed Rebel extras seen during the award ceremony at the end of the film [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']],<ref name="Endnotes13">{{Tumblr|tumblrurl=jasonfry|url=post/25851092826/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-13|tumblrname=Jason Fry's Dorkery|postname=EG to Warfare: Endnotes Pt. 13|archiveurl=https://archive.is/GAho0}}</ref> originally released in [[May]] of [[1977]].<ref name="anh" /> The fruits of their labor appeared [[June|two months later]] in the [[Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery]] feature of ''[[Star Wars Insider]]''{{'s}} [[Star Wars Insider 133|Issue 133]].<ref name="Insider" />
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| ==Appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
| *{{Film|IV}} {{1st}} {{Ret}}
| | *[[Star Wars (1977) 65|''Star Wars'' (1977) 65]] {{Only}} |
| *''[[The Star Wars Storybook]]'' {{Ret}}
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| *[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (PhotoComic)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' PhotoComic]] {{Ret}}
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| *''[[Star Wars Manga: A New Hope 4]]'' {{Ret}}
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| *[[Empire 15|''Empire'' 15]] {{Ret}}
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| *[[Star Wars (1977) 65|''Star Wars'' (1977) 65]] {{C|First appearance before retcon}} | |
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| ==Sources==
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| *''[[The Star Wars Sourcebook]]'' {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *''[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook]]'' {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *[[The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook'', Second Edition]] {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]] {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *''[[The Rebel Alliance Scrapbook]]'' {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *''[[Rebellion Era Sourcebook]]'' {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *{{FFCite|1|YAV5, ''The Battle of Yavin''}} {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *''[[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy]]'' {{Ret}}
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| *''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| *''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'' {{1stID|Duron}}
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| *{{InsiderCite|133|Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery: Celebrating a Rebel Victory!}}
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| *{{SW|url=news/the-best-holidays-and-celebrations-in-the-galaxy-everybodys-invited-of-course|text=The Best Holidays and Celebrations in the Galaxy…and Empire Day, Too}} {{Po}}
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| *{{SWE|characters|lukeskywalker|Luke Skywalker}} {{Po}} {{Ret}}
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| ==Notes and references==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{SW|url=news/yavin-4-rebels-guardians-of-the-hidden-fortress|text=Yavin 4 Rebels: Guardians of the Hidden Fortress}}
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- "Congratulations, son. It's good to have you back."
"It's great to be back, General!"
- ―Veertag and Luke Skywalker, after the latter's reinstatement as commander[src]
General Veertag was a Human male who served in 3 ABY, as a general, at the Alliance's Haven Base on the planet Arbra. Following a battle in which Commander Skywalker shot down Captain Shira Brie, Veertag joined Princess Leia Organa and General Carlist Rieekan in the Triad of Judgement presiding over Skywalker's trial. During the trial, evidence proving Brie's Imperial loyalties was retroactively discovered, and Skywalker was acquitted and reinstated as Commander. Veertag advocated Luke Skywalker's innocence during the trial, was glad to have Skywalker back, and shook the Commander's hand while congratulating him after the trial.
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